Leftist Grifters: An Essay

Hello everyone. I want to begin by saying that I am not one of those people who buys into the idea that social media is not connected to real life and that online politics doesn't have any real impact politically. It clearly does. And if online activism has failed to yield any measurable victories for the left so

far, that should, in my opinion, be attributed more to the failure of leftists to properly make use of it than to the impossibility of doing so. That being said, in this video, I want to talk about a very serious barrier within leftist politics online to making productive use of social media for a

collective benefit. But before we get into it, I'd like to take a moment to mention ground news. [ __ ] ground news.

It's possible if you're watching this that you like myself have watched with dismay as very large ostensibly leftist influencers like Natalie Wyn aka Contra Points and Abigail Thorne aka Philosophy Tube have seemingly gone out of their way to make soft appeals to Zionists in recent posts and videos trying to frame themselves as one of the good ones to

people who spend their time cheerleading. the racism fueled massacre of tens of thousands and the displacement of millions of people from their homes, spouting nonsense like the online left's obsession with Palestine saved no lives, didn't prevent a single bullet or bomb, and it may have slightly contributed to the re-election of Trump. Yes, that's it, Natalie. Israel is

breaking international law and committing probably the great humanitarian crime of our generation. But what about leftists on the internet? If you can't read between the lines, what about Natalie's career? Not that we needed any additional reasons to not take Contra Points seriously again, but here you go. Now, if you believe these people to be progressive and leftist