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[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 85 points 3 weeks ago

The andor sub was horrible about this.

Some people correctly identified that this dude works for Disney and probably can't just say "yeah it's a communist show" but the rest of the comments were like

"It's anti-imperialist, not leftist. Maidan/Hungarians/etc are right wing and anti-Imperialist. The empire is authoritarian"

Just shoot me

[-] BanSwitch2Buyers@hexbear.net 77 points 3 weeks ago

I saw a guy saying he didn't see how it was political because we didn't know the empire's opinions on "social issues" i.e. gay people.

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 32 points 3 weeks ago

meanwhile there is a community called women stuff that was asking the other day about red flags of anti-lgbtq people and in the post said "no politics please"

[-] fox@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

That comm gives me a weird vibe

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago
[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago
[-] TheDeed@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 31 points 3 weeks ago

reddit delenda est

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 56 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

People watching a series about an oppressive government made in the current political climate and going "this is about the USSR" would be funny if it weren't so sad.

E: wait lmao why the fuck would you do an interview with Ross Douthat??!?!?

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 42 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Americans are incapable of comprehending criticism of the US that doesn't also say "but it's still better than communism"

EDIT: also happy to be able to do this for once

I don't know who Ross Douthat is and I'm grateful for that

[-] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know who Ross Douthat is and I'm grateful for that

Ross Douthat is the inverse of the principle that real heroes don't wear capes

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

I'm still confused and I like it that way.

[-] ferristriangle@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

Fake Villains Do Wear Capes?

[-] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

think-about-it

Maybe not "fake" villains, but certainly wannabe villains

[-] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

wait lmao why the fuck would you do an interview with Ross Douthat??!?!?

He thought the was doing an interview with the Phantom of the Opera, only to find out at the last moment it was Ross

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

He is doing a press tour for the show

[-] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 40 points 3 weeks ago

I study Hannah Arendt, and a lot of her existential philosophy is actually interesting.

Her creation of "totalitarianism" though -- truly CIA-level shit. Authoritarianism as the new watered down version is just.... ughhhhhhHHHHHHHHH

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 46 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, the moment someone talks about authoritarianism I don't care about their political opinions.

Oh, the USSR used violence to enforce its societal rules and norms, like literally every human society in history, and that makes it uniquely evil and comparable to the Third Reich?

[-] KnownUnknownKnower@hexbear.net 36 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you, so many people crying about how this is just like maidan and totally ignoring how the CIA has done the snipers into a peaceful protest at least a dozen times

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

The Ghorman massacre IS just like Maidan in that a sniper attack perpetrated by the empire is used to spark the fighting off. The origin of the shooting that occurred during the maidan protests is disputed and I personally believe the fascists carried it out, not the police. The protests up to that moment were not revolutionary, they were a typical liberal protest. The masses and number of people were being kept there for days using free food and concerts/music stages. It was clear that things weren't going to escalate so they carried out the shooting to turn the tone of things.

Liberals fail to recognise this was part of a planned coup perpetrated by the US and that the protesters were a cover for carrying out their plans, much like every colour revolution isn't really a "revolution" but simply a liberal protest event used as cover for a coup occurring in the background, which then forms the basis of the narrative story told about what happened in media after the event.

[-] KnownUnknownKnower@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

Correct, my issue is with the understanding of snipers directed by Putin to kill Ukrainians, rather than the other way around

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah that shit makes absolutely no sense. There are two possible scenarios, cops doing it without orders to protestors they're sympathetic to, or the fascists did it to escalate. The most likely scenario is that the fascists did it. They benefited most from it.

There was no unrest until this event, just a bunch of people libbing in the square and refusing to leave. There was no reason for the state to shoot anyone.

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

It’s also a near universal event in revolutions that a protest turns bloody by unknown hands shooting off

[-] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 32 points 3 weeks ago

Maidan/Hungarians/etc

Blegh gross

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's anti-imperialist, not leftist. Maidan/Hungarians/etc are right wing and anti-Imperialist. The empire is authoritarian

Baby's first watching of anything with politics deeper than Marvel

[-] lil_tank@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

Oh you're fighting for the survival of your people? Recite all Fanon's books gunpoint-alt

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

Hungarians? Lol, they're as bootlicking towards US empire as any other Euro lib. They're worse actually.

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago
[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

Oh lmao. Libs love defending fascists

[-] KnownUnknownKnower@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

Its a tankie thing, "ooh the call for help is just like the revolutionaries against eevil ruzzians"

[-] Crucible@hexbear.net 37 points 3 weeks ago

Ross Douthat talking to a Star Wars man, that's this week's Chapo sorted

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 36 points 3 weeks ago

You are not missing much if you skip the interview. The highlight of the interview is Ross Douhat having the audacity to say not poisoning kids is a leftist take (Michael Clayton, written and directed by Tony Gilroy). Which gets them into a yelling match, and Tony Gilroy basically concerned for his mental well-being, cause he goes, I don't know how not poisoning people is a left or right take. I don't know how these people manage to fail upwards into goddamn nytimes podcasts, columns, and newsletters. Jabouie is the only decent columnist in the nytimes right but he hides his power level (if he has one).

Tony Gilroy has basically read a lot of history books and knows enough to craft a good story. The end.

[-] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago

The chapo episode about Ross douthat where his friend gets laid while he pretends to sleep is absolute nightmare fuel. I didn't know third hand cringe can be so uncomfortable

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yo even if I remembered I wouldnt tell you lol. Nobody should have to listen to that. Even the hosts were a bit jarred by what they read. It was surreal

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I listened to the episode and it was terrible lmao

[-] Chump@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

I have never been less impressed by NonZeroNewsletter than when he interviewed Douthat about the existence of god. Dude just regurgitated every non-falsifiable argument I ever read while in high school, and thought I was the smartest motherfucker ever

[-] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

SciFi with Damien Walters take or whatever is almost as bad, smuglord whether you think Gilroy is hiding his power to skate under Disney's radar or not, the tweet is bullshit liberal grandstanding with zero use or deeper understanding.

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

He just sounds mostly like a well-read lib and at the very least good enough when understanding "radical thinking".

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