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{{Infobox person|name=Caleb Maupin|image=Caleb.jpeg|ideology="Innovationism"|occupation=Forrest Ranger, Camp Counselor|known=Not being Jackson Hinkle}} | |||
'''Caleb Maupin''' is the founder of the [[Center for Political Innovation]]. He has literally nothing to do with [[Infrared]]. | '''Caleb Maupin''' is the founder of the [[Center for Political Innovation]]. He has literally nothing to do with [[Infrared]]. | ||
== Relationship to Infrared == | ==Relationship to Infrared== | ||
Infrared was initially interested in collaborating with Maupin because on a superficial level they shared common ground on many issues. Both had similar foreign policy views and an acute awareness of many of the problems characterizing [[leftism]] in the United States. | Infrared was initially interested in collaborating with Maupin because on a superficial level they shared common ground on many issues. Both had similar foreign policy views and an acute awareness of many of the problems characterizing [[leftism]] in the United States. | ||
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Infrared also appreciated that Caleb Maupin was among the first content creators to defend [[Actually Existing Socialism|AES]] in debates with [[BreadTube|Breadtubers]] and was paying the price of complete marginalization because of it. | Infrared also appreciated that Caleb Maupin was among the first content creators to defend [[Actually Existing Socialism|AES]] in debates with [[BreadTube|Breadtubers]] and was paying the price of complete marginalization because of it. | ||
Haz Al-Din spoke at CPI's Austin conference in 2022 but only as a guest speaker with no formal affiliation to CPI at all. | [[Haz Al-Din]] spoke at CPI's Austin conference in 2022 but only as a guest speaker with no formal affiliation to CPI at all. | ||
However beyond that, they | However beyond that, they have little in common. Despite this, many have erroneously lumped Infrared in with Caleb Maupin and his 'CPI' project, as though Infrared is somehow an extension of it. This cannot be further from the truth. | ||
== Disagreements with Infrared == | ==Disagreements with Infrared== | ||
Caleb Maupin is a crypto-[[Trotskyite]] and has Trotskyite origins. The 'uniqueness' of his worldview lies in combining the ideas of [[Sam Marcy]] with various eclectic ideas he copied from the [[Schiller Institute]]. | Caleb Maupin is a crypto-[[Trotskyite]] and has Trotskyite origins. The 'uniqueness' of his worldview lies in combining the ideas of [[Sam Marcy]] with various eclectic ideas he copied from the [[Schiller Institute]]. | ||
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From Infrared's perspective, Caleb Maupin is not a theorist but rather just a sloganeer. | From Infrared's perspective, Caleb Maupin is not a theorist but rather just a sloganeer. | ||
== Infrared CUTS TIES with Maupin == | ==Infrared CUTS TIES with Maupin== | ||
As of 2023, Infrared has absolutely no affiliation to Caleb Maupin whatsoever. Any tangential or polite association was severed because after his extremely embarrassing internal debacle with his drug-addicted CPI members, he tried desperately to deflect and throw Haz Al-Din under the bus, despite the fact that Haz had nothing to do with CPI at all. Caleb did this by making the bizarre comparison between the accusations leveled against him by his own members and obscure tweets directed at Haz by anonymous Twitter trolls with single-digit follower counts.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ejZw2aRMMg</ref> This left audiences baffled and confused, but it was not surprising given Caleb's own delusional lack of self-awareness. | As of 2023, Infrared has absolutely no affiliation to Caleb Maupin whatsoever. Any tangential or polite association was severed because after his extremely embarrassing internal debacle with his drug-addicted CPI members, he tried desperately to deflect and throw Haz Al-Din under the bus, despite the fact that Haz had nothing to do with CPI at all. Caleb did this by making the bizarre comparison between the accusations leveled against him by his own members and obscure tweets directed at Haz by anonymous Twitter trolls with single-digit follower counts.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ejZw2aRMMg</ref> This left audiences baffled and confused, but it was not surprising given Caleb's own delusional lack of self-awareness. | ||
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Needless to say, there is no indication of any reconciliation any time soon between Caleb and Infrared. | Needless to say, there is no indication of any reconciliation any time soon between Caleb and Infrared. | ||
'''<big>"Innovationism"</big>''' | |||
In November 2024 Caleb Maupin rejected Communism in favour of his own nonsensical ideology, 'Innovationism'. 'Innovationism' is simply anti-imperialist developmentalism and contributes nothing that couldn't already be done better by Marxism-Leninism. | |||
== | ===Affiliation=== | ||
*[[Workers World Party]] (2007-2015) | |||
*[[Occupy movement]] (2011-2012) | |||
**[[Occupy Wall Street]] (2011) | |||
*[[Center for Political Innovation]] (2020-present) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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