Thinking about trying to organize a campaign on this. On one hand it would help a lot of people and probably be about as radical as electoralism gets. On the other it would basically pacify a front of the class struggle, perhaps the most vital front, labor, without fundementally changing the relationship between the classes.

For clarity we'd be talking about a 5 or 6 dollar an hour increase over a two year period.

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    3 years ago

    On the other it would basically pacify a front of the class struggle, perhaps the most vital front, labor, without fundementally changing the relationship between the classes.

    But wouldn't the fact that the Democrats would fight this tooth and nail be useful to point out the contradictions between the political elites who talk about supporting the working classes and the policies they actually support?

    Seems like this would be a good thing...