did you actually watch the video? He's not supporting capitalism, he's criticizing the pathetic state of the left in America and Europe. We have no program, no discipline, no unity, no organization and no imagination anymore. When by miracles chance we take power somewhere, he gives the example of SYRIZA in Greece, we immediately are forced to sell out because we have not prepared alternatives since we lack the organization. Ie: no viable alternative to unbridled capitalism.
Also this video is six fucking years old and the left hasn't come much further. Remember the dumbass "CHAZ" American leftists tried to make that fell apart in like 2 days? I'm glad that shit has been memory holed. And he's CIA why exactly? Because he doesn't think you are so cool, radical, and subversive for being leftist?
Remember the dumbass “CHAZ” American leftists tried to make that fell apart in like 2 days?
I mostly agree, although instead I'd point to the DSA being unable to excise anti-worker AOC; Bernie gifting his movement to Biden; BLM, #MeToo and FightForFifteen cannibalized by liberalism, etc.
Plenty of big failures to eat shit about before one direct action by the only people willing to try anything, even if it was sort of dumb.
You're right, I admit at the time I was pretty excited they were giving it a try, but its failure just obviously revealed we have a lot of work left to do. CHAZ was trying to skip to last the step, but at least it showed is definitely revolutionary energy in this country if we could only channel it effectively.
The US left needs to break out from under the democratic party somehow to get anywhere imo. But we don't even have a clear "left" yet, besides a couple succdems like AOC. I just hope something coalesces together soon, because we are heading for common ruin at this rate.
This is the source of my nihilism about this entire topic. I agree with Zizek so far as to think the academic system he is part of is another of these failures. As far as I've ever seen Zizek's real-world audience is people who enjoy TikToks of a him eating hotdogs while Chomsky's is now NPR liberals who nod along and then spend all day posting about Bernie Bros..
did you actually watch the video? He's not supporting capitalism, he's criticizing the pathetic state of the left in America and Europe. We have no program, no discipline, no unity, no organization and no imagination anymore. When by miracles chance we take power somewhere, he gives the example of SYRIZA in Greece, we immediately are forced to sell out because we have not prepared alternatives since we lack the organization. Ie: no viable alternative to unbridled capitalism.
Also this video is six fucking years old and the left hasn't come much further. Remember the dumbass "CHAZ" American leftists tried to make that fell apart in like 2 days? I'm glad that shit has been memory holed. And he's CIA why exactly? Because he doesn't think you are so cool, radical, and subversive for being leftist?
I mostly agree, although instead I'd point to the DSA being unable to excise anti-worker AOC; Bernie gifting his movement to Biden; BLM, #MeToo and FightForFifteen cannibalized by liberalism, etc.
Plenty of big failures to eat shit about before one direct action by the only people willing to try anything, even if it was sort of dumb.
You're right, I admit at the time I was pretty excited they were giving it a try, but its failure just obviously revealed we have a lot of work left to do. CHAZ was trying to skip to last the step, but at least it showed is definitely revolutionary energy in this country if we could only channel it effectively.
The US left needs to break out from under the democratic party somehow to get anywhere imo. But we don't even have a clear "left" yet, besides a couple succdems like AOC. I just hope something coalesces together soon, because we are heading for common ruin at this rate.
This is the source of my nihilism about this entire topic. I agree with Zizek so far as to think the academic system he is part of is another of these failures. As far as I've ever seen Zizek's real-world audience is people who enjoy TikToks of a him eating hotdogs while Chomsky's is now NPR liberals who nod along and then spend all day posting about Bernie Bros..
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