I was sleeping on this podcast till now because I'm lazy. But yesterday I decided to go through the episodes/clips on YouTube and wow they are good! I've no idea how they manage to get so many awesome guests - Richard Wolff, Zizek, Chomsky, then you've got Nina Turner and Cornel West, there's Boots Riley, it's just incredible. And all of them are so honest and upfront and open when talking. I've never seen Wolff this animated and lively when talking to someone else or even on his own show! It's incredible.

EDIT - What the fuck happened in the comments?

    • grisbajskulor [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I'm curious, what position do you think a dem soc should hold that Brie & Virgil don't? What is the rhetorical & practical difference between a demsoc and a 'socdem that disavows democrats' in today's US?

      • snackage [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I think demsocs in the imperial core should just not and get an ideology for grown ups

          • snackage [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            But seriously you asked the relevant question. Every legal means to achieve socialist reform have been tried in the US and non have worked. So much so that democratic socialism and social democracy are basically identical in practice. The US institutions are structurally built to keep out challengers and changing them is even harder than getting some guy elected president.

            In contrast you saw for yourself that the state acts when it faces mass violence.

            At some point you need to stop banging your head against a wall and admit you're wrong.