Sorry I meant to say POPULAR opinion, please post things that are cool and good here

  • Darkmatter2k [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    People like this don’t care about politics outside of the US national level, let alone international, and act patronizingly toward actual working class people and look at true proletarian uprisings such as BLM with contempt. They don’t look into or even care about local organizing..

    I found the opposite of this to be true, they generally follow up on leftist projects in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Middle East. They constantly discuss US imperialism and its consequences. Where very supportive of BLM and described the riots as inevitable consequences of domestic policy. Both Matt and Amber discuss the need for organizing regularly (Seems to be a main theme of Matt's vlogs now that he's given up on electoralism), and believe Amber has mentioned she is active in local orgs. Also I have yet to hear a single episode where they are patronizing towards working people.

    Where are you getting all this?

    That said, agree with the rest of the comment.

    • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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      4 years ago

      She literally called BLM protesters "minoritarians" that's a word laced with contempt, she made it clear what her feelings are on this subject, and as far as being "active in local orgs" I wouldn't be surprised if her version of that amounts to networking with rich millennial coke heads in the upper west side

    • animeirl [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      The Matt Taibi ep had some incredibly shit takes from Matt and Amber on BLM and the current protests. Amber definitely understands the importance of local organizing, but, and I hate to use this term, seems like a class reductionist and I kinda am getting the feeling that a lot of Matt's contribution to the conversation is just mapping shit he's read onto whatever the opinions of the shows guests or other hosts are rather than actually having his own original takes.

      • gayhobbes [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Ugh fuck Taibbi has always had some shit following him, he and Mark Ames had this frat boy socialist thing going on in Russia for awhile and the stink of sexual harassment and misogyny has always followed them. So of course Amber's best friends with that shit.