From the guest list, the show looked like it was created to have a space where left commentators of various sorts would come on and hash out ideological differences as the US left is in the wilderness post-Bernie. It would be interesting, I thought, to have a show where an ultra like Sean KB from The Antifada could explain Marxist theory on a panel with social democrats and have some kind of discussion.
It turns out that its basically just a radlib version of The Five from Fox News, where they just take turns kicking the tires on the days news.
Does anyone actually want a show like this? It seems like its trying to fill a market that doesn't exist - or maybe existed a few years ago and doesn't today. When I look around, I don't think to myself, "You know who has some understanding of the political struggle we face in this moment? This DSA-backed state legislator from NYC."
Listening to it was deeply unsettling. I don't recommend it.
Absolutely, theyre communicating things in a coordinated language that apply a form of critical theory to advance their broader political goals.
We need far more of that on the left. There can never be enough until there's enough content to consume 24/7 like people do with msnbc.
In short, we're talking about churning out good talking points. And you're absolutely right that we need far more of that on the left, because the #1 goal right now has to be to get more people on our side.