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  • think we largely agree here, hopefully final clarification of myself lol but i dont think FD is harmful to the left like i think typical breadtubers are, for instance iirc he has more than one vid in which he makes fun of people that use the word “tankie” which many other people on “breadtube” would never dare to do. when i want him to connect bernie’s (rhetorical) failings towards his failings towards externally colonized people i dont want him to call him Bernie $$ander$$ (as funny as that would be) or anything like that, dont even have to use any mean words like imperialism, just put something in the vid to hint at the connection idk if that makes sense

    btw cornbreadtube is one of my favorite yet wasted concepts on yt, ik it was never serious but tweaking breadtubes nose in how white and rich they are was an incredible idea that never really fully came to fruition like i would have liked lol


  • I think a lot of what he had to say was more relevant toward how one should address the black electorate. Whether it’s for Bernie, Zohranz or a revolutionary movement, if you want the support of these people, the white left needs to get it’s shit together. I think electoral campaigns are good “practice” for doing so.

    yes something that (i hope) is implicit in my comment is that these older black voters that are the majority of the black electorate are important in any revolution because they have the most first hand experience of white workers betraying black workers which is something any hopeful revolutionary in the west/the US especially must deal with in its entirety. slight pushback/clarification, i believe white revolutionaries need to learn how to identify which populations are revolutionary and where the most likely betrayals will occur to both try and mitigate those betrayals (i.e. convince as many white workers as possible not to betray for soc dem benefits) and also actually help organize the most populations with the most revolutionary potential (i.e. gain the trust of black workers).

    Also, I think you’ll enjoy Signifier going head to head with someone to his left here: https://youtu.be/SPOYP8LnwOU

    hahaha i bet i would, deculturation is a part of the “decolonial ML” circle of people i used to follow on twitter, thanks for the link comrade!



  • yes i should say i think of his vids of “good vs bad” through my mindset as a “decolonial ML sympathizer” lol. his bad vids are all mostly b side channel stuff like this where he wades into more explicit political stuff that i think exposes his lack of serious study into these areas. i should also say I hold him to a higher standard as someone who regularly platforms much more radical people than himself if that makes any sense.

    to be more specific i wish he would connect bernie’s weakness in addressing the concerns of black people to his total lack of concern for the colonial subjects outside of the US’ borders, possible i missed this (im drunk rn i will admit). i think i get where you’re coming from as far as the focus on electoralists being necessary for the vid, but i still think there is room to make it more clear without dipping into that territory of doing that lecturing? idk, something like “even many of you more ‘principled’ revolutionary socialists ignore this”? i am not black so as far as exact wording and what not i dont want to make any firm claims lol

    i guess my wish is that he will utilize his incredible ability to hit white lib guilt buttons and gently nudge them in a more revolutionary, scientific socialist way if that makes sense.





  • my 2 cents: he’s right that bernie sanders doesnt correctly address race issues, but it’s because bernie is a soc dem who (whether willingly or mistakenly it doesnt really matter) misunderstands and misrepresents class struggle, and that to actually combat capitalism ignoring/downplaying the racial aspect of classes in capitalism is to totally misrepresent reality and thus have no chance of actually achieving real meaningful progress towards socialism.

    even though he does mention that this vid was specifically directed toward electoralists, he still took a shot at revolutionary socialists anyways so alongside him totally ignoring bernie sanders other glaring issues (laptog for imperialism etc.) which arise from the same place as his lack of attention to black issues, i think this was among FD Signifier’s bad videos