It’s not a question of the respective merits or shortcomings of individual candidates but the nature of the parties they represent. In current circumstances, I suppose it depends on whether one still clings to the belief that the two parties are Tweedledum and Tweedledee with little to choose between them. They are both pro-capitalist and pro-imperialist, but the gap has significantly widened between them in terms of domestic policy as US society has become increasingly polarized around immigration, abortion, trade unionism, social spending, gun control, climate change, book bans, electoral and judicial reform, and other issues. In the current political environment, very few on our side will be persuaded that it matters little whether Republicans or Democrats win the presidential, congressional, and state elections, and are more likely be alienated rather than attracted by the suggestion.
If this were 1912 or 1920 when the international workers movement was on the march and socialism was inspiring workers everywhere and Debs was running for US President, I doubt we'd be having this discussion. The fact that we are testifies to how different the opening decades of this century have been compared to the opening decades of the last. In fact, you could argue that the current historical period more resembles the pre-Marxist political landscape when socialism was a utopian ideal rather than the mass movement it subsequently became. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29024): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29024 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/104479559/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
