So...I keep hearing the more establishmenty democrats freaking tf out about Hasan Piker and Abdul El Sayed. I saw some people today claiming he was quoting Lenin at his rallies and praising Mao and blah blah blah, and honestly, I decided to queue up a recent rally and listen to what was being said.
The rally itself was pretty tame. basically, it was "we want to do good things for the American people, do nothing democrats take money from corporate donors NOT to do that, and then they attack us as radicals, we stand by hasan, and we stand by our vision, we want to make your lives better, they don't." That's the summary of the rally. I watched Hasan speak, I watched El Sayed speak, I watched them all speak. Sure, they did do some palestine stuff, mostly condemning the genocide, and pointing out that the Israel lobby was influencing our politics to make us arm and fund their genocide. And, of course, El Sayed himself pointed out, he's not anti semitic, he supports all people of all faiths. These are just bad faith attacks.
And yeah...I walk away thinking...these ARE just bad faith attacks. Look. I don't always see eye to eye with the progressive left these days. I support a public option instead of medicare for all. I reject a green new deal in favor of a UBI. But make no mistake, I ALSO want good things for the American people, and I recognize that the biggest obstacles, other than the republicans, are corporate democrats and their donors. I fail to see what's so offensive about what's being said. They dont like centrist democrats being attacked for taking rich peoples' money and doing nothing? Oh, it offends you that we say that? That's too negative? Well, it's true. And at least our attacks against that wing of the party are TRUE.
Here, these guys are taking most of Hasan's most extreme opinions and cherrypicking them, often out of context, to make him look bad. And when it comes to praising mao and quoting lenin at rallies, yeah, no. he did no such thing.
Either way, we're voting (well, if you're in michigan, Im cheering from the sidelines here in PA) for El Sayed, NOT Hasan Piker. I don't care what Hasan has said on his stream. I have mixed opinions about the guy. He's a bit too far left for me, yes. I mean, I have my stances, I clearly delineate my human centered capitalist politics from the progressive left these days. They're two separate ideologies. BUT...we also have common enemies, those corporate funded do nothing democrats, and those fascist republicans. And that's why I often am so willing to stand up for these guys despite not always seeing eye to eye with them. I mean, yeah. What's so offensive here? That these guys are speaking truth to power? What's so subversive? Red scare tactics is all the establishment has. Because at the end of the day, they stand for nothing, except corporate interests that slow progress and make our lives harder.
I used to believe when I was young, that a better world wasn't possible. That things weren't fair, but this was the best we could do, because human nature, systems failing, blah blah blah. But then I got an education in political science. I looked at the problems myself. I studied the solutions. And a better world IS possible. The thing is, wealthy people have structured the system to make us slaves, and have indoctrinated us from birth into slave mentalities. All of this "a better world isn't possible" nonsense is part of that. Slaves dont push for change if their suffering is inevitable and trying makes it worse. They dont push for change if morality becomes about having a good work ethic and serving their corporate masters. They dont push for change if they're more focused worrying about the next life to care what happens in this one.
And when I realized this, that's when I started pushing for change. And not only do I push for change, I push for specific change. Again, my vision isn't the progressive left's vision. At least not exactly. I support a UBI over jobs programs, since jobs are just more slavery. I push for a public option over medicare for all because my ideological dedication to UBI as a tool to free humanity from work trumps my specific focus on one healthcare solution. That's where i differ most from the progressive left. But again, our common enemies are the same.
What I want people to do is to look at the facts for themselves. Figure out what they value, look at how it can be accomplished, and fight for it. We dont always have to agree on specific solutions. But right now, we gotta band together against fascist republicans and do nothing democrats. Support El Sayed, support McMorrow. We can debate some of the specifics of that. I have shown some preference for mcmorrow before going down the el sayed rabbit hole and she's pretty decent too. But...just don't support Stevens, as she's a "do nothing democrat" in my view, and don't support the republicans.
Don't believe this nonsense coming out of the corporate funded do nothing wing of the party. They wanna turn you against people who actually do wanna make your lives better, because they want you to vote for your own continued oppression instead. Don't believe them. Make up your own mind and vote.
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