In fact, this is still happening among European soc dems today that are completely fine with supporting the far right in order to protect the US neoliberal institutions because “bad countries” like Russia has had enough.
Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I suspect a lot of the leadership of major parties in Europe (including soc dem parties) are straight up compromised by either their own national business/intelligence interests, or by the :cia: directly. There is a Cold War precedent for this kind of thing, so I don't think the idea is too far fetched.
that's a gross misunderstanding of the process of radicalization. people coming to political consciousness go where they see activity. they're not joining your communist party because you don't have a party to speak of. if you're a "leftist" who knows someone who has expressed genuine interest in radical politics and you see them get pulled back to reformism, social democracy, whatever, it's your responsibility to engage and push them further, and help them grapple with the contradictions between the establishment and their desires. conceptual obfuscation by that establishment is a threat, but it's only possible when we refuse to define the terms of our politics.
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Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I suspect a lot of the leadership of major parties in Europe (including soc dem parties) are straight up compromised by either their own national business/intelligence interests, or by the :cia: directly. There is a Cold War precedent for this kind of thing, so I don't think the idea is too far fetched.
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That would be fine in theory, but she co-opts the language of activists farther left than she is, and funnels it into do-nothing-ism.
She's a pipeline from "left-curious" to the DNC, imo
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I think there is a wide gap between this OP, and calling them a "villain".
Joe Biden, GW Bush, Pelosi, Reagan are villains. AOC is a counterproductive hypocrite who sucks at politics.
I honestly think she's just substantially less productive than she should be and could be, rather than actually counterproductive
that's a gross misunderstanding of the process of radicalization. people coming to political consciousness go where they see activity. they're not joining your communist party because you don't have a party to speak of. if you're a "leftist" who knows someone who has expressed genuine interest in radical politics and you see them get pulled back to reformism, social democracy, whatever, it's your responsibility to engage and push them further, and help them grapple with the contradictions between the establishment and their desires. conceptual obfuscation by that establishment is a threat, but it's only possible when we refuse to define the terms of our politics.
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