https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/5b80d094-76cd-4c4d-834a-22a864c27f7a Many on the U.S. left believe that killing the world's poorest people for money is fine, and that those who do it bare no responsibility whatsoever - provided they're American. This video explores this common tendency by analyzing recent controversy surrounding Democratic Party U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, a proud & unrepentant occupier of Iraq & Afghanistan and Blackwater mercenary. We will look at & refute the defenses of him by many American self-styled leftists, progressives, and anti-imperialists. Used as examples are Hasan Piker, Chapo Trap House, Breaking Points (Krystal Ball & Ryan Grim), and the Majority Report (Sam Seder & Emma Vigeland) - but there have been many more. Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/BadEmpanada Follow me on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/badempanada.com Become a member on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/BadEmpanada/join One-time donations: https://ko-fi.com/BadEmpanada Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjY9R3_6sxfUViabj93Vnhw Sources: [1] https://search.pullpush.io/?author=p-hustle&type=comment&q=france&sort_type=created_utc&sort=desc [2] https://search.pullpush.io/?author=p-hustle&type=comment&q=adventure+kill&sort_type=created_utc&sort=desc [3] https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/can-a-maine-oyster-farmer-defeat-a-five-term-republican-senator [4] https://search.pullpush.io/?author=p-hustle&type=comment&q=complex&sort_type=created_utc [5] https://www.semafor.com/article/09/04/2025/the-left-gives-its-candidates-some-wiggle-room [6] https://search.pullpush.io/?author=p-hustle&type=comment&q=indian [7] https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform [8] https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/21/middleeast/gaza-war-israeli-soldiers-ptsd-suicide-intl [9] https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/graham-platner-nazi-tattoo-evidence-kfile-invs [10] https://x.com/EmmaVigeland/status/1980777000194166923 [11] https://x.com/EmmaVigeland/status/1980762729892712768 [12] https://x.com/grahamformaine/status/1981087613466660950 [13] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/10/usa.iraq [14] https://search.pullpush.io/?author=p-hustle&subreddit=worldnews&type=comment&q=disagree&before=1409443200&after=1406851200 [15] https://x.com/EmmaVigeland/status/1980756532233973930 [16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Platner [17] https://x.com/grahamformaine/status/1987255970565619852 [18] https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mzuxqm/comment/namhen4/?context=3 [19] https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/demographics-us-military [20] https://www.ice.gov/join [21] https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08/06/secretary-noem-unveils-no-age-limit-patriotic-americans-join-ice-law-enforcement [22] https://investigate.afsc.org/company/northrop-grumman [23] https://x.com/krystalball/status/1980818880005345291 [24] https://x.com/ryangrim/status/1980841553036997119 [25] https://x.com/grahamformaine/status/1981366262954434691 [26] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haditha_massacre [27] https://search.pullpush.io/?author=p-hustle&type=comment&q=pay+grade [28] https://search.pullpush.io/?author=p-hustle&type=comment&q=nisoor [29] https://search.pullpush.io/?author=p-hustle&type=comment&q=logistical [30] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=367-NB5eCjk [31] https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5581737-mamdani-campaign-strategy-agency/ [32] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/zohran-mamdani-and-graham-platner-share-a-strategist-who-wants-to-overhaul-the-democrats-with-beer-and-zyn-and-true-belief [33] https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2025/09/08/rugged-guy-democratic-politics-iowa-nebraska-maine/ [34] https://x.com/mattberg33/status/1988317646191043057 [35] https://x.com/ByYourLogic/status/1416192096080433154 [36] https://x.com/ByYourLogic/status/1833378575157739865 [37] https://redsails.org/amiga-o-enemiga/ [38] https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/bernie-sanders-affirms-support-maine-221247958.html 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:02 Context: Who Is Graham Platner? 00:26:01 The Majority Report (Seder & Vigeland) 01:01:51 Breaking Points (Grim & Ball) 01:28:58 Hasan Piker 01:45:57 Chapo Trap House 01:53:50 Conclusions Veteran Veterans U.S. Military Marines Army Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:06:13 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/5b80d094-76cd-4c4d-834a-22a864c27f7a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.