In explaining exactly why this is so bleak, Klippenstein references the dystopian science fiction movie Minority Report, where people are arrested not for anything they’ve done but for “pre-crime” predicted by people with psychic powers. In this real-world case, the “indicia” (indicators) of future political violence listed in the report are:
anti-Americanism,
anti-capitalism,
anti-Christianity,
support for the overthrow of the United States Government,
extremism on migration,
extremism on race,
extremism on gender
hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family,
hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on religion, and
hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on morality.
Good article and lots of points to discuss. But man, a Trotsky quote (albeit a good one) coupled with whining about “authoritarianism,” then this line:
Jacobin isn’t beating the western Marxism allegations
lmao yea when your boss can fire you for objecting to genocide on social media that’s fine, what’s important is whether you can debate the humanity of black people
I fucking hate liberals. if you force them they will acknowledge material constraints but only until the next time they open their object-impermanent mouths
Even western marxism is being nice, thats just plain old Liberalism lmao
And what’s the contingency plan for when you don’t win?
Got in an argument with this annoying POS saying “just make better propaganda no need to limit speech” like yeah sure ur freshly decolonized country is gonna be able to fend off mercenaries trained across the border that will coupe your state but also you have to invest a bunch of money, time, and energy to win the propaganda campaign against the richest country in the world.
Western leftists need to eat rocks
I wonder if the class character of the ownership of major media platforms has any impact on the bAtTLe oF iDeAs. oh well, I’m comfortable… better not think about it too hard!
I call my fists ideas.
Tattooing “idea” across my knuckles on both hands and then asking fascists to debate me in the arena of ideas.
“Are there civil liberties for the fascists? Are they gonna be allowed their newspapers and their radio programs, are they gonna be able to keep all their farms?”
It’ never even tried