Modifying my previous comment because it could have been interpreted wrong: the thing that jumps out at me is how obviously small Pavlou’s understanding of Malcolm X is that he would put the phrase “white boy” in his mouth, pantomiming Black people by repeating something he obviously got from TV or memes using one of the most eloquent Civil Rights leaders in American history. It’s tremendously disrespectful and racist.
Why do right wingers feel the need to be accepted by the communists they revile?
Helps to defang revolutionaries and appeal to otherwise unaware people. Lenin talks about it in State and Revolution, about how various German parties at the time, even conservatives, were praising Marx without also applying Marxist theory.
Because they want to be seen as the true status quo changers when in truth their just boring jack boots that enjoy causing pain? Tbh I have no idea
Tucker Carlson, during his onstage rant, on the topic of Mamdani, tried to make fun of him by mocking his name and…claiming he’s a fake communist and standard liberal
Always knew never to trust Americans with their fake class consciousness
Wild guess, but probably because most have been tamed enough in public discourse to be seen as vague icons for “good” which they [right wingers] want to be identified with, especially in order to enable policies that go directly against what these figures were for