As someone who was swayed by his rhetoric while in a politically "agnostic" phase, I second this. He's a great source for "baby's first leftism."
I went from someone who was generally swayed by working-class arguments to thinking I might actually read Marx. His discussion with Abby Martin on the Empire Files is specifically what swayed me. He broke down the core flaw in capitalist philosophy in an easily understood way.
As I've gotten more well-versed, he's become 'cooperative grandpa.' He's less useful the further down the rabbit hole you go because you start picking out holes in his arguments, as well as his stances that you wouldn't pick out otherwise. Specific tendencies tend to be able to pull him apart worse than others.
I generally have a positive opinion of him because he's on the "right" side of things.
As someone who was swayed by his rhetoric while in a politically "agnostic" phase, I second this. He's a great source for "baby's first leftism."
I went from someone who was generally swayed by working-class arguments to thinking I might actually read Marx. His discussion with Abby Martin on the Empire Files is specifically what swayed me. He broke down the core flaw in capitalist philosophy in an easily understood way.
As I've gotten more well-versed, he's become 'cooperative grandpa.' He's less useful the further down the rabbit hole you go because you start picking out holes in his arguments, as well as his stances that you wouldn't pick out otherwise. Specific tendencies tend to be able to pull him apart worse than others.
I generally have a positive opinion of him because he's on the "right" side of things.