Don’t know why he wastes time criticizing him since JT doesn’t do anything wrong. Also really funny that him and other commenters are complaining about The Deprogram being like Chapo.
Upon deeper research, it turns out Day used to post on the subreddit to dunk on BadEmpanada, which is funny since Day himself has strong BadEmpanada vibes.
I don’t think it’s necessarily a Marxist or nonMarxist concept. It basically just points out a huge flaw in the popular understanding of how capitalist economies function. And when you pull on that thread enough it reveals that they’re all predicated on lies. Which in turn reveals the fundamental truth of Marxist class analysis. At least if you’re open to those ideas. I think MMT is fine in that regard, and because it’s never going to be implemented within capitalist governments, it’s useful more as rhetoric than as an actual strategy for change. But I dunno. I’m not into MMT enough to know all the ins and outs.
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Yeah, that's kind of what I was getting at. I don't think MMT is necessarily wrong about how money works on a certain technical level. It's just that capitalist states depend on myths about money that are contrary to MMT. So yes, MMT within these states is a fantasy that will never come to be. But understanding why this is the case can be on on-ramp to Marxism for the curious baby leftist.