The Regrettable Century
The old forms of the Left are moribund and the new forms are stupid. We're making a podcast that discusses the need to organize a Dialectical Pessimism and develop a salvage project capable of sparking a new workers' movement for socialism. A clean, honest, and unsentimental melancholy is required; we are cultivating one and would like to share it with you.
“The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned. I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
-- Antonio Gramsci
The Regrettable Century
PATREON TEASER: Conspiranoia! - Patron Roundtable
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For our second Patron roundtable the crew had a well rounded discussion that included making fun of dumb conspiracies, talking about the myriad of actual conspiracies, and finally what makes conspiratorial logic so appealing to the right and left alike .
Join us on our Discord to plan out to plan out the next one, then remember to come join in the discussion. All patrons are welcome!
Materials used in discussion:
Jameson, Fredric. The geopolitical aesthetic : cinema and space in the world system. Bloomington London: Indiana University Press BFI Pub, 1992. Print.
https://www.d.umn.edu/~cstroupe/ideas/cognitivemap.html
Good Conspiracy Documentary Series
https://www.fox.com/the-x-files/