It’s not common, but I often will see ‘communists’ defend Alex Jones. They say he has done work ‘exposing global elites’. I have a feeling many of these types are patsocs.
What are your thoughts on this? Personally, I think encouraging your rabid fan base to harass parents of murdered children is unforgivable and should get the wall.
Alex Jones is a raving lunatic, but people in the US are so starved for any voices that go against the mainstream narrative that they will fall for anyone who says that things are not ok and that they’re not the only ones thinking something is seriously wrong and that they are being lied to by most of the media and politicians.
The task of the left is to provide an alternative narrative to these right wing reactionary types. And we have an advantage because while they only have racism, bigotry and conspiracy theories we have actual scientific analysis and systemic critique that do a much better job at explaining why things are the way they are.
And most importantly we offer real solutions. The reactionary right has none. They can rant about global elites all they want but at the end of the day they have no systemic alternative like we do with socialism, and when faced with contradictions between their world view and its negative consequences (such as mass shootings) they go into denial mode and double down.
Good points. This is why anti-communism is pushed so hard. The ruling class knows it’s the only solution to improve the lives of the masses.