Essentially do you see any big modern marxist public figures coming in as the “old guard” ages out? Who?

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      Hi comrade, is something wrong with bad empanada? I watched a few of his and thought it was pretty neat. I am asking because you mention him together with vaush.

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        I don’t think he’s particularly well versed on politics. iirc he has a bachelors in Latin American history but otherwise he’s essentially just a shitposter with common sense like most of us here and admits as much. Not an intellectual by any means.

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        He doesn’t acknowledge PRC’s achievements, doesn’t support AES except Cuba (I think) and doesn’t align himself with other anti-imperialists. He attacks journalists critical of the west, I faintly recall a bona fide NED spook quote tweeting BE to attack the Greyzone.

        Insofar as he limits himself to attacking rightists, especially the ones claiming to be socialists, he’s fine.

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          He calls himself socialist, supports LatAm social democracy, and defended Stalin from holodomor lies, but he constantly has bad China takes, and his streaming channel is toxic.

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            Not OP but I believe:

            PRC - People’s Republic of China. Self explanatory.

            AES - Actually Existing Socialism. Countries that are now operating under at least a form of socialist government.

            NED - National Endowment for Democracy. A front for US operations abroad, such as the Hong Kong protests.

            BE - Bad Empanada, obviously.