Ask Prof Wolff: MAGA Communism

[@jvarela965]

MAGA Communism is a term invented by a very confused rich kid from Newport Beach CA named Jason Pickle.

[@walthaus]

The German word for "national" is definitely not spelled with the letter Z , it's spelled the same as in English, the reason it's called Nazi party is because in Germany socialists ( Sozialisten) are commonly referred to as "Sozis", so the combination is "Nationalist" and "Sozi" or "Sozialist"= Nazi. And Adolf Hitler didn't propose that name anyway, The party was initially called German Worker's Party ( DAP =deutsche Arbeiterparty) and the executive committee , following Rudolf Jung's recommendation, changed the name to NSDAP, adding the words National and Socialist , both over Hitler's objections. Hitler wanted the name to be "Social Revolutionary Party". However, RudolfJung, having written a book on "National Socialism" a book he hoped was going to be as important to Nazi ideology as "Das Kapital" was to Marxism/ Socialism, was able to convince Hitler to go along with the new party name. The word "Socialism" was indeed added to attract left-wing workers, but it was, of course a 'bait'n'switch" since Nazis were definitely anti socialist, ant-communist and anti-marxist.

[@solaris2015]

balJews are liers, even profesors, like "Bartoszewicz" or Balcerowicz in Poland.

[@fencerjared]

Also, the name "German Socialist Worker's Party" was proposed by the first party chair before Hitler was even a member, and they were always a nationalist volkisch party that proposed socialized welfare programs for members of the proposed national ethnicity.

[@Brytons_Thoughts]

Wow, not only do you own an awesome triple pick up hollow body axe, but this was a super substantive an awesome comment. What a two for one deal.

[@tymanung6382]

Also anti liberal, anti anarchist. etc.

[@dennisyoung4631]

True. The Strasserites were killed off early once the N’s got power.

[@merbst]

I prefer the regular kind of Communism.

[@Gele-Nikolov]

The US can never be communist.

[@ime4991]

​@Petr-Nikolovusa will be communist

[@hjalmarschacht2559]

Thanks!

[@doepicshizzle6465]

Prof Wolff is not wrong.

[@juanrafaellattapiatarriaga9064]

Here un Chile , the élite people every time when they are defeted an election they discovered new names on the same people, they we're conservatives , liberales ,republican ,party of the people , etc but their acctions on power are the same . Freedom for corporatives business , no taxes for them , prívate education and health ..

[@nicolasmanriquez4705]

70% de desaprobacion.... triste.

[@Hatim.13]

RIP Allende...F Milton Friedman and rhe Chicago boys.

[@wokecommunist3095]

@@Hatim.13 couldn't agree with you more there. It's a real shame Allende's Cybersyn project never took off. There was something similar proposed in the Soviet Union called OGAS, but it was abandoned because of political reasons (a lot of the bureaucrats and careerists in the government didn't want to be replaced by computers who could do their jobs more efficiently).

[@pilleater]

Very spicy. I appreciate answering memes.

[@zakkart]

@New Deal Conservative Haz who couldn't identify which hole women pee out of lmao

[@mx7859]

@New Deal Conservative Haz is too busy debating e-girls on how many holes girls have. He is just a fascist clown that doesn't deserve any platform

[@Orgcent21]

@Anti-Woke Communist is that all you debate bros do is debate?

[@edwinferrer187]

So that's what MAGA means M ake A merica G reat A gain I can't see why not "MAGA Communist" if its the progress of all and not to few or one. Again with those labels it shouldn't be the case, but it should be the process and the results is what Americans be focused on.

[@skydragon23101979]

Finally someone not so focused on labels but the spirit of those labels or slogans. Besides if you understand the Taoism symbol the extreme of one becomes the beginnings of another. The extreme interventionist for good becomes imperialists. The extreme isolationist becomes cold hearted and calculating nationalist which ultimately leads to a facist state.

[@richardlandrum1966]

"Of all and not few or one" That's the inherent problem with the slogan "make america great AGAIN". America was never great for everybody. Adding "again" to that statement is essentially telling 40% of Americans, they are why we are declining. And that all the advancements we've made in equality and human rights made America worse. Doesn't exactly promote pleasant thoughts.

[@edwinferrer187]

@@richardlandrum1966 If non-Americans would hear "America" do they mean American People or the Billionaire Controlled Government? If it's the latter, I'm 1000% agree with you and MAGA is never a good one... I'm no American, but how's that?

[@richardlandrum1966]

@@edwinferrer187 typically "america" is shorthand for us of a. Many use it to mean the people, a few of us recognize 20 other countries are included on this continent. The person who began the slogan "maga", is a populist. Meaning he'll say whatever he thinks will gain him power.

[@richardlandrum1966]

@@edwinferrer187 typically they mean the people, but that slogan comes from a populist, meaning he'll say whatever he thinks will gain him power.

[@Interlocutor67]

Wolff obviously never heard of National Bolshevism in both Germany and Russia between the world wars. Hitler opposed National Bolshevism, by the way.

[@AJ-gc5mp]

A+ work, comrade

[@Erosistheonlyreal]

Man Marxist types are such ideological purists, they would never dare call something like NazBolism "Communism".

[@richardlandrum1966]

National = Socially far right Bolshevism = Economically far left. National Bolshevism = Socialism for us, not for you. Of course the angry mustache model opposed it. He was part of a different "for us, not for you"

[@thefacelessstranger4983]

Professor, who is the revolutionary subject in america?

[@MasterK-hv4ws]

he'd probably say some dumb shit like the starbucks union or whatever

[@N33TF33T]

I implore you to read the substack article by INFRARED about MAGA Communism, Haz from infrared is the originator of this term. You're wrong about MAGA Communism. Would love to see you have a discussion with Haz about this.

[@LocoGeorge123]

I’ve seen the tenets of MAGA Communism, it’s literally just fascism with health care.

[@j0elvill]

Why cast pearls at swine?

[@lukephillips1331]

haz writes like a 10 year old. you fell for that hog shit rambling? you’re a fucking idiot lmfao.

[@mig1442]

Professor Wolff, I think you should go to the source and speak to Haz of Infrared about MAGACommunism. He respects you and defended you when he spoke to Destiny.

[@Orgcent21]

Debate is useless with your Strasserist gang

[@mig1442]

@@Orgcent21 again with the left-wing cowardice, making any excuse you can to avoid discussion.

[@CalebMaupintime]

@@Orgcent21 Strasserists were pro private property. Next

[@krazmazov3043]

Haz is a complete dipshit and fascist.

[@krazmazov3043]

Haz is slimy afterbirth who wouldn’t get Wolff’s time of day

[@jameswilkinson138]

This history is somewhat distorted. The Nazis during the 1920s had a strong socialist but anti-Bolshevik faction led by Georg Strasser. After a struggle it was the anti-semitic faction which defeated the Socialist faction. In talking about Maga communism one might rather adduce the contrast between Stalin's socialism in one country and Trotsky seeking Global Revolution.

[@Erosistheonlyreal]

I thought they were both Anti-Semitic, but one was just more overtly class struggle focused and Marxistic in nature (the Strasserites).

[@DinoCism]

@@Erosistheonlyreal They weren't Marxist. No one in that party was but they did think Hitler would do something about the industrialist tycoons who owned the country... which is really stupid when it was those tycoons who gave them the guns, the vehicles, the loudspeakers to do their rallies, break strikes and kill socialists. If they were Marxists they would have known Hitler wouldn't bite the hand that feeds.

[@weneedcriticalthinking]

I am pro good third party or bust is a must now! before and tomorrow! and I I think Richard and Haz should hash it out. Peace

[@DinoCism]

You didn't pay attention eh? The takeaway is that conservatives which Hinkle and Haz are a boil on the ass of the actual growing, actually socialist left which is retaking its rightful place in history. Haz doesn't believe in class struggle and has said so openly so what do you get out of riding his dick?

[@danielreed8921]

wolf just old dont knock him hes still a goat

[@weneedcriticalthinking]

@@danielreed8921 Salute, I thought i did not knock either of them and i push for pro good third party emphasis on the good, again salute and respect.

[@danielreed8921]

@@weneedcriticalthinking oh i know i didnt mean you were knocking him. i just completely disagree with his analysis of what maga communism even is. its like hes never learned about it

[@addammadd]

@@danielreed8921nope, he’s got a good enough view. There’s no need to pick through the nuances of an already bankrupt notion, should just as soon mine peanuts from shit.

[@wokecommunist3095]

I love your channel so much. I greatly appreciate all the work you do in spreading awareness of Communist ideas and also in dealing with misinformation.

[@4kassis]

actually the first word in NSDAP was spelled "National" . Nazi was just the abbreviated spelling for the whole long thing: Nationalsozialistische deutsche Arbeiterpartei

[@kevintewey1157]

You don't know shit about communism and you just proved it because you never even bothered to be dialectical About It by actually reading the sub stack you and it seems perhaps Professor wolf don't understand because you never tried that's not dialectical

[@davidkociol7728]

I do think that Parenti’s Blackshirts and Reds illuminates the non-socialism of the Strasser wing of the NSDAP, but that’s my only critique here

[@cristinacamero3733]

As always learning from you. Thank you for your efforts to contribute to information and a better world Professor Wolff

[@iceman5117]

His takes on the Ukraine conflict are a shame

[@danielreed8921]

haz and wolff should talk

[@matthewkopp2391]

The meme was started by Jackson Hinkle who is a bit of trickster KZbinr trying to gain a left-right audience. And it worked, I view his show on occasion. Jackson calls himself a Marxist Leninist and has yet to my knowledge spoken articulately about either Marx or Lenin. BUT his show outlines a few positions that I share at the moment. First, he advocates for protectionism. Well, the early USA, USSR, and contemporary Russia and China all have protectionist economic policies. And some people became MAGA Trump supporters because Trump said he would implement protectionist policies. He did to an extent, in a not very thoughtful way, but it does mark a change in policy that the US has not seen since Johnson. I support a type of protectionism that Wolff advocates, the right of first refusal for cooperatives concerning industry that decides to close and to offshore. Without public stock holder all kinds of light industries can thrive in the USA. That is a type of protectionism I think we should have. The other issue that Hinkle focuses on is anti-war and interventionism. This has always been a socialist position. All wars are imperialist wars. Hinkle is not the person who can truly bridge the gap. And I don’t exactly know what he is up to, like I said a bit of trickster. But there are several concerns that overlap the left and Trump right. But they will need to get a clue that Trump was an incompetent con-man. I am not a Leninist, because I don’t believe in party vanguardism. (Apparently neither does Hinkle). But that said certain essays written by Lenin, the Trump right would likely agree with if they didn’t know it was written by Lenin. Lenin (and Engels) believed in the idea that workers in a country could protest to restrict immigration to leverage wages, he called this labor self determination, but they should also work with laborers in other countries to help implement Unions and communist/socialist parties. So he was advocating for both labor internationalism and labor protectionism within states. In fact both Engel’s and Lenin’s writing on immigration would resonate with anti-immigration Trump supporters. And last, there was a right wing socialism before Hitler, Bismarck’s Staatsocialismus. Everyone should read that history. Because Bismarck first outlawed all socialist parties which proved very unpopular but then implemented state socialist policies keeping aristocratic power. People should understand that modern “social democracy” is a descendant of Bismarck Staatsocialismus. And FDR’s new deal was too. It is better than nothing, but it is a strategy to maintain capitalism and an aristocracy. What Bismarck feared most was workers taking over industries. Then it was a real threat. Today workers can do it and the oligarchy might not catch on because the oligarchy is no longer industrialists they are finance capitalists. I see great potential in a cooperative movement at this moment because the oligarchy is completely disinterested.

[@kevintewey1157]

You don't know shit I'll bet you $1,000 you don't know shit You don't know shit about communism and you just proved it because you never even bothered to be dialectical About It by actually reading the sub stack you and it seems perhaps Professor wolf don't understand because you never tried that's not dialectical

[@lysenkotheory3400]

No it was started by Haz from Infrared.

[@kevintewey1157]

Why do you think you're a Marxist leninist and who do you think is better than Jackson henkel?

[@kevintewey1157]

The oligarchy is suppressing those like Jackson Hinkle that you might question it's an active suppression it's an active counter Revolution that is not disinterest

[@obione69]

Well said, a decent analysis. Id argue that protecting the core base of employment opportunities in a society is prudent to ensure they will always have the ability to survive. That being said, i also believe that trade is the glue that bonds our countries together. Its always easier to trade and cooperate for goods and materials you cannot produce than to goto war to obtain them. If there are places where labor exploitation exists, we should band together to help them and to encourage their respective countries to adopt policies that benefit their people. Not with threats or coercion but by example and with friendship. Also, Hinkle is a giant POS. Id literally want to punch him in the face. The things he has said with his juvenile attitude humiliating girls and talking about cucking people and just toxic rubbish. He should be ignored.

[@typeviic1]

It was the unethical, "in your face, we own you" Treaty of Versailles that was the biggest catalyst for causing WWII.

[@typeviic1]

No, Germany did not. Of all the countries involved in the war Austria is the most responsible, they were the first nation to issue a declaration of war.

[@curvingfyre6810]

A chatbot, using learning algorithms 10 years out of date, could replicate every thought you have ever had, probably with more poise and brilliance too.

[@jakubpociecha8819]

It was actually the "Stab in the Back" myth which was the major catalyst for WW2

[@tiblex1585]

You know Haz?

[@GarrettFruge]

It sounds like something from a Hearts of Iron mod.

[@missk1697]

Russian National Soviet Republic moment

[@minhducnguyen9276]

Certified TNO Russia.

[@joeywheelerii9136]

It's Basically just Socialism with American Characteristics. Or the Communist Edition of American Exceptional.

[@professorbod9078]

With respect, Professor Wolff's support of workers over government overreach on mandates was a good example of MAGA Communism. Would love to see Wolff and Haz talk!

[@sigmazeta8]

You’re almost to half a million subs now! 🎉😊

[@orionmedivh5859]

Saw the hashtag on Twitter the other day and I was like “please don’t insult communism like this!” 😂

[@kevintewey1157]

You don't know shit about communism and you just proved it because you never even bothered to be dialectical About It by actually reading the sub stack you and it seems perhaps Professor wolf don't understand because you never tried that's not dialectical

[@portalarizona]

And yet socialism will never take off in America unless we socialists team up with the MAGA working class.

[@heatherweeks7944]

It's not red vs blue it's the one percent vs you

[@Philbert-s2c]

Which is why MAGA is going to have to die off first. And, btw, MAGA is primarily a petit bourgeoise movement.

[@portalarizona]

@Hobomaster How can you improve the lives of the oppressed if you refuse to trust them? We should appeal to the better angels of their nature. We should appeal to their intelligence. We should show them respect and treat them as equals. You can't work from the bottom up if you don't respect the people at the bottom.

[@vchk5330]

@@portalarizona maga isn't working-class nor do most working-class people in america care for trump or maga

[@portalarizona]

@@vchk5330 Millions of working -class people voted for Trump - after voting twice for Obama. You could call this a con job but it is a fact. Trump didn't really care about the working class, neither did Obama.

[@TheSkandawg]

I was Raised Anti Communist in the '40's,'50's, '60's ect. your explanations were interesting. I was very puzzled when I run across the mention of MAGA Communists. I will continue to watch.. Just as the WEF Republican Party struggles with the MAGA Republican Party, it is good to see the CPUSA struggling with their own Nighmtare..

[@joshuakouma7073]

@professorWolf, given that market capitalization is driven solely by demand for stocks and not value based, and trends move toward investing in stock markets, money is made out of thin air. When people take their money out all of a sudden and buy things, would this be a driving factor for inflation due to increased money supply?

[@Erosistheonlyreal]

Good question. Terrifying to think much of our economy is just built on...complete abstraction. Money used to represent how much value you carried by how many material goods, quality of material goods you had, or how much labor you could output, but now money is used to represent money, which is based off pure speculation and guessing, no?

[@heatherweeks7944]

It's not red vs blue it's the one percent vs you

[@jgalt308]

Ah, we have a poet who has no clue what the 1% actually consists of.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

Isn't it just American version of Nazbol?

[@renegademannequin3808]

Yes. Nazis appripriate "socialism." Nazbols appropriate "bolshevism." MAGA "communists" appropriate "communism." They are all far right ideologies that try to cloak themselves in the language of the left.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

@@renegademannequin3808 But who inspired their movement though? In Russia you got guys like Dugin and Limonov. Mussolini praised Keynesian economy and said it was what he wanted. What is the economic policy of MAGA Communism based on? Surely Trump can't be the one writing the economic theory on it he's only useful as a public figurehead.

[@weneedcriticalthinking]

No

[@Zhicano]

@@minhducnguyen9276 inspired by Lyndon Larouche

[@Brytons_Thoughts]

I saw the title of this thinking it was some type of meme video but it's actually the professor giving a serious response to this LMFAO

[@jogeran4955]

I can't imagine keeping my composure anywhere near this well while discussing "MAGA Communism"

[@vchk5330]

@@screwsinabell some childish gibberish doesn't need a proper response. there is a reason when everyone hears that term they think it's a meme kid

[@jogeran4955]

@@screwsinabell Holy shit, go outside.

[@iavv334]

Professor Wolff, I really do implore you to take another look into this matter. Not to insult your intelligence, of course, but I don't think you are too well educated with the origin of this idea, and need to re-examine with an open mind. The goal is to change the MAGA movement into a communist one, by aiming at the needs of its working class base and sublating it from a reactionary, right-wing movement into a left-wing one. It is quite the opposite of what you say in this video, where you claim they are trying to inject reactionary beliefs into marxist theory. It is an attempt to do the same as the Bolsheviks did when they went to the Black Hundreds, diffusing their reactionary beliefs and changing their political interest into a class based one. With limited trials in online media circles and in some political rallies, it has produced promising results in convincing MAGA supporters of the communist message. You should speak to @InfraHaz on Twitter, or look at his writings.

[@portalarizona]

Contemporary American socialism/communism has a major flaw, namely the absence of the very working people it claims to advocate for. A hundred plus years ago socialism and communism were working class movements strongly associated with trade unions. Jackson Hinkle's MAGA Communism is an attempt to put the leftist movement back in the hands of labor. Labor tends to be socially conservative. Workers aren't woke. We must meet them where they are. While most Democrats I know are fiscally conservative and socially liberal, the working class is not socially liberal, but they are open to socialist economic ideas, especially if we avoid the endlessly demonized words socialism and communism. Bernie Sanders, though flawed, did succeed in making the word socialism more acceptable to talk about. But communist is still a dirty word.

[@billywiththebulgingbaloonb5105]

Good luck with that shit

[@Nick-ek1cx]

But they do often default to far-right ideology (fetishisation of strong leaders, homophobic tendencies, infantile thinking, the list is quite long). I am not a fan of 'identity politics', but the solution is not to ridicule lgbtq communities; the solution is to reclaim universality. Also why choose to prioritise right-wing white collar Trump supporters when there are so many other segments of the population way more easy to persuade and already quite open to socialist ideas? Sanders would have won the nomination and most likely the presidency if the Democrats did not rig it against him. It would be easier to convince these groups of the prosperity that 21st century communism can deliver. The problem is by pandering to the far right, they lose a lot of prospective supporters. I could have been one of those supporters; I have followed them, listened to them 'with an open mind' because I want to see communism become popular in America. But not at this price.

[@danyalghaznavi6818]

@@Nick-ek1cx Then u r what has been identified as the problem. Petite bourgeois aesthetics and idealist preoccupations serving as the vanguard of the actual strategy of fascist finance capital . Or a democrat, in other words. Better off larping as a "leftist" than actually declassing urself and going to the masses, the actual proletariat as it were, blue collar and possibly trump supporters in this conjecture. Stay woke and jerk urself off and organize grad students, the real oppressed and revolutionary classes, ofcourse. America, shit hole indeed.

[@ameza1757]

​@@Nick-ek1cx And what's wrong with homophobia? Like if you are gay I understand... but for example I was raised by a single mother and I have a tendency to feel attraction towards masculine men, I'm not speaking idealistically but in real life I do feel things inside when I see a masculine man, deep voice, standing tall. How the f*ck did I solve this? Did I indulge in my gay tendencies? No. I hit the gym daily for 3 years, shaved my head at 23 years old, grew a full beard. I'm trying to define my masculinity in other ways... All of that while also being a communist. Nobody bullied me, nobody told me "don't be gay"... In fact nobody but me knew about these tendencies. It was just guided by a deep belief that men must be masculine and women should be feminine. Natural as the rain. And it didn't traumatize me or anything, on the contrary it made me much stronger. The problem is not gay people at all, the problem is that the elites are pushing an agenda to homosexualize men in the west in order to socially engineer the population... and there's nothing intrinsic that makes you gay or a written-in-stone sexual tendency. There's no gay gene, most of it is merely psychological. Most monkeys are heterosexual but also can present bisexual behaviors, but just because monkeys do it there's no reason to indulge in that. Also, restrain in sexuality is not a form of "oppression", but a form of discipline that invigorates you. USSR was very conservative morally speaking compared to let's say Las Vegas or Los Angeles of the same era. MAGA communism makes a lot of sesne. Once you see LGBT+ ideology as a movement being pushed by big corporations and elites you can drop it easily. I understand it could create A LOT of internal grief or confusion, but the sooner the American Left drops it and sees it for what it is, the better.

[@1p6t1gms]

We all understand that the base of MAGA defines their personal reality through their religious teachings? I would suppose the term Communism will also have a definition of concepts uniquely as a MAGA definition of reality? What are they? The concepts? And for me, how do they correspond to the famous well-known and iconic Pyramid of Capitalism System... the 1911 American cartoon caricature critical of capitalism?

[@Redpoppy80]

The MAGA Communist I listen to is The Dive with Jackson Hinkle. Cause he does actually follow geopolitics and the US Russia proxy war which I am very interested in. He's pretty full of it in almost everything else to me.

[@tomheylen]

His take on the Ukraine proxy war is good, no denying that. But it doesn’t take long to see through what this dude is about lol, it’s a well covered grift.

[@Redpoppy80]

@@tomheylen What is Hinkle grifting here? Just association with grifters does not mean he is one himself.

[@Tychoxi]

Dry water Progressive conservatism MAGA communism

[@thehappycamper162]

Communism was about improving the forces of production and speeding up the process of development. MAGA seems to fit this just fine.

[@Tychoxi]

@@thehappycamper162 balls against the wall, everybody! the communism understander has logged in

[@chancellor3.144]

The context is completely different. Nobody is trying to trick socialists into maga, as eluded to here. MagaCommunism is a gesture, of good faith, to all. A recognition of the forces of general labour within maga, and an attempt to give it a more fundamental orientation in class struggle. It is as Wolff has said before “contested terrain”.

[@jgalt308]

Socialists by definition have already been tricked.

[@chancellor3.144]

@@jgalt308 I agree, that the specific people that you are referring to have been

[@lukephillips1331]

it does the opposite in my opinion. i know two hinkle cocksuckers and they’re basically fascists now after being actual communists a few years ago. you have to be a fucking idiot to buy maga communism.

[@tiblex1585]

I never thought wolf was gonna answer this question 😂

[@jgalt308]

He didn't.

[@juanleon5431]

It is as Karl Marx said in his book “ The 18th Brumaire of Lois Bonaparte”: The dominant class , or in this case, the bourgeoisie , when is in crisis, it tries to revive names or to disguise under other’s old clothing.

[@wtfhah]

Karl Marx also said: "Wherever the class struggle is thrust aside as a distasteful, “crude” manifestation, the only basis still left to socialism will be a “true love of mankind” and empty phrases about “justice”."

[@ImAnAtari_]

Hi, Juan, no dominant class named our movement - it arose organically from the community surrounding the Infrared Show on KZbin.

[@vchk5330]

@@ImAnAtari_ "our terminaIIy online community made up a phrase that most people who hear it think it's some kind of meme" somehow that makes it better.

[@benignentity]

@@ninovimo5231 it's certainly not from the bourgeoisie is the point, regardless of your pejoratives

[@juanleon5431]

@@wtfhah That’s true! Good luck!

[@carlosw1687]

Strongly encourage to read the book "Reactionary Modernism". Also, strongly encourage to read about Werner Sombart life and ideas. Strongly encourage to read about Plekhanov ideas and writings. There's nothing new about the mixture of far left and far right ideas. Truly genuine right wing ideologues perfectly realize the brutality and exploitative nature of capitalism. They not only realize it, they actually oppose advanced capitalism. Instead of chosing the path of social revolution, they fall in the trap of national revolution. Extreme Nationalism eventually leads to racism and chauvinistic criminal and brutal methods.

[@Interlocutor67]

Ignoring Mankind's tribal nature leads to wokeness and forced multiculturalism which in turn leads to social and political fragmentation.

[@Interlocutor67]

Proletarian Internationalism has never been a realistic ideal.

[@nerdycookiegirl8423]

"Chauvinistic" ah yes, all the claims they made against Chinese and Russians too but never a Ukrainian, Mongolian, or indian one for some reason. Western leftests tend to be picky who they define as "chauvinistic" only to place themselves first. Proletarianism fails because of this parodox of ego.

[@davidmartinez688]

many countries are already multicultural, and is wokeness when minorities exist as full human beings to you?@@Interlocutor67

[@Erosistheonlyreal]

Maybe I'm being pedantic here, but I don't agree with you that "extreme nationalism leads to racism". Xenophobia? Yes. Chauvinism? Yes. Brutality? Yes. But racism? Not necessarily. What if you live in a racially pluralistic nation like, say, Brazil and you're extremely nationalistic about Brazil? You're not opposed to racial differences, you're opposed to national/cultural differences. There could be a racial element to that, but not necessarily.

[@vincent.mazkett187]

Name or Labels don't matter as far as Actions and Goals are concerned

[@eron799]

Thanks for your videos, Prof. Wolff. I would like to hear what you think about our tax system (I am from Brazil) and how to modify it to something better for working class.

[@StopCopCity1312]

Read Utopia of Rules by David Graeber. It doesn't cover taxes specifically but it does cover how bureaucracy is so pervasive in our lives. I don't think most people will realize the implications of this until 100 years later. There are places where you can read it for free.

[@cheri238]

David Grayber, wished he was with us. Peace ❤️ ✌️

[@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031]

People on the left in Brazil have not yet realized that the new tactic of "entrismo" on the far right is to appropriate soviet symbology to mix it with fascism. The Brazilian left is very nationalist and very vulnerable to this tactic.

[@ariesmarsexpress]

I am really glad this question got asked. I have been trying to make some sort of sense out of Hinkle's Maga communism. I have been trying to decide if Hinkle is capitalizing on Trump or if he is one of Trump's stooges. I hope he is the former, but fear he is the latter. I like the idea that the left is a much better answer to the real world problems for the people that follow Trump than Trump is. The issue is that I know these people and I don't think they are likely to follow that path. They have bought into the idea of blood and soil that Trump is selling and they seem to really enjoy blaming minorities for their plight in life. There can be no fascist leader without the fascist followers being there first. We are so far behind and the path is so long. My time in China has taught me that me that communism can be and absolutely has to have leaders that are exceptionally competent. I don't see that in any U.S. political leaders. The biggest strength of the Chinese communist system is the system of picking and keeping leaders in the system that show competence in making the people's lives better. Our system is in every way the opposite.

[@Orvo2036]

We’d be happy to discuss it with you anytime Professor Wolff

[@Erosistheonlyreal]

>We You mean your cult would be happy to see Haz talk over him and probably call him a bunch of bullshit. It's just a dick measuring contest.

[@nobeer9785]

I think Hitler just hate Soviet, not necessarily socialists. Cause prof said in the beginning, the Germany at the time worshiped "socialism"....

[@danielward7747]

At one time Hitler was a communist representative. What he rejected was the idea that you could not work but get the same benefits as a worker. If you compare the USSR to the Nazi implementation of socialism you will find many overlaps. Only with social issues is there a distinction. And that the USSR killed more people.

[@KamalElfahssi]

Thank you Professor Wolff

[@Cyberphunkisms]

worst prof wolff analysis ever

[@dimitreus99]

I think it would be fruitful to actually sit down and have a discussion about the subject with prominent representatives of "MAGA Communism".The way it's represented in popular "twitter" leftist circles is horrendously inaccurate.

[@vchk5330]

that would just be more clout for infracel, just listen to this video and run along

[@obione69]

@@vchk5330 Lol, infracel. That's funny. I'll have to use it if you don't mind.

[@killakaiju]

Facts

[@dimitreus99]

@@vchk5330 it's okay to admit you're scared of being challanged

[@vchk5330]

@@dimitreus99 there is no challenge, we heard it all, just more clout for infracel

[@MrThejboe3oh5]

People forget that Mussolini was a socialist and identified fascism.Which is a socialist game of follower the leader.

[@Michael_Maxfield]

I'm going to disagree here, not with Professor Wolf's account of history, it's spot on, but with the reason people are using the term Maga communism today. I think it's because the overwhelming majority of people out there don't really understand what communism is, and right-wingers in particular tend to call anything to the left of Joe Manchin Marxsist or socialist, and they probably think of Bernie Sanders as a communist, rather than a middle-of-the-spectrum social Democrat. To my knowledge the term has not come from a political leader this time around, but rather from the grass roots who are misusing the term out of ignorance rather than nefariousness. I'm a stickler for the careful choice of words, so this bugs me, but I don't sense any malicious intent from this new group of people. The historical precedent though means they definitely bear watching.

[@Popeslash]

So many delusions in your comment. Bernie is a socialist, not a centrist. Maga 'commies' believe progressives like AOC are the real fascists. They are scum and don't mean well. Nothing grass roots about them.

[@bluewater454]

Kind of reminds me of leftists, who call anything to the right of Bernie Sanders “fascist”. I understand communism just fine, and there is nothing there that I want any part of. It is interesting though that you accuse right wingers of not understanding communism. The right is actually more likely to study and try and understand those who oppose them politically. The left acts like a political cult. You have zero interest in understanding anything that is not in line with your socialist religion.

[@Popeslash]

@@bluewater454 Go back to matt Walsh and Tim pool's braindead channels. F outta here.

[@FugueSt4te]

I call anyone in the united states government that wages war against anything and everything and pursues world hegemony a fascistic imperialist aggressive state, but hey if you don't know about it then it means Biden/Trump/Obama/Bush/Clinton are your regular centrist and leftist presidents of a democratic and progressive nation.

[@bluewater454]

@@Popeslash Go back to your safe place, little leftist sheep. You don’t want to be reading the comments of the eevil right wingers. Something they say might offend you. 😖

[@WordUpNicholas]

My simple interpretation is the MAGA crowd are a prime group if you can educate and convince them the importance of a working class movement. I agree that is a challenge but you aren't going to get the progressives, who are not left, to do anything. Maga communism also implies no liking of Trump but the people who want to improve things for working class but have no option.

[@doel9485]

It's a shame you had to deal with this ridiculous notion to begin with.

[@weneedcriticalthinking]

Who did you vote for?

[@ectonomics]

lmao

[@dankyden]

Richard Wolff making himself look pretty stupid here. what a total misunderstanding of what MAGA communism is. a professor who presents himself as an expert on communism should take the time do their homework before speaking on the subject.... no investigation, no right to speak.

[@Mark-zk3gu]

Cry some more

[@zarbins]

Richard Wolff making himself 'look pretty stupid' is a common occurrence - nothing new to see here.

[@FengBaoYolotli]

Bootlicker@@zarbins

[@haroldgraphene]

Yeah, I think he missed the point that MAGA Communism is a meme that basically seeks to reach out to the blue collar masses rather than rejecting them. Communism must do this, failure to do so will be detrimental.

[@alexandervonhumboldt7956]

No, the word Nazi comes from the combination of "National" and "Sozialismus" or the "Sozi", the socialist. In German it is written "National" like in English. Hitler was a big fan of Stalin and he liked his policies more than those of the fascists like Mussolini who he looked down at for being too weak. National socialism was more socialist than the other fascists were who still were more pro-Western and conservative.

[@chrisb4419]

"the theoretical victory of Marxism compelled its enemies to disguise themselves as Marxists." V.I. Lenin

[@chrisb4419]

Nice Job, Dr Wolff

[@danyalghaznavi6818]

Yes, the "leftists" who are being owned, exposed and done by Maga Communism. sums up the american left pretty well.

[@Gele-Nikolov]

Trotsky you mean?

[@chrisb4419]

@@Gele-Nikolov Yes. And the MAGA comunists. And CPUSA/Joe Sims. " There is one, and only one, kind of real internationalism, and that is-working whole-heartedly for the development of the revolutionary movement and the revolutionary struggle in one’s own country, and supporting (by propaganda, sympathy, and material aid) this struggle, this, and only this, line, in every country without exception. Everything else is deception"

[@chrisb4419]

@@Gele-Nikolov And Lenin had plenty of criticism of Trade unionism and economism ala Wolff, who is also NOT a Leninist

[@Ixam13]

This is lazy projection. MAGA Communism is an articulated political project which targets MAGA people (not leftists) and tries to build upon the working class elements and anti-establishment sentiments present within that movement. Whatever you think about this project, if you judge something a least put some basic effort in to understand it.

[@piotr_jurkiewicz]

So the same kind of movement that is all-over the eastern Europe. Example: PiS. We have better PR though, since due to red scare no one likes the commies. 'MAGA commies' knows this so it's deliberate chirping to generate the cloud. Btw, 'projection' is when sb projects thier tendencies to others. Here we have at best a lousy comparison. Cheers mate !

[@a_lucientes]

I would have appreciate a more fundamental critque of difference. Although this was also my first reaction, I later saw that they do focus on class consciousness, and support of workers and unions. They also point people in the direction of the works of Marx, Engels and others. We cant say any of that abt nazism.

[@evandrolima1724]

I respectfully disagree, here's why: Hitler co-opted the word "socialism" because in the 20s it was popular. Communism in USA is NOT popular. Any political moviment with that label won't go far. You know that! MAGA hates communism! Running with that slogan is political suicide. Hitler said socialism is not communism and that marxists stole the term and distorted its meaning, when he was the one doing it. I get it! Bernie also ran as socialist and I don't think he is one. He's just another one trying to distort its meaning. But in a USA context, after years of cold war hybernation where socialism and communism became the devil, Bernie actually broke the tabu on socialism. He made socialism great again! And that was good because now people listen to marxists like Wolff! I understand the fear that MAGA communism may be used to co-opt the Left into the Right. It would make sense where communism is popular, like Vietnam or Taiwan, but in USA it could actually brake the tabu on communism, making MAGA more open to listen to other communists in the future. It could be a form of reverse psycology for MAGA suporters, that are extreme anti-communists. I don't think MAGA communism will fool me or other socialists into the Right or into fascism. Every socialist I follow is critical of it. So if anything, it could bring MAGA to the Left. Or it becomes an embarassment. I don't think it's something americans should worry about. The odds are, fascism will pretend it's socialist not communist. My theory is that now, the "neo fascism" is co-opting the woke language. Watchout for those!

[@Asrahn]

You're effectively the sorry sods that the MAGA folks will get rid off in their own November Pogrom.

[@itsfreerealestate15]

I don’t think socialism was necessarily popular I think Germany was such a capitalistic failure they needed something to latch onto. I think that is wolffs warning. The bending of language is dangerous for anyone trying to progress. It’s obvious anything maga is just nationalistic and hierarchical. I don’t think the phrase is meant to change anyone’s minds. It’s just to keep people stagnant. They don’t have to listen to the lefties description of communism because they already have their right wing interpretation communism. I think in our modern world is trying to keep people in their echo chamber

[@jonblaze4244]

You have good points but the propaganda always goes to the right. The rightwing has the money and resources behind them. The US as a whole is rightwing. The rightwing has the power of the state behind it. What the US did to the Black Panthers, a communist and socialist party, was barbaric and atrocious. That MAGA communism is not left and they're not going to move left so... Communism in name only.

[@TheQeltar]

What a ridiculous fucking take lmao

[@roscoedash6673]

Great points man. I understand why people are scared of MAGA Communism. But, to me, my biggest fear is that it’s too late to break the spell of anti-communism among the populists in the US fooled by rightist ideology. White communists should’ve gone to MAGA in 2016, especially after Bernie lost and started stumping for Clinton. Ignoring right wing populism doesn’t make it go away. You have to confront something like that head-on. Every leftist organization in the US tries to recruit disaffected liberals and that strategy has proven to be an utter failure in terms of actually gaining power. Now at least there’s a tendency, albeit solely on the internet, that’s trying to recruit conservatives and rural folks. My biggest fear is that it’s too late for them to be successful IRL.

[@ashm3697]

If you're serious you'd give Haz from Infrared the chance to debate you on this. Ironically Prof Wolff your version of socialism, worker co-ops operating under capitalism, is basically Mussolini style syndicalism

[@j0elvill]

If he was serious?! Why in the hell would Richard Wolf bother debating some sloppy, Nazbol meathead that looks like he just got out of bed. One is a respected world known Marxist economist, the other is a confused KZbinr looking to make his name off of perverting a philosophy by melding it in with the Donald. 🤡

[@ItsOgre]

If it wasn’t a 100% online phenomena made up of a tiny sliver of people post Bernie looking for easy answers and opportunists, I’d say there is a ton in common with the currents that produced Mussolini. They can group enough people to do Twitch raids but likely not to get into fights in the streets.

[@wtfhah]

MAGA Communists reject Mussolini & National Bolshevism It's more akin to Marxism-Leninism in the age of multipolarity & the post-COVID world

[@rfb5206]

Most of them are too young for actual organizing. Hopefully they'll grow out of this phase.

[@Wackaz]

😭 You can't be serious 🤓

[@benignentity]

@@rfb5206 "actual organising" by this you mean what exactly? Trade Union organising? Or political organising? Organising what people to engage in what activity? The infrared project's stated aims is reviving the CPUSA and making it a party of the working class and not a democrat shill front. There are plenty of maga communists "organising" within this political party. So what else do you mean by organising?

[@borkingborker5567]

They are extremely supportive of the new Fascist Prime Minister of Italy, and ignores her and her parties history with the fascist movement of the early 20th century or her praising of Mussolini. These idiots think that if someone is anti-liberal then they are automatically good.

[@hypnotoad8871]

Lmao. You know you're about to deal with a pretentious pseudo-intellectual when they mispronounce patreon for dramatic effect.

[@lettuceatter_9956]

I think it is very important to keep in mind that this doesn't mean that we as communists should not encourage radicalization of MAGA supporters into socialism or to a more left wing marxist/leninist and maoist oriented prospective of class struggle, it's just that being MAGA is fundamentally against these principles and we should take the time to explain it

[@matthewkopp2391]

Being a MAGA (Trump supporter) does not definitively mean they are fundamentally against the left, socialism or communism because some were specific issue voters: 1. Trump ran an anti-war anti-interventionist campaign. He lied and conned but many voted for Trump because of it. Most are against NEO-Cons. 2. Anti-immigration. Both Engels and Lenin wrote that it was acceptable for workers to protest to restrict immigration to leverage wages, but they also advocated internationalism, supporting labor in their home countries. The essays are easily accessible. 3. protectionism. The USSR had a protectionist economic policy from Lenin onward, which only increased under Stalin. In otherwords they didn’t “outsource” they guaranteed labor opportunities. Most MAGA no doubt don’t identify as socialist or communist, but that is after a century of propaganda. It is indeed interesting when I visited the former East Germany and found the cross over between Die Linke and AFD. But they are the only parties that speak out against interventionism NATO and for protectionism. In fact Wagenknecht has recently regained an AFD following. The reason why the US oligarchy created things like “right identity” paleo-conservativism is because that mid-American population were very vulnerable in becoming socialists. And many of their grandfathers and great grandfathers were socialists. It lies right below the surface.

[@RexAndAllen]

From what I seen, this idea was pushed by Jackson Hinkel from the patriotic socialist movement from Caleb Maupin. However this is problematic as it would backfire. It's goal is to attract right wingers and blue collar workers by "de-wokeify" and technological positivism with anti-corporatism and workerism; traditional leftist groups are now at odds with patriotic socialist group namely the CPI.

[@Trad-Am]

Well, considering hitler nationalized, industry, the union, and banks, what else would you call it? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@YellowstoneCommie]

I've always liked prof Wolff but his analysis is nothing like Haz of Infrared. This video demonstrates his willingness to continue losing and essentially use his labeling to help the democrats . That's why I no longer tune in to his show. It is too ideological and not enough praxis

[@mkbandz7008]

Hi Professor Wolff You should debate Haz from Infared. Let dialectics prove you wrong, with all due respect.

[@StephenAntKneeBk5]

Excellent answer and short history reminder, Dr. Wolff. I'm glad you spoke to this.

[@1azrealtor]

Disagree. It’s perfectly possible to be a socialist and racism and want socialism only for your people. I can’t tell if they’re serious or not but they seemed pretty serious in the ‘Overlap’ you tube channel.

[@1azrealtor]

And top of that I hear the Chinese can be pretty racist and they are communist. So I just proved how the two could exist in the same realm. Socialism is referring to economics, nothing to do about being tolerable.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

What's depressing is The MAGA movement can't tell Communism from Facism. But believe it's all because of loyalty to Trump.

[@DJWESG1]

They are attracted to the military dictatorship that communism eventually becomes and fall in love with its complete ignorance of all things social.

[@wtfhah]

Communism is not "democratic socialism"

[@bluewater454]

Kind of like leftists calling anything to the right of Karl Marx “fascist”. Trump supporters are constantly called “fascists”, even though they have about as much relation to fascism as democrats do to communism. You people are masters at creating strawmen.

[@ImAnAtari_]

​@@DJWESG1 The only dictatorship we're attracted to is the dictatorship of the proletariat.

[@borkingborker5567]

They have a shared hatred of LGBTQ+, and wokeness in general. So they collaborate with right-wing oligarchs and promote anti-communist politicians like Trump and DeSantis. They are also anti-labor, as evidenced by their smearing of the unionization of Starbucks.

[@upakaosnjim]

First of all, MAGA is not a movement, it's a campaign slogan, and it was first time used and implemented by Reagan, if I'm not wrong. Then we can discuss further issues and topics.

[@lisajohns7169]

Are you a conservative? It is a movement and a belief that we together can and will Make America Great Again.

[@upakaosnjim]

​@@lisajohns7169 No, I'm not, I'm a communist.

[@lysenkotheory3400]

I have to disagree with you here Professor. The popularity of communism in the USA is very marginal, they would have nothing to gain from that word, especially when they could have used socialism which was somewhat normalized by Bernie. Your whole claim is disproven by this alone. What kind of precedent does Magacommunism have? Most americans would be against it just by hearing about the word alone, which was not the case for the NSDAP. Also one is a party and another is a movement trying to reestablish communism in america. I still respect you but I had to disagree here.

[@lysenkotheory3400]

I recommend you guys read the substack about Magacommunism published by Infrared Haz. It has nothing to do with Trump but the movement consisting of working class populism around him.

[@andrey-uf1tg]

In Defense of Communism uploaded an article about "MAGA communists". It is entitled RCWP, "MAGA communists" and the Imperialist War. IMHO, MAGA communism is a bad idea. Countries of the capitalists core take advantage of profit opportunities exploiting cheap labor force abroad, and, although the end of this exploitation would be beneficial for all the countries, the loss of such workers (I mean, for example, Bangladeshi or Chinese workers), can not be "profitable" in terms of money in the nearest future. So, MAGA communism is a variety of populism. The other thing is that the world would be more safe, there would be no reason to fear terrorism, international conflicts, and so on. As for our (Russian) social chauvinist leftists, in my view, there are 2 important points. 1. Since leftists don't (yet) influence policy that much, their position can't change the current situation. But their position is harmful for them, because the war will cause discontent in Russia, sooner or later, and then nobody will listen to them. The question will arise: "Who are all those fools who agitated for this?" The same can be said about analogous leftists in other countries. In a word, I am afraid of reputational losses. 2. I think, most people here in Russia, deep down, realize that we are doing wrong in acting thus. Both in real life and on the Internet (in various interviews), I heard many times something like: "At first I was shocked and could not pull myself together, but then I started to analyze what was going on, reading articles, watching TV, and I realized that it was necessary." Just like in every other country, people don't want to believe that they are "on the wrong side". They don't "analyze", they are looking for self-justification. 3. It is interesting that most "patriots" are far from being somehow involved into the war. I personally have not heard of those who volunteered because of their patriotic feelings (except for those shown on TV). In my view, most of them are motivated by money. (Unless that's only the people I know who are so greedy)

[@theone4782]

bro maga communits aren't racist. They are just pro trump but also open minded about communist philosophy.

[@samq8176]

I would really like to see Professor Wolff have a discussion with someone who identifies themselves as a MAGA Communist to get a better understanding of what their message is.

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

Not a MAGA communist myself, but looking at it, it strikes me as either a less-extreme Nazbol, or a more soft right-wing Stalinism. That said, it's doctrine does look appealing to the US working class who have for a long time felt sold out by the left in favor of wokeism, but haven't fully been able to get behind the right due to the right establishment sucking corporate cawk. so I wouldn't be that surprised if it became something legit if it lives past the "meme phase" a lot of ideologies go through and die in.

[@samq8176]

@@DrewPicklesTheDark I definitely agree that it could appeal to those people too. I mean if MAGA could accept the science of Communism and use it as a tool to fight the establishment isn’t this a good thing. I think this could be what turns MAGA into a revolutionary movement beyond Trump.

[@samq8176]

@@DrewPicklesTheDark and if we’re being real the left in America has been neutered and hijacked for so long that most of them just support the Democrats at the end of the day. The real revolutionary subjects are the right wing working class that is saying enough is enough and going against the establishment/ deep state whatever term you want to use. The left pretended to want a “political revolution” but when they got sold out by Bernie most of them just went to lunch

[@daveg2938]

MAGA Communism is a slogan. It's Marxism-Leninism applied in the American context. Nothing else. Wolff's answers show's he's not familiar with the slogan or the theoretical basis for it.

[@blackstarenigmatic1112]

MAGA "communism" is basically confused right-wingers "self identifying". It is the normal trend these days to take a word, ignore the history of its traditional usage, and "innovate" or be "fluid" with meanings. The other important point is the celebrated trend of intellectual laziness that the right-wing has infected the left with. For example, the concept of "social entrepreneurship". But the left historical are somewhat guilty of a similar ideological laziness. "Communism", in the Marxist tradition, is not an ideology or something to wish for, pursue and enact. You cannot have a communist party or movement since it is basically a stage in the development of history. Communism is the highest stage of human development according to the Marxist schema. Hence, no revolution or struggle can produce it. This is why Lenin discovered after the Bolshevik revolution that the USSR was not even "socialist" or a dictatorship of the workers (not a party) but "monopoly state capitalism". Marxists (not Marx himself) have debated and argued about this for a long time but nobody or revolutionary group have been able to make the state or its repressive apparatus "wither away".

[@ManyDog]

Richard wolff should debate infrared

[@Erosistheonlyreal]

Reality would cancel itself out. But I'd love to see it.

[@hammocklady]

Thank you Dr. Wolff

[@themidwestrequest-xu9rm]

Id like to hear a maga and maga communist debate honestly just to see woke communist in the us become violet at the thought while they get pushed into obscurity 😂

[@linuxman7777]

So Jackson is Trying to tap into Maga in the same way Hitler tried to tap into Socialism. I do think any expansion of our Socialist ideas to new groups is always a good thing, and I don't think Jackson is particularly malevolent, I like Jackson Hinkle a lot and his socialist ideals, but I can't deny he is stagnant and is really trying hard to get more viewers.

[@DinoCism]

His bad ideas cancel out the good. Fortunately he's just one attention seeking kid on the internet (dude is like 23 lol). We don't need him. He needs people like you though to feed his ego and give him money. That's his socialism for ya.

[@au7weeng534]

the painter didn't dislike the SU because of its system. he disliked the SU because he wanted all of its stuff for the country he led (same as everyone today.) he says so much in - I think - Ch. 8. the majoritarian thing was a pretext. PS the currency wasn't called the DM

[@person-yu8cu]

If Hitler (much more than a simple "painter") didn't dislike communism, why were the first people he had killed the communists, and invaded the soviet union to enslave the soviet people?

[@DinoCism]

Apparently you didn't read his book. He hated the system (socialism), ranted endlessly about how it was a jewish abomination and genuinely believed so much in it's inferiority that he thought Operation Barbarossa would work. Stalin went through Mein Kampf and underlined all the hateful references to Bolshevism and there were many. Why you wish this wasn't true is an interesting question.

[@Booer]

This is going to be a bombshell, infrared rising 🦍

[@Noamchomsky1917]

BS

[@Noamchomsky1917]

@New Deal Conservative I’d debate this fascist hog easily

[@destinyscrackdealer5099]

Professor Wolff I encourage you to reconsider your position on maga communism by having a discussion with its creator, Infrared Show. Maybe watch the interviews he had at one of the maga rallies. I don't think your historical equivalence to Nazi opportunism is valid when all the facts are laid out. The heart of MAGA is a working class movement.

[@nafeesyoutube9996]

I am watching all of your videos to construct an overall picture of your lofty views

[@laylasami7324]

Best content on the internet!!

[@jgalt308]

Yup, the best psycho-babble anywhere.

[@ectonomics]

@@jgalt308 🤡

[@jgalt308]

WARNING!!!!!! we will now hear of the "willfully ignorant, functionally illiterates" so described, who will insist on confirming the description, while having no relevant response or argument to what has been written.

[@GG.Sanchoo]

But I still feel like you can be a nationalist and a socialist (not a national socialist that’s different) like Stalin was a nationalist with his “socialism in one nation” policies, many anti-colonial/imperialist leftists movements were nationalists and identitarians, such as Nasser, Gaddafi, Sankara, Castro etc. there’s National Bolshevism as well, so i disagree I feel like you can be a nationalist and a communist or socialist

[@Pdxjrt]

This is a strawman or maga communism. Wolf needs to bring Haz on to discuss it

[@DinoCism]

That's because your ideology which you got from a streamer (lol) is quite literally made of straw.

[@Lord_Pilaf]

​@@DinoCismExcept its not an ideology. And we ARE taking Communism back from leftists (lol)

[@rcsverige]

Dog do you all just flood everything that rightly disagrees with you? LIke do you all touch grass? This is a marxism economics professor and you people received your ideas from people that literally dont have anything on him. You are just a conservative and Haz is not on the level of Wolff to debate him. Go to school Nazbol

[@TheHouseAlwaysWins20]

Bro lmao we found one

[@alexandervonhumboldt7956]

All socialist countries were nationalist too. Its the same, just differing in some traditions or few conservative aspects the nationalists keep. but Fidel Castro was Nationalist first, Mussolini was Socialist at first. Black radical movements especially in Africa were nationalist. All that united Anti-Imperialism, Anti-West, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-British, and national socialism. Lenin, Stalin, Mao were all nationalist too, every socialist country was nationalist. it's the same. Socialist countries were imperialist too and attacked other socialist countries like the Soviets did to Afghanistan. the socialists eradicated everyone who is against their society, so did the nationalists. the only difference is that the socialistst concentrate culturally on more materialist things while the nationalists keep some historic traditions and make differences is which nations or races are more fit for the future socialism. but the socialists did that too and many were also racist like Marx.

[@blckut9391]

Can you debate Haz? The founder of MAGACOMMUNISM. He respects you a lot

[@titussamuel2440]

Socialism (communism) existed prior to Karl Marx gave it an international and global face. Unite workers of the world,, take over the management, was not the pitch always. Magna Carta of the 11 century was a socialist document. The teachings of the rebel Jesus are 80% of socialist vision, Marx removed God worship, Christ wanted to shape a world that is in favor of the vulnerable guy than tolerate the ugly world of the irreverent rich guy. Socialism of a mild degree has always existed, it is human good will. MagaCommunism, the joining of right wing forces and left wing workers party has occurred in the past, Europe and other places. It could imply right wing has befome a bit soft on poorer people, it could imply the left does see some elements of the right wing as capable of leadership. Conservative right wing had replaced some one much more ruthless, as such it is capable of seeing reason, it has produced centerists a lot more than the militant left has produced. Non militant socialism has existed prior to the French beheading (counter beheading), Marxist Manifesto, Menshevik/Bolshevik revolution. The ideology/doctorine in favor of the dispossessed and suffering (as early as Buddhist Humanism) could be seen everywhere without the big label of revolutionary European Socialist/Communist movement that pro or anti Marxists are accustomed to. Labeling is not needed most of the times and yet a few want labels to divide the fair human world.

[@dbd6393]

Idk that much about political factions history. But it seems to me that the dems don't even care anymore about even attempting to attract the working class. The last attempt at that was Obama's hollow "change" slogan. They are more entrenched in their own echo chamber of highly educated white upper middle class. Now the right is just filling up that vaccuum and being the defacto party that even still tries to swindle the working class into votes. The right wing attacking the establishment from the left while campaigning, and pretending to be the class for working people is just as authentic as when Obama was claiming the same things. It's just a campaigning grift, like how Trump said he would ban all lobbyists and then immediately hired his whole cabinet full of them.

[@titussamuel2440]

@@dbd6393 History is us, we are the same people, can not detach ourselves from the good as well the dark that occurred in the past. People often want to read history as not related to them, as our present becomes yesterday we hand over our attitudes and aspiration to a new flesh and blood, no vacuum ever gave birth to a new generation. Be it any political dispensation, all they want is approval, they hate change, status quo is permanent, change they effect is snail pace!

[@nancylarson7182]

As a female.....I find it troubling how silent women seem on Trumps horrific comments about us. So condescending.

[@RED_Theory038]

Because it's kind of pointless to point out when one guy in a ruling class that all treat women horribly are say something you don't like in regards to women. Even more so when our current president is being protected from such accusation despite doing worse things. It's all a sham.

[@Ge1Ri4]

Could it be that women are trying to be heard, but MSM and social media, as tools of the patriarchy, are going out of their way to ignore or censor women's voices?

[@chatsidefires]

There's a lot of outrage. From men and women. But also just reacting to every trolling comment from these people is what they want.

[@thehappycamper162]

What comments bother you in particular? the leaked ones or?

[@chatsidefires]

There was this million women march thing... I just don't get blaming women for a man's behavior - this seems almost like psyops plant material. You could have just complained about Trump's horrible comments and been part of the solution you're decrying not seeing. Instead, you ignore the constant outcry from women and the electoral opposition from women to blame them for a man's behavior. I don't agree with this approach one bit. Why not celebrate women for opposing him and what he stands for? They sure have, and women probably deserve most credit for Trumpisms awful electoral record. I thank them.

[@mussweg4107]

Of course, conservatism and communism can be friends. Right now we have a great goal, to achieve a meaning of life that it's both social and also a great idea, a conjunction of the social meaning of life and of giving the life of individuals an ulterior meaning. Both have a common enemy, liberalism, but unlike conservatism, Marxism offers a non-religious or non-metaphysical critical perspective of the world. I am confident that we can unite conservatives and Marxists in order to overthrow liberalism. However, MAGA like other right wing populist movements, are nothing more than librettos written by communication experts, with incredible funding from the elites they criticize so much in their librettos, and like the third reich, bolsonaro, putin and any other far right politician, they only want to deceive the workers to take power and make the elite who have funded them richer. The call to the extreme right is to truly wake up, all the garbage they hear is a script from someone who wants to deceive them. The solution is Socialism or barbarism.

[@pedrolopes3377]

I wish your videos had millions of views.

[@jgalt308]

So does he...so does every other faith based preacher.

[@pedrolopes3377]

@@jgalt308 the difference between a preacher and a professor is that a preacher stays on comments sections talking nonsense with zero arguments, while a professor works daily for the progress of civilization and deserves nothing but respect. If you have sth to say, anything that adds to the subject of this video, just say it and you will probably get your deserved answer. But since you have nothing to say, you feel like other people might be interested in your frustration, but that’s just your mistake.

[@jgalt308]

@@pedrolopes3377 You still have no clue what the purpose of this site is, do you?

[@SvalbardSleeperDistrict]

@@pedrolopes3377 The person you are responding to has thoroughly demonstrated their inability of offering arguments and their ideological swamp in many comments sections on YT - save your time and ignore pathetic nobodies like them.

[@salcom1566]

thank you!

[@j0elvill]

Great take Dr. Wolff. Someone needs to combat this nefarious “movement” that really stems from a couple of KZbinrs (Haz, Jackson Hinkle) that seem to have cultivated a niche audience in their quest for clicks which has now slowly surfaced in other “left” podcasts (RBN, Dore). Sad really.

[@Arjava.]

That's all the news I watch other than RT?

[@adammartin4366]

way too long of a response for Jackson Hinkle

[@davpo8931]

This is a completely surface level analysis based entirely on name and not by any of the ideas or strategies lol. Most trump supporters are more anti-imperialist than the people in this comment section

[@yuckysicknasty221]

Trump, the "anti-imperialist". Except for when he sends death squads to villages in Yemen, creates policies that cover up civilian deaths caused by drone strikes, and assassinates Iranian generals by bombing Iranian airports. He also participated in sanctioning Iran, which prevented medicine from reaching innocent civilians. He also didn't lift the blockade on Cuba, but created more strict sanctions on Cuba, as well as new sanctions on Venezuela. He also supported a coupe in Bolivia. And he literally chose John Bolton as one of his foreign policy advisors. The number of drone strikes he signed off on even outnumbered those of the drone strike king himself, Barrack Obama. Trump supporters have one single goal, get Trump in office. And Trump has only one geo-political goal and it's the same as every other United States president: "Maintain American hegemony".

[@LydiaMoMydia]

i like richard wolff, but i don't think he knows what magacommunism is

[@dennisyoung4631]

Sounds like the Strasser part of Early Nazism…

[@euroclyde]

Working people want to get what they've worked for. They know when they're getting screwed. There's a very fine line between workers getting justice, their share, & doing it under their own leadership and having a demagogue step in, harness their anger, frustration, and fears and turning fascist. People like Jackson Hinkle probably don't have the knowledge, heart, wisdom, and experience to walk this line.

[@jgalt308]

Screwed by whom?

[@weva3534]

What an in depth analysis Woolf 🥴

[@strange6973]

I mean - great history lesson - but I dont think you've actually engaged with the meat of the movement to any degree at all. Apart from just slapping a "nazi" label on the movement, which - and I take this from your own analysis on the "critiques" of communism - is simply childish and lazy, I haven't heard anything that actually deals with the ideas behind the movement. I have a great deal of respect for you as a teacher otherwise. Im hoping for a more in depth analysis in future 🤞🏻