Right. People critical of the uncritical support Honest John wanted us to extend to the Democrats never warned about Trump and MAGA.
On Tue, Feb 4, 2025, 7:56 PM John Edmundson via groups.io <johnedmundson4= gmail....@groups.io> wrote: > The people you disparage as "Marxists" or "those on this list who think > they are Marxists" didn't call for a vote for Trump; they just argued > against lesser evilism and illusions in the Democratic Party. It's hard to > do that while simultaneously calling on people to vote for Democratic Party > lesser evilism. So for example, instead of simply complaining that Trump is > planning to send 30,000 people to Guantanamo, someone posted to this list > an article that showed how Biden and past Democrat administrations helped > enable that. > > The enemy is not Trump and his self serving cabal. It's the whole damned > system. So yes, of course everyone on this list knew Trump would be awful. > It's just that some didn't prioritize buying into the corrupt and > anti-democratic duopoly that is US electoral politics. > > If there is an upsurge of radicalism in the US, I doubt it will reject > those who condemned the Democrats while gravitating only to those who > focused on Trump. > > Comradely, > John > > On Wed, 5 Feb 2025, 14:02 John Reimann via groups.io, <1999wildcat= > gmail....@groups.io> wrote: > >> Trump is now saying openly that the Palestinians in Gaza should leave and >> that Gaza real estate should be developed. This is no surprise as it was >> the position of Kushner all along and there was never any reason to doubt >> it was Trump's position also. When added to everything else that is going >> on - Trump's appointees, his release of 1500 violent fascist organizers, >> the takeover of the Treasury by the Nazi saluting Musk... too much to >> enumerate there.... I'm wondering if those brilliant "Marxist" geniuses who >> spent the election period denouncing Harris with hardly a warning about >> Trump, those supporters of Palestine who did the same... I'm wondering if >> any of them are having second thoughts. I'm wondering if any of them are >> thinking "well, maybe I should have at least spent equal time warning >> against, trying to prepare for MAGA and Trump, never mind actually trying >> to keep him out." Well, actually, naah, I'm not wondering very much. >> >> Here is a special bonus deal for those on this list who think they are >> Marxists - a video I did today. I'm sure you'll enjoy it to the hilt (not). >> https://youtu.be/686yGlleNDU?si=ilP5xK2SC_8ip1pQ >> >> -- >> *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling >> Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook >> > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34983): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34983 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/111004330/21656 -=-=- 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] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
