A Realism of Fools: Iranian Propaganda and Campist Anti-Imperialism

Instagram’s algorithm has been pushing me a strange kind of video combining a critique of the Iran War with Nipsey Hussle, one of my favorite rappers. Here’s an example video:

I found myself getting sucked in. They put the video to a Nipsey song in the background, “Last Time That I Checc’d,” a high-energy celebration of the independent hustle. The guy in…