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I don't know if Max is a grifter, controlled opposition or just has terrible judgment. In practice the mixture of good information and nonsense he peddles serves to discredit the good information. I do like some of the people he works with like Kit Klarenberg and formerly Ben Norton who went solo. There's a jawdropping video of Max on a bus taunting Ben and almost getting an ass kicking, fortunately someone who was with Ben de escalated.
I think Max Blumenthal is just a really weird guy, who can do good journalism and work with really interesting people, but also prone to falling for extremely stupid nonsense and of course having a huge ego and difficult personality. I know people like him and they are too volatile for me to ever work with professionally, and so i completely understand why Ben broke with him, but at the same time, if you filter out the crazy he can be a valuable resource for anti-imperialists. Treat him like radioactive material: very useful for certain purposes in the right doses but has to be handled with lead gloves and you may need a decontamination shower afterward.
I don't think he's controlled opposition. He's published too much that has been genuinely damaging to US imperialist interests.
Jiang on the other hand is pretty clearly either grifter or intelligence asset or both.
Perhaps you're right and here he is being useful, and also unfortunately crowing about it:
https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/2092817519723556986
Either way, good info.
I looked up that video and it's so cringe. Even if Ben did steal from Max, which Ben denies, he's confronting him by pushing a camera in his face on a bus full of FSLN supporters. Way to make it all about you. Not a good look.
Kit Klarenberg is a treasure though.
Ha ha! Yeah it's horrifying. I had a hard time watching. I think what Max means by stealing is no longer working with Max and thereby depriving him of an asset.