It's not that he's wrong or cynical or the wrong kind of doomerpilled or whatever

It's just that he's pointing out problems without offering anything better. Criticizing people for being mad online but even admitting no real other solutions exist.

I really don't know what to do about that besides stay mad. :(

edit:

https://twitter.com/Solidarity_Star/status/1356820922485903361

Matt is Bashir and we're all Rom in desperate need of a Chief O'Brien to help up bridge that gap between good theory and good practice.

I am not sober right now.

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    His streams really just hammer over and over that getting mad on reddit/twitter is unproductive and addictive, his solution is to do something else and he believes that in the act of actual revolutionary praxis a lot of the minor squabbles that eat up our attention in the fake praxis world of internet forums (such as yelling at people for being in the wrong leftist tendency) will melt away.

    It's nothing mind-blowing, but it's the kind of thing that might be productive to have yelled at you multiple times until it clicks. He's also said in his most recent stream that he's going to stop talking about this train of thought and start writing it down since saying basically the same thing over and over has become a form of procrastination from doing his own more productive work.

    • ant9 [he/him,comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      The problem is there is no actual outlet for any of this so pointing it out doesn't actually accomplish anything.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        unless I'm misunderstanding, he's saying real-world interests are a better outlet

          • emizeko [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            really? I've heard him mention it so many times, it's a common theme with grillpill

            I remember a long discussion where talks about how he regrets the name "grillpill" and goes into it, it does feed a misconception from before had fully developed the idea

              • emizeko [they/them]
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                4 years ago

                so this is what I've found so far but I gotta go get dinner

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVaLzP7bFBQ&t=36m26s

                that link is mid-stream and if you have time the whole thing is really good, this is one of his best cushvlogs imo

              • emizeko [they/them]
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                4 years ago

                I'm digging through trnascripts but it's hard because I don't remember any exact phrases. will get back to you

                    • ComradeMikey [he/him]
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                      4 years ago

                      didnt basically any of the vote ball saga have it? specifically the two most recent? they definitely briefly spoke about how its not doomerosm its liberating as you can not give a shit about online squabbling and its the beginning the inner journey to finding what you need to put energy towards to A: have an outlet like crafts etc and B : find a social cause to fill the void IN YOUR DIRECT MATERIAL COMMUNITY

                      totally paraphrased but thats whay ive absorbed as i binged them at work today and yesterday as i catch up

                      i remember phrasing it as the freedom to not have to care as thats whats liberating

                      • Oni [any,comrade/them]
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                        4 years ago

                        Yeah makes sense, I see loads of big accounts burn themselves out getting mad every 2 days over whatever moronic crap and awful baby brain takes people come up with online. Just log off, you can still have fun with your pals and followers online but the squabbling is a never ending cycle wasting energy in a total unproductive way.

    • gammison [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      It's also not true, or at least it hasn't historically been so, I mean look at the incredible squabbling in the post 68 new left after the SDS disintegrated. It's certainly worse online though.

      • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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        4 years ago

        the internet is nothing but squabble at least those groups did something even if most of them were just radlibs