https://slavoj.substack.com/p/a-leftist-plea-for-new-imperialist
He’s earnestly advocating for imperialism.
I’m just going to post the last paragraphs and bold of the most eyebrow raising sentences.
So how are we to act in this depressive situation? We should above all avoid the false “public use of reason” which advises neutrality and the search for peace through negotiations. The most disgusting thing to do at this moment is to repeat with triumph the old motif “we were telling you for years that Ukraine cannot win…” – obviously true, but whatever the final outcome will be, Ukraine achieved an unexpected miracle in resisting Russia for such a long time. Another stupidity is the idea that the Ukrainian war is just a moment of the conflict between Russia and NATO, with thousands of Ukrainians sacrificed to the NATO interests to weaken Russia. Are Ukrainians really so stupid to play this role while they could have enjoyed peace? What peace? Russian occupation which would annihilate them as a nation… This is why the alternative “peace through negotiations or war” is a false one: Ukraine will be in a position to negotiate only if it will remain strong enough to present a real obstacle to Russian invasion.
In such a predicament, the only serious option is to finally accept that we are entering a global emergency state: we are at war and only a full Western commitment can give Ukraine a chance. The same holds for Gaza - here again only the US military intervention can save things. Not long ago a picture circulated from inside Gaza showing smoke billowing from the explosion of a US-supplied bomb, and discernible in the background was the outline of eight black parachutes dropping US aid in precisely the same neighborhood.[2] This photo renders perfectly the opportunism of the US politics: supplying the arms to bomb Gaza and then helping the people whose lives were ruined by these same bombs – this is what humanitarian help means today.
The US has been humiliated again and again. As crazy as this may sound, the fact that the US are no longer able to act as a global superpower also has its bad aspects - history repeats itself, just recall the US army’s withdrawal from north Syria to protect the Kurds, as well as the premature withdrawal from Afghanistan. **As I already suggested in a recent text of mine, ideally the US (with some allies) should simply invade Gaza from the sea, establish its own power zone there where millions of civilian refugees will be safe, providing for their elementary welfare and in this way constrain Israeli power - it is a safe bet that Israel would not risk an open conflict with the US. In crazy times, crazy acts are needed. **Before you dismiss this idea as madness, think realistically what would happen! It would be a great relief for millions of starved and bombed civilians. Similarly, one should take the risk to raise the Ukrainian war to a higher level, setting clear red lines that Russia should not overrun. One should, of course, proceed very carefully not to provoke a global war – but, again, the only way to prevent a new global war is to take calculated risks now.
Will something like this happen? The one thing one can rely on is that the US regularly miss the opportunity to use (whatever remains of) its global imperialist power for a good cause.
He was always shit for me, don’t know why so many communists liked him? Was it his edgy takes on pop culture? Pic of him with a Stalin portrait behind him? He was already a big lib when Yugoslavia ended, but did you all miss his take when Fidel died? He went on RT and said Fidel should be forgotten because the Cuban Revolution accomplished nothing. An Ivory tower academic calling one of the greatest Revolutionaries a failure. Glad this Ukraine War has exposed his true form.
I think the real reason is that many communists slowly grew into their positions and during that same time period there weren’t that many public figures on the left so there’s kind of a grab bag of public figures for each person.
I don’t think that a Bernie bro from 2016 would necessarily have a principled stance on the bombing of Yugoslavia even if they had become a communist since then, but would have still watched funny schniff man say fascism is horny on film.
didn’t he own a different guy we don’t like? the last four out of five times i’ve heard he said something it was to dunk on him though.
He debated Jordan Peterson and made him look like a clown but half of that was Peterson making an ass out of himself googling shit mid debate. The Finkelstein/Destiny debate had that same thing happen but it’s funnier and better because Finkelstein is really knowledgeable about the subject, is a complete debate monster, and he kept getting Mr. Divorcelli’s name wrong until it turned into a meme.
Norman Finkelstein And Kendrick Lamar: A Parallel Analysis Of Debate In The 21st Century