I was able to watch it as it aired and definitely enjoyed it but remember thinking how some of it just smacked of anticommunist tropes snuck in all over.
But I was pretty new to real, radical leftism at the time and had a ton of questions about the validity of some of what the show portrayed, but knew I wouldn't get honest answers from a general search.
So I posted on r/communism asking for people's opinions on what the show got right and where the propagandist lies began. I got told it was all lies, complete western propaganda and that I shouldn't be watching bourgeois media at all. That I was spreading liberal ideology by even mentioning the show, etc. I swear to god that (and many other) "communism" subs have been blatant astroturfed ops from the beginning. And it's gotten so much worse since then, it's hard to believe.
I wish this place had been around at the time because I would have loved a good analytical discussion on it. I think I was on the chapo sub at the time but foolishly thought most of the "communist" subs had enough crossover that I'd get the same response there.
Anyway, rambling comment nearing conclusion... I'm glad to finally see some good talk on it, what like 5 years later. Too bad I barely remember the show now.
I was able to watch it as it aired and definitely enjoyed it but remember thinking how some of it just smacked of anticommunist tropes snuck in all over.
But I was pretty new to real, radical leftism at the time and had a ton of questions about the validity of some of what the show portrayed, but knew I wouldn't get honest answers from a general search.
So I posted on r/communism asking for people's opinions on what the show got right and where the propagandist lies began. I got told it was all lies, complete western propaganda and that I shouldn't be watching bourgeois media at all. That I was spreading liberal ideology by even mentioning the show, etc. I swear to god that (and many other) "communism" subs have been blatant astroturfed ops from the beginning. And it's gotten so much worse since then, it's hard to believe.
I wish this place had been around at the time because I would have loved a good analytical discussion on it. I think I was on the chapo sub at the time but foolishly thought most of the "communist" subs had enough crossover that I'd get the same response there.
Anyway, rambling comment nearing conclusion... I'm glad to finally see some good talk on it, what like 5 years later. Too bad I barely remember the show now.
(Also glad to see you posting again SFS, FWIW.)