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I'm so tired (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

It's wild that you think strong democratic majorities will pass laws that help the working class when there are several states where this is the case and they don't pass significant redistributive social policies.

Why can't democratic trifecta states right now pass $25/hr minimum wage tethered to inflation? Or state run universal healthcare? Because their donor base is also composed of billionaires and cadres of business owners. What's more after a few cycles in office, they routinely leverage information asymmetries available as part of their supposed oversight roles to make money in stocks, become exceedingly wealthy and more detached from the needs of working people.

The Democrats have exclusively run pro-business national candidates for the past 35 years. It's naive to think without serious pressure from the Left (whether that's internal DSA pressure or something else) they'll put forward policies that actually help the working class. If someone doesn't want to be in your big tent with AIPAC, pro-business sycophants you portray them as ideological purists. Unreal.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Why can’t democratic trifecta states right now pass $25/hr minimum wage tethered to inflation?

    Most states with a democrat governor have 15$+ minimum wage. So the democrats have already done that. It is good enough? No, but it is better than nothing.

    If someone doesn’t want to be in your big tent with AIPAC, pro-business sycophants you portray them as ideological purists.

    Bernie literally almost won the democratic primary. But nowadays, not even Bernie or AOC are good enough for modern leftists, because they prefer Israel to continue existing.

    I am not an american btw, but your first priority as an american should be to get rid of the literal nazis. This isnt about policies, this is about the foundation of a democratic state. This is what is at stake.

    Look at Hungary. Is Magyar a good guy? No, but that was secondary to the main fucking point, which was getting rid of Orban and his cronies. This is why everyone, both left and right, supported Magyar. Will it last? Probably not, but at least maybe now Hungary can slowly become a normal country.

    It’s naive to think without serious pressure from the Left

    The time to reform the democratic party is during the primaries and the time to put extra pressure is when the democratic party is in a position to actually do things. Once the democratic party is in charge, we can start talking about policies(as the main issue), we can start talking about reforming the electoral "winner takes all" system, etc.

    Ask yourself, where are all those student protests about Palestine nowadays? The radical leftists are the biggest opposition of the Democrat party and intentionally or unintentionally the biggest supporter of Trump. The no kings protests were the biggest protests in the history of the US and you still had tons of permanently online leftists shitting on them for some reason.

    History doesnt repeat itself but it often rhymes. From the wikipedia article on the communist german party(KPD), before the nazis took over

    In this period, while also opposed to the Nazis, the KPD regarded the Nazi Party as a less sophisticated and thus less dangerous fascist party than the SPD, and KPD leader Ernst Thälmann declared that "some Nazi trees must not be allowed to overshadow a forest [of social democrats]".

    We have been doing the "both sides are the same" since the beginning of time. But no, both sides are not the same. A shitty side that at least respects some basic democratic foundations is preferable to the literal nazis.

    There is no communism, there is no democracy, there are no pro worker policies, there is no dialogue, there are no elections, if you have literal fascists in charge.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    What can I say: your analysis is just wrong based on recent history, and I fundamentally don’t agree with it.

    It is not a winning electoral strategy to deny that there are inherent and accelerating economic issues, being experienced by the majority of working people in this country. It’s obvious that failing to made a compelling appeal to the working class and delivering policies that continue to exacerbate wealth inequality have led to string electoral losses for Democrats. “Now is not the time” has been the same message from the Clinton wing for decades at this point.

    Continuing down this path is precisely what has allowed the Right to claim a Bonapartist coalition of disgruntled, alienated working people and is marching us right down the road to Fascism.

    Working people can feel the pain of economic exploitation increasing over time while they receive a lower share of wages for increased productivity. A Democratic pitch, which is based in returning to normalcy that is not livable is not a winning pitch.

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