I will give him that his Cushvlogs are certainly more serious than any of the other Chapo associated projects right now. I guess its probably pretty hard to go an hour everyday without at least a little deviation from seriousness, but I still have issues with his pessimism of the movement today and socialist experiments of the past. I understand it, but its just unfortunate and IMO counter-productive
I mean can you blame him with the pessimism. The party that is supposedly "for the working class," ISN'T. Repeatedly. And somehow they get a enough votes to continue to be part of the "two party" system instead of another (third) party taking their thunder.
Right. His last "hope" was with Bernie and that got nuked. So... why look forward/have hope when the "movement" gets crushed by the party/people that say they'd be for it?
I mean, it's not like he HASN'T tried to establish third parties (he created the Socialist party in Ohio, IIRC). But he knows that shit isn't really gonna get there if people continue to NOT avoid voting Democrat because "lol why try? It's a two party system," etc.
Their last hope was Bernie, and then he went and endorsed Biden and continues to campaign for him. They can't seem to get past the fact that they were incorrect in their analysis, like seriously; get over yourselves, pick yourselves up, realize you have a massive following, and throw your energy behind movements that are actually doing material good.
The icing on this shit cake is that one of the potential answers, the Hawkins campaign, was right in front of the Chapos but they decided to give Jesse Ventura a joke endorsement before that campaign fizzled out immediately. Matt needs a stomach pump to extract that god damn grill pill.
realize you have a massive following, and throw your energy behind movements that are actually doing material good.
I mean, I'm pretty sure they realize they CAN do good (Bernie), but their "doing good" isn't enacting change (hence Matt's doomer/pessimism). They can throw their weight behind those third parties, but: Will their weight actually matter? To put in better wording, it's like the "Colbert bump" back in Stephen Colbert's conservative-character-bit-era: He would shine a light things, but the "wave"/boost was pretty temporary (from what I remember) like a "reddit/Slashdot hug-of-death" effect.
I will give him that his Cushvlogs are certainly more serious than any of the other Chapo associated projects right now. I guess its probably pretty hard to go an hour everyday without at least a little deviation from seriousness, but I still have issues with his pessimism of the movement today and socialist experiments of the past. I understand it, but its just unfortunate and IMO counter-productive
Bad Faith has a good mix of seriousness and humor. Always bringing on guests or panelists seems to help with that.
I mean can you blame him with the pessimism. The party that is supposedly "for the working class," ISN'T. Repeatedly. And somehow they get a enough votes to continue to be part of the "two party" system instead of another (third) party taking their thunder.
Exactly why the only real answer lies outside of electoralism
Right. His last "hope" was with Bernie and that got nuked. So... why look forward/have hope when the "movement" gets crushed by the party/people that say they'd be for it?
I mean, it's not like he HASN'T tried to establish third parties (he created the Socialist party in Ohio, IIRC). But he knows that shit isn't really gonna get there if people continue to NOT avoid voting Democrat because "lol why try? It's a two party system," etc.
Their last hope was Bernie, and then he went and endorsed Biden and continues to campaign for him. They can't seem to get past the fact that they were incorrect in their analysis, like seriously; get over yourselves, pick yourselves up, realize you have a massive following, and throw your energy behind movements that are actually doing material good.
The icing on this shit cake is that one of the potential answers, the Hawkins campaign, was right in front of the Chapos but they decided to give Jesse Ventura a joke endorsement before that campaign fizzled out immediately. Matt needs a stomach pump to extract that god damn grill pill.
"PSL? Green Party? Never heard of them! Check out this DSA drama and Marianne Williamson tho..."
I mean, I'm pretty sure they realize they CAN do good (Bernie), but their "doing good" isn't enacting change (hence Matt's doomer/pessimism). They can throw their weight behind those third parties, but: Will their weight actually matter? To put in better wording, it's like the "Colbert bump" back in Stephen Colbert's conservative-character-bit-era: He would shine a light things, but the "wave"/boost was pretty temporary (from what I remember) like a "reddit/Slashdot hug-of-death" effect.