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.
Lee Carter is a socdem, at least he is the last time I heard of him.
Lee Carter is more left than that. What he really is, is a successful version of joshua 4 congress.
I dunno
Again, I think that's just him being dumb than any sort of lack of desire to end capitalism. Hence he's just a more successful J4C.
But oof that's a bad take, tactical differences do not make a different ideology.
That's why he is on my suspicious list.