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Isn't that what countries are supposed to do? Prioritizing taking care of their own population first? Does that make me sound like a nazi? I dont think so...
Also, the nazis werent really into what youre talking about anyway, youre just making stuff up..
Taking care of their own at the expense of others?
...what?
Uhh yes? Should a country take care of their own at the expense of another county? Uhh 1000000% yes! Its how the world works my friend.
I feel you have some sort of unrealistic idealistic utopia imagined for the world? I dont know. And also dont care now
Edit: Ideally, such a country should try to thrive without the expense of anyone, of course.
Borders racist, nationalism bad
Using the phrase “in-group” to describe an entire society, group of societies really - just for the purpose of calling somebody a Nazi - is pointlessly edgy, and makes the word so broad it’s meaningless.
The correct words are available…they even used one of them.
"Is pointlessly edgy"
Expect nothing less from BadEmpanada, he's the king of hyperbole and needlessly inflammatory accusations.
I have to admit I have no idea who that is.
And who is the outgroup that Mamdani doesn't want to have free buses? (because I'm assuming this shit take is about Zohran Mamdani)
You can always rely on Geneva here to have shit takes about Mamdani. They hate him for whatever reason.
Palestinians
Oh I didn't know that Zohran became mayor of Israel.
Last I heard was that he had become mayor of NYC, and even the Palestinians living in NYC will be able to ride the free bus in NYC. So again, who is the outgroup?
Last I heard Zohran Mamdani was telling people to vote for top AIPAC recipient and massive Zionist Hakeem Jeffries who supports murdering the out-group (Palestinians) so that the in-group (Americans) could get free busses.
Is this really so difficult to understand or do you simply not want to understand it?
Bro is cheering on Nazis and doesn't even know it.
Ironic comment
Even this framing sanewashes the Nazis.
The actual Nazi party delivered none of this while gutting government services and selling services (like the post office) off to the lowest bidder.
The term "privatization" was coined in order to describe what the Nazis were doing in Germany
Bad Empanada with lunatic shit takes as always.
Politics are local. Change things locally first, before attempting world wide change.
Assuming the whole world even wants the change you want locally is an imperialist mindset.
Just tankies using their world revolution fantasies to not work towards actual change.
"The Nazis ate vegetables with their meals."
"If you sit down at the dinner table, and you eat vegetables -- then there is much less separating you from the Nazis than you think."
Even beyond the bullshitness of the idea that the Nazis were earnestly trying to give social services to people in their in-group, the problem with the Nazis was not that they did want certain services to be provided to certain people. The problem was those other things that they did, that were different from providing services.
The problem was those other things that they did, that were different from providing services.
And even when speaking specifically about services, the fact that they specifically wanted the outgroup to not have them. If you're actually against foreigners having these things, instead of simply focusing on getting them at home first, then Bad Empanada is right about you, but I don't think that person actually exists. Maybe Jackson Hinkle or someone thinks that.
And the Nazis very importantly did not want social services for everyone in their country. That was a big part of their platform.
in group.
not country.
Yeah, that's my point. The Nazis wanted social services for specific people within their jurisdiction. Socdems, or whomever Bad Empanada is complaining about, want social services for everyone in their jurisdiction.
"I want my workplace to have better working conditions"
"Fucking Nazi!"
lol
Not very impressed with this BadEmpanada guy
Nor should you be lol
He's right in that the hatred and oppression of the outgroups has been exported to the third world. But this is not quite the same purpose that the outgroup served under Nazi Germany. The outgroup served some material benefit in work camps during the war but this was not it's main purpose.
The main purpose was to direct the failures of capitalism to a scapegoat. To unite the nation under fascism and nationalism so that as the material conditions of the working class continued to decline the hatred would further be directed at that group.
And, while the US is definitely directing it's xenophobia in a way similar to this, it is not being done by the same group that wants healthcare and high speed rail. The group that wants healthcare and high speed rail barely has any influence in American politics.
I think BE has this take because he spends far too much time arguing with liberals that have no understanding of Imperialism but do want "better things and not worse things" and so attracted to DSA candidates and that movement.
There is no class consciousness in the US. And BE keeps arguing for a new political party while at the same time criticizing an organization who's main material benefit is not in electoral politics. DSA is a stepping stone for education. It is not that movement. If you're reading this and at all think you are a leftist, then chances are, you started that journey with Bernie in 2016. Bernie is a SocDem Zionist. He's not what we want. But he was a stepping stone for many people that grew up in their politics to realize that "the left" is not the Democratic party at all.
It's why he doesn't talk about PSL at all but spends all day critizing DSA. If he promoted PSL instead of DSA I would take his criticism more seriously. If he was offering an alternative I would take his criticism more seriously. He has good criticism that a lot of leftist will nod their head and agree with. BUT, he is serving the purpose of inaction. He is giving leftist a place to reasonably decide to just not do anything and maintain their doomerism. Whether this is his intention or not really doesn't matter. Whether he sometimes mentions vaguely what should be done instead does not matter. His viewers are consuming his content to serve the rational of their own inaction.
PSL is essentially exactly what he wants people to be doing. They focus on material support and improvement at the community level and run political candidates as a means of exposure. But I don't think he actually cares. I think he enjoys being critical more than he enjoys being helpful. If he wanted to be helpful he'd offer analysis on why DSA is able to get mass political exposure by running political candidates and why PSL fails to do so. That would be a good video and would better serve to introduce his viewers to an alternative.
PSL needs more leftist. But we're not getting any more of you showing up because you watched a BE video criticizing DSA. You know you just sit at home instead.
Just logging that I don't think sharing random takes by internet people is a great use of this comm. I appreciate the one large post of analysis in the comments, but I'm not convinced people are making it here (7 upvotes vs 99 on the OP atow), and I'm not sure sharing the short take to vaguely dunk or vibe with is useful.
I'm considering blocking the OP to improve my feed (just to match content I want; this is certainly not report worthy), but would appreciate hearing others reasons for wanting to see this post first.
Well, someone didn’t like being told lol
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