What is your favorite American city?
this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2023
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Hey JT, I'm thinking of starting a mental health channel or podcast from a leftist perspective. I would like to keep my identity secure to project me and my family if I start it. Any advice?
Also, thanks for the awesome work you do.
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Hi JT, love your stuff! As someone who's getting into computer software (still early on), I wanted to ask what you or anyone else think I could do in the field to advance socialist ideals/practices. I want to focus on VR as that's a field I've followed almost my whole life, and I've thought about using VR to maybe educate people on socialist history, like a VR movie about the Russian Revolution or an open-source social VR platform that caters to leftists. Idk though, so I'm here to learn. Thanks for reading!
There are lots of opportunities in software! One really cool one would be to get into theoretical economic planning models. Check out our Deprogram episode with Tomas Haerdin, it's a fascinating subject
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Do you figure lumpenproletariat was replaced by police (for capitalists and otherwise)?
Hey JT love your channel, the recent episode on MMT was both a great primer on the subject while also discussing its limitations vis a vis socialism without outright disparaging it.
Question: do you think socialism can come to America as is geographically speaking? Or would some level of Balkanizing/dissolution have to occur first?
I think the United States as we conceive of it has to disappear before socialism comes to the region. The US is simply too far gone and would rather die, or more likely try to kill everyone else, than allow socialism to win
Say you had a climate controlled greenhouse on Jupiter's moon Io. The greenhouse has no artificial light.
Is there enough light reflected off the surface of Jupiter to grow a houseplant? (Let's say a ficus.)
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What is the timeline looking like in your opinion for when BRICS and dedollarization will begin to impact the US/NATO financial hegemony? Could the shift damage the fossil fuels industries significantly in these countries?
Hi JT, thanks for visiting us again, what are your thought on the Naxalites and the philippines maoist movements? are there any communist movement in the third world you are interested in?
I'd defer to Marxist Paul on that one. I'm not super well-versed in Maoist stuff. I'm very interested in African socialism, there are a number of projects that seem to be growing there
Appreciate the work comrade, do you think other forms of media/audio-visual content would be effective in informing people?
I'm thinking of video games mostly, but perhaps interactive or experiential media broadly. I recently played a game called Tonight We Riot, which I enjoyed (and struggled with) and was picking up Game Dev again with Godot after the Unity stuff and this has been on my mind.
Thanks for the AMA!
Absolutely! So many people who consider themselves "apolitical" play video games and subconsciously (or consciously, sometimes) absorb their messages. Very useful tool
Hi JT! Thank you for putting out the message of socialism so effectively and from a principled perspective!
Would you consider looking into (and possibly supporting) Chunka Luta's campaigns? This is a revolutionary project focused on building indigenous power that has connections to members of this platform. No need to actually reply to this comment because I don't want to put you on the spot! Just trying to get visibility.
I'm not personally associated with the org, just a fan. Theycurrently have a fundraising drive here.
Also @[email protected] (someone who is more involved) please let me know if you don't want this kind of visibility or ask, ha. I ideally would've talked to you first but totally lost track of time.
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Hey JT, how old are you? Do you have a girlfriend, and if you do how long have you been together?
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What's your favorite Star Trek?
Obviously I love TNG, but I've really been enjoying Voyager too. Still need to watch DS9. I tried that after TNG and it just looked so bad in comparison. I wish it would get the remastering treatment, but I understand that's basically impossible
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