ought to know that they’re considered absolute morons by the entire US SocDem base.
Ok but who gives a shit what a bunch of imperialist westerners think about global politics?
I’m mostly with you, demsocs should be criticized but they’re mostly fine, socdems aren’t really our friends and it’s kinda silly to pretend otherwise. There’s historical reasons to be wary of it and I mean if Democrats are controlled opposition, are socdems as well?
They’re basically called in to defend capitalism when it’s on its last leg, e.g. the new deal era policies, that can be undone later when the masses are placated.
I know we’re between a rock and a hard place here, but recognizing that only placating capital gets you elected, at what point are you just complicit in its imperialism and exploitation by capitulating to its demands?
And if you’re aware of all that’s going on in capital, is being one out of 200+ people to vote “no” ocassionally on a bill that guts social security really a success? (And vote yes to go bomb over exploited countries in the global south in the case of both Aoc and Bernie btw. So is material, lethal harm to global poor so the privleged few in the imperial core can have healthcare ok? Because that’s how they vote)
Especially compared to fighters in imperialized nations who fight literally for their and their people’s freedom?
Bc in my view saying get “in line” with that is materially indiscriminate from any liberal saying “biden won y’all, time to go with the party line, don’t disrupt or you’ll cost us the seats to republicans.”
I think people in power should be criticized even, socialists we mostly agree with. If nothing else to remind ourselves that our elected leaders should be doing better and these are the ways they could be doing it.
Ok but who gives a shit what a bunch of imperialist westerners think about global politics?
I’m mostly with you, demsocs should be criticized but they’re mostly fine, socdems aren’t really our friends and it’s kinda silly to pretend otherwise. There’s historical reasons to be wary of it and I mean if Democrats are controlled opposition, are socdems as well?
They’re basically called in to defend capitalism when it’s on its last leg, e.g. the new deal era policies, that can be undone later when the masses are placated.
I know we’re between a rock and a hard place here, but recognizing that only placating capital gets you elected, at what point are you just complicit in its imperialism and exploitation by capitulating to its demands?
And if you’re aware of all that’s going on in capital, is being one out of 200+ people to vote “no” ocassionally on a bill that guts social security really a success? (And vote yes to go bomb over exploited countries in the global south in the case of both Aoc and Bernie btw. So is material, lethal harm to global poor so the privleged few in the imperial core can have healthcare ok? Because that’s how they vote)
Especially compared to fighters in imperialized nations who fight literally for their and their people’s freedom?
Bc in my view saying get “in line” with that is materially indiscriminate from any liberal saying “biden won y’all, time to go with the party line, don’t disrupt or you’ll cost us the seats to republicans.”
I think people in power should be criticized even, socialists we mostly agree with. If nothing else to remind ourselves that our elected leaders should be doing better and these are the ways they could be doing it.