- 27 Feb 2017 18:37
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So we have this nice deal. Perez heads the party with Ellison appointed deputy. So what is it they actually intend to do? The answer is not much.
The sad truth is there are no effective alternatives left for the Democratic Party in its current incarnation. The Dems are no longer a political party in any meaningful sense. The party exists only to feed its addiction to the smack doled out by its FIRE sector constituency. Anyone or anything that stands between them and their supply will be mercilessly crushed. They have no actual plan for winning elections or helping people. They are content with the status quo - indeed dependent on it.
The organized 'resistance' being engineered by party operatives is smelling more and more like a classic color revolution. There is nothing wrong with organization per se, it is only a question of who is doing the organizing and for whose benefit. In the case of Dem organized 'Resistance' the motive is to co-opt and ground out genuine discontent, so that the current party arrangements are left undisturbed.
DemExit is the only viable remaining alternative for the left. A genuine left populism is not possible within the Dem Party structure. At this juncture, traditional calculations of lesser evil don't make any sense. The lesser evil is no longer capable of winning elections or talking to its constituents - all it can do is drag its feet and cling desperately to its failing worldview.
So ditch The Resistance. Form your own resistance at the local level and organize upwards, outside of Dem Party constraints. Don't go to Republican town hall meetings. The GOP clowns are hopeless - it's a total waste of your time. This technique is based on camera time, not networking. Focusing on the mainstream media is a guaranteed losing strategy.
The sad truth is there are no effective alternatives left for the Democratic Party in its current incarnation. The Dems are no longer a political party in any meaningful sense. The party exists only to feed its addiction to the smack doled out by its FIRE sector constituency. Anyone or anything that stands between them and their supply will be mercilessly crushed. They have no actual plan for winning elections or helping people. They are content with the status quo - indeed dependent on it.
The organized 'resistance' being engineered by party operatives is smelling more and more like a classic color revolution. There is nothing wrong with organization per se, it is only a question of who is doing the organizing and for whose benefit. In the case of Dem organized 'Resistance' the motive is to co-opt and ground out genuine discontent, so that the current party arrangements are left undisturbed.
DemExit is the only viable remaining alternative for the left. A genuine left populism is not possible within the Dem Party structure. At this juncture, traditional calculations of lesser evil don't make any sense. The lesser evil is no longer capable of winning elections or talking to its constituents - all it can do is drag its feet and cling desperately to its failing worldview.
So ditch The Resistance. Form your own resistance at the local level and organize upwards, outside of Dem Party constraints. Don't go to Republican town hall meetings. The GOP clowns are hopeless - it's a total waste of your time. This technique is based on camera time, not networking. Focusing on the mainstream media is a guaranteed losing strategy.
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters. -Antonio Gramsci