You can’t paint with this broad of brush. Clearly some Democratic politicians actually give a shit (especially as you get down to state and local levels) – total cynicism about politics is reactionary. And of course a ton of lib activists (who are not getting paid, or who are even sacrificing earnings for political purposes) actually give a shit.
The goal is to separate these folks from the opportunists and then convince them that we have a better way to improve things.
It doesn’t matter if there’s a handful of low-ranking Dems who might want to do more for the working class. The system is set up in a way such that they’ll never be able to make any meaningful changes. If it were possible to vote in a better system, it would’ve happened already.
I’m not suggesting that we can vote our way to socialism. I’m pointing out that extreme cynicism about politics is reactionary (“there is no society”, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”, and all that) and not accurate.
To get people on our side we have to describe the world as it actually is (accurate) and show a path to something better (not reactionary).
Who cares if some dems have good intentions? They’re bourgeois tools either way. Is our prime revolutionary demographic career politicians? No. Do we accept the logic that it’s just a few bad apples in policing? No, we say ACAB because they all uphold the same system whether or not they’re in the majority that do extra heinous shit. Just because regular working class people vote democrat doesn’t mean they’re worth supporting.
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You can’t paint with this broad of brush. Clearly some Democratic politicians actually give a shit (especially as you get down to state and local levels) – total cynicism about politics is reactionary. And of course a ton of lib activists (who are not getting paid, or who are even sacrificing earnings for political purposes) actually give a shit.
The goal is to separate these folks from the opportunists and then convince them that we have a better way to improve things.
It doesn’t matter if there’s a handful of low-ranking Dems who might want to do more for the working class. The system is set up in a way such that they’ll never be able to make any meaningful changes. If it were possible to vote in a better system, it would’ve happened already.
I’m not suggesting that we can vote our way to socialism. I’m pointing out that extreme cynicism about politics is reactionary (“there is no society”, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”, and all that) and not accurate.
To get people on our side we have to describe the world as it actually is (accurate) and show a path to something better (not reactionary).
Who cares if some dems have good intentions? They’re bourgeois tools either way. Is our prime revolutionary demographic career politicians? No. Do we accept the logic that it’s just a few bad apples in policing? No, we say ACAB because they all uphold the same system whether or not they’re in the majority that do extra heinous shit. Just because regular working class people vote democrat doesn’t mean they’re worth supporting.