Comrade Brennan Lee mulligan

I have a deep love & appreciation for people who are both intentionally kind and confrontational when needed
anyways here’s baby girl being aggressively progressive

[@wizardzimbim]

This video has decided to blow up 6 months later for some reason, so i’m just here to drop in and say: IM NOT A TANKIE 😵‍💫😭 i’m drowning in tankie allegations from all these new comments!! i am an anarcho-communist/socialist, i’m using the tankie communist imagery in the thumbnail and the ussr music at the beginning as a gesture to the dream of communism (anti capitalism, pro worker, community, revolution) and also just for the meme. i 100% recognize all the issues within the ussr, fuck stalin n all that, It’s just all in good fun so try not to take this vid too seriously, comrades! 🖤🫡

[@mguatimosim]

American communists aren't ok 😐

[@smartestbeauty]

I could be wrong but I think it’s because the “good cop, comrade cop” prompt Brennan and Zac did on Make Some Noise

[@oOPPHOo]

Tankies tend to be the most obnoxious but they at least have one thing going for them: They have a plan beyond just relying on society to be perfectly altruistic. If society was perfectly altruistic, it doesn't matter what system you have. It would be amazing either way. I genuinely don't like how ancoms have no idea for how to handle basic things like assuring the rules of its own society without either going "We'll have capable people handle it" (which is just another way of saying you want law enforcement/police) or "Everyone will be protecting themselves and each other" which just means you have no plans for assuring some other self-serving faction doesn't become the primary center of violent power. America is already a terrible example of what happens when everyone gets guns. You don't fix it by adding more guns and expecting grandmothers to protect themselves, especially if what they need to protect themselves from is the neighboring country of evil capitalists who still possess a coordinated military that isn't divided in to countless communes. There's a reason why anarchist societies don't really exist. They always lose to the state.

[@groofay]

I never saw it as tankie prop, but I suppose when people are looking for a conclusion they will find it regardless of whether it's warranted. Keep fighting the good fight, comrade!

[@cogspace]

People who call other people "tankies" are *universally* LARPing. The Deprogram covers this very thoroughly in a recent episode for anyone wanting/needing a quick re-education. =)

[@hylind1912]

The fact that his beliefs are so strong it makes him break character just to yell about crypto is a powerful statement from Brennan "No Corner of My Heart I Wouldn't Turn Over for Five Points" Lee Mulligan.

[@literallyglados]

the only thing he wouldn't do for points is promote crypto. Even sarcastically.

[@Strix182]

There is no part of Brennan Lee Mulligan's heart to turn over that would have anything to do with supporting crypto. He cannot give what he does not have.

[@dsargus3]

The thing is "MAKE SOME NOISE" is far less competitive then the Gamechanger Noise games... Like, none of the contestant has points in front of them. Sam just gives points secretly, if even. So... Brennan has less insentive to stay on the prompt

[@firedrake110]

It seems more like Brennan's heart refuses to remain turned down regardless of what the prompt requies XD

[@Lucifersfursona]

I like to think the prospector was learning about it in real time and lost his shit

[@dex1o_15]

The way that his accent in the second clip slowly petered off until he was just ranting about cryptocurrency is perfect LMAO

[@jonathanzj620]

One of the few famous people who CLEARLY knows what crypto is/means

[@mishapenmoonmoth]

“no, they’ll cast me on SNL!” is genuinely one of the best gut reactions i’ve ever heard

[@drummerrck]

I honestly didn't get that one. Any explanation would be appreciated but not expected.

[@wizardzimbim]

it was a video from 2019, and around that time they had hired this racist dude shane gillis, but they fired him pretty quickly.

[@blahblahghost]

@@wizardzimbim To be fair though, watching SNL from even 10 years ago (let alone 20) is unbelievably cringe. Most of the humor punches down and otherizes minorities, the elderly, folks with disabilities, and *especially* LGBTQ+ people. The great liberal bastion indeed.

[@murcie7896]

@@wizardzimbim It looks like a stream party, is there a VOD anywhere to watch it, do you know what the stream or video was called? Thank you!

[@nickstewart1202]

I don't think it would have fit in here but I loved the nugget of wisdom he dropped in adventuring Academy "Evil sustains itself by engendering the situation it says is inevitable." Plays in my head at least once a week.

[@darthbob88]

The term I've heard for that is "tragic realism"; "Unfortunately, we have no choice but to do fascism".

[@mateusfernandes9685]

that's what Thatcher meant when she said "there is no alternative", it was an irl villain explaining their plan moment

[@mateusfernandes9685]

also, ding dong the witch is dead

[@homemadefilms5718]

@@mateusfernandes9685rip bozo

[@Lucifersfursona]

*_Holy fuck_* When someone say the thing you know is true but never knew how to explain it. There is Brennan. We have a Brennan for that 🥰

[@scolkereybel]

"... did you think trials made things retro-actively true" "... holy shit, I knew I didn't do it!"

[@weebjeez]

FUcking LOST IT to that. Had to come to the comments to find someone else did, too!

[@portobellomushroom5764]

You can tell the actor definitely didn't plan for that to be the response and had to really look for a way out of that hole, and he fucking NAILED the landing

[@aceofspades8474]

The way Brennan moved afterwards makes it 10x funnier. Just this panicked static movements of “oh jeez what do I do? Should I put a comforting hand on his shoulder- no that’s too much, oh jeez should I just stand here? Should I leave and give him space? Oh jeez, oh no.” It gives the same energy as watching an entire shelf of plates falling down and shattering and you just have to watch because there’s nothing you can do at that point.

[@titanwaves9718]

Is the full video of this on KZbin? It's hilarious, I want to watch the whole thing!

[@SoftServe33]

@@titanwaves9718same!!

[@dracomodron3217]

I enjoy the libertarianism-bashing, but I must say, the fascism-pounding is what I'm here for.

[@lucasfronza3079]

If you mock one of them for a while, you'll soon find yourself mocking the other

[@dougkenworthy5079]

The older I get, the more I get the sense like they are basically the same beans with a different label.

[@thanatos7007]

Libertarians are fascists, they're just lying about what their ultimate goals are.

[@ND-nr6mx]

Modern libertarians may not be fascist, but they sure enjoy funneling power

[@TheOneTrueStash]

To-may-to To-mah-to

[@jonathanjernigan3865]

The amount of comments on the coffee-shop short that basically went ‘no actually that guy is right and everyone that works at coffee shops and fast food places is lazy’ was not surprising but very depressing

[@wizardzimbim]

doomer wojack 😔

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

Anyone who actually believes that would break down on their first day working in a coffee shop or burger joint

[@ldragon8480]

​@@jimmy_the_squid9456 truth or they're the shittiest coworkers to ever happen to somebody because they're lazy and that's why they assume it's easy, they do the bare minimum themselves. I have met very few who people truly have an easy time working customer service but those people have never shat on the ones who have a hard time.

[@amethystimagination3332]

You can always tell who’s never worked customer service, and it’s always those guys

[@darthbob88]

The other one I really "like" is when people say that customer service jobs should be shitty and minimum wage should be low, because those jobs are just for teenagers entering the job market and learning a work ethic, before they graduate to a better job. Which, A) not true, the average fast food worker is in their late 20s, and B) those people will then turn around and acknowledge that there is no guarantee anybody will actually _get_ a better job.

[@groofay]

I love how the first thing out of Brennan's mouth after being prompted to shill crypto in character is "Now I may have lost part of my brain in a wolverine attack, but..." just preemptively screaming at the audience DO NOT ENGAGE WITH CRYPTOFASCISTS. Now that's fucking praxis.

[@alexonline2340]

i agree with you but i need to point out that "cryptofascist" does not mean "fascist who uses crypto," it means someone who's secretly a fascist. its annoying that the rise of bitcoin has kind of changed the meaning of the word crypto but i think it's an important distinction to make

[@lightning_bishop260]

@@alexonline2340You’re right, but it do be like that though sometimes (That’s not a phrase that was in my verbal rolodex until about 5 years ago).

[@groofay]

@@alexonline2340 that is an important distinction to make, and thanks for pointing it out. But it is so very inconvenient linguistically, and convenient for them, that secret fascists happen to be the ones who happen to benefit the most from cryptocurrency.

[@sbraypaynt]

@@alexonline2340I just know they did this for optics on purpose Someone can shout out “the crypto nazis are using crypto currency” And then the sigma males can say “hahaha those stupid liberals, similar words can mean different things? I guess you’re too dumb and LIBERAL to tell the difference hahaha? JOE MANY LIBERALS DOES IT TAKE”

[@ceptemzorpus]

​​@@groofayIm like 90 percent sure that it's just called crypto because the biggest politically monstrous dweebs like sci Fi so much that they base their entire economic future on a cool sounding word

[@allieasay8384]

I just want to give some props to the guy in the improv scene about incarceration. "Man I knew I didnt do it!" Was the funniest way to interact with Brennan's political rant and incorporate it flawlessly into the scene while upping the conflict.

[@imsotiredofthiscrap2341]

ikr that was so funny

[@rarebeeph1783]

such a good punchline, it's amazing some people can just come up with things like that on the spot

[@RovingTroll]

Not only that, but Brennan's reaction to that, while mostly cut off at the end, is also fucking hilarious. That genuine energy of "Holy shit this guy thinks he's guilty be cause the court says he is" fucking sends me

[@mintyfresh2281]

"Personality predates ideology" is actually fucking profound, holy shit

[@maxieprimo2758]

No, it isn't. It takes responsibility away from you to actually understand your ideological others as anything but "mean evil people."

[@wizardzimbim]

@@maxieprimo2758 get a job

[@maxieprimo2758]

@@wizardzimbim this is what I do when I'm taking a shit on the clock. Besides, aren't I being horribly exploited?

[@Hyndergogen9]

​@@maxieprimo2758You dense fuck, it's a direct result *of* understanding you fuckwits better. Because ultimately, a huge portion of people are just selfish, and that's as far as they're ideology extends, everything else comes down to dressing it up. It's the idiots who don't understand you who think you've anything of value to say.

[@piragintheevercorpulent1526]

@@maxieprimo2758 I mean... the people who gravitate to hateful ideologies that wish to unambiguously do harm to other people are more likely to already be more hateful themselves.

[@Remora_7]

genuinly i quote "before you were a fascist, you were a bully and an asshole" literally constantly in political/philosophical discussions.

[@billbaraka2879]

That is a completely insane opinion to have and stance to take. Why talk to anyone, ever? If they don’t have the right opinion now, well, that just means they are an inherently bad person. And what to do with the inherently bad, hm?

[@missingdev0948]

​@@billbaraka2879not inherintly bad. Infact, being a bully is quite external, and it represents a problem, obviously, but it can be changed by humanity and compassion, something far simpler than fascism.

[@badflamer]

rough, since thatøs one of Brennan's worse and least educated takes. literally just doing what he in claiming others do: having an emotional reaction and then justifying that with ideology. being a young asshole bully is perhaps disproportionately comorbid with later fascism, but the idea that fascism is in any way a natural evolution of being such a person is fucking astoundingly stupid for someone otherwise so insightful. the nazis were a bunch of LARPing looser social outcasts for the most part until they all got together and decided to make their delusions everyone else's problems. There have been many decidedly socially aggressive, coercive, and domineering revolutionaries who nonetheless deeply held and died for the beliefs that. There have been asshole bullies for all 200,000 years of human existence, there have NOT been fascists (or even 'proto fascists' the way napoleon is often described) that long. so all he did was look at 2 things that kinda lined up and made a big sweeping statement on it. i.i. he just did some white lib shit fully embarrassing for a learned leftist. and while that's sad, it's also expected. Brennan is an amazing human being, but he is fully still a white, male, cis passing, straight passing, english speaking, academically educated, financially secure american. Literally raised in 'empire city', suckling at the teet of the imperial hegemon (or, more accurately, desperately trying to lap up form of what spills over the mouth of the actual imperial beneficiaries on Wall Street, but that is basically everyone born not already rich in the imperial core) the cruxof socialism however, the very thing he fully failed at here, is material and dialectical analysis. That very same material analysis lets us know that because of his demographic and its associated life circumstances, Brennan has not had and never will have the personal, lived experience needed to properly understand and internalize socialism or the struggle of the global working class. He can only ever be aware of how his world is skewed against that understanding, and seek to combat it. and i am sure he would say much the same of himself.

[@AleksandarBell]

@@billbaraka2879Fascism is inherently wrong. There is no way to get around it. If you think it isn’t, you’re an objectively bad person.

[@beantownbanshees]

@@billbaraka2879do you think genuinely kind people become fascists?

[@taratravels6235]

when you remember this man has a degree in philosophy

[@Xhalph]

I've seen people on socials make the joke: I based my campaign's Big Bad on a notorious historical figure, and the PCs said, "You know, this guy makes some good points. Let's join him! I feel like if Brennan were dealt that hand, he'd be all, "Oh, it's like that, is it? Well, welcome to a months-long lesson about the insidiousness of fascism." So the PCs spend an arc or two Making the Empire Great Again, and then Brennan hits them with the mother of all "Are we the baddies?" moments. The rest of the campaign is spent as turncoats fighting for redemption.

[@TheMisterSurreal]

@@Xhalph The Ravening War wasn't quite that, but awfully close to it.

[@riverstein7251]

⁠@@TheMisterSurreal The politics of Calorum are certainly a brutal lesson in manipulation. The Ravening War showcased best how being ignorant and all too eager to be considered special can sway people to radicalism.

[@MeonLights]

Between Brennan and Disco Elysium I know there is no worse insult than being called a libertarian or a centrist.

[@peytonalexander5300]

As a centrist, while that statement offends me, I understand why you feel that way, and I respect your opinion.

[@powerup3005]

People who typically use the term libertarian to describe themselves usually fall into one of two camps either "Actually Nazis who just want weed" and "Actual anarchists who immediately want to dissolve the state and let us survive off the good will of the mega rich."

[@shalevasor911]

@@powerup3005 I am confused, are you saying people who call themselves libertarians are one of those two groups, or are you saying that people who call others libertarians are one of those groups, if it's the latter then I disagree

[@janetmontalvo6944]

@@shalevasor911 no I think he means people who say “I am libertarian”

[@powerup3005]

​@@shalevasor911there we go, I made a clarification

[@goingghost8297]

Brennan is the only person who has ever been able to explain why crypto currency is bad to me.

[@con-f-use]

Sure, but it's not bad as a quality of the thing, it's bad in how it is used and what people it attracts. Traditional money and forms of capitalism have the same problem, and just seem less harmful because they have been normalized to us and also had time to be moderated by regulations more. Cryptos are just a reminder of what a libertarian system would result in.

[@kevinwillems8720]

So you've not seen Dan Olson's video about NFTs

[@con-f-use]

@@kevinwillems8720 I haven't, but my comment was on crypto currency not NFTs. I'll make sure to watch it either way if you say it's good.

[@wizardzimbim]

@@con-f-use nfts and crypto are interconnected and also do the same harm for the same reasons, i second the recommendation abt that vid!

[@kevinwillems8720]

@@con-f-use it's really comprehensive. It covers crypto right in the beginning

[@griffinwetzel3059]

i saw a person with a blue lives matter pfp post dimension 20 content so i had to watch this video again to cleanse my eyes

[@rakelodakel]

That guy probably liked Rage Against the Mashine before they went all political too.

[@anthonynorman7545]

...how...

[@elinaragon5051]

“Before they went all political” is an S Tier line

[@gateauxq4604]

And Star Trek before it went all woke

[@rakelodakel]

@gateauxq4604 yeah they don't make em' like they used to. Miss when movies weren't all woke, like Starship Troopers and RoboCop. Lol, I had a guy sincerely tell me once that warhammer didn't use to be political, "it used to be punk and cyberpunk inspired".... like... bruh

[@KickstandOptional]

"Self loathing has never motivated anyone to do anything but loathe themselves. You cannot hate yourself into being industrious." - Brennan

[@edithwallflower]

whats this from?

[@KickstandOptional]

@@edithwallflower he was a guest on a podcast when he said this.

[@con-f-use]

> "...mostly people are not motivated by ideological codes. People are motivated by impulse and construct ideological codes to justify and rationalize what they were already going to do. [...] 'On the level of individuals and society personality predates ideology', meaning before you were a fascist, you were a bully and an asshole."

[@jonredd9232]

Thank you. Was this a direct quote or did this beautiful brain baby come from your pleasant head-gash naturally?

[@con-f-use]

@@jonredd9232 Hehe, I wish. Nah, it's in the video around 7:14 and part of it is Brandon quoting a friend of his.

[@Terry_and_Glenn]

@@con-f-use where is that clip from?

[@con-f-use]

@@Terry_and_Glenn 7:15 but he's quoting his professor, who's quoting one of the greats.

[@mogim815]

I disagree with the former quote, and partially with the latter. Personality does predate the development of the first ideologies in the first human societies, but the ideology which a child is raised under impacts their personal and moral development. A child of racist parents can be kind at heart, but, due to their upbringing, not consider black people to be human enough for their kindness. The most common origin of bully behavior is a lack of parental guidance, as often times without it they do not have a strong moral influence to guide their growth, and instead are more free to allow their personal problems (often also caused by lack of parental influence) inform what actions can be taken, and guide their moral development in more selfish directions.

[@BoneTheory]

The old timey prospecting morphing into Bleem spitting facts is so fucking good.

[@Lucifersfursona]

I like to think the prospector was like waking up to the horrors of crypto in real time and blew his cover because he couldn’t handle participating long enough to Get In. And I understand and respect that. Because that is me

[@st0lf]

he grew the part of the brain he lost back when Brennans spirit entered him.

[@5t3phan]

I went "tf do they mean Black Lives Matter, what does that have to do with OHHH I SEE" at that lol.

[@hannahnielsen5165]

Just a heads up, Brennan doesn't like going by his initials like BLM (obviously he doesn't want to take away from the Black Lives Matter movement), so he goes by BLeeM! 😊

[@BoneTheory]

@@hannahnielsen5165 edited! Thanks! BLeeM is also much more fitting tbh!

[@oats5575]

i like how this was recommended after seeing the good cop/comrade cop that Brennan just did on Game Changer 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wizardzimbim]

i like to think that this video influenced that bit (i’m delusional)

[@CyFiWasTaken]

Brennan Lee Mulligan is legit better at philosophy than the philosophy major who was a substitute teacher at my middle school once

[@wishesandfishes]

I mean, he is a philosophy major

[@CyFiWasTaken]

@@wishesandfishes huh, neat

[@Lucifersfursona]

Tbh a lot of people who couldn’t handle the way colleges structure philosophy are doing just fine Also people who haven’t READ theory but just understand it to a degree that’d make you think they ate the books to gain their powers (I’m bragging but I also have better conversations with philosophy outside academic constraints and with no gatekeeping lmao) Bc I’ve also interacted with people who have read all the theory and done all the mechanics of the work, but then they say shit like Brennan’s coffee shop guy. And it’s like k so we know you can read books written by white men but can you have A Thought

[@isapu1948]

Same reason why Plato's dialogues will always be better than most philosophy texts. Engagement is a crucial part of the equation

[@hamsterfromabove8905]

@@wishesandfishes I didn't know that. But I'm not surprised that he is. The way he talks it's obvious that he's at studied it closely.

[@integra8472]

“No! They’ll cast me on SNL!” came out of nowhere and knocked me flat on my ass. absolutely hilarious

[@Getatron]

Anytime someone asks me what the chaotic good alignment means and if I could give an example I'll just point to Brennan and say "basically him"

[@VivBrodock]

the bit where the guy in prison had been convinced by the trial that he wasn't innocent. hilarious

[@TryinaD]

Tbh the popo would do anything to gaslight for a verdict so it’s closer to reality than you think

[@enbeast8350]

"My mom works here, there's a lot of good people" "LET'S MAKE SOME FUCKING BACON!!!"

[@watcher314159]

One of my favourite bits from Brennan is from a charity game arranged by Patrick Rothfus. It's a small thing, but his character always took a moment to insist before rescuing people or overthrowing evil rulers or suchlike, that they consult the people they're intending to act of the behalf of rather than presuming the adventurers know better. It's just good praxis, and you love to see it.

[@kylees71]

do you have a link to this game?? i would love to watch it!

[@watcher314159]

@@kylees71 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6PIonl7raujbtEsi=SJEHLB-CZ7m8d8-X if I recall correctly

[@DParkerNunya]

I'll never not enjoy Brennan dropping the prospecter because he hates crypto so much its so genuine

[@jlinus7251]

The more I watch Brennan the more I'm convinced he's a one of a kind awesome dude.

[@badflamer]

then do I have some good news for you. once you start following properly read leftists (not just people who have a decent but only passing understanding of socialist philosophy like brennan) you'll realize Brennan is... ok. Cool, definitely affable, wonderfully entertaining, and mostly based. But there are so much more based and amazing people out there making content (though sadly no DnD content of his callibre that i've met). if you want suggestions, i cannot recommend SecondThought, Hakim, Yugopnik, or their collaboration project TheDeprogram highly enough :) SecondThought is paricularly 101 friendly if you love socialist spirit but aren't familiar with the technical terms yet.

[@yoohoo2726]

​@@badflamerthanks for the recs! This video made me want to learn more but I wouldn't have a clue where to start

[@jlinus7251]

@@badflamer In all fairness I just managed to get myself out of an extremely homophobic, conservative Christian household recently. I'm new to all these ideas so I'm constantly impressed by them. But thanks for the recommendations. I'll take a look at them🙂

[@badflamer]

@@jlinus7251 oof. my condolences for your suffering and congratulations on the emancipation from such :) Leaving what you knew will always be scary of course, but I promise you have many friends waiting for you in the future. Communists don't call each other comrade for nothing haha.

[@ElectricAlien577]

​​​@@badflamer Second thought, hakim, and yugopnik are all based. Second thought was one of the creators instrumental in my deprograming. I used to be a libertarian 😬 Thoughtslime introduced me to noncompete, and noncompete introduced me to anarchism. Second thought educated me on the basics of socialism.

[@ParadoxNerdHLM]

It's crazy how much Bud Cubby specifically informed my ability to talk about police brutality and corruption

[@kevinwillems8720]

So THAT'S why my brain so easily connects D20 characters and plot lines to various Pat the Bunny songs, from Johnny Hobo to Ramshackle Glory.

[@kevinwillems8720]

Does anyone else do this? Either specificlly with Pat the Bunny or other music?

[@kevinwillems8720]

Like in my mind Jawbone and Bud start a folk punk band at some point, and enlist most of the parents (including Gilear) to join in. I'll wander around the house trying to sing, like, Fuck Shit Up and Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist as Jawbone.

[@danjo2080]

Keep on loving, keep on fighting! ✊🏼

[@fastestcowalive3804]

​@@kevinwillems8720don't forget wingnut dishwashers union 😅

[@youmaboi5279]

No comrade Brennan complication is complete without that jail break scene

[@eldrichhorror6976]

the clip at 9:27 straight up jumpstarted my ascent to understanding myself as an anarcho communist and i will always be infinitely grateful to brennan for that. 10/10 internet celebrity right there

[@st0lf]

radicalized by Brennan Lee Mulligan... love it. let's lose them chains, babyyyyy

[@jonathanblankleaf]

lose the "anarcho" prefix and you're on your way eldrich!

[@st0lf]

@@jonathanblankleaf a bit of utopianism is a good foundation for economic theory. Every anarcho-communist I've met so far was a lovely person and though we don't necessarily share the same goal, we mean to achieve the same thing. Evangelizing our specific versions of communism is what is making us less approachable and effective... Zou know what they say: "Four communists meet and split into five groups."

[@maxieprimo2758]

He's an entertainer first and foremost. You have no depth of thought.

[@arobbo28]

how does this man keep getting better i don't understand. don't forget to vote and join a union y'all 💞

[@TotallyNotLoki]

Voting has limited effectiveness. The best you can hope for is to stop things from getting worse. Unions are good, civil disobedience is better. Protest without a permit. Peacefully occupy government property. Organize your community. Don’t rely on politicians.

[@arobbo28]

@@TotallyNotLoki ❤️🖤 for sure. it's still important to participate in the current political system tho

[@TotallyNotLoki]

@@arobbo28 it is, if only for damage control

[@Extracredittttt]

​@@TotallyNotLokiYeah for sure - it is much easier to advocate leftism in a neo-liberal state than a fascist one

[@anniethequeer6510]

​Christian Zeitler obligatory liberalism is the modest wing of fascism. Important to remember that the neoliberal status quo of our time is just fascist-lite. Unless you were being sarcastic in which case I'm just dumb lol

[@kaelalist9656]

I believe Brennan also wrote an article called something along the lines of "I Went to a Holiday Party That was So Fun I Became a Communist" and it's a very good read i highly recommend it

[@olivermpereira1999]

"I knew I didn't do it" is such a good line

[@kevinwillems8720]

7:32 I mean, this track goes both ways. Often the only thing between some of the kindest people, and leftists, is the knowledge that good things are possible and just really hard to fight for, instead of impossible. People without the language to express their more radical positions, default to what they know, so when you say, "Hey, there are words for exactly what you believe." A positive door is opened. And that's one of the many reasons I love Brennan, he's so good at introducing these things in fantastical contexts.

[@wizardzimbim]

yeah, the amount of times i’ll have a conversation with someone who claims to be anti socialist they always admit that they want socialism but have been convinced they shouldn’t for a plethora of reasons

[@space1546]

It's called capitalist realism. By limiting the scope of your ability to imagine a better world, capitalism is able to maintain itself even when no one even wants it.

[@nyandoesthings]

"wouldn't it be nice if we just all took care of each other, there wasn't any money and people just...gave each other what they needed?" "you mean like communism?" "no, I hate communism. well, I guess dreams will have to stay dreams."

[@kevinwillems8720]

@space1546 Yes, and through the power of fantasy role-playing Brennan is breaking the veil of capitalist Realism.

[@Snowie7826]

@@nyandoesthings That would be nice. It would also be nice if human beings were inherently good. Alas.

[@CassBlast5]

The coffee shop story 3:03 left a huge impression on me, I think I’ll never forget it.

[@SpellboundTutor]

I love this man so much and Brennan should now directly blame you whenever I choose to refer to him as babygirl from now on.

[@wizardzimbim]

teehee

[@MurderTurtle]

My jaw actually dropped at his quote about philosophy and ideology. Something was rubbing me the wrong way about both of those as concepts, and I couldn't figure out why. I agree 100%

[@st0lf]

Marx hated the concept of ideology. He thought that it erased the need to understand the reason for political action. We see this all the time on the left and right where people feel justified in their actions because someone told them they were on the right side.

[@douglasphillips5870]

When the friendly halfling pulls on a mask and asks, "do you wanna make some bacon?" is one of the funniest lines in that season.

[@emeryjem]

I'm literally so in love with this man (in a parasocial platonic way) 😍

[@lavender14-7]

shout out to the combined efforts of my gov/politics teacher and brennnan lee mulligan for getting me interested in communism, anarchism, and punk culture

[@Ray-eg8ub]

anarchism?

[@lavender14-7]

@Ray-eg8ub its a philosophy about society rather than just government. basically, individuals shouldn't be able to manage and control society (i.e. cops and judges) and any social organizations should contribute to the common good (i.e. labor unions)

[@gateauxq4604]

Based teacher. Give them an apple, tell them how much you appreciate them, and do everything you can to support the teacher’s union ❤️

[@DK-go6nw]

My Gov teacher was a libertarian 😔 Still a cool dude and encouraged my anarchism but my anarchist teacher actually taught marine science

[@st0lf]

I heard about communism the first time I was twelve and when I asked my teacher, he convinced me it didn't work... joke's on him. ALERTA, ALERTA

[@discrot8568]

I love that Brennan has introduced so many people to leftist ideas, it fills my anarcho-communist heart with joy.

[@Alpacnologia]

it fills my arachno-communist heart with joy... wait

[@morrowzoranov]

@@Alpacnologia Hobie Brown

[@celpas]

​@@morrowzoranovi hate that i've been an anarcho-communist for years and yet I thought the exact same thing

[@morrowzoranov]

@@celpas he's everyone's favorite anarcho-arachno communist and we love him for that

[@pebbles3609]

Honestly same, before I really started delving into politics Brennan was my introduction to these ideas where I basically went "Heyy, yeah, this guy's got a point!"

[@Wuffskers]

His little monologue about the coffee shop is still so good

[@LadyVonDuck]

He also had a great moment during the seven, when Erika killed colonizers

[@britnicox3929]

Shout out to the cubbies a.k.a. the best NPCs that ever existed

[@jaxsondenton8252]

This is a take, I don’t agree with but also I can’t disagree with it. Like Bill Seacaster, Arthur Augefort, and Chungledown Bim are some of the best NPCs ever in the same series. But the Cubbies deserve a spot on the list

[@kevinwillems8720]

The comment section of the Laws are Threats short is the perfect place to discuss anarchism.

[@Lukasaske]

Comrade Brennan 'We' Mulligan.

[@leavesaremadeinfactories3314]

0:49 Brennan slowly losing the voice and going into a classic Brennan rant is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen

[@DeathByApplesauce394]

ok fine subscribing..... very good work thank you

[@ian9622]

agreed

[@Apollo_G]

the way he just slowly lost the accent in the crypto rant 😭😭😭

[@jackfeger7634]

The first time I heard the bacon quote I didn’t know it was a “cops are pigs reference” which honestly made it better as a very polite and welcoming non-sequater

[@goldinskiii1987]

"LETS MAKE SOME FUCKING BACON!!!' Loved that ❤

[@Billzor991]

"Man I know I didnt do it" hit me like a TRAIN that was such good improv

[@thewitchinlounge9940]

Love the end screen note of “Go organize!” I just might!

[@st0lf]

do it if you have the chance. I've had the wonderful opportunity to go on a strike that was backed by one of the largest and scariest unions in Europe. it was an awesome feeling. A week later when I got off work there was a rep standing outside informing us that the company had not agreed to the terms and when and where we were to arrive for the strike next day. Unison feels powerful and that's what corporations are afraid of.

[@techcamisado4058]

oh my fuck, i edited the base image for the "POG communism is based" meme, i didn't think so many people would see it

[@wizardzimbim]

i saved it from tiktok and added the hat and the communism text!! it’s saved on my phone wallpaper now lol

[@PurpleQuestions]

Someone should animate Hobie Brown from Across the Spiderverse saying all of this, it would fit too well

[@calipigeon]

“I knew I didn’t do it” is low key one of the best improv lines

[@jonathanblankleaf]

one of the only ideologically-sound people I see on television and media

[@Dead-or-Alive1985]

"NO THEY'LL CAST ME ON SNL" was INSANE

[@LoverScratch]

was pretty stoned n failed to notice i was watching this in 1.5x speed up until 1:40, where in the speed in which he performed his little dance genuinely frightened me enough to turn off the video

[@Sleepy12ftPanda]

9:08 I am enraptured by this Halfling John Brown

[@Malkavon]

I don't debate people Bud Cubby would molotov.

[@wizardzimbim]

@@Malkavon god i need this to be a shirt

[@Malkavon]

@@wizardzimbim If you make it, let me know, cause I will absolutely buy one!

[@varnull6120]

With an image of a mail bag with a molotov peeking out, on fire, behind the text

[@varnull6120]

What Would Bud Cubby Do, with the same image, would also work

[@Mambo1061]

His point about ideology coming after personality and impulses/emotions is so clear, and I think it can be taken optimistically because people aren’t solely a species that has impulses to dominate and harm eachother, as much as those impulses are real - we also have impulses to help, we have impulses toward mutual freedom, we have wiring for sharing

[@allyabernathy4098]

LET’S MAKE SOME FCKIN BACON! is my favorite line in D20 history lol

[@ldragon8480]

I wonder how Brennan feels about Ron Swanson as a character

[@anthonynorman7545]

I'd pay 4 that!

[@Hyndergogen9]

Probably frustrated that they pulled back from the satire.

[@mysteryman1622]

If there isn’t a subplot in Fantasy High season 3 of Bud Cubby becoming the mayor I will scream

[@dylanposthuma3542]

I love the way Brennan slowly drops out the the prospector character to just shit on crypto.

[@kryptokaur]

it jUST occurred to me that "lets make some bacon" is a euphemism for killing cops. incredible. acab

[@jdk2535]

I respect Brennan's commitment to spreading the good word, especially in front of Sam Reich, who is quite literally the child of a once-major political figure and probably knows a LOT more people in politics than your average Joe.

[@eater_of_garbage_]

Wasn't Brennan's dad a Minister of Labour or something?

[@wizardzimbim]

no he has a step dad who was a massage therapist and his bio dad is a comedian

[@eater_of_garbage_]

@@wizardzimbim I might be thinking of Sam's dad then

[@jdk2535]

@@eater_of_garbage_ You're definitely thinking of Sam's dad. His name is Robert Reich, and he was a Secretary of Labor.

[@MarkovChains223]

I cannot consider myself straight simply because Brennan exists, and I'd let him clap whatever he wanted.

[@eleutheros7216]

You're so real for this, speak your truth for us all my friend

[@ellathefinefella2084]

No wonder I always thought he was so sexy and cool

[@Ivel1oss]

Communism, the only beauty product you'll ever need.

[@41tinman41]

"Let's make some fuckin' bacon!" should be in a shirt.

[@Godnando00]

Brennan's ancom halflings give me life

[@alexchamberlin8522]

Such a good thumbnail omfg

[@the_og_hox]

7:00 omg that was an insta kill holy shit 💀💀

[@ladyofrillwater]

7:00 "I knew I didn't do it!" Is such a good Yes And to that.

[@marxcherry]

i do like it when people that are famous have good politics but it is kind of depressing seeing all these comments that are like “i like socialism because it’s an in between of capitalism and communism” PLEASE actually read a book!! marx preferably but i’m sure some secondary lit is good too, heinrich’s intro to capital is short and accessible

[@Aloemancer]

"Man I knew I didn't do it!" Is really perfect yes-anding

[@redeyepeyton]

Lenin Lee Mulligan

[@mattkeflowers]

The fact that bud cubby was walk around with a lit molatov cocktail on his person ks such a good bit

[@starryskies9655]

Love Bud “I’m a law-abiding citizen” Cubby

[@jenolafson]

How many times have I watched this? Yes.

[@DMingThoughts]

This video was incomplete without "good cop / comrade cop". :D Good job, comrade!

[@fnafboy0555]

1:25 I love how fast his accent dropped and became just an angry political rant

[@Mediados]

I love how the Crypto-Currency bit stopped being a bit.

[@jevilcore]

Him breaking his prospector character to dunk on crypto was SO funny

[@me-ke6498]

"man i knew i didn't do it" is such a good punch line aahahaha

[@quinn.h9244]

I beg of you please make a part 2 at some point with the make some noise bit of good cop comrade cop.

[@wizardzimbim]

don’t worry it’s on my list;)

[@connormcconnell7805]

"Wanna make some bacon?" Oh my god this is amazing

[@Imthefake]

the joke at 7:00 is so good, brennan was ready to have a reaction but halfway he realized nothing he did could improve it past that point

[@CerotheDemon]

Honestly a red dragon being a libertarian is spot on lol

[@cnj122000]

op you're so right with the editing around 5:35 idk why she's being so out of character when brennan is also. playing a character. yeah its clearly inspired by his beliefs but he's the dm LMAO

[@thomaswillard6267]

She is also a teenage rebel, to her rebellion is doing anything other than what she has been told by authority, as opposed to the active steps being taken to dismantle a corrupt hierarchy. It is entirely in-line with her character (a teenager mind you) to go "Wait, no, I'm not sure this is actually what I meant" when confronted with the late-stage adult forms of who they are choosing to be.

[@Pinkiepieisawsome]

Where are the improv show clips coming from I wanna know more about that guy who thought being convicted meant he did the crime

[@wizardzimbim]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3bOoqltZayYpZI

[@shempai1166]

"my mother is a cop good sir" "Pobody's nerfect"

[@soulcakeplatypus6522]

you just know Brennan's holding himself back on the picket line rn

[@Allisonwonderland99]

"so you're: bad" is something I use in my day to day now

[@nicholasmenzel201]

I love 'Before you were a facist you were a bully and an asshole'! :D

[@maxieprimo2758]

Yeah, totally takes responsibility away from communists to define or even understand fascism because its just "the ideology for mean people :("

[@dougkenworthy5079]

Josh and Brennan clearly enjoy each other so much I love seeing them together.

[@sofie.h]

i've seen all i need to see and am now smashing that subscribe button. (loved seeing so many improv show clips, i didn't even know those were out there!)

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

I love that they show both sides of policing in Fantasy High. Many individual police members joined the force with lofty ideals, and some continue to hold them and cling to their morals like Sklonda, but also the systemic and philosophical problems that make it very hard for "good cops" to exist. I've known many people who are police officers who are good and nice people, and even stand in direct opposition to things like corrupt police unions and blue walls of silence. At the same time, I've also known cops who had to _stop_ being cops because they were too good. If you rat on a dirty cop, chances are you'll be treated like a traitor, and your life may very much be at stake. They won't kill you, but they'll go out of their way to not respond to your calls for backup, they'll intentionally mess up paperwork and delay your pay for a week, they'll send you on all the dangerous calls without help or even first-aid, they'll do anything in their power to make your life difficult with the air of plausible deniability, until you either quit or die, at which point they'll use you as a martyr in order to further expand their ring of unaccountability. I don't fully subscribe to ACAB, because I think that individualizes the problem too much. The problem isn't that all cops are bad, people like Sklonda exist in the real world, the problem is the systems in place favor and protect bad cops, and that a lot of police culture encourages people towards being bad cops. The problems are systemic, not personal.