Poor EJ, i dont know how he endured having to listen to all this incredibly dumb shit, i can barely stand listening to just those clips that are in the video
Poor EJ, i dont know how he endured having to listen to all this incredibly dumb shit, i can barely stand listening to just those clips that are in the video
I agree with your overall point, but just a little pushback on a particular detail that bugged me (implied, comes up from time to time):
I've seen people blaming Bernie for the misunderstandings of what socialism actually is, but tbh the mainstream conservative media line has been that anything left of Reagan is socialism and has been for a long time, and I think that's done way more than Bernie for muddying the waters.
Yeah totally, I meant to bring up Bernie as a counterexample. He would fit comfortably in the socialist parties of Western Europe. Even if that's not saying much, I think he has been obviously beneficial to the messaging of the radical left by advancing a positive vision of a socialism that reorients the economy towards human interests and wellbeing. It doesn't solve our basic problem of the left having no influence or platform outside of Twitter and college campuses, but it opened the field for advancement.