the REAL problem with the left

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In both "real life" and online circles, there is constant discussion about what is and isn't "on the left", and who is a "good leftist" and who is a "bad leftist." But does this have more to do with actual politics, or with adhering to particular brands and identities? In this video I try to get towards some answers to this by exploring the historical and philosophical foundations of leftist thought.

WATCH MY FULL INTERVIEW WITH ANNA KORNBLUH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOOG72fquSM

Recommended reading:
The Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Concept of the Left, Leszek Kołakowski

Alain Badiou, Thirteen Theses and some Comments on Politics Today
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/5526-thirteen-theses-and-some-comments-on-politics-today?srsltid=AfmBOoojwB96T7WzQdW6ktTgWFodnU9bxpdvGlUVX2h4s95FGNksLQGW

Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy

0:00 intro
1:50 the origins of "the left"
6:30 leftist philosophy
11:52 the immediacy of the online left
15:17 it's not all bad though
16:41 shoutout Michael Brooks

Edited by Henry Arrambide (AKA Producer Henry)
@TechnoPoverty

Written and produced with help from:
Michael Luxemburg
Dave Mesing

#philosophy #politics #socialism