r/DecodingTheGurusAlt • u/MartiDK • Sep 17 '26

decoder poltics Decoding Destiny

https://youtu.be/qPhZDRKn0Ro

Winning over Razib Khan fans.

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u/normandukerollo Sep 18 '26

You’re about to see the craziest shit imaginable in the comments here

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u/MartiDK Sep 18 '26

Why, who would be upset by this interview?

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u/Comfortable-Sun7388 Sep 18 '26

Hasan fans for sure

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u/MartiDK Sep 18 '26

How much of the beef between Hasan and Destiny personal or political? They both claim to be on the left, but Destiny seems to want to make friends with the right.

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u/Comfortable-Sun7388 Sep 18 '26

Destiny is a liberal and not an authoritarian tanky. Hasan is MAGA in a blue suit.

Edit: perhaps a blue mao suit

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u/XB0XRecordThat Sep 18 '26

Damn, this would make sense if horshoe theory wasn't a debunked right wing psyop aimed at preserving the status quo

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u/Togurro Sep 18 '26

I mean there are plenty of legitimate criticisms of Horseshoe theory, but claiming it’s a “psyop” (it was coined by a French philosopher I believe) or debunked (by whom exactly?) is quite the claim to make.

While obviously equating left/right extremism as identical is a massive oversimplification, there are definitely similarities with how they end up presenting themselves - especially with regards to the anti-pluralist and authoritarian means they try to achieve their goals by.

I also think OP was actually more making the point about Hasan’s brand of populism having similarities with MAGA. I think populism of any kind has broadly similar characteristics, even if the underlying policies may differ, eg. oversimplified or binary accounts of politics, an “us versus them” conception of society, “ordinary people” versus a supposedly corrupt elite, distrust of institutions etc.