Last year, Chris Hedges advocated self-immolation as a way to protest the Gaza genocide. In his latest demoralized screed, he transfers blame for the crimes of the Israeli-Zionist state and capitalist imperialism to the entire human race. Gaza, he proclaims, proves the futility of any belief in the possibility of human progress.
Shared guilt is erasure of class antagonism, as proven in the united states and germany in this day and age. It forces consolidation and class collaboration between the working class and bourgeoisie elements. Frankly too many leftists are blinded by it, because it sounds radical and has the trappings of “taking accountability”
It’s especially annoying when talking about imperialism, labor aristocracy and settler-colonialism. Many “leftists” have a hard time with nuance and understanding what “contradiction” means, I found.
The empire is not above using revolutionary/leftist sounding words and thoughts to lead people back into the fold and defang them.