TJ on LIBERALISM (2020)
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i remeber him being borderline reactionary a few years ago and now he's out here doing some full ass takedown of liberalism where tf did this come out of

  • Classic_Agency [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    He isnt based at all really.

    He looks to be better than he used to be, he made a video on leftism in which he said capitalism bad and supported Medicare for all. But he also made a video on racism and a lot of his takes show a very impoverished understanding of race and the history of colonialism & slavery in America. He displayed very class reductionist sentiments, and, while acknowledging that systemic racism exists, he blames it entirely on the ruling class.

    I think pretty much with the recent rise of "anti-idpol" "leftists" he has discovered a way to maintain his reactionary tendencies while supporting economic policies that would benefit him personally.

    All I can really do is hope that he reads some theory somehow, and is able to take it on board and not just dismiss it, but that's probably a huge ask.

    • KarlBarx [they/them,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Reminds me of all the unions in the 30s like the UAW and the CPUSA just tailing racist white people instead of trying to attract minorities.

        • KarlBarx [they/them,he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah a lot of them same UAW people when they got their benefits stopped giving a shit and just went back to being normal reactionaries. Like if some “leftist” only really talks about basic shit like M4A which is just having the government pay insurance companies instead of you or free college as well as holding reactionary viewpoints socially either currently or recently, than we shouldn’t just look at them as like turning to the left or even something as radical as becoming a communist. They might just want free shit for themselves and have accepted that everyone having it is the way they get it.

                • mahbhabody [none/use name]
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                  4 years ago

                  my point is that many of us here were cringe atheists five years ago, just like that guy, and nobody purity tested us. he won't switch sides if we are hostile to him. we should want him to switch sides, with his considerable platform. that doesn't mean we give up on feminism, just that we let him learn at his own pace. you can't expect (former?) enemies to fight by your rules. o l i v e b r a n c h