In this reflective and strategically rich episode of PsychLib, host Benji welcomes Jared Ware, co-creator of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism (MAKC), for a wide-ranging conversation on the possibilities—and pitfalls—of revolutionary media in the algorithmic era.Drawing from years of experience producing accessible anti-imperialist content, Jared shares the origins of MAKC as a response to the limitations of both academic Marxism and click-driven leftist media. He emphasizes MAKC’s commitment to collective study over ...
In this reflective and strategically rich episode of PsychLib, host Benji welcomes Jared Ware, co-creator of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism (MAKC), for a wide-ranging conversation on the possibilities—and pitfalls—of revolutionary media in the algorithmic era.
Drawing from years of experience producing accessible anti-imperialist content, Jared shares the origins of MAKC as a response to the limitations of both academic Marxism and click-driven leftist media. He emphasizes MAKC’s commitment to collective study over individual explanation, rejecting the “explainer” model in favor of collaborative, long-form engagement with complex texts—from Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism to Ali Kadri’s Accumulation of Waste.
The discussion tackles the psychological toll of platform dependency, the seduction of metrics, and the tension between reaching broad audiences and maintaining political depth. Both hosts acknowledge the irony of using imperialist platforms like YouTube and Substack while striving to build counter-hegemonic knowledge—but argue that strategic presence is necessary, so long as we remain clear-eyed about the compromises.
Crucially, they reject despair and “doomerism” as tools of empire, insisting that hope is a discipline, not a feeling. As Jared puts it: “We’re not trying to predict the future—we’re trying to shape it.”
This episode is essential listening for educators, media makers, and comrades navigating the fraught terrain of digital organizing without losing revolutionary clarity.
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Episode Chapters (with Time Stamps)
* 00:00:18 – Welcome to PsychLib: On Revolutionary Media & Education
* 00:02:17 – Personal Journeys: From Psychology to Anti-Imperialist Praxis
* 00:08:05 – The Political Ecosystem of Online Left Media
* 00:11:55 – Founding Beyond Prisons and the Roots of MAKC
* 00:15:52 – Why We Can’t Just “Explain” Revolution
* 00:23:46 – Ideological Struggle as Essential Infrastructure
* 00:29:18 – The Algorithmic Trap: Metrics, Attention, and Self-Doubt
* 00:33:08 – Study Groups as Collective Praxis, Not Performance
* 00:39:21 – Facilitation, Autism, and Sharing the Mic
* 00:42:15 – Challenging Academic Elitism Without Abandoning Rigor
* 00:51:19 – The Clickbait Crisis: “This Changes Everything!”
* 00:55:03 – Why Long-Form Content Is an Act of Resistance
* 01:05:27 – Parasociality vs. Comradely Dialogue
* 01:26:04 – Confronting White Supremacy Within Marxist Spaces
* 02:00:39 – Choosing Life: Revolutionary Hope in the Face of Empire
(Summary and chapter titles drafted by Qwen3-AI)
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