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I didn't think it was half bad. What are y'all's thoughts?

>> No.12278122

It's a half decent comedy book, a lot of jokes are pretty old and worn out and it feels more rushed than inspired.
I had some chuckles.
Obviously for people already on their side, which makes some of the basic humor stand out as something you've heard before.

>> No.12278191

>>12278109
Funny guys who don't understand economics

>> No.12278199

>>12278191
their understanding is flimsy, and I'm saying this as someone who shares their leaning and a lot of the authors they support. They are entertainers, it's wrong to expect them to also be well read in every topic. It is a bit shameful when they fail really hard, but they are self aware of their limitations and rarely risk it too much,

>> No.12278204

>>12278109
Unfunny guys who don’t understand economics:

>> No.12278214

>>12278199
Podcast is pretty successful. They risk it a lot, and they wouldn't have the ideology they do if they were better at history or econ or math or any sort of formal discipline, this is fact. I liked some of the drawings too, that was a fun part of the book.

>> No.12278220

Capitalism is a good thing

>> No.12278225

Amerimutt """communism""".

>> No.12278231

>>12278214
I think the drawings add a lot because it's something very different from their regular content but at the same time it's a picture book, even if it's not meant to be serious, it's so magazine-y

>> No.12278274

>>12278231
reminds me of old zines actually, probably intentional on their part to evoke some kind of urban authenticity for their mostly suburban readers

>> No.12278284

>>12278274
it'd be wrong for them to pretend not to be urban
it'd be wrong to reject an audience that happens to not share your local culture.
Imagine if you couldn't read rich authors because you're not Stephen King.

>> No.12278290

>>12278109
holodomor x33 accross time and situation in every country, thats what I think about these evolved marxists.

>> No.12278335

>>12278284
They're midwestern suburbanites who relocated to NYC to chase careers as comedians, failed, and started this lucrative pseud podcast. I'm jealous as fuck of their easy money but let's not pretend like they're influenced by anything other then the suburban Cheesecake Factory Mountain Dew McDonalds Blink-182 sprawling hellscape that they define as "america"
They literally joke about this, hot couch theory.
You take the worst kids, give them some political memes and some microphones, the funny ones get out there in front and suddenly we've got alexandria ocasio cortez and bernie sanders.
I'm not saying the status quo is any good but come on.

>> No.12278339

>>12278109
It has a few insights, but ultimately it's still midbrow reddit bugmen, who are too PC to have any challenging thoughts.

>> No.12278340

>>12278109
What in the shit is a chapo trap house?

>> No.12278373

I know it's a comedy book, and I knew that going in, but I still felt like the jokes and irony drowned out the politics to the point where, if you didn't already know their political stances, you would leave the book unsure what the point of it all was
It felt like important issues were relegated two paragraphs, while they'd spend four pages taking down the Vox guy
They've already done a good job making leftism 'cool' again, and their podcast is clearly effective at spreading popular support for democratic socialist policies amongst the otherwise status-quo leaning college student demographic, but I don't think this book contributes to that agenda at all, I can't see someone apolitical reading this book and coming away a socialist, I think it's too drenched with in-jokes to achieve that aim, and if that isn't the aim, then it just comes across as a circle-jerk
I'm harsh on it because I expected more, but I did enjoy it, it's funny

>> No.12278399

>>12278214
>they wouldn't have the ideology they do if they were better at history or econ or math or any sort of formal discipline

>Anyone who has a different opinion than me isn't educated

>> No.12278406

>>12278225
Do they call themselves communists? I've heard a few of their podcasts and they seem like milquetoast berniecrats.

>> No.12278420

>>12278406
They just call themselves socialists. In the book, they write that part of their ideology is "half baked marxism," so they seem to own their lack of intellectual sophistication.

>> No.12278422

>>12278399
Definitely didn't imply that, projection much lol

>> No.12278429

>>12278406
>milquetoast berniecrats
That's basically what they are.
They like to pretend to be above generic Democrat policies, but they still show dogmatic support for LGBT, non-whites and other SJWy nonsense.

>> No.12278442

>>12278429
Yeah, but they combine it with a strong emphasis on class politics, which doesn't figure much in mainstream Democratic discourse

>> No.12278459

>>12278429
>but they still show dogmatic support for LGBT, non-whites and other SJWy nonsense
>empathy is now dogmatic support
k

>> No.12278472

>>12278459
You'll have to do better than that, this isn't /pol/.

>> No.12278494

>>12278429
>dogmatic support for LGBT, non-whites and other SJWy nonsense

they definitely support those things but honestly those issues dont come up all that much on the show. black issues come up a lot yeah but only because its so closely tied to class. for what its worth, I don't think LGBT issues are mentioned ONCE in the entirety of Chapo Guide to Revolution..

>> No.12278505

>>12278429
Literally nothing wrong with any of that