Choosing to operate in the flailing corpse of the Democratic Party, being dragged into abandoning any sort of working class appeal or socialist perspective, tying your horse to a Dem party that will govern using austerity, white supremacy, and repression of dissent from the left, is not a choice. It’s just not a way forward for socialists, even if you can “win” elections.
Acting like people are permanently tied to the two parties of capital, that consciousness is fixed and never shifting, that the working class would never consider an alternative before they’ve even been presented that alternative, is not an accurate or productive way of thinking about the situation.
Choosing to operate in the flailing corpse of the Democratic Party, being dragged into abandoning any sort of working class appeal or socialist perspective, tying your horse to a Dem party that will govern using austerity, white supremacy, and repression of dissent from the left, is not a choice. It’s just not a way forward for socialists, even if you can “win” elections.
Acting like people are permanently tied to the two parties of capital, that consciousness is fixed and never shifting, that the working class would never consider an alternative before they’ve even been presented that alternative, is not an accurate or productive way of thinking about the situation.