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As you can see, nothing short of a complete overhaul of the neoliberal economic order can these fundamental contradictions be resolved. And if they are not proposing that, it’s not serious and should be treated like a fantasy novel.

I refuse to believe such a proposal would come from the French

Don’t worry, soon they’ll be weak storms!

I appreciate your thoughts, don’t have much to offer from my end. I respect him showing up for the discussion in the link and sort of “taking it on the chin” in their conversation

After watching it, I think the only thing I would really change about my thoughts is the split regarding ideology/tactics leaning a lot more towards tactics. Most of the criticisms levied here were then covered in the podcast.

Having to set up a local chapter is pretty paralyzing and a lot of ground work. Especially if you’re in an area lacking in pre established leftists.

Not to be a stereotype of but if the cadre aren’t near you, are there any odds of creating cadre? You know how much we love book clubs around here.

Thanks for the link, FD really just be showing up in mad podcasts.

Edit: I saw the description, and I completely memory-holed the PF Jung appearance he did previously. I think his criticisms of engaging the Black electorate are valid and are often mistakes even more solidified leftists make, but some of his exclusions as well as general decisions come off as a tactical mix with being soc dem, and I am still unsure of the mix but would lean pretty 40/60, spitballing.

I find the idea of the PF stream gross, but did actually see it in full out of morbid curiosit,y and you can see he’s basically being the non-confrontation Black guy with some degree of intention. There is something to be said about appearing on their platform instead of bringing them to yours regarding platforming, but I still generally disliked the move, as frankly, I don’t have much faith in anyone who makes spouting the evil rhetoric their job at being misguided. I guess one could argue agitprop of Jung’s audience if they wanted to be INSANELY generous.

This is me riffing before starting the stream btw, gonna listen to it for a bit to keep certified video watcher status since I’m discussing it and will return if anything inside changes my thoughts.

ML is because I feel like I haven’t read nearly enough of the important theory in my list to call myself one

I feel you, though it’s more my practice is weak and lacking, bouncing between combatting reactionary tendencies in some people I know, combatting doomerism and adventurism in others, work, study, and sleep, I don’t think I do enough to call myself an ML or commie.

Also, orgs near me seem to be focused on events that occur primarily during working hours or when I’m still asleep on weekends, while also being fairly distant.

possible i missed this (im drunk rn i will admit).

I love analysis while drunk, so I relate. And no, you didn’t miss it. I think a part of it is him having the role of the Black Lorax. It’s something him and other cornbreadtubers (the name is ironic) riff on about him but I think he does take with some degree of seriousness and frankly a lot of “leftists” that haven’t found some sort of ideological coherence still heavily fuck with bernie. They’d click off faster than a gamer says a slur if he called Bernie an imperialist dog. Hell, we’re still catching shit for many leftists not voting for Kamala out of principle.

Besides, the same blind spot Bernie has, a lot of these leftists have frankly. Bernie’s fairly blatant imperialism works because of the class essentialism that is fairly prevalent in the Western left. Bernie does it as an imperial dog, but I think the reflection seen would lead to defensiveness and reactionary tendencies. JD is still actively playing the same role he was when I first found him. He’s a baby’s guide to The Black Question, and I think his idea is that by platforming others, he can give them the opportunity to pull a Luxembourg. I do agree he could lean a little further into the left regarding that, though, as he often has throwaway comments for other, much further left ideas in a way that pokes fun as well as generates interest. It likely is part of his blind spot, regardless of the tactical intent, though.

class reductionist who want to dismiss/downplay race/gender’s role in how class is determined in modern society

You’re gonna start a fight /hj

I haven’t seen that one, so I’ll add to to my backlog after I get through the literal pile of books I still want to get through (excluding my copy of Capital, which I have on indefinite hiatus)

FD, outside of his analysis of black culture and leftist relations to black folk, is often weak and still pretty lib-coded. A decent part of that I think is lived experience over theoretical comprehension, e.g., my complaints in my other comment. Though it has been honestly a while since I’ve engaged with this type of YouTube content, so maybe I am misremembering. I found the video very good as a primer for white baby leftists on being careful in engaging with black people and mistakes to avoid. But his explanations were fairly lacking, but frankly, anyone who needs this message probably isn’t reading theory, notably black liberation theory, to the point of even properly engaging in the explanation, and obviously doesn’t have the lived experience to combat it.

I didn’t find his address of bernie to be particularly problematic, frankly, FD does attack revolutionary socialists, but in addressing electoralists, I think him drawing the distinction in any capacity, would cause the exact tuning out and lecturing he was talking about (further than has already happened in the comments of that vid lol). If we’re talking about tactics, I think leaving that unmentioned in a video this short with the purpose it serves is correct, considering the tendencies of the people he’s trying to address.

Though, the cynic in me thinks the primary effectiveness will derive from it hitting lib white guilt more than anything else. I don’t think this video was bad for what it was intended to be, but anyone who has engaged in the L of ML shouldn’t really need this video to begin with.

Damnit, I was hoping to save the historic betrayal of black workers in exchange for benefits as a clapback if someone got salty and dismissive. I was excited to mention the people’s party and everything.

As a confirmed video watcher, hexbear’s one and only, another pretty goated take from F.D.in regards to how white leftists (in actuality) and “leftists”(libs) are pretty poor at race relations and often quite literally trigger black folks in argumentation and rhetoric by madlibbing electoral candidates and movements with the same sentences otherwised used by blatant racist reactionaries. Summary for non-readers (read fellow Amerikkkans) over.

Mandami, from what I’ve seen, is smarter than this (maybe some of y’all should be forced to take Africana studies courses as part of re-education?), and my skepticism of him is funny for a bunch of other reasons. White leftists and liberals (collectively) are notoriously bad at navigating black skepticism, but frankly, at this point, I am of the belief that in the context of the U.S., that is gonna have to be a family issue (read black) to resolve internally, especially since the liberal brain worms seem to have successfully infiltrated us as a group.

It is why I sympathize with a lot of the non-US members who get irritated at us calling them doomers in regards to our revolutionary potential (generally talking US-Canada, but vaguely western countries all kinda apply). A lot of rebuttals I’ve seen towards them give the same chauvinist vibes I often see non-black leftists come into black-spaces with, which is coupled with anger at… well-earned skepticism?

Anyway, the soapbox under me is creaking, and my feet hurt.

Edit: Steps back on soapbox, I do think there is a bit too much grace for a lot of Black elders as well as a bit too much faith in electoralism, but that comes with F.D. I think he is technically right about the low information voter comment he made (how leftists really need to be careful in how they use it in black spaces), but I feel he implies that it isn’t true when in my experience it generally is, but wtv, I’m just pre-empting some potential arguments I don’t care for.

https://hexbear.net/comment/6287825

No clue, don’t really eat them.

favourite colour is purple

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You’ve gotten good advice so far, so I just wanted to say if you are interested in learning more about Linux stuff, you could set up your own desktop environment (you would want a dynamic one, most likely, coming from Windows) for highly customized desktop themes. Mine is heavily based on my favorite color, but stuff like ’s /r/unixporn can show how custom the theming is. It can be a bit overwhelming, but it was really satisfying to complete, and I learned a lot.

(I’d post mine, but have already associated it with another online id so)

Oh yeah I mostly was considering the idea of it being an evaluation of the narratives ability to make someone want to see it through, due to the variety of things that make up a game this is also competing with a bunch of other factors so not exactly a perfect metric. but I can at least see how completing a story can be indicative of its narrative strength (given considerations for general game difficulty and gameplay style) whereas completion has almost zero connection with the strength of the gameplay loop, which makes it a particularly odd choice imo for describing how well something works as a game.

I think there some expired ones in my cabinet actually.

is in need of a new brain

Hey! He has a product for that! Hail the foresight of benevolent capital!

I finished Portal 2 cuz it was shorter but was compelled to put more hours and energy into stardew thus it clears Portal 2 as a game.

Edit: being a bit less shitposty, using game clear compulsion is just a really odd metric. Arguably my favorite game of all time, Rimworld, I’ve never been compelled to complete but I think it is a far more interesting and compelling game and interactive experience than I found Portal 2. If anything Portal 2 is something that I completed because it was more compelling as a ‘narrative’ but the gameplay loop of stardew was more interesting making it the better game. If anything I’d argue that Portal 2 was mostly there for being the polished version of something that felt inspired, much like ToTK.

The metric you used is something I could make see as an argument for saying something is a better narrative, but I think most people wouldn’t define games but desire to complete, especially since many people’s favorite games or genres are defined by inability or extreme difficulty and deterrence of completion.