Or reconstruct the whole damn government. Entire thing is fucked
Marxists have continued to be correct, revolution is a necessity to bring about the interests of the working class. I have an introductory Marxist reading list if you want to check it out.
Reconstruct?
Raize it with impunity and forge something actually good
The Party for Socialism and Liberation is attempting to do just that.
Those are powerful words historically misused in America. Isn’t that a risky name to go with?
Not at all. By wiping away the piles of slander and lies proudly, Socialists can better connect with historical socialists and communists.
Um, sorry, given how much terms have been perverted here, you might as well call them the Party For Pedophilia and Terrorism as far as trying to sell this to average Americans.
I mean, people still cannot even understand inflation. Imagine more than a century of propaganda and trying to overcome that.
You envision the average American as an amalgamation of the various strains of thought in America averaged into one, but that’s not the case. People vary wildly in reception to Socialism, and being forthright and honest is important. They have been steadily growing, more rapidly than ever.
I mean I think it could change faster than you’d think.
It used to be nearly impossible to be openly gay and live a normal life. In a relatively short time that has radically changed.
Cultural norms and taboos are not as permanent as they seem in the moment.
No, the historical socialists are dead and buried. You need to engage with the workers where they’re at, and where they’re at is “brainwashed by tears of anti communist propaganda to the point of pavlovian triggers”. Imo the least you can do is not use those specific words front and center.
And I am telling you that this is becoming more and more a distant past. No, your average worker isn’t going to like the sound of communism, but over time approval for it has shifted dramatically.
I applied a while back to no response. Although the nearest chapter is 2 hours away to be fair. They do great work though from what I hear.
If it was during COVID, I have been informed by current members that they had a bunch of issues and have since rectified the application process. If you are still interested, I have been told the best thing is to re-apply, if you don’t get a response this time then it’s safe to drop it.
You can reconstruct the Democrat party all you want. It won’t make stupid Americans smart. They’ll still fall for whoever is best at peddling misinformation, fear, and hate.
The internet and media in general has been weaponized. So unless we’re talking about the Democrat party learning how to go low and spread extreme misinformation and paranoia in order to win an election, then we’re just wasting our time talking.
So unless we’re talking about the Democrat party learning how to go low and spread extreme misinformation and paranoia in order to win an election
And even if they did decide to do this? How are they going to counter the massive disinformation networks the qons the qon-adjacent run? I mean, WashPo, NYT, CNN, MSNBC - all run by the corporate-friendly that will kneecap Democrats to get goodies handed out to them. Then there is Facebook, Xitter, Youtube - all skewed to the qons. And that’s not even getting into local news being completely fucked (Sinclair), outlets like Faux and OAN, along with hate radio, and then the broverse on podcasts, YT channels…
The Democratic Party and/or the progressives have nothing even anywhere close to the coordinated and well-funded campaign the qons have…
Totally agree.
The bottom line is Democrats aren’t going to win a misinformation campaign against Republicans because of the reasons you brought up and because they simply aren’t as amoral as Republicans are.
It really is up to Americans to be mature, informed, responsible voters who aren’t susceptible to misinformation. And that simply isn’t going to happen. Especially not now that we’ve given total control to a party that ran on deconstructing the public education system.
Realistically, from my personal, pessimistic point of view…we’re completely and utterly fucked and will probably see a steady decline in this country for the remainder of our lives.
How do you construct a worker’s party in a country where corporate bribery has been made legal and there is a class of billionaires ready and eager to squash any legitimate improvement to worker’s living conditions with their nearly unlimited power/capital? They literally own the means of state and media propaganda, and the means of state violence to protect our beloved economy from the society that exists in subservient subsistence to it.
I vote blue out of harm reduction, but there’s no escape in the US without necessary complete governmental and economic collapse. It is too well corrupted into protecting capital over people. I think in the desire for perpetual stability for the sake of commerce/profit, something vital was simply discarded in the modern nation state model:
The renewal that can only come from the collapse of the past.
I’m all for it. The Democrats have been a joke since they fucked Bernie. They’re terrible and don’t give a shit about their voters.
Oh, they were a joke long before that. In 2006, when we went from having a congress that rubber stamped everything Bush wanted to a congress that said they were displeased with Bush as they rubber stamped everything he wanted.
I don’t know much about the US politics before 2010, that’s when I migrated to the US.
Basically anything was approved as long as it was framed as national security.
The terrorists won with 9/11
Oh yeah, I’ve heard about that from some YouTube folks. Isn’t that when the patriot act was started when the government started reading people’s texts and listening to their phone calls ever since?
Yup, it was the catalyst that led us to where we’re at. It let the government seize unconstitutional levels of power.
Man, next 4 years are going to be very interesting
To be clear to the naysayers: It’s not that we’re angry Bernie got fucked, it is what it is. We’ve just seen the writing on the wall SINCE he got screwed over.
Also we’re a little angry.
We’ve had several elections in recent memory where it’s been really clear that progressive Democrats win elections compared to centrists (mostly midterm elections but still). Somehow that lesson hasn’t stuck, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Harris’ defeat also doesn’t teach this lesson. At this point the old guard really just needs to die.
People want change, GOP is offering it and people are eating it up. They just have no idea how incredibly stupid that version of change is.
They just have no idea how incredibly stupid that version of change is.
Yeah, when they find out that things like vaccines might be up for grabs they might be in for a real ride.
The fact that it is even a POSSIBILITY is sheer insanity. If donvict had excess deaths during Covid [1], letting a dumbfuck loser like brainworms ban them would kill even more. This time it’d be kids as well as the very old, most likely. Needless, excess death.
And that’s just the start on this loser’s notion of “change” that we might get…
[1] A bit of a joke. The policy failures of donvict killed nearly half a million Americans.
Seriously. I don’t care that much about fluoride in the water being removed for four years, but I’m quite grateful that my youngest is getting the last of his vaccines before January. Hopefully it just ends up a “states rights” thing. Still sucks for herd immunity but at least I’ll still be able to keep my family vaccinated.
Still sucks for herd immunity but at least I’ll still be able to keep my family vaccinated.
I suppose. Some states are already in a bad way, like PA: https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2024/09/pa-vaccine-exemptions-raises-fear-of-outbreak/
Having a dipshit like RFK being validated, nevermind actually setting policy, is going to set this nation even further backwards.
Indeed. Lending any legitimacy to his conspiracy theories is a bad thing. True of Trump and Musk as well, as with any of that clown car.
Monied interests wield their donor privilege to ensure these lessons are never learned nor discussed in media. This influence is so powerful, Harris campaign wasn’t even allowed to lie and pretend to be populist like Trump had been doing, in order to attempt to win the election. The donors must be appeased above all else.
Personally, I think the Democrats are doomed to ratchet further into the grip of conservatism in perpetuity. But if you really want to reform the Dems instead, it has to start with significant campaign finance reform to end the legalized bribery.
Good. A party that is not beholden to its constituents has no business running for office.
Not to be cheeky, but the DNC has a business in running for office, and is beholden to its constituents, it’s just that its constituents are the wealthy Capitalists that donate to the DNC and essentially buy policy, not the working class.
I wouldn’t mind it honestly.
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Judaism is not Zionism.
chanting antisemitic slogans, in service of an Arab and Persian Islamic holy war, against the Jews
Absolutely ridiculous. These people oppose Israel’s daily massacre of civilians. That is all.
Needs more “Scare Quotes”. Absolutely baby brained.
Lmao
This guy is saying the only part of centrism out loud.
Protesters: “Stop genocide, give us equitable pay, give women rights”
This guy: “Those people are insane depraved fascists”
Lol grow up you fragile vase of a person.
Hey hey. This guy would absolutely crush most potatoes in a head-to-head contest.
How would that even work? They are doing exactly what their
ownersdonors want.Are they saying that rich people should want unions or that there needs to be other ways to fund politics?
I think its time to deconstruct it tbh. Name’s tainted and “neither” has been the most popular candidate for the past 3 election cycles now. People are itching for a new party to support that doesn’t make them feel like their vote is worthless
This would imply years of (effectively) being out of power. Even if by some miracle you would win the presidential election, you would have no local infrastructure to build on. It would give the GOP effective power in many states for an another decade.
On the other hand, look at how easy it was for Trump to completely hijack the GOP. That’s the model you should aim for.
On the other hand, look at how easy it was for Trump to completely hijack the GOP. That’s the model you should aim for.
That’s what I’ve been saying for a while now.
Seriously why are we continuing with the same party that supported slavery and has been on doing the bare minimum to help people for the last 50 years.
It’s pretty stupid to base your support of a party on what it used to be, not what it is now.
Using your logic, you support the GOP because they elected Lincoln and ended slavery, right? It’s not like there’s been 160 years of history that might have changed it since, including things like the Southern Strategy and the “Moral Majority”, right?
I know people who say they support the Republicans because of that un-sarcastically. Soo logic isn’t the strong suit of a majority of voters I think.
Slavery, segregation, the Dixiecrats, the Democratic Party wasn’t even the “good” one for most of the time it’s been around (and arguably wasn’t even even definitely “the” good one until like 40 years ago.
Start by investigating musks money for votes scheme
Or, now hear me out, Socialism.
Absolutely. I have an introductory Marxist reading list if you want to check it out.
Absolutely. Just don’t use that word. The propaganda is so goddamn ingrained in the American psyche we might as well just call it something else and try to bypass that fight.
On the contrary, we should use the words Socialism and Communism loudly and proudly. The less stigamtized these words are the easier the fight for progress.
Hand companies over to their workers, call it supercapitalism, and Americans will eat that shit up
“true capitalism” or some shit
Disparage actual capitalism for not being capitalist enough, and do an Indiana Jones hot swap for the actual end goal of worker ownership.
“Blue collar capitalism”
Seriously, don’t use that word haha. We don’t need another “Red Scare”
The Red Scare never ended, it’s important to directly combat anti-socialist sentiment because you are going to be labeled a Communist even if you call yourself a mild progressive.
Or rebrand socialism and push it in a more efficient way.
Why rebrand what already exists? What way would be more “efficient?”
I don’t agree on your tanky communism, ML. Go away
What’s wrong with Marxism?
Rebrand it as patriotism.
No. MAGA Communism and Patriotic Socialists already exist, and have far more in common with the Nazis due to taking a Nationalist stance in an Imperialist country.
Haha, yes. Make it full on ‘Merica Dream! But then it’s just plain ole socialism.
It’s just a branding problem that needs a more modern name for today’s modern voter
Democracy+
Democracy McDemocracyFace
Buddy Democracy
Msilaicos
Ocialismsay
The freedom to eat, the freedom to earn a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s honest work, the freedom to afford a house, the freedom from wall street usury, the freedom patriotically build secure and supportive communities, freedom healthcare, protecting the landscape of the greatest country on earth for all of America’s generations to come, etc.
Loads of ways to spin free market socialism, take your pick.
Fuck the Democrats.
After that piss poor performance and immediate “we’re going to just do it again” what do they think people are going to bother getting out for?
Run Harris and the same shit again and get fewer votes than last time dipshits I don’t care.
Edit also to clarify I mean the DNC/ party leaders not voters. But fuck me too lol
We need a new party and not the Green Party.
A new one.
Why?
Because that one already failed.
It hasn’t failed, what on Earth are you talking about? They still organize every day and are gaining many new members after the election results.
While I wish them luck, the DNC is structured in a manner that retains power for those with the best ability to secure donations, and these donations come overwhelmingly from wealthy Capitalists. Moving the DNC to a more progressive platform has been the project of Bernie and the Squad for decades, and it seems to have little impact on the broader party line. The DNC isn’t really organized in a democratic manner, it operates more like a business.
Workers should instead focus on rapidly expanding their own organizations, which does make a meaningful impact on policy adopted. If you have something to bring to the bargaining table, the DNC is more likely to play ball, but you have to make them do it.
Better to make workers parties at local and state levels and try to get a foothold in the system. Force the Democrats to move left or get outta the way.
The Greens have been trying to do that for decades, the system itself is hostile to outsider movements, and as such organizing outside the electoral system has more room to grow and more levers to push for change.
Precisely! The DNC is a fundraising organization, full stop. Been that way since the 80s.
Since well before then, if you ask me, haha.
