• Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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    3 years ago

    For the same reason that communists sold news papers

    Communist parties sold newspapers. They were party-driven initiatives, not a bunch of larping crank individuals

    • Yun [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      the same reason

      Individuals can still leverage media to educate people and get them to join/support parties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Youth

      • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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        3 years ago

        Individuals who have no collective oversight can poison the well as well, as seen from every individualist new leftist personality that form personality cults that pigeonhole them into producing only certain kinds of content in order to generate views.

        • Yun [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah, media is just a tool ultimately. Just because it hasn't been used productively yet, doesn't mean it should be shunned entirely. Infrared isn't just Haz btw. There are a bunch of other members that are part of Infrared which you can see in their older youtube videos.

          • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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            3 years ago

            So you're saying Haz is the dominant personality on the channel then? Sounds like he's already going the same way the rest of breadtube has.

            • Yun [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Yeah he's the face of the Infrared collective. I think it makes sense to have him be the entertainer on streams that attracts people to the channel. For the more serious educational content that they put out though, the other members can still take leading roles in producing stuff (e.g. https://youtu.be/1rSWhSBmfMA).

              This is similar to how for example Midwestern Marx (https://www.midwesternmarx.com/) has Eddie - who has 300k+ followers on TikTok - as their most prominent influencer