The reason I simply don’t care about “Rogan of the Left” discourse is we basically already did this in 2017 with Chapo and the like and it amounted to nothing other than turning a whole swathe of high-engaged/low-info young people on the left into nihilists
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Adam Gurri
It's pretty funny how there was a whole moment in 2017 where people were like "what if we just did leftism but on podcasts, and with slurs? It would be unstoppable."
And now we're doing the Joe Rogan of the Left conversation again. The eternal recurrence of stupid ideas
And now we're doing the Joe Rogan of the Left conversation again. The eternal recurrence of stupid ideas
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The problem is the fragmented structure of online communication that prevents us from talking to each other and keeping lies in check.
also see: Matt Taibbi, TYT, blah blah blah
Angry Young Ok Not That Young And Sometimes Not Even Men But Mostly Angry Men, We Need More Of Those,
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this whole thread is an exercise of wishcasting! so many people resentful of Chapo's successes, it's pathetic
Chapo had its place. It was a radicalised in many ways. But those people just needed somewhere to go to do work.
“It was a radicalizer in many ways”
oh sorry lol
Forgot who we are talking about
https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/bonus-michigan-raids-on-pro-palestine-students
When I said 'they' I was speaking of the Dems, not this podcast, who, by your account are saying good things
They, the Dems, the ones with the structure to govern inside any reasonable timeline, are wasting time casting about for a messenger, when the have no message
Thank goodness he didn't become the Rogan of the left.
Problem ISN’T (won’t be; needn’t be) the want of VOICES.
Problem IS no gizmos, widgets, and (a-hem) noise making networks — literal and figurative — for serious *amplification* and *penetration*
When one of the main struggles Dems have is seeming inauthentic and then they want to lean INTO that criticism by being...