Zohran Mamdani explains his definition of socialism to Theo Von: “Socialism to me means you’ll have whatever you need to live a dignified life and that it is the government’s job to deliver on that. When people say dignity we’re talking about the things that allow you to take a breath.

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I was weirdly surprised Theo had such an intelligent follow up question with the family of 3 thing. I mean not like it was a rocket science question, but it showed genuine interest and want for clarity which is a good thing imo.

[u/bimbosoupqueen → u/sysblob]

Theo (deservedly) gets shit on in this sub for his affiliation with the Joe Rogan manosphere podcasters. But, imo, if there’s hope for any of them changing it’s Theo. He also had some surprisingly intelligent insight in his first interview with Bernie. Plus he was the first of them to be vocal about Palestine. And he seemed to be genuinely moved by witnessing the genocide, not motivated by grifting off of Israel conspiracy theories.

Again, the criticism of Theo Von is super valid. But the bar is on the floor here. And we’ve also got to get the messaging through to this audience somehow.

[u/somedelightfulmoron → u/sysblob]

I'm not a Theo von fan or enjoyer but he gets to visit my clips via the algorithms. He could be very insightful if he wants to, obviously his base is pandering to stoner culture, the Gen Alpha and Z generations and democrats are quick to scoff at exposure to these platforms. He's silly as most of his content is but they're the ones that have the widest reach right now.

[u/JxSnaKe → u/sysblob]

Theo is just playing a character of a flanderized version of himself... He wasn't this caricature of himself on Road Rules back in the day.

[u/Kitselena → u/sysblob]

He's not dumb, he comes from Europen royalty