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They Don't Want Victory, They Don't Want Power, They Want To Endlessly "Critique" Power
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They Don't Want Victory, They Don't Want Power, They Want To Endlessly "Critique" Power is a quote from YouTuber ContraPoints (aka Contra) about resentment politics from a 2021 video. In the clip, Contra's seen with blonde hair, doing her makeup and speaking to the viewer. A two-panel image of the quote became a reaction image and exploitable meme template in 2024. Internet users on Twitter / X and Reddit (among other sites) used the image and its quote to memetically criticize radical politics for attacking establishments but not providing reasonable solutions. During the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election cycle, the image was frequently used in liberal in-fighting on Twitter / X, resulting in heated discourse and ironic iterations that recaptioned the quotes, using the phrasal template, They Don't Want X, They Don't Want Y, They Want To Z.
Origin
On August 7th, 2021, YouTuber[1] ContraPoints uploaded a roughly one-hour-and-48-minute-long video called "Envy," receiving over 5.9 million views in three years. At the video's 1:27:25 mark (shown below), Contra is speaking about "resentment politics" and says, "They don't want victory. They don't want power. They want to endlessly 'critique' power."
On February 29th, 2024, X[2] user @maxdubler tweeted a two-panel image of the abovementioned ContraPoints quote (shown below) to criticize "housing academics" in London for performing a "fundamentally literary exercise" and having no interest in "figuring out what kind of policies work to actually house people." The tweet received over 480 likes in six months and is currently the first known use of the image.
![They Don't Want Victory, They Don't Want Power, They Want To Endlessly "Critique" Power (Low Res) SHAN They don't want victory, they don't want power, they want to endlessly "critique" power.](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
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On April 26th, 2024, X[3] user @constans quoted another who wrote, "you actually cannot be a member of the US gov’t and be pro-palestine hope that helps ❤️." The quote attached the ContraPoints They Don't Want Victory image, captioned, "They’re never beating the accusations," receiving over 22,000 likes in four months (shown below, left).
The X user's use of the ContraPoints image was also criticized in viral quotes. For instance, on April 26th, X[4] user @PunishedGramsci said, "God I hate Contrapoints and I really fucking hate you and all the moron liberals like you who think Power rests as winning an election," gaining over 4,600 likes in four months (shown below, right).
![They’re never beating the accusations constans @constans They're never beating the accusations ASAN They don't want victory, they don't want power, they want to endlessly "critique" power. CH moso @venusisvain • Apr 26 you actually cannot be a member of the US gov't and be pro-palestine hope that helps 6:17 PM Apr 26, 2024 2.6M Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/331/b6d.png)
![Power is not an abstract concept you dithering liberals Neeva Gang 2.0 @PunishedGramsci Power is not an abstract concept you dithering liberal fuckwits. Power exists to BE WEILDED FOR POLITICAL AIMS. God I hate Contrapoints and I really f------ hate you and all the moron liberals like you who think Power rests as winning an election. • constans @constans Apr 26 They're never beating the accusations x.com/venusisvain/st... SHIN They don't want victory, they don't want power, they want to endlessly "critique" power. • 9:30 PM Apr 26, 2024 217.6K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/333/b74.png)
Going into mid-2024, internet users began recaptioning and exploiting the image, such as X[5] user @calebgamman on July 1st, 2024, who quoted a post referencing Hillary Clinton's Pokémon GO to the Polls quote with a version reading, "they want to endlessly relitigate 2016," receiving over 8,800 likes in a month (shown below, left).
On July 23rd, X[6] user @ImSmilingRn posted an ironic recaption referencing SpongeBob SquarePants characters, receiving roughly 1,600 likes in a month (shown below, right).
![they want to endlessly relitigate 2016 caleb gamman @calebgamman They don't want victory, they don't want power, Follow they want to endlessly relitigate 2016 Natalie Wynn @ContraPoints • Jul 1 it is hard to overstate the extent to which you should have Pokémon gone to the polls x.com/USA_Polling/st... 11:12 PM Jul 1, 2024 263.6K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/340/803.png)
![They don't wants SPONGE they don't want BOB they want to BE SQUIDWARD SHAN They don't wantsPONGE they don't want BOB they want to BE SQUIDWARD..](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
During the same timeframe, the meme was shared on subreddits like /r/Enough_Sanders_Spam[7] and /r/redscarepod. [8] Viral iterations and applications of the meme persisted on X[9] in August 2024.
Various Examples
![girlfriends don't want to split an order of fries girlfriends don't want their own order of fries they want to endlessly have ASHN girlfriends don't want to split an order of fries girlfriends don't want their own order of fries they want to endlessly "have a couple" of their boyfriend's fries](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![They don't demure they don't hawk tuah they want to endlessly bounce on it ASAN They don't wardemure they don't whawk tuah they want to endlessly bounce on it](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![They don't want sandw they don't want lunch they want to endlessly discuss lunch options SAN They don't want sandwiches they don't want lunch they want to endlessly discuss lunch options](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Dems condemning the assassination attempt: Sami Gold @souljagoytellem Dems condemning the assassination attempt: SAMN They don't want victory. they don't want power, 10 they want to endlessly "critique" power. 1:31 AM ⚫ Jul 14, 2024 15.2K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/354/f78.png)
![Got honked at for reversing on a busy highway when I missed my turn very tall bart @TallBart Got honked at for reversing on a busy highway when I missed my turn SHIN They don't want victory, they don't want power, they want to endlessly "critique" power. 11:04 AM ⚫ Jul 23, 2024 44.9K Views •](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/349/067.png)
![ContraPoints Hawk Tuah SHAN HAWK TUAH](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
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External References
[1] YouTube – Envy | ContraPoints
[2] X – @maxdubler
[4] X – @PunishedGramsci
[5] X – @calebgamman
[6] X – @ImSmilingRn
[7] Reddit – /r/Enough_Sanders_Spam
[8] Reddit – /r/redscarepod
[9] X – @whoopsexcuseme
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