libs bring this up all the time to dismiss third party, but it's structurally unsuitable. the US literally is a one party (two wings) state, official government correspondence doesn't even acknowledge the possibility for other parties: there's no government/opposition, there's democrat/republican. if every progressive platform got together to put 4-5 people in congress next cycle, they'd a) be called 'independent' and lumped in with democrats rhetorically b) have absolutely no bearing on policy
a scheme like that could have an opportunity to use the theater of bourgeois democracy to agitate like lenin(?) advocated but as a coalition-not a united party-that's not gonna happen
He was making a broader point about the lack of unity among leftists in general and how you can't say that the US is descending towards fascism without making moves towards a united front. It's like how George Jackson said about settling your quarrels and coming together for the sake of fighting fascism.
libs bring this up all the time to dismiss third party, but it's structurally unsuitable. the US literally is a one party (two wings) state, official government correspondence doesn't even acknowledge the possibility for other parties: there's no government/opposition, there's democrat/republican. if every progressive platform got together to put 4-5 people in congress next cycle, they'd a) be called 'independent' and lumped in with democrats rhetorically b) have absolutely no bearing on policy
a scheme like that could have an opportunity to use the theater of bourgeois democracy to agitate like lenin(?) advocated but as a coalition-not a united party-that's not gonna happen
He was making a broader point about the lack of unity among leftists in general and how you can't say that the US is descending towards fascism without making moves towards a united front. It's like how George Jackson said about settling your quarrels and coming together for the sake of fighting fascism.