• FosterMolasses@leminal.space
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    1 day ago

    prog vs dem, or we can unite to actually take on an external foe

    This.

    Started seeing progs refer to dems as “demoncrats” and now I legitimately can’t tell them apart from MAGA online half the time.

    You are the epitome of the suppressed class war you constantly criticize for being in favor of in-group fighting. At least try to remember who your real enemies are.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      23 hours ago

      Leftists support moving onto socialism, democrats support maintaining capitalism and imperialism. This is a fundamentally irreconcilable difference, and is why leftists opposing the democrats isn’t infighting, it’s just fighting. It’s entirely different from MAGA, which also wishes to perpetuate capitalism and imperialism.

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        23 hours ago

        And what about what middle America wants? The voters, you know, that we have to get? “Socialism” is a non-starter for people outside of NYC.

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          Middle America has a lot of unmet needs, with a horrible health care system and food insecurity. Most will gladly embrace anything that may help.

          What many see as crazy politics is a desperate attempt to latch onto anything remotely promising.

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          As the working class continues to slide into futher and further misery, more and more are awakened to the idea of radical politics, and are more understanding of socialism. Capitalism must decay, so the task of socialists is to organize and teach about socialism, not just vote in lock-step with the right-wing democrats.

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          middle america wants the same things that leftists wants (eg healthcare, education, childcare, equitable living conditions, etc.).

          the word socialism itself is a non starter thanks to the propaganda against it; you only need to see how mamdani was attacked even in new york for it.

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      23 hours ago

      Just unite behind us while we sell weapons for genocide and let republicans destroy healthcare!