On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 12:00 PM, Dennis Brasky wrote: > > Either the young will abandon the Dems and demand that labor and the left > form a new party that, which at first would probably be more > social-democratic than radical, will be take clear progressive positions, > o r in the event that no such alternative to Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle > Dumber is born, I see massive demoralization and cynicism and withdrawal > from political activism – a disaster for the Left since the far right will > not be demoralized but emboldened.
Unfortunately, the last alternative appears to be the more likely alternative, if the history of what has happened under past Democratic administration is any sort of a guide. And the US political system with first-past-the-post elections makes it very difficult for third parties to gain traction. Indeed, the last time a third party was able to gain sufficient traction to become a major party was back in the 1850's when the Whig Party collapsed, after tearing itself apart over slavery, opening the door for the new Republican Party to take its place. And since that time, the two major political parties have taken all sorts of measures to guard their duopoly from any potential challengers. Like Lenin, almost 125 years ago, we have to ask the question of "what is to be done?" although probably without as clear a possible answer like what Lenin had. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32946): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32946 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109066560/21656 -=-=- 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/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
