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I’m sure they do
“Hey Cornel West what should happen to the people of Ukraine and Taiwan?”
“Irrelevant”
“Hey Cornel West what do you think will be the outcome for the Palestinians of people refusing to vote for Harris in this election?”
“Did I stutter? Besides if any are still alive in 2036 when we’ve built enough momentum to be competitive (*) and we win, then I’m sure they’ll be super grateful about how much better my policies are at that point”
(*) not really
I don't know much about Cornel West, so I really have no opinion on that.
You're not missing much
If his message was "we desperately need a voting system that enables third parties to be viable, also we desperately need more humanity in our treatment of Palestinians right now because they are dying in large numbers, let's work towards both of those interrelated things" then it'd be gold. He is silent on the first one, though, and actively trying to undermine the second through his actions.
The fact that he's performatively trying to advertise how nice the second one would be won't help the Palestinians if Trump comes to power and doubles the weapons shipments and joins with Netanyahu in his attempts to undermine any humanitarian aid and any peace process. Lobbying the Democrats, threatening the Democrats, demanding concessions from the Democrats, all of those things are likely to help Palestinians to some degree. Voting for Cornel West in the 2024 election is a vote for turning Gaza into a massive graveyard.
West is actually a pretty brilliant social scientist. He did a great "Philosopher's Commentary" track for the Matrix. Not even kidding, and had a bit role in the sequels.
I love him like a brother, but he has no business running for President.
I watched one of his speeches. Is there one that’s more impactful that I should be watching instead of the one I picked, to get a little of the flavor of what he stands for?
The one that impressed me most was the Matrix commentary from 2004.
https://youtu.be/YJSFrBsoWzM
AFAIK it was only released on "The Ultimate Matrix Collection".
https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate_Matrix_Collection
What were a couple of the conclusions he drew that really impressed you? I listened to some of it.