I’ve heard a mixed bag of takes on him. Maybe I had a bad intro to him, but I don’t really like him. Ik that he’s been on The Deprogram (I haven’t heard the ep yet) and that he’s lefty, well better than being a liberal. The reason I don’t like him is because he was shitting on BayArea415 for supporting Deng Xiaoping. Basically BE was saying “Read Parenti” bc Parenti was not very positive about Deng. He really tried to rip BA415 a new one on that topic. I feel that it’s fine to recognize Deng’s faults but to say he was a capitalist roader or something is a bit much while also recognizing that Parenti may have simplified a bit. I’m open to criticism on that also, to be clear. BE’s Palestine takes are decent, hell he probably has quite a few good takes but I haven’t watched him enough,what do yall think?
I definitely agree about the slap fights. It seems that he debates quite a few people and as Marxists, we need to recognize the futility of debate culture, the spectacle of it all. We are better suited by presenting sources to people who are interested in actually learning rather than focusing on “owning” someone. If a Lib is watching Destiny, they don’t care if BE is bringing up informative takes or not. I should know, I used to watch debates and I never really changed my mind as a lib, mostly my rhetoric.