“Sending”

Very happy to read this.

I hope it does but I doubt it.

There is too much attention on the media. Is there any national level organization to struggle against the US back genocide or are we just mad that the papers aren’t left wing?

You could have spent the time it took to write your comment to instead get in touch with local comrades to figure out how to spread the news of this event further in your area and talk to people about it and Palestine. You can go do that right now.

Why would I do that when I can livestream my suicide and be lauded as John Brown.

Apparently that isn’t a question for the actions he took? The result is nothing. The left loves a martyr, and our obsession with martyrdom and purity is a feature of the genocide. It’s never time to actually put our skills to use and organize or take risks. If it is then we don’t do anything beyond profile building and concern trolling. Making statements and pretending to die by lying on the ground while we chant that “we are all Palestinians” when we know damn well we aren’t. It’s such a disturbing ruse to witness.

And now this. Literal performative suicide. It’s a fucking embarrassment. If anyone has faith in the left let this be a moment to lose that ridiculous faith once and for all.

He was young and had military experience. What he did was incrediblely unproductive given the potential he had. I dont see why his actions should be praised. All he did was fucking die while saying what everyone already knows.

attention is really helpful when you’re FUCKING DEAD

I couldn’t agree more with your sarcasm.

He was young and had military training. This was far from his only option.

I think you can admit this without being a doomer. Also I think there are some cool things going on they just don’t involve the metropolitan working class or broad society generally. There is reason to not be a “doomer” but if your standard is the military destruction of the US in the next 5 years (which is a fair thing to want) then that will of course be unlikely.

Look into movements that are trying to build community sovereignty. Especially food sovereignty. I like these because they will build things that we will need to survive and potentially can enable something bigger in the long run. Food sovereignty and Land Back are basically the only land reform movements that exist and I feel that communists here forget about them too often.

I think comrades need to be part of something constructive as we take on the frustration of articulating anti-imperialism.

Non story.

What a ridiculous, meaningless designation.

I think you mean Hasan has benifited more from the conflict in Palestine than I have. His actions are liberal antics that his followers endorse. So what? He is not leading us towards anti imperialism, he is solidifying left wing coalitions that will largely only be able to benifit the global north. Saying Israel is bad isn’t revolutionary, it’s fucking obvious. But that’s what he is about, low hanging fruit and the spectacle around it.

No one is pretending it doesn’t exist. I’m saying it isn’t a space to build revolution and never will be. We deal with the world as it is, but we don’t have to drink poison just because it’s in our glass.

His ethical value is tied to his wealth and power? What happened to building movements instead of discursive posturing and purchasing morality? This is not revolutionary, it is liberalism.

This is not a sacrifice for Palestine. It is civil religious self harm. Hasan, along with the entire left, is doing nothing to stop genocide in Palestine. Speaking out on Twitch is not activism. This isnt anti imperialism, it is identity profile building in the context of an addictive corporate platform.

He is only anti empire in the most vulgar sense possible. I don’t give a shit who is streaming. These platforms shouldn’t exist.

Whenever you donate to Hasan, you show that you prefer Hasan saying your name out loud over saving the lives of children, and I think that says a whole lot more about you than about Hasan.

I agree that his supporters are useless

Stop complaining about Hasan not living in a barrel and giving away all his money to charities. Saying that suffering is necessary to live a morally good life reeks of Christian morality.

This is a strawman. But it also misunderstands that combating imperialism will require a willingness to make sacrifices. If the millionaires among us can’t show that, then would does that tell us about our movements? Let me repeat, if the fucking millionaries that get rich off of an addictive corporate platform that targets youths can’t live up to this, then what does it say about “socialists” in the core? We always get wrecked by sheepdogs and populists because we don’t ask these questions. We just justify everything.

This is exactly how casino owners think.

It may not “stick” but I don’t forget.

You took Trump at his word about NATO. Do you also believe he is anti-war? You gonna block me?