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.

  • Enver_Hoxha [she/her]
    16·
    4 years ago

    You let Assad and Lukashenko cum on your face and dont question anything about it why should i give a shit about marx if everyone jerking him off defends bloodthirsty dictators

    • Bread_In_Baltimore [he/him]
      1·
      4 years ago

      Exhibit One on Politics as Sexual Pathology.

      Again, read a book. I've tried explaining principled anti-imperialism to you before but you just throw out pathetic insults and parrot horseshit bourgeois talking points about foreign leaders like you're on fucking fox news.

      • Enver_Hoxha [she/her]
        9·
        4 years ago

        Fuck off Assad is completely irredeemable he doesnt even have the old rotten soviet system to back him up its not anti imperialism to defend the death of 500 000 pepole for a fucking dictator who has only ever tought of himself

                • Bread_In_Baltimore [he/him]
                  3·
                  4 years ago

                  Funny how every country that opposes US Imperialism is accused of genocide by US-controlled NGOs citing dubious "evidence". Wonder what that's all about 🤔

                  • Enver_Hoxha [she/her]
                    5·
                    4 years ago

                    because the people who get in power and dont cooperate with the imperial core obviously arent usefull anymore. Are you going to defend Saddam just like Assad? Assad could have given enven tiny reforms but the corrupt syrian state tought it was too much and the poeple revolted and assad chose to kill all of them do yyou think he can stop now that he has killed hundreds of thousands just so he could keep his absolute rule