Vijay Prishad inspires with his response to the question "What should I do?"
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From the panel discussion for the release of David Harvey's "The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles" at The People's Forum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVqPSF4IlfE

Clipped this last night to share here, I've probably watched it 20 times since I found it on Thursday

  • MF_COOM [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    I guess it's all about expectations, I expected him to be much worse on China (he famously put Deng's picture on the cover of A Brief History of Neoliberalism) so I was surprised how much more nuanced he was than I expected lol

    • StillNoLeftLeft [none/use name, she/her]
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      1 month ago

      Oh he is that anti-China? Well that considered not so bad, but still pretty bad.

      His comment about chips and computers was especially weird. Like there would not be goods made in socialism? Like it would just end there. Smelled like some latent braimworms about "capitalism and the free market as innovation" and the myth of modernization & capitalism as a whole.

      Also disappointed how little he aknowledged the weight of history especially regarding imperialist forces, good on the first commenter to go so hard on that point even though they were clearly nervous in doing so.

      The stark difference on the focuses of the panelists did really highlight the different conditions these people are from as well.