Joe Rogan is one example. He was a Bernie supporter and is quite liberal, but he failed the purity tests by having a wide range of guests on his show, and then later around Covid vaccines and his criticism of "woke" so he was cast out of the progressive coalition, to that coalitions own injury in my opinion.

Smartest liberal

Have you perhaps considered that the distrust in our institutions was also caused by propaganda, and that in general they are run by good people who do a decent job?

I stand corrected, an even smarter liberal

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 63 points 3 months ago (3 children)

An aside: economists don't usually use the word 'capitalism' because it has no set definition, to the point of being meaningless.

lmao

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago

reading this caused what i hope is a fatal brain bleed

[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

jesse-wtf

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 54 points 3 months ago

I have only ever considered that our institutions are good and that critiques of them are the product of enemy propaganda, because my mind is extremely powerful and I operate it with wisdom and intelligence. Have you ever considered that I am right and it is you who are the one that is wrong?

[–] M68040@hexbear.net 43 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Was Rogan ever “in” the “coalition”? all the people I knew were indifferent at best. Just kind of a “not the target demographic” thing.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 56 points 3 months ago

Absolutely not lmao. He was a gullible libertarian dipshit who platformed fascists.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 35 points 3 months ago

These people need to drink some raw water for a few months and then see if they still whine so much about purity tests.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Remember when Joe Rogan was part of the "progressive coalition"???... No, i don't remember either

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I remember when certain people I knew mistook Joe Rogan as part of the coalition, as opposed to a platform of convenience since Bernie was literally being denied airtime on every other mainstream platform.

But then again, I though Bernard was a serious progressive politician at that time, and not another hack in a suit.

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

He had some ideas that could've been perceived as "left wing" by liberals who also think they're "left wing"

[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Have you perhaps considered that the distrust in our institutions was also caused by propaganda, and that in general they are run by good people who do a decent job?

My doctor whenever I have a problem: "I don't care, here is a prescription, this consultation lasted 5 minutes but I am going to charge your insurance for 30 minutes"

My insurance whenever I have a problem: "We will give you your claim money, in 2 months"

The police: "You forgot to turn on your bike lights, here is a 60 euro fine"

My apartment manager: "Half our shit doesn't work, your floors are constantly being damaged by leaking water. We won't fix any of it"

and I could go on and on.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Every authority figure you interact with is Russian and/or Chinese, actually.