I remember he wasn't popular with the old /r/, but now that the algorithm is offering me his takes they don't sound so bad. He's cutting up the dems, not falling for the Bernie and AOC grifts, afaik he didn't buy into Russiagate or Syria

  • micnd90 [he/him,any]
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    I don't get the Jimmy hate either. People here watches more libshit like TYT or Sam Seder who were categorically wrong on Russiagate and put all their chips into electoralism by focusing too much on horse race politics. Those are much more importsnt issues to be wrong about, rather than Jimmy's support for Lavo Jato and him being a Tulcel, both of which he quickly drop after realizing he was wrong. For comparison, lib like Cenk still double down on Russiagate to this very day and think that Adam Schiff is not a political hackjob.

    Jimmy is staunchly against voting the lesser of two evil and constantly speaks out against 2 party duopoly. In this regards he's right and more radical than Noam Chomsky. People here don't rate Jimmy because yeah he's kinda dumb, always angry, and dont speak in the flowery language of theories. But in terms of practical praxis of radicalizing people out of the 2 party duopoly, calling out the left (especially Obama and Obamanites of whom Jimmy had seething disdain for) fuckups, Jimmy is a very effective communicator.

    tldr; Jimmy is effective when talking about the systemic problem of neoliberalism. His solutions though most of the time fell short.