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.

  • @i_must_destroy@lemmygrad.mlOP
    19•2 years ago

    I just got into Aaron’s podcast, American Exception. I want to read his book ASAP. I was introduced to him by the fantastic Ben Norton.

    This is a good point. I remember Aaron mentioning this now. Painting the truth as a lunatic fringe conspiracy benefits the status quo.

    We’re seeing this with Ukraine now. The MSM covered how it was Nazi infested up until recently. Now you are perceived as a nut if you mention this.

    One thing that is particularly insidious about Jones and his ilk is that they’ve appropriated valid terms/concepts like the deep state and MSM from the left. I saw some MAGA types talking about color revolutions recently 🤦

      • @xxcvzvcxx@lemmygrad.ml
        9•2 years ago

        but they don’t have the media literacy to avoid the reactionary traps… like jewish conspiracies.

        Israel having exceptionally massive propaganda and lobbying arms that literally do try to help hide the truth doesn’t really help.

    • @KommandoGZD@lemmygrad.ml
      7•2 years ago

      I saw some MAGA types talking about color revolutions recently

      Yep, there’s a section of the right atm that’s criticizing neocons, neoliberals, the US empire, the MIC, warm up to NK and think Taiwan is part of China. It’s incredible how close some of them are to getting it and how their analysis is somewhat materialist and dialetical in some regards, but then they also think Covid’s a hoax, climate change and LGBT struggles are empire propaganda, they still want to be patriotic and so on.