Honestly, had to stop listening when I realized they had that "internet radicalization" shitlib as a guest, and that they were focusing on that angle as opposed to the more pressing brutality of the healthcare industry. A real shame.
The Antifada talked about The Adjuster in one of their recent episodes and had the best analysis, as always. One of their main points is that the overwhelmingly positive reaction to this assassination indicates that the working class is ready to support a more militant phase of class war.
I stopped listening to the Antifada after Jaime Peck left and the podcast went full leftcom/chinabad. Have they mellowed out in that respect?
For antifada I stopped when they read out this formal pre-written statement about Palestine in one episode. It seemed like they were walking on eggshells (with their audience?) and I didn't understand why. Varn and Sean also said Michael Hudson is antisemitic when he talks about finance capitalism. They're weird on foreign policy. They had good strike news update episodes though. I'll check this ep though, one for old time's sake.
Varn and Sean also said Michael Hudson is antisemitic when he talks about finance capitalism.
That's wild. Imagine the first thing you think when someone brings up finance capitalism is "hey, it sounds like they're talking about Jewish people!" and then blaming them for being antisemitic
Imagine the first thing you think when someone brings up finance capitalism is "hey, it sounds like they're talking about Jewish people!" and then blaming them for being antisemitic
So so so so SO so many permutations of many such cases. It's hilarious.
Best podcast for strike news updates is Work Stoppage. Consistently good analysis and zero anticommunist takes
I haven't picked up on any of that but I don't know much about leftcom stuff so I'm not the best person to ask. I think they have the most insightful materialist and class analysis of all leftist podcasts in my rotation. They also have an org and they host regular meetings irl which should be the bare minimum for any leftist podcast but none of the other podcasts are doing that.
posted this one because it felt more like a This Machine Kills episode than TrueAnon, going through some of the techbro religion details, but yeah I also don't get is why in like 1.5 hours of listening so far they haven't yet focused on this guy's actual medical issue, just internet history/posts, both are relevant
I'm surprised at how much of a negative response this generated. Had no idea the average hexbear disliked the doomscroll guy so much.
They get to his medical stuff eventually, but in light of Luigi's super active lifestyle and all the backpacking and whatnot that he did, and his choice to kill the CEO of an insurer who wasn't his insurer, I think the exploration of the "e/acc radicalisation" aspect is pretty important. We haven't seen a lot of (any?) direct action come out of that particular trashfire of ideology until now. It always seemed like tech bro wankery enjoyed by people too successful and benefiting of the status quo to have an incentive to do something like this.
But instead we get perhaps the first lone wolf propaganda of the deed type action in a very long time. I think it's fascinating tbh.
Lol this guy had brace as the first guest on his podcast and it seems like the entire thing is an endless list of twitter celebrities like
declaring that doing anything or caring about stuff is cringe. Not sure what insight he's going to haveI always thought 'dirtbag' podcasts like CTH and TA were never consistent about their politics, more in the shitposting and vibes scope, also Brace was making fun of people masking at DSA meetings in this ep, like it's some rare thing to witness these days
It's very funny to me that of all the public 'leftists' to come from that circle of friends and shows, Stavros is the most politically consistent
What is politically inconsistent about TA? They’re commies.
is the foremost bisexual maoistthey have some social chauvinist views that are very normalised especially among their generation like shitting on poly folks iirc also saying the r slur now and again but maybe brace has toned that down I haven't listened for a while. kinda related it's not really a direct criticism but i wish they had done a Xinjiang episode at some point it's kind of a noticeable omission to cater to their lib left audience idk
I know you're a different poster but the comparison here for 'political consistency' was another podcaster whose meteoric rise began by giggling his way through racist jokes. The stuff you referred to are jokes. They release a lot of duds I don't like but their material analysis is absolutely consistent. They are also appropriately serious and solemn when the topic calls for it (all the Epstein stuff that is their bread & butter). I agree it's odd they didnt do an Xinjiang episode, they'd probably do a great job diving into the weirdness of Zenz. I would argue that their inconsistency lies in their guests and how they handle them. Recently they let an Iraq vet state uncontested that China is an 'ethnostate' which was baffling based on how Brace talks about China.
Also now that I'm reading the comments again I think the person I replied to was referring to the guest being inconsistent anyway. Not sure tho.
downplaying social chauvinism is an L, it's super easy to not do that! they're not just "jokes", they do harm to marginalised groups. being left wing and doing that is political inconsistency. sure they're some podcasters not revolutionaries but you did ask.
OH GOD IT CAN RECOGNISE THE EMOJIS THIS HAS SO MUCH ABUSE POTENTIAL IN
AMBER THREADS.
Also drops the r slur towards the end. Weird episode, hate that guys podcast
anyone know the name of the website that lets you reverse search for people's faces that brace talks about?
Leftist podcasts don't exist, don't look at the leftist circular firing squad
