The Two Lefts (Ft. Daniel from What Is Politics?)

Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDimeIn this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Daniel from the YouTube channel What Is Politics? to unpack what we call the “Lizard Left”: the use of egalitarian and left-wing language to reproduce hierarchy, status competition, and social control. We discuss wokeism and the Socialism Conference, the DSA and the “rebel priest class,” why the left struggles to connect with ordinary people, what socialism actually means beyond the Soviet legacy, whether socialism can scale, and what dating apps, social clubs, tribalism, civilization, birth rates, and immigration reveal about the deeper problem of rebuilding a viable left.The second half of the conversation continues in the Patreon-exclusive Backroom.You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts.Timestamps:0:00 Cold Open: Fitness, Fascism & Fake Politics4:31 1Dime Radio Intro5:29 Daniel Returns8:52 Wokeism & the “Lizard Left”16:55 The Socialism Conference & “Fitness Is Fascism?”30:34 The Rebel Priest Class & the Working Class38:17 Feminism, Immigration & “Actually Existing” Ideology43:17 What Is Socialism? Markets, Democracy & the Soviet Legacy49:08 The Two Lefts & Culture War55:03 Woke Resentment, the PMC & Lumpenization67:14 Socialist Dating Apps, Social Media & Nonprofit Alternatives71:02 Rebuilding Socialist Social Clubs81:06 Tribalism, Hunter-Gatherers & Human Nature85:01 Democracy, Socialism & Civilization95:04 Egalitarianism, Difference & Group Conflict99:23 Birth Rates, Immigration & Civilizational Decline1:51:29 The Conversation Continues in The BackroomGUEST:Daniel / What Is Politics?YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WHATISPOLITICS69FOLLOW 1Dime:1Dime Radio YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@1dimeradioSubstack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/Main 1Dime YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1DimeeLeave a like, comment, and subscribe. Give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.