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I still stand by my opinion that Hassan is cool and he's someone we should be legitimately supporting
There are pipelines that open to disaffected and fed up libs, pipelines that appear radical and posture like they're "speaking truth to power" but that only redirect any real burgeoning radicalism back away from anything effectual, away from communism, leading the people in those pipes right back into liberalism. Chomsky back in the day, vast majority of breadtube, etc. Hasan is likewise one of these pipelines, with one end open to incoming liberals who may not know any better (like many of us were once). But he doesn't put in the typical U-shaped pipe in the works, the "P-trap" pipe that shepherds radicalism back to liberal democracy, he actually shunts his followers to a place of legitimate criticism of the imperial hegemon and support for AES. He's not perfect. He's more lib than most of us here would prefer. But by god he's one of the few big names in The Discourse that really is actually good for leftism, one of the few who isn't producing an army of "anti-tankie" leftists, but a following of baby lefties who stand a chance of becoming comrades capable of learning dialectical materialism rather than scoffing at it. Yes, Hasan is good.
That's something I also just haven't seen. I've seen him play the role plenty of times, but that's also just how you converse with people. No one responds to you insulting them.
Once he has people in though, it's all constant challenges to their moderate positions.
I know that some people give him shit for AOC, but he actually talks to her and she actually listens to him... Like you'd be stupid to burn that bridge since she is one of the last of the old guard. Especially when you know you have a pipeline that nullifies the one she's in.
it's one thing for him to have her on his show or talk to her or whatever. even if he wanted mitch mcconnell on his show like that, i wouldn't be saying anything. telling people they should vote for her because she's gonna fix our problems is another thing entirely. she is a "P-trap" socdem; he shouldn't be endorsing her or calling her "pro-working class". she's probably the least pro-worker of the entire squad, and that's the most generous thing i can say about her. the time he quoted lenin out of context to make the point that we should vote blue no matter who makes him highly suspect to me too. and besides that, his stuff about men going to brothels is super libbed up. i'd be really disappointed in him for that, if i had a positive opinion of him to begin with.
what does legitimately supporting mean? giving him more money?
Dropping the "he's not left enough for me" bit and realizing that he does actually exist in a position to facilitate some sort of change.
Not as an individual, but as a sort of quasi thought leader for the current moment. He is very good at agitation and directing anger towards the system.
Think of him when self pleasuring
He's been on a roll recently.