I don't have anything to add except that people get ostracized brutally for shit that isn't that important and people are way to willing to cut off their nose to spite their face.

    • BreadandRoses76 [he/him,comrade/them]
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      No doubt the algorithm is deliberately tilted right.

      Also "punching left" isn't a bad thing? Criticism and the open exchange of ideas will help the left adapt and grow.

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          What part of her criticisms were invalid? I think she made some pretty good points about online leftists, and the unlikeliness of a socialist revolution occurring anytime soon.

          • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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            Well numero uno on all of this is that she doesn't actually ever recommend or cite historical documentation for anything she says (at least back when I first watched her). She also hasn't read any theory and is proud of not having read it. I'm not saying that old dead white guys are correct, but I am saying if you want to engage with an ideology critically you have to at least read some of what the other side is reading, and Natalie only ever engages in the online posting part of theoretical engagment, for anything she talks about.

            And being aware of the lack of impending revolution =/= actively stanning reactionaries like Biden. I hate throwing out fucking Lenin quotes because of how much of a puritanical nerd he was, but "there are decades where nothing happens, and days where decades happen."