I feel like this is probably one of the many reasons why electoralism is a bad strategy for bringing about socialism, dealing with loneliness is difficult for a lot of people and it's gotta be hard to stick to your principles when all of your colleagues are capitalist ghouls and they're inviting you out for lunch and treating you like a friend. The culture of congress probably pulls a lot of people to the right this way.
single handedly threw away the biggest opportunity that history had presented to the Left in the US for almost a century.
It marked the 100 year anniversary of Eugene Debs's final presidential campaign from prison.
That said, we can't succumb to great man theory. The reason Bernie did as well as he did is because something with material roots is brewing in this country. Likewise, the reason he failed was that we didn't have the leverage necessary to overpower the ruling class. No amount of blame or excuses will change that. It was incredibly depressing to watch Bernie fold, but the lesson is that we must grow stronger, more robust, more numerous, and more militant.
Its a combination of personal development on my part and the fact that the 2016 primary was very unexpected IMO. But in 2020 taking a stance of anything less then a scorched-earth policy against the Dems is absurd. He was (is?) trying to play nice with a bunch of snakes and back-stabbers.
i dont remember cucknie panders being pathetic in 2016? it feels 10x worse this time.
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You gotta respect people like Lenin and Stalin who did what they needed to do.
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nah Kollontai was the only based one left
I feel like this is probably one of the many reasons why electoralism is a bad strategy for bringing about socialism, dealing with loneliness is difficult for a lot of people and it's gotta be hard to stick to your principles when all of your colleagues are capitalist ghouls and they're inviting you out for lunch and treating you like a friend. The culture of congress probably pulls a lot of people to the right this way.
Ain't that the truth. I never really *got * electoralism (even before I became a marxist) but the way you wrote it out is so clear why now.
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It marked the 100 year anniversary of Eugene Debs's final presidential campaign from prison.
That said, we can't succumb to great man theory. The reason Bernie did as well as he did is because something with material roots is brewing in this country. Likewise, the reason he failed was that we didn't have the leverage necessary to overpower the ruling class. No amount of blame or excuses will change that. It was incredibly depressing to watch Bernie fold, but the lesson is that we must grow stronger, more robust, more numerous, and more militant.
Its a combination of personal development on my part and the fact that the 2016 primary was very unexpected IMO. But in 2020 taking a stance of anything less then a scorched-earth policy against the Dems is absurd. He was (is?) trying to play nice with a bunch of snakes and back-stabbers.