This is disappointing. Yet I, too had noticed this in Saagar's remarks during several podcasts many months ago when I more regularly had tuned into Breaking Points. When I first heard those, it took me by surprise because up to that point, he'd seemed rather non-interventionist in general. The first time I heard anti-China remarks, it gave me pause but I gave it a pass; but later was quite disappointed with the sense that, as this article clarifies, he really is comfortable pushing an anti-China narrative that is remarkably parallel to the sudden rise of anti-China propaganda emerging from all establishment voices.
This illustrates a sad point: that one should not give uncritical acceptance of everything said by any particular writer/speaker on any particular platform, regardless of the latter's historic 'progressive' creds. We've seen that with Democracy Now, The Young Turks, the Intercept and others. All continue to maintain an outwardly leftist face (and still sometimes do good work); but when it comes to the issues of most fundamental importance to Empire, the other face becomes visible.
Phenomenal piece
This is disappointing. Yet I, too had noticed this in Saagar's remarks during several podcasts many months ago when I more regularly had tuned into Breaking Points. When I first heard those, it took me by surprise because up to that point, he'd seemed rather non-interventionist in general. The first time I heard anti-China remarks, it gave me pause but I gave it a pass; but later was quite disappointed with the sense that, as this article clarifies, he really is comfortable pushing an anti-China narrative that is remarkably parallel to the sudden rise of anti-China propaganda emerging from all establishment voices.
This illustrates a sad point: that one should not give uncritical acceptance of everything said by any particular writer/speaker on any particular platform, regardless of the latter's historic 'progressive' creds. We've seen that with Democracy Now, The Young Turks, the Intercept and others. All continue to maintain an outwardly leftist face (and still sometimes do good work); but when it comes to the issues of most fundamental importance to Empire, the other face becomes visible.