Hasan is a saint trying his best to make a capitalist understand why capitalism = bad.
He’s not gonna get it, bro. It’s not in his materialist interest.
TBH, Hasan is also not the best debater but every other “socialist” debatebro is a PatSoc chud so I don’t think they’ll do a better job.
He used to be better, but I think because Twitch as a platform allows you to ramble on and on, and you only have to respond to a chat which of course has a much harder time communicating, it worsens your debate skills over time.
I watched most of this live, and while I found much of it very frustrating, I think it was fascinating watching someone like Ethan wrestle with something quite outside his experience.
I’m also quite happy listening to Hasan speak (albeit a little clumsily) about China, Taiwan, and USSR history, since that’s something I’ve recently spent time trying to unpack myself.
As painful as it was to watch, I can honestly say I don’t think I’ve ever seen Hasan speak so plainly about some of the more challenging aspects of international socialist positions and I hope it gets more people involved in learning more.