Philosophical Research:RatingHub/YT/communistsofamerica

Background

Rating subject: YouTube video channel @communistsofamerica

This is a Trotskyist theory channel.
This channel's content is somewhere between popular level and academic level in difficulty.
This channel attempts to analyze recent history in the sense of "the past 2-10 years" without fixating on weekly news events. It may be choosing to analyze history through models or hypotheses specific to Trotskyism, and as such should be rated for its ability to coherently explain a hypothetical Trotskyist future and the practical steps to get there rather than for its adherence to any particular mainstream Marxist-Leninist models. This does not absolve it from problems such as historical inaccuracies or inaccuracies to real-world observations.
This channel mentions "Ted Grant"^[1] in the context of relevant theorists or sources.

pronounced [P] alias (mis) [string]: Revolutionary Communists of America
field, scope, or group [Item]: pronounced Z–617 pronounced [IV] [Z] Trotskyism (top-level category) 1-1-1; academic-level material; popular-level material
approximate number of entries: 183
overall rating: U / Unknown 1-1-1

: World Capitalism Is Collapsing (Marx was Right) (video 170)
rating: U / Unknown 1-1-1
tests: pronounced [P] Historical accuracy test [rating] pronounced [P] "Dirac test" [rating]
"Object" [pass]
"Question-begging" [fail]; 4

: Trump isn't a Fascist — Here's Why (video 167)
rating: NG / Not Good 1-1-1
tests: "Historical" [fail]
"Object" [pass]
"Question-begging" [fail]
"Sunny" [fail]; 4

proletarian Bonapartism ^[1] -> What is this? Does it even exist? - Fails Sunny test.
During the India-Pakistan conflict the Communist Party of India supported the bourgeoisie [3] -> I have no clue whether this is true but I have to doubt it. I think we've got a clash between Trotskyism and Maoism here? ^[1]
The United States wanted to break up Russia / The United States wanted to break up Russia because it was too big as a countable Culture and thus overpowered in global conflicts -> this is a terrible thought but I'd believe it. the United States does some very messed-up things. ^[1]
The U.S. petty-bourgeois layer has been whittled down substantially ^[2] -> dubious. Ignores the role of geography in creating local Artisanal cesspools and disconnecting "consolidated" corporations in far-off cities from actual geographical settlements. Fails question-begging test.

Descriptions of world economic history were confusing and difficult to verify or falsify. At the same time, talk brought up an interesting point about countries chunk-competing over the world consumer base. ^[3]
Recent talks did an excellent job of portraying Trotskyist theories of populations as composed of material objects. ^[2]