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Revolution is necessary, because the bourgeois state cannot be dismantled and a proletarian state put in place via peaceful means.
If they thought we could vote our way into socialism, they wouldn't let us vote.
Definitely true!
Hence the supreme court decision and the mad rush to gerrymander the fuck out of every state they can.
The DNC isn't socialist though, it's just two factions of capitalists duking it out.
While that's true, I do think that neither of those camps is willing to so much as slide back into a welfare state (even with extra imperialism on the side). The DNC doesn't want any more Mamdanis (even though he's a socdem at best), and if they think this'll prevent that, they'll let it happen, no matter how much they claim to oppose it. If there were any possibility of an actual socialist being elected, we'd see way worse than this.
Agreed! I actually think the current factional war within the DNC might make room for a third party.
I think you may be right. I just hope we can get them to move left instead of right. Nate Bear's recent post really gave me pause, because I know a lot of people who want to maintain their treats above all else. I want to have some faith in humanity, but we're definitely going to have our work cut out for us, I think.
I won't hold out for the DNC moving left. Entryism doesn't seem to be a valid approach.
Agreed. The DNC is bought and paid for.
Edit to add: I think I was unclear. In my previous comment "them" referred to the general public, not the Democrats.
Ah, gotcha, agreed!
We should make room for for third and fourth party candidates wherever we can. There are states that implement nonpartisan elections in some ways. Nebraska has a unicameral, nonpartisan legislature.
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I think you're probably right, but I do worry about any violence that would ensue . . .
Violence is an unfortunate necessity when pacifism ensures loss.