The Atlantic knows how to punch left : ManufacturingConsent

[-] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 55 points 2 months ago

Corporations: steal tens-of-billions from employees who're just barely scraping by

Me/you: shoplifts can of soda/bag of chips which should be priced at $2-3 according to inflation, rather than it's listed price of $4-7

Atlantic Magazine: [hand on hip wagging finger in face] "How dare you? There are rules that govern society, young man/lady, this is simply unacceptable."

[-] groet@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago

There is missing an area even biger than wage theft. Tax evasion. When cooperations and rich people steal from the gouvernment.

[-] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

and indirectly, from you, who relies on public infrastructure funded by taxes

[-] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 35 points 2 months ago

Someone seems to have vandalised his wiki. "Extreme communist"

[-] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 months ago

Everyone from .ml, grad and hexbear must be so jealous that he got the coveted title of Extreme Communist before them.

And then he is not even that extreme, so it's watering down the title.

/J

[-] folaht@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How does Hasan Piker get the title communist?
Has he even ever advocated for a socialist revolution?

[-] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 26 points 2 months ago

I blocked everything from the Atlantic a year ago. Deeply unserious, unprofessional, and untrustworthy. They are clearly propaganda for the class that needs to be guillotined.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've been convinced the primary purpose of The Atlantic, for at least 15 years, has been to literally craft the mindscape by which rich liberals maintain their wholly undeserved sense of moral and intellectual superiority.

You could just call it 'Hoity Toity Tut-Tut Tutorials For Your Next Social Outing'.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 months ago

Atlantic Op-Ed next month:

Ignore the reports of Israelis using dogs to rape prisoners: Loud Internet Communist Electrocuted His Dog!

[-] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-worst-magazine-in-america

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

Bro the social contract broke with citizens united

[-] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 13 points 2 months ago

It was broken well before then

[-] Bombastic@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

This the dog zapper guy, right?

[-] NewDark@lemmy.today 33 points 2 months ago

Congrats, you fell for the smear campaign.

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago

Ukraine deserved to be invaded because they speak the same language”

This sounds like one of those "filtered through an alternate reality" type accusations and I'd love to see the origin

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It's not. You can watch the whole vod. There is no "missing context"

[-] deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

lol really cuz I’ve watched a lot of him saying straight up he doesn’t support Russian invasion of Ukraine he just also has further political analysis that’s not just “Putin is an evil commie that wants to kill every Ukrainian”. I’m not gonna link anything cuz I’m lazy today but you can’t lie to me about that shit dawg.

sidebar: I used to work in the dog grooming business, the amount of people who keep shockingly (pun intended) poor levels of care of their dogs & think it’s normal aren’t even half the standard Hasan has for that dog. That dog is pampered like old money. I can tell. You can see the health in a dog like that just by looking at it. Ppl keep doodles and huskies un-brushed in their 2nd floor / tiny ass apartments, literal dog shit all over the floor, & then say this rich dude abuses his dog 😂😂

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[-] NewDark@lemmy.today 15 points 2 months ago

You're shifting the goalpost because the initial claim about him shocking his dog is not true.
When do you think Crimea will be reunified with Ukraine? It's a realpolitik reality, not an endorsement.
He's never been pro Russia in this conflict, but has given the Russian perspective and is very anti nato despite that.

You don't care though, you've been fed the most controversial clips, usually out of context, shown to get you worked up against a leftist perspective.

[-] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

[-] zealouscurmedgeon@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I don't see what people see in him tbh. He's kinda meh as a political commentator for the celebrity status he has. It's interesting how the left will circle the wagons around him like no other. But collargate did seem signal boosted.

[-] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

He's accessible, I'm not into his content but I see the appeal. As for the parasociality many people have with him, it's possible he was the beginning of their radicalization. I don't know enough about Hasan to engage one way or another.

[-] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 months ago

No you have that mixed up. He is the anti-zionist leftist in a MAGA body that gets smeared by elite libs and fash (also libs) for his ML political views. Really good propagandist imo

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

He's a poser and a grifter

[-] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

You're just coping that hes done more praxis and has better politics than you

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I don't need to cope because I don't make my living rage baiting and pumping for Jeff Bezos.

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[-] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Oof someone's triggered. But it's definitely not a cult. Nope.

[-] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Lol try harder halfwit

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Why don't you go dono 500 subs to Hassan. I hear Bezos needs a new yacht. Also, the oil changes on Hassan Porsche aren't cheap. Lmao

[-] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Bezos? You seem confused

[-] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Their (stupid) argument is that helping Hasan through twitch makes bezos wealthier. We're not allowed to make money or engage in anything owned by big capitalists even if there's no alternative or we're just helping the enemy. We should just will an independent economy into existence.

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

You're more than welcome to get your bread as a Marxist leninist. Hassan is on a whole other level of exploitation. But again, you guys are in a cult. Now go cry to your little Twitch streamer boy. He might have some hot superficial rage bait today, is he on yet?

[-] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Who exactly is he exploiting?

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[-] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I don't watch him, I just think avoiding platforms owned by billionaires is impossible for everyone and it makes no sense to judge him for that

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[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

i suspect that this guy doesn't have the discipline nor the disposition needed to withstand these attacks upon him like others do (ie madeline pendelton) so i fully expect him to crash & burn and then checkout of the social spotlight and retreat w his millions into his hollywood mansion.

i also sincerely hope that he proves me wrong.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

He's more susceptible to positive coercion than negative coercion.

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

He bans or blocks anyone that slightly disagrees with him.

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