DO 207 - What has happened to the left? With Ashley Frawley, Gord Magill and Ashley Colby

Gord and the two Ashleys discuss the modern state of leftism: what remains of it, and how to navigate the upside-down world where the professional-managerial elites have hijacked the conversation.

[@MyMomSaysImKeen]

"They [Leftists] oppose the way technology is being used today, but they only want to see that technology is used in a politically correct way. They don’t want to eliminate modern tech., because they know that without it they can never realize their dream of a collectivized world." Tedicus Kaczynskius, printed author, mathematician, & vote by mail activist in his correspondence with Derrick Jansen of Deep Green Resistance

[@STLisAlive]

Great convo

[@InfiniteBordello]

So are we helping advocate for, if not actually organize, a radical resistance movement against the political neoliberal-imperialist R+D interdependent ruling elite status quo? It ain't gonna happen if you can't name the only plausible remedy: a united across all identity categories class struggle, first and foremost! Whether one consults with Emma Goldman, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Carlin or The Iron Law of Oligarchy, electoral politics is a "piège à cons".

[@Iquey]

No unity without intersectionality. We can unite once we recognize our struggles have some similarities but also recognize the differences. Expecting women, black and brown communities and LGBT folks to flatten and ignore all the other intersections harming them to unite with class struggle focused white men doesn't turn out well.

[@pictureworksdenver]

13 minutes in and nothing of substance said. Talking about talking is really talking about nothing.