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BreakThrough News calling Dugin "a very esteemed Russian political philosopher" (youtu.be)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not sure where to post this so hoping here is fine.

A bit disappointed in BTN for calling Dugin "a very esteemed Russian political philosopher"...

Just yesterday learned Rainer Shea is now collaborating with Caleb Maupin which was really disappointing cause Shea had some good anti-imperialist articles.

I really didn't need to hear this on BTN. Not sure what answers I'm looking for, I guess I'm getting paranoid about third positionist infiltration and need to hear your thoughts.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I'm "friends" with Rainer Shea, or at least I was. I talk to him occasionally, though not in real life.

I don't completely trust him, but I don't completely trust anyone in general.

He still puts out pretty decent articles and analysis, yet in my opinion he is too close to the PatSoc individuals. I don't completely like his reasons why, but they still make some kind of sense.

In regards to Caleb Maupin, Rainer's explanation is that even though he has done really horrible shit, he says that some of what he has done has been exaggerated or made up by his detractors (I don't think that statement is true for the most part, but whatever) but because despite Maupin being a PatSoc, Maupin points out the neoliberal hypocrisy of our opponents and actors, such as neoliberals siding with the capitalist world order and supporting NATO's use of Ukraine as a fleshlight/battering ram, or of neoliberals wanting to basically fucking nuke China.

I haven't given up on Rainer, since he seems by all accounts to be a decent person who is willing to admit mistakes and flaws, and he understands how horrible and bad optics most of the PatSocs are, and there is something genuine about him that I sense.

That all being said, I hate Caleb Maupin and I agree that he really shouldn't associate with him.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Rainer doesn't need PatSocs to find people who point out neoliberal hypocrisy. That's sort of the entire point of PatSocs/NatSocs - they borrow the language of the left to steer the masses to the right. Like, Rainer's excuse is just so misinformed that I can't believe he's not doing it deliberately given the quality of his analysis.