• happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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      His Common Sense podcast paints him as being ideologically stuck in 2004. Like a George Carlin leftish libertarian who stops at contrarianism and le logic. Hardcore History has been a huge podcast for me but it’s mostly just because it’s like a more realistic historical drama.

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        Dan’s politics are almost impossible to describe to people who aren’t familiar with him. The best I’ve come up with is “libertarian social democrat who’s also solidly anti-imperialist with a heavy dose of civility politics”.

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          What makes them problematic? I don’t know about the other two hosts but Ben on Abe Lincoln’s Tophat just seemed like a generic democrat.

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            Dated accent humor, standard lib takes on politics, and they add a humorous bent to true crime that is riding the line of taste.

            I’m saying this as a big fan. I listen to them all the time, but they are definitely white guys in their 40’s raised on South Park. The impression I get I that they are well meaning but grillman with most things.

            Edit: as an aside I think Henry is a budding leftist. A few months ago while researching MKUltra he mentioned that he went down a rabbit hole of leftist conspiracy theories, but unlike most conspiracy theories these ones have merit.

            “If it weren’t for you guys grounding me I would be living in a cabin like Ted Kaczynski and plotting against the government.”