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Dems Hemorrhaged Support from All Demographics in 2024 — Including New Voters
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Time for a Labor Party in America.
Now is the time for world socialist revolution. The time for a Labor Party was 60 years ago. Instead, the leadership of the trade union movement subordinated itself to the Democratic Party and imperialism. This process has been replicated worldwide in the various Social Democratic and Labor parties in support of capitalist exploitation and imperialist war. The entire system is in a state of advanced decay and historical bankruptcy with no possibility of meaningful reform.
Can't use the word socialism, the well has been thoroughly poisoned as a buzzword
Hard disagree. We must use the terms "socialism" (and "communism") openly and directly.
Go for it, dig your heels in.
It's a needless uphill battle, we're trying to get people on our side who will never understand what socialism is.
They only "know" that it's bad.
They have no idea what it is, only that they've been told ad nauseum that it's bad.
It's a losing battle with ignorant people, better off just going at it with fresh nomenclature to make any kind of progress on it
We can try to educate these people until we're blue in the face and will not change anything
I'm with you. Too much baggage with these terms. I'd rather extract the actual policies from them and run with those directly. Call it "supercapitalism" for all I care (although realistically I think "demsoc" would sound like an intuitive next step after "socdem").
I also agree with the previous person that it's a time for revolutionary change. It's clear the current system needs to fundamentally transform to be stable, either by doubling down on capitalism at the expense of democracy, or by doubling down on democracy at the expense of capitalism. It's clear now that the two cannot coexist.
It's definitely prime time for revolutionary change
It's just a waste of time to use the buzzwords that have been poisoned beyond saving
Socialism is what is needed to balance the scales, only we can't call it that
The wealthy and powerful have gone to great lengths to ensure that word can never hold universal appeal
Freedom fighters
we still generally need ground work and revolutionary momentum
This is correct. We are witnessing some of the greatest upsurge in working class militancy in several decades, as well as a veritable renaissance in revolutionary thought. The stuff of great historic movements is available in plenty abundance. It depends on what we do with this moment.
I keep writing my senators. One senator I voted for under the Working Families' Party (his name next to both WFP and Dem). The Second Senator is an old fart who I wanted to look up to, but continues to enable the R party as a Dem.
I write them often, and a few days ago, wrote the old fart to let him know his actions directly are why I just changed my voter registration to independent. Im no longer registered Democrat. I was there for Bernie, and nothing good has come of anything over my 10 years as a Dem. I write the WFP senator to remind him I voted for him under that party name.
Will it do anything? I don't know, but I hope everyone is writing thier senators and reps at least bi weekly. Its so easy to do today, you dont even need a stamp!