"Both parties are the same!" - eviltoast
  • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Yeah, it also kind of cuts against the idea that Democrats are a meaningful force for progressivism.

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        11 months ago

        It’s a damning nail in the coffin for people arguing to work within a system to change it through the “necessary channels.” Rosa Luxembourg was correct, revolution is the only real path for change, whether that be by threat of revolution a la the Civil Rights movement, or by building up parallel structures from without, or, hopefully never coming to it, violent means.

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          11 months ago

          Civil Rights was also mobilized through labor but all notion of class identity has been eroded away. Recent labor actions are a breath of fresh air.

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            11 months ago

            Recent labor actions are a breath of fresh air.

            Yeah, columnists were really quick to give Biden credit for the UAW’s hard work.