Origins of the Yugopnik Persona

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In this week’s episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by the one and only Yugopnik - Marxist YouTuber, Streamer, and co-host of The Deprogram Podcast  with JT Chapman from Second Thought and Hakim. In this episode we discuss the state of so-called “LeftTube” and “The Left YouTube Pipeline.”  We discuss Yugopniik’s funnel theory, whether he still believes in it, drama within The Online Left, Leftist infighting, and balancing theory with real-life organizing.

In the two-hour Backroom episode on Patreon, Yugopnik and I dive deep into the Contrapoints drama with regard to Israel-Palestine and the left. We discuss how progressives are not always necessarily socialists, and how, in many cases, progressivism can sometimes be a barrier to socialism.  We also discuss the technicalities of the socialist strategy and how the Separation of Powers and multi-party democracy could function under socialism in order to avoid the pitfalls of past Marxist-Leninist Regimes, and what MLs today in general miss. Oh, and we also dispel some dumb rumors circulating on Reddit with regard to me and the Deprogram boys.

Timestamps: 

00:00 Envisioning a Socialist Society

01:35 Division of Power in Socialism

06:37 Stereotypes, Incels, and Feminism Under Capitalism

21:51 The Left YouTube Pipeline

36:08 Fascism and the Military

37:33 Leftist “Radicalization” and Organizing

43:16 Ideology and Self-Criticism

51:04 Religion, Socialism, and Conservatism

01:01:24 The Contrapoints Israel Drama  (The Backroom Transition)

GUEST:

Yugopnik — YouTube creator, political commentator & co‑host of The Deprogram

• YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@YUGOPNIK 

• The Deprogram Podcast — https://www.youtube.com/@thedeprogram9999 

• X/Twitter — @yugopnik 

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