Sphere [he/him, they/them] to politics • 3 years agoBernie using the fundraising infrastructure for something useful for a changeimagemessage-square52 fedilinkarrow-up1138
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minus-squareLeninWeave [none/use name]hexbear3·edit-23 years agoBernie isn't the labor movement, though. link
minus-squareElGosso [he/him]hexbear17·edit-23 years agoNot talking about Bernie, I'm talking about those working class Americans we're not supposed to care about. link
minus-squareLeninWeave [none/use name]hexbear5·3 years agoOh, yeah. Obviously an American labor movement is important, no doubt. Caring about the global south doesn't exclude that. I just thought you were talking about Bernie since that's the subject of the controversy in this thread. link
minus-squareElGosso [he/him]hexbear11·3 years agoI think they're two different conversations, but given that until communism wins there are going to be senators anyway, I think we should take the Menshevik Bernie over whatever psycho libertarian would come out of Vermont in his stead. link
Bernie isn't the labor movement, though.
Not talking about Bernie, I'm talking about those working class Americans we're not supposed to care about.
Oh, yeah. Obviously an American labor movement is important, no doubt. Caring about the global south doesn't exclude that.
I just thought you were talking about Bernie since that's the subject of the controversy in this thread.
I think they're two different conversations, but given that until communism wins there are going to be senators anyway, I think we should take the Menshevik Bernie over whatever psycho libertarian would come out of Vermont in his stead.