Spicy Questions with Spicier Answers (Q&A with Hakim) TIMESTAMPED (Patreon)

Spicy Questions with Spicier Answers (Q&A with Hakim) TIMESTAMPED

Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim I'll be going on a break for a few weeks to deal with some personal matters. In the meanwhile, here's a Q&A I did with the Blue Politics discord server earlier this year. I hope you enjoy it! Timestamps below. 00:00 Intro 00:10 Is Capitalism an evil, or just a stage on our road to Socialism? 03:20 Is class as a concept still relevant to modern analysis? 05:50 Opinions on the approach of "Arab Socialism"? 09:55 What about the Arab Spring? What went wrong? 11:30 Short-comings of the Iraqi Communist Party? 13:21 Thoughts on corruption in Iraq? 15:50 First few reccomendations for theory reading? 17:50 The libertarian/authoritarian divide? USSR and LGBT rights? 20:50 Is market-Socialism a legitimate way of building Socialism, or is it revisionist? 23:50 How has Marxism changed/adapted to modern conditions? 25:38 Opinion on the Ba'ath administration of Iraq? 29:30 What should the American left do? 31:45 Why Wouldn't Hakim vote for this or that American candidate? 33:40 Do I think LGBT rights will ever become wide-spread in Arab/Islamic lands? 37:00 Opinions on Rojava and the EZLN/Zapatistas? 42:00 Why did Hakim want to become a doctor? 43:45 The Xinjiang Issue, again. 50:13 Was the Soviet intervention in Hungary justified? 51:54 Does Hakim's background have an influence on his politics? 53:08 Why did Lenin abolish the Soviets? 57:49 Conclusion