One of the questions I appreciated in this lecture was the very last one, of the woman who asked about Parenti being Marxist. Like she knew, she could feel and relate about everything he was writing, but paused when she came across the label of his politics. It reminds me of a meme I remember seeing on social media of a Jeopardy template: "Something you can describe in detail that almost everyone agrees with, until you say its name." The student answers: "What is Marxism?"
Like many M. Parenti classics, this one stands out in its own way. It’s not common in my experience to get a left discussion of this subject that soberly reviews the socialist project without either idealizing it or dismissing it, and while recognizing the major campaign to undermine from without does not ignore complex challenges and failures inside, all the while making it plain that nothing here resuscitates a still-illegitimate capitalism. Hope at least part of that will make at least some sense to at least someone.
Around 27:24 got me. We who have been scarred by class warfare are impressed by experiments that actually did work. Never in my life have I felt this more pronounced than in this talk. Parenti. What a guy.
@@themichaelparentilibrary might be controversial but I actually like this talk more than the Yellow talk, but I think it's because this was my very first talk from parenti that I'd ever saw
It wouldn’t be a Parenti lecture without problems with the sound system. Classic.
thank you for compiling all of this and making it accessible to us. i hope papa parenti’s enjoying himself
One of the questions I appreciated in this lecture was the very last one, of the woman who asked about Parenti being Marxist. Like she knew, she could feel and relate about everything he was writing, but paused when she came across the label of his politics. It reminds me of a meme I remember seeing on social media of a Jeopardy template: "Something you can describe in detail that almost everyone agrees with, until you say its name." The student answers: "What is Marxism?"
Anti communist propaganda is very very very common and embedded in America.
@@wobblebobblebabyand people aren’t very bright. They react to labels with emotion instead of logic.
Like many M. Parenti classics, this one stands out in its own way. It’s not common in my experience to get a left discussion of this subject that soberly reviews the socialist project without either idealizing it or dismissing it, and while recognizing the major campaign to undermine from without does not ignore complex challenges and failures inside, all the while making it plain that nothing here resuscitates a still-illegitimate capitalism.
Hope at least part of that will make at least some sense to at least someone.
Around 27:24 got me. We who have been scarred by class warfare are impressed by experiments that actually did work. Never in my life have I felt this more pronounced than in this talk. Parenti. What a guy.
This is actually one of my all time favorite Dr. Parenti moments.
@@themichaelparentilibrary i have searched for these words for over 25 years. Strange that I found them in a clip from the 90s
@@themichaelparentilibrary might be controversial but I actually like this talk more than the Yellow talk, but I think it's because this was my very first talk from parenti that I'd ever saw
One of his best speeches imo. Parenti is incredible and such an asset for the people! Thank you for publishing this and the other videos!!✊
"There's only one thing that the ruling classes of all history have ever wanted, and that's everything." Parenti is a legend ✊
The real war isn’t between classes but rather between Parenti and microphones
My man
Him forgetting the name of his book because he just wrote so many 😭
Thank you
Was Memories of A Future Politics released under a different name? I can't find information about it. He references it at 3:30.
It's called "Blackshirts and reds".
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25:13
God damn this so good 26:24 goes especially hard
1:26:00 Criticism of Identity politics in 1996