I am continually baffled by those kiddie diddling cryptofascist fucks being generally accepted as “the left” for purposes of public perception. I know it’s working as intended, but I’m still baffled that it works. They’re the Andy Warhols of our time.
if i remember correctly he fired every that worked for him when they tried to unionize and I think had a bunch of other issues. He’s also a total radlib on foreign policy
It wasn’t that they tried to unionize, it was that they wanted to convert Current Affairs to a worker owned co-op. I’ll still maintain that his writing was generally good, and the people he employed were excellent, but he was a rich kid who couldn’t give up control of what he saw as “his” project. It’s not even about money since I’m pretty sure the magazine lost money the entire time it was in print.
If you’re born and bred in a Western liberal country, which benefits from historical colonialism and current trade exploitation (‘unequal exchange’), you will act according to the hegemony’s rules, and benefit from its spoils…
I feel kinda bad for andy warhol. Like, he was trying to make art and he did, with some interesting messages. If there was just someone to reel him in he would have probably lived longer. It’s not entirely his fault the CIA made his art a weapon. It does also suck how obsessed with fame he was.
He was one of a number of artists and writers that were selected by federal programs intended to derail socialist messaging in art and literature, usually under the banner of “postmodernism” but not exclusive to it. Basically, Soviet art and literature at the time had rather clear and direct messaging that frightened the ruling class of the western world, so the idea was to subsidize and promote and artificially boost the presence of countermessages that amounted to “interpretation is so open ended for this much cooler piece that it could mean anything. Nothing matters btw. It’s very smart to stop caring about sociopolitical issues and just consume art product.”
For clarity - That period in American art wasn’t 100% a CIA op, but the CIA did contribute to some university art (and literature) programs and some specific individuals and publications to give it more social standing and legitimacy. It’s also one of those “Yeah they admit to it on their website they’re really proud of it” conspiracies.
A lot of what the alphabet orgnaizations do is nudging. It isn’t always high profile assassinations. It’s shit like promoting certain subreddits. The head mod of /r/technology was once outed as a fucking general for example.
Another recent example is all of the “advisory” nudging in capeshit where the US military gets to command how the capeshit plays out.
I am continually baffled by those kiddie diddling cryptofascist fucks being generally accepted as “the left” for purposes of public perception. I know it’s working as intended, but I’m still baffled that it works. They’re the Andy Warhols of our time.
Russell Brand, Zizek, Vaush, Orwell, Nathan J Robinson, the list goes eternally of almost-left cringelord creeps
What did Nathan J Robinson do? I remember him having some of the best write-ups debunking Peterson.
if i remember correctly he fired every that worked for him when they tried to unionize and I think had a bunch of other issues. He’s also a total radlib on foreign policy
It wasn’t that they tried to unionize, it was that they wanted to convert Current Affairs to a worker owned co-op. I’ll still maintain that his writing was generally good, and the people he employed were excellent, but he was a rich kid who couldn’t give up control of what he saw as “his” project. It’s not even about money since I’m pretty sure the magazine lost money the entire time it was in print.
Homie spent a lot of money on clothes too
Notice more how they’re western leftists…
It’s so hard to find the Parentis in the rough
I mean, no shit, Sherlock.
If you’re born and bred in a Western liberal country, which benefits from historical colonialism and current trade exploitation (‘unequal exchange’), you will act according to the hegemony’s rules, and benefit from its spoils…
Specifically Anglo-Western. It wouldn’t be hard to find German or Swedish libs that would gladly join in too.
Zizek is Slovenian.
I feel kinda bad for andy warhol. Like, he was trying to make art and he did, with some interesting messages. If there was just someone to reel him in he would have probably lived longer. It’s not entirely his fault the CIA made his art a weapon. It does also suck how obsessed with fame he was.
Please tell me about that don’t know much about him.
He was one of a number of artists and writers that were selected by federal programs intended to derail socialist messaging in art and literature, usually under the banner of “postmodernism” but not exclusive to it. Basically, Soviet art and literature at the time had rather clear and direct messaging that frightened the ruling class of the western world, so the idea was to subsidize and promote and artificially boost the presence of countermessages that amounted to “interpretation is so open ended for this much cooler piece that it could mean anything. Nothing matters btw. It’s very smart to stop caring about sociopolitical issues and just consume art product.”
For clarity - That period in American art wasn’t 100% a CIA op, but the CIA did contribute to some university art (and literature) programs and some specific individuals and publications to give it more social standing and legitimacy. It’s also one of those “Yeah they admit to it on their website they’re really proud of it” conspiracies.
A lot of what the alphabet orgnaizations do is nudging. It isn’t always high profile assassinations. It’s shit like promoting certain subreddits. The head mod of /r/technology was once outed as a fucking general for example.
Another recent example is all of the “advisory” nudging in capeshit where the US military gets to command how the capeshit plays out.