one year ago

@bertaut I just want to point out here that it's not "left-leaning". Bannon is not just a populist, he is an extremist, and easily fits within the definition of a fascist. The things he says on the War Room are far worse than anything he's said in this documentary, including detailed plans of enacting coups, and endorsing genocide as an option to stop 'white genocide' - the great replacement theory. My main criticism of this film is that it doesn't do justice to Bannon, despite him being the subject. He is a monster, a truly terrifying presence in American politics.<br /> Compared to him, everything and everyone is "left leaning". I'm not an American, so I feel it important to point out to Americans that liberalism is a right-wing political position, and that where I am the Democrats would be the right-wing party. It seems likely that the filmmaker is significantly left of 'liberal', but I don't think that undermines any of his points. You could be a very conservative, Christian, white, heterosexual man and the points made are all equally valid, because Bannon is no more a conservative than he is a liberal.