Posting here bc it’s just YouTube drama, but Hasan rightly being called out by “Small Talk Kills” (LexLoser on rednote, recently banned or deleted from TikTok)

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[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i like it when he shows radical sources or has guests from socialist orgs, it just seems that Hasan normalises imperialist socialist positions (Bernie, AOC) quite frequently lately. i think Hasan's politics/education as an individual are fine, that's why I'm confused why he holds Dems to such a high standard. he thinks he can push them left but it only legitimises/redwashes their policies. I guess the ultimate question here is who gains more from Hasans relationship with the Dems, the (actual) left or the d party.

[–] ANarcoSnowPlow@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I, personally, don't think he thinks he can actually move the Democratic party. In fact that's part of what has moved me further left.

I watched them ratfuck the DNC and not allow a single Palestinian voice on stage. I watched them completely ignore someone who has the ear of people within the party. I watched them completely implode the last election. They snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. All by ignoring the material conditions of the vast majority of us.

The system we live in, in the imperial core, doesn't allow for third parties to actually win, a third party historically must become one of the two parties or die. Armed with this knowledge, watching someone far more influential than me try and fail to influence the system as it exists did more to bring me left than years of reading things and having people more left than I was yell at me.

As someone who has moved further left, in no small part due to Hasan's outreach, I have to say I think there's some method to the madness.

Edit: trying to avoid words that may trigger our alphabetic friends.

[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can see that watching the repeated failure of pushing Dems left can be a radicalising experience. Not sure how long term of a strategy it can be though

[–] ANarcoSnowPlow@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

I believe that the catastrophic level of their failures is shortening the overall timeline.