Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Wokeness Kills Class Politics and Empowers Empire (w/ Christian Parenti) | The Chris Hedges Report" video.

  1. ​@ICUFREE2 But this is well known: it is the phenomenon of double consciousness most notably and eloquently described by Franz Fanon, but also many others as well -- quite a few other writers and scholars originally from the Caribbean. It is the simultaneous construction of an identity, coupled with the full consciousness that that identity is denied and a false identity is imposed upon you by the oppressors. So in the end, you know your mind and their mind, but they only know their own mind in a limited, unreflective way, convinced as they are that their construction of reality is the "true" reality, it is "scientific," "realistic," and all that. In fact, they don't know what's going on at all. I'm just writing out what you've always known.
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  2. ​ @zasterheffor  Recommend some readings, please. Very important, especially now.
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  3. 46:41 There certainly was discussion on the French left concerning the COVID measures. The first person I heard push back on firing medical personnel who worked throughout the pandemic, were exposed and recovered, and now declined vaccination was Fabien Gay, the Communist Party leader. Clémentine Autain questioned certain measures, such as vaccine passports. In the end, the left in the National Assembly made it illegal to ask a minor their vaccine status, and after that, no one confronted anyone. The victory of the New Popular Front came as less of a surprise to me than most to people. Had they not taken this stand, they would not have won.
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  4. 46:41 There certainly was discussion on the French left concerning the COVID measures. The first person I heard push back on firing medical personnel who worked throughout the pandemic, were exposed and recovered, and then declined vaccination was Fabien Gay, the Communist Party leader. Clémentine Autain questioned certain measures, such as vaccine passports, and she usually votes with the PCF. In the end, the left in the National Assembly made it illegal to ask a minor their vaccine status, and after that, no one confronted anyone. The victory of the New Popular Front came as less of a surprise to me than most to people. Had they not taken this stand, they would not have won, I think.
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