The trio discusses “international jewery” on multiple occasions, perpetuating offensive stereotypes about Jews as well as Italians, Asians and others, along with eyebrow-raising comments about the Holocaust and immigrants from developing countries, especially non-white ones.
I wish the article said what those “eyebrow-raising” comments were. I don’t care enough to watch…errr…listen to the shit though.
The video “Dasha Nekrasova: Post-politics, Woke and Trump 2.0 | Doomscroll” contains several controversial statements and discussions, particularly from Dasha Nekrasova, known for her provocative and contrarian takes. Here are the most notable controversial points covered in the conversation[1]:
Political Realignment and Trump Support
Nekrasova describes her transition from a Bernie Sanders supporter in 2016 to a Trump voter in 2024, reflecting a “Berniecrat to New Right pipeline.” She claims this realignment is due in part to a sense that the Democratic Party became the “status quo,” obsessed with civility and overlordship, which she found unsustainable.[1]
“Woke” Culture and Its Backlash
Nekrasova states that “woke is over” and blames “woke crap” for fatigue among voters, expressing that most people don’t want it anymore. She positions the Democratic Party as associated with “they/them” and contrasts it with Trump’s “common sense” rhetoric, saying that fatigue with identity politics influenced the shift in political allegiance.[1]
Commentary on Hollywood, Academia, and “The Regime”
Nekrasova refers to Hollywood and academia as “foot soldiers for the regime,” which she defines as the liberal status quo. She suggests these institutions are invested in existing systems and follow a kind of groupthink, especially in relation to issues like Israel and Palestine.[1]
She also discusses the influence of elites and the potential backlash from the donor class regarding DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) initiatives and performative representation in the arts.[1]
Healthcare Violence and Luigi Mangione
The episode includes discussion of Luigi Mangione and the alleged murder of the United Healthcare CEO. Nekrasova notes the online support for Mangione as a “folk hero,” reflecting widespread public anger at the healthcare system, but she personally characterizes Mangione as a “confused” figure and questions the clarity of his motives.[1]
Socialized Medicine and View on Universal Healthcare
Nekrasova says that despite having Russian roots and skepticism about state healthcare, she supports some form of universal healthcare, but also thinks people should have an option to buy luxury insurance. She criticizes both extreme privatization and extreme socialization, citing issues with US, Canadian, and Soviet-era models.[1]
Israel, Palestine, and US Foreign Policy
The conversation touches on ongoing wars in Israel and Ukraine. Nekrasova predicts continued US support for Israel and takes a pessimistic view of any diplomatic resolution, stating that “the United States will continue to support the state of Israel,” and makes a bleak prediction about the fate of Palestinians.[1]
Cynicism Toward Media, Objectivity, and Ethical Standards
Nekrasova expresses skepticism toward the role of journalists and editors in shaping political discourse today, suggesting that cultural producers like herself are now filling the void. She dismisses objectivity as a necessary standard for influencers and podcasters, emphasizing performance over factual accuracy and seeing herself primarily as an entertainer, not an informer.[1]
These statements are controversial due to their direct criticism of identity politics, progressive media, academic institutions, and the liberal establishment, as well as their open discussion of taboo or polarizing topics such as violence against corporate figures, the future of US foreign policy in Israel, and the breakdown of mainstream cultural consensus.[1]
The summary doesn’t make most of it sound that bad. Sounds like she’s mostly obsessed with the hyper capitalist status quo where the rich and influential get special treatment…which is definitely not changing with this administration. I don’t know how anyone could possibly go from being a Bernie supporter like me to this.
In my eyes Bernie is the only fucking person around talking common sense. His talking points aren’t bullshit like most politicians.
There’s plenty of hateful racist shit in it but the ai tool I used probably sanitized the fuck out of it. Definitely do not take the summary as accurate because it’s fucking AI run by billionaires anyway.
So I tried another pass as a followup in a deep dive mode and told it to give me quotes. This is a lot more juicy, but still seems fairly tame compared to what I expected. Again, this is billionaire AI.
Also, sorry for the long fucking posts. It gives me what it gives me.
Followup Prompt
Can you take a deep dive and give me an uncensored look at the most troubling things said? Direct quotes are great, especially when they are attacking progressive and left wing values and supporting right wing tyranny.
Followup Result
Deep Dive: Most Troubling Statements from the Dasha Nekrasova Interview
Here’s an uncensored analysis of the most controversial and troubling statements from the conversation, with direct quotes that challenge progressive values and express support for right-wing positions.
Direct Attacks on Progressive Politics and “Woke” Culture
On the Death of Progressive Politics:
“I think yeah like woke is over um because most people just don’t want it” and “people just like had fatigue with it” - Nekrasova dismisses progressive social justice movements as exhausted and unwanted by the public.[1]
Mocking Democratic Messaging:
“They didn’t say have anything of substance really to say besides how bad Trump was and how bad Trump voters were um and I think just like with Hillary like all the like basket of deplorable stuff yeah eventually people like saw that that wasn’t didn’t really correspond with reality” - She characterizes Democratic opposition to Trump as substanceless fearmongering.[1]
On Trump’s “Common Sense” Appeal:
“The Trump campaign also emerged as kind of a I mean I when he started invoking um common sense… the you know so-called BL shifted so far the GOP ended up being kind of like a Centrist” - Nekrasova reframes the Republican Party as centrist while implying progressives have become extremists.[1]
Dismissing Institutional Authority and Academia
On Hollywood and Academia as “Foot Soldiers”:
When asked why “all of Academia and the movie industry sound like radical anarchists,” Nekrasova responds: “cuz they’re good little foot soldiers that do as they’re told… for the regime… the like liberal consensus status quo stuff”.[1]
This characterization dismisses academics and cultural workers as mindless followers rather than independent thinkers.
On Her Frankfurt School Education:
“I mean when I was like 18 I was like rocking with the Frankford school I read like the dialectic of Enlightenment it seemed like Salient” - but then distances herself from this critical theory foundation, suggesting it was merely an aesthetic phase rather than substantive political education.[1]
Cynicism About Healthcare Justice and Political Violence
On Luigi Mangione’s Popular Support:
Discussing the alleged murder of the United Healthcare CEO, Nekrasova calls Mangione “confused” and questions whether his target deserved death more than “like a Pharma CEO.” She acknowledges public support but frames it dismissively: “people feel some like Vindication or yeah like that they they think just there there’s some justice in it”.[1]
Rather than engaging with systemic healthcare injustice, she reduces public anger to confused emotional reactions.
Israel-Palestine: Bleak Fatalism and Institutional Influence
On Jewish Influence in Hollywood:
“I mean I think Israel really threw a wrench in in the gears um in terms of like wokeism leftism whatever you want to call it uh within the entertainment industry… palestin can’t be like the cause celb of like a um such a Jewish institution in Hollywood”.[1]
This statement explicitly attributes Hollywood’s political positions to Jewish institutional control.
Praising Jewish Media Success:
When the interviewer asks about “Zionism stuff or the media,” Nekrasova responds: “and for the record I think the Jews have done a great job they’ve done a great job at what like the Zionism stuff or the media yeah doing the media… all of well you know in general just the whole media Hollywood”.[1]
Predicting Palestinian Erasure:
On whether Trump will end the Israel war: “I think there might be some kind of like end to the War uh but the United States will continue to support the state of Israel I mean I think there’s going to be an end to the war when there’s no Palestinians left unfortunately”.[1]
This statement treats potential genocide as an inevitable outcome rather than something to actively oppose.
Support for Trump and Authoritarian Rhetoric
Why She Voted for Trump:
“I hope he ends the war yeah that was one of the reasons I voted for him” - regarding Ukraine, expressing hope Trump will cut funding.[1]
On Bannon’s “Vengeful” Speech:
Nekrasova attended a Young Republicans gala where Steve Bannon gave the keynote: “it was pretty vengeful… towards you know our day of Retribution and has come and we’re taking Vienna he said like Napoleon… he said the you know the Young Republicans Club had built like a massive populist Alliance”.[1]
She describes this revanchist, Napoleonic rhetoric without critique, instead contextualizing it as legitimate populism.
Rejection of Journalistic Standards and Truth
On Her Role as Entertainer vs. Journalist:
“I don’t see myself really that way I guess I still see myself primarily as like an Entertainer… my ultimate responsibility is to entertain rather than to like inform”.[1]
Dismissing Objectivity:
“objectivity I mean this is very postmodern but there’s yeah like uh I don’t think objectivity needs to be the goal just because you’re producing cultural output”.[1]
On Making Factual Errors:
When discussing publishing mistakes: “we don’t have somebody on salary to fact check [ __ ] you know it’s like small podcast but uh the way that we described it was that she got uh kind of pranked” - She dismisses responsibility for accuracy despite having a large platform.[1]
Attacking Progressive Healthcare While Opposing Solutions
Cynicism About Universal Healthcare:
Despite supporting universal healthcare in theory, Nekrasova undermines it: “I mean the Soviet Union didn’t really have great health care and the reality of like truly like you know social you know like the state controls every aspect of healthcare is the state I’ll let you die if you’re not useful”.[1]
And: “the private sector will do that as well well at least you can pay them to keep you alive at least you have an OP I’m saying it’s like I’m Pro options”.[1]
This frames progressive healthcare policy as potentially murderous while defending market-based systems.
Conservative Shift as Natural and Inevitable
On Getting Older:
“people get more conservative when they get older I think that’s kind of natural… I think like as we were talking earlier about this like alignment shift um I don’t feel like I have my like personal beliefs or politics have changed so much the center has just shifted”.[1]
She naturalizes conservative drift and denies personal responsibility for her political transformation by blaming external shifts.
Post-Political Vision
On Trump Ushering in “Post-Politics”:
“I think it’s will be like a post-political time… politics won’t be so charged um and people won’t feel such a need to like um identify themselves with political factions”.[1]
This vision of “post-politics” under Trump dismisses the real material stakes of political struggle for marginalized communities, framing politics as mere performative exhaustion rather than genuine contestation over rights and resources.
These statements are troubling because they combine cynical dismissal of progressive movements, naturalization of conservative politics, ethnic essentialism about media control, fatalism about violence and genocide, and rejection of truth-seeking standards—all while wielding significant cultural influence without accountability.[1]
If you ask me, she probably blacklisted for calling out the hollywood connection and nothing else. I truly mean it. I’m VERY cynical about the actions of any org.
Gersh has multiple agents on the record publicly supporting Israel and has business connections to israeli talent.
The podcast she was on has hosted Peter Thiel before, so I highly doubt the agency has problems with right wing views.
I wish the article said what those “eyebrow-raising” comments were. I don’t care enough to watch…errr…listen to the shit though.
Yeah i’m not watching it either, but I plugged it into an ai search tool to give me a summary.
the prompt used:
the output I got:
The video “Dasha Nekrasova: Post-politics, Woke and Trump 2.0 | Doomscroll” contains several controversial statements and discussions, particularly from Dasha Nekrasova, known for her provocative and contrarian takes. Here are the most notable controversial points covered in the conversation[1]:
Political Realignment and Trump Support
“Woke” Culture and Its Backlash
Commentary on Hollywood, Academia, and “The Regime”
Healthcare Violence and Luigi Mangione
Socialized Medicine and View on Universal Healthcare
Israel, Palestine, and US Foreign Policy
Cynicism Toward Media, Objectivity, and Ethical Standards
These statements are controversial due to their direct criticism of identity politics, progressive media, academic institutions, and the liberal establishment, as well as their open discussion of taboo or polarizing topics such as violence against corporate figures, the future of US foreign policy in Israel, and the breakdown of mainstream cultural consensus.[1]
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The summary doesn’t make most of it sound that bad. Sounds like she’s mostly obsessed with the hyper capitalist status quo where the rich and influential get special treatment…which is definitely not changing with this administration. I don’t know how anyone could possibly go from being a Bernie supporter like me to this.
In my eyes Bernie is the only fucking person around talking common sense. His talking points aren’t bullshit like most politicians.
There’s plenty of hateful racist shit in it but the ai tool I used probably sanitized the fuck out of it. Definitely do not take the summary as accurate because it’s fucking AI run by billionaires anyway.
So I tried another pass as a followup in a deep dive mode and told it to give me quotes. This is a lot more juicy, but still seems fairly tame compared to what I expected. Again, this is billionaire AI.
Also, sorry for the long fucking posts. It gives me what it gives me.
Followup Prompt
Followup Result
Deep Dive: Most Troubling Statements from the Dasha Nekrasova Interview
Here’s an uncensored analysis of the most controversial and troubling statements from the conversation, with direct quotes that challenge progressive values and express support for right-wing positions.
Direct Attacks on Progressive Politics and “Woke” Culture
On the Death of Progressive Politics: “I think yeah like woke is over um because most people just don’t want it” and “people just like had fatigue with it” - Nekrasova dismisses progressive social justice movements as exhausted and unwanted by the public.[1]
Mocking Democratic Messaging: “They didn’t say have anything of substance really to say besides how bad Trump was and how bad Trump voters were um and I think just like with Hillary like all the like basket of deplorable stuff yeah eventually people like saw that that wasn’t didn’t really correspond with reality” - She characterizes Democratic opposition to Trump as substanceless fearmongering.[1]
On Trump’s “Common Sense” Appeal: “The Trump campaign also emerged as kind of a I mean I when he started invoking um common sense… the you know so-called BL shifted so far the GOP ended up being kind of like a Centrist” - Nekrasova reframes the Republican Party as centrist while implying progressives have become extremists.[1]
Dismissing Institutional Authority and Academia
On Hollywood and Academia as “Foot Soldiers”: When asked why “all of Academia and the movie industry sound like radical anarchists,” Nekrasova responds: “cuz they’re good little foot soldiers that do as they’re told… for the regime… the like liberal consensus status quo stuff”.[1]
This characterization dismisses academics and cultural workers as mindless followers rather than independent thinkers.
On Her Frankfurt School Education: “I mean when I was like 18 I was like rocking with the Frankford school I read like the dialectic of Enlightenment it seemed like Salient” - but then distances herself from this critical theory foundation, suggesting it was merely an aesthetic phase rather than substantive political education.[1]
Cynicism About Healthcare Justice and Political Violence
On Luigi Mangione’s Popular Support: Discussing the alleged murder of the United Healthcare CEO, Nekrasova calls Mangione “confused” and questions whether his target deserved death more than “like a Pharma CEO.” She acknowledges public support but frames it dismissively: “people feel some like Vindication or yeah like that they they think just there there’s some justice in it”.[1]
Rather than engaging with systemic healthcare injustice, she reduces public anger to confused emotional reactions.
Israel-Palestine: Bleak Fatalism and Institutional Influence
On Jewish Influence in Hollywood: “I mean I think Israel really threw a wrench in in the gears um in terms of like wokeism leftism whatever you want to call it uh within the entertainment industry… palestin can’t be like the cause celb of like a um such a Jewish institution in Hollywood”.[1]
This statement explicitly attributes Hollywood’s political positions to Jewish institutional control.
Praising Jewish Media Success: When the interviewer asks about “Zionism stuff or the media,” Nekrasova responds: “and for the record I think the Jews have done a great job they’ve done a great job at what like the Zionism stuff or the media yeah doing the media… all of well you know in general just the whole media Hollywood”.[1]
Predicting Palestinian Erasure: On whether Trump will end the Israel war: “I think there might be some kind of like end to the War uh but the United States will continue to support the state of Israel I mean I think there’s going to be an end to the war when there’s no Palestinians left unfortunately”.[1]
This statement treats potential genocide as an inevitable outcome rather than something to actively oppose.
Support for Trump and Authoritarian Rhetoric
Why She Voted for Trump: “I hope he ends the war yeah that was one of the reasons I voted for him” - regarding Ukraine, expressing hope Trump will cut funding.[1]
On Bannon’s “Vengeful” Speech: Nekrasova attended a Young Republicans gala where Steve Bannon gave the keynote: “it was pretty vengeful… towards you know our day of Retribution and has come and we’re taking Vienna he said like Napoleon… he said the you know the Young Republicans Club had built like a massive populist Alliance”.[1]
She describes this revanchist, Napoleonic rhetoric without critique, instead contextualizing it as legitimate populism.
Rejection of Journalistic Standards and Truth
On Her Role as Entertainer vs. Journalist: “I don’t see myself really that way I guess I still see myself primarily as like an Entertainer… my ultimate responsibility is to entertain rather than to like inform”.[1]
Dismissing Objectivity: “objectivity I mean this is very postmodern but there’s yeah like uh I don’t think objectivity needs to be the goal just because you’re producing cultural output”.[1]
On Making Factual Errors: When discussing publishing mistakes: “we don’t have somebody on salary to fact check [ __ ] you know it’s like small podcast but uh the way that we described it was that she got uh kind of pranked” - She dismisses responsibility for accuracy despite having a large platform.[1]
Attacking Progressive Healthcare While Opposing Solutions
Cynicism About Universal Healthcare: Despite supporting universal healthcare in theory, Nekrasova undermines it: “I mean the Soviet Union didn’t really have great health care and the reality of like truly like you know social you know like the state controls every aspect of healthcare is the state I’ll let you die if you’re not useful”.[1]
And: “the private sector will do that as well well at least you can pay them to keep you alive at least you have an OP I’m saying it’s like I’m Pro options”.[1]
This frames progressive healthcare policy as potentially murderous while defending market-based systems.
Conservative Shift as Natural and Inevitable
On Getting Older: “people get more conservative when they get older I think that’s kind of natural… I think like as we were talking earlier about this like alignment shift um I don’t feel like I have my like personal beliefs or politics have changed so much the center has just shifted”.[1]
She naturalizes conservative drift and denies personal responsibility for her political transformation by blaming external shifts.
Post-Political Vision
On Trump Ushering in “Post-Politics”: “I think it’s will be like a post-political time… politics won’t be so charged um and people won’t feel such a need to like um identify themselves with political factions”.[1]
This vision of “post-politics” under Trump dismisses the real material stakes of political struggle for marginalized communities, framing politics as mere performative exhaustion rather than genuine contestation over rights and resources.
These statements are troubling because they combine cynical dismissal of progressive movements, naturalization of conservative politics, ethnic essentialism about media control, fatalism about violence and genocide, and rejection of truth-seeking standards—all while wielding significant cultural influence without accountability.[1]
1
If you ask me, she probably blacklisted for calling out the hollywood connection and nothing else. I truly mean it. I’m VERY cynical about the actions of any org.
Gersh has multiple agents on the record publicly supporting Israel and has business connections to israeli talent.
The podcast she was on has hosted Peter Thiel before, so I highly doubt the agency has problems with right wing views.