Second Thought

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    9 months ago

    Second Thought, that’s the guy who reviews luxury cars on a paywalled streaming site, right?

    Yeah, I trust him to care about the plight about poor people in the Western Hemisphere. He Gets Us.

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      8 months ago

      The guy who used to review cars then changed to political content and the guy who releases content for free and paywalls series so he can afford to feed himself, his wife and daughter + colleagues

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        8 months ago

        Right, political content. Like the video that plays defense for authoritarianism and cooks up a bunch of arguments that fit a fascist worldview?

        Same guy who runs a podcast with a genocide denier?

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          8 months ago

          You’re throwing around fascism to describe supposedly describe Marxist Leninism which makes no sense. Calling far left movements fascist erases historic meaning from the word.

          Which genocide does he deny?

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            8 months ago

            No, he made a pro Stalinist video that uses points that fit into fascist (non-Stalinist) ideologies. Plenty of the things he says could be used as arguments by a neo-Nazi today. And he explicitly went out of his way to not criticize the Nazi implementation of his arguments, which makes it all the more suspicious.

            And how many genocides have been denied on the podcast, that you need me to tell you which one is bad?

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              8 months ago

              No seriously I can’t tell if you’re going to say Holodomor which is contentious amongst historians who specialize on the topic or the Uyghur ‘genocide’ that apparently no proof seems to ever materialize.

              Hakim, JT, and Yugopnik aren’t by any means Stalinist, they’re realists who examine material conditions of the Soviet Union, then dispel propaganda and criticize the weaknesses in Soviet policy. Just because they aren’t reactionaries who dont challenge cold war propaganda doesn’t mean they uncritically idolize.

              And what do you mean? Nazi policies of what? They are diametrically opposed on fiscal, social, and government structure. You cannot say it fits into ‘Nazi’ rhetoric without giving an example. I can’t engage with unfalsifiable claims.

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                8 months ago

                Holodomor… or the Uyghur ‘genocide’

                Neither. One you don’t have your Naziesque talking points for.

                All genocide deniers talk the same way Nazis do about Jews, BTW. Ever noticed?

                Hakim, JT, and Yugopnik aren’t by any means Stalinist

                MLism is Stalinism. Stalin’s the strongman revisionist who created MLism. They are one and the same.

                I can’t engage with unfalsifiable claims

                We can talk about the whataboutism and pro-Nazism dripping from JT Chapman’s other videos afterwards

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                  8 months ago

                  What? Uyghurs have a rich and important culture, one that needs to be preserved and fostered. The CPC has clearly stated that the idea is to assimilate them to a Chinese national identity. It needs to be addressed and critique is warranted. You can even make an argument that an ethnic cleansing has and is occuring. You cannot, however, throw out accusations of genocide when there is no proof. Sorry, you need evidence for genocide. Or at the very least learn what a genocide is because you are clearly confused.

                  See: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cz9ICFDk8Js

                  The fact you compare me to a Nazi is just disgusting. Do better.

                  MLism does not mean stalinism. Lenin is not Stalin. Lenin wrote works that influenced South American, Central American, Eastern Asian, and Pan-African movements that have overthrown fascist regimes. The fact that you lump together every Marxist Leninist together to Stalin, when the movement is diverse, global, and employed differently everywhere is ludicrous. Its the most black and white thinking imaginable. You have never read Lenin or looked into communist movements inspired by him if you lump all of ML into Stalin.

                  Again, you refuse to engage with actual words.

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                    8 months ago

                    What? Uyghurs…

                    Like I said before, the gang of podcasters was talking about a different genocide.

                    “You refuse to engage with actual words” and defaulted to spamming talking points.

                    The fact you compare me to a Nazi is just disgusting.

                    I compared genocide deniers to Nazis. Didn’t realize you’d feel attacked

                    MLism does not mean stalinism. Lenin is not Stalin.

                    Lenin didn’t create MLism. Stalin did. You know that, right?