I don't get that reverent tone they extend towards matt at all, honestly. Like, ya, some of his rants are fascinating to listen to - deciphering borderline incoherent ramblings often are, in that game of code-breaking sorta way. Not exactly breaking new ground though, is he. More like grandiose oversimplifications born from his individual experiences. Which is valid, but to form a little cult clubhouse around it..? I mean, let your parasocial freak-flag fly, but it seems like a waste of time
Yeah. He’s very talented with analogies and has a very good knowledge of American History, Cinema, and Prestige TV. But imagine making a serious life decision based on one of his rants. I originally subbed over there after the CTH ban, but all the posts are either “l used to be constantly online, upvote me because I’m not.” Or Talmudic-level meta-analyses of Matt’s free associating livestreams.
The few times I’ve tried watching his streams I feel like all I heard was the Chuck Schumer quote about “For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania...” being filtered through post-modernist waffling and then presented as a new theory of American politics. That and some inscrutable stuff about finding the meaning to life after taking acid.
I haven’t listened to the pod in a long time, but his streams felt to me almost at odds with Matt’s presence there, where he can be genuinely novel, insightful and interesting.
I think Matt probably aligns closest with ML, maybe Trot as others have pointed out even though I'm sure Matt would deny it. I don't think Matt really embraces Maoism or Anarchism.
I don't get that reverent tone they extend towards matt at all, honestly. Like, ya, some of his rants are fascinating to listen to - deciphering borderline incoherent ramblings often are, in that game of code-breaking sorta way. Not exactly breaking new ground though, is he. More like grandiose oversimplifications born from his individual experiences. Which is valid, but to form a little cult clubhouse around it..? I mean, let your parasocial freak-flag fly, but it seems like a waste of time
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Yeah. He’s very talented with analogies and has a very good knowledge of American History, Cinema, and Prestige TV. But imagine making a serious life decision based on one of his rants. I originally subbed over there after the CTH ban, but all the posts are either “l used to be constantly online, upvote me because I’m not.” Or Talmudic-level meta-analyses of Matt’s free associating livestreams.
I've never listened to him, do you have a few examples of his analogies?
The few times I’ve tried watching his streams I feel like all I heard was the Chuck Schumer quote about “For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania...” being filtered through post-modernist waffling and then presented as a new theory of American politics. That and some inscrutable stuff about finding the meaning to life after taking acid.
I haven’t listened to the pod in a long time, but his streams felt to me almost at odds with Matt’s presence there, where he can be genuinely novel, insightful and interesting.
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I think Matt probably aligns closest with ML, maybe Trot as others have pointed out even though I'm sure Matt would deny it. I don't think Matt really embraces Maoism or Anarchism.