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My friend went from doing nothing politically to trying to go to a different useless lib protest every week. Which, hey, that's not nothing, great. But I'd like to get her thinking about why none of this does anything and what actually needs to be done, before that burns her out and she goes back to brunch.

Philosophy Tube posts once in a blue moon, Chapo has lost all its cultural relevance, and y'all can't shut up about Stalin. What do I casually recommend to someone these days?

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[–] Moss@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

I think Alex and Alexa on Boy Boy are making some of the best leftist propaganda out there. They're very clear and direct, they don't shy away from pointing out the absolute worst of capitalism that liberals like to pretend doesn't happen. Their serious documentaries are amazing, like the ones on Pine Gap, the Amazon rainforest, the recent one on CIA blacksites and so on. The North Korea video should be required viewing for everyone over the age of 12, it's unapologetically pro-North Korea, but libs won't realize that until the end of the video, and it's very hard to argue with.

They also put out a lot of slop, but that's clearly just to keep playing the YouTube game and getting their videos in the algorithm, so I can respect that. They often sit in front of a computer and laugh at some fascist propaganda, but for me only about 50% of their jokes land. Still, whatever it takes to keep up their real journalism