Should The Left Support Biden In 2020?
This is a rather tortured discussion, and I disagree with some of the political analysis, but it’s an interesting illustration of where the intellectually serious reformist-left is now.
This is a rather tortured discussion, and I disagree with some of the political analysis, but it’s an interesting illustration of where the intellectually serious reformist-left is now.
Not if Sanders supporters are worth anything at all. Sanders supporters need to renounce the state and become anarchists.
As if electing an Alzheimer’s patient who is just a ventriloquist dummy for the banksters as head of state is the “responsible” thing to do. I actually agree with Pakman that Bernie is being “consistent,” i.e. the consistently lame social democrat that he’s always been since I first […]
In the past, I have thought that the strategically “ideal” situation partisanship-wise would be to have a Republican presidency, Senate, and Supreme Court, a Democratic House (in order to ensure divisiveness at the federal level), and as many Democratic administrations as possible in heavily populated states and large […]
Chomsky has a far more favorable assessment of Sanders than I do but I’m also more radical than Chomsky. The main thing Sanders has achieved is demonstrating that electoralism/reformism fails, which I guess counts for something.
Once again, Orange Man and the Faux Populists outmaneuver the Democrats.
The Left has the choice of either rolling over and taking it or boycotting.
Alexandria strikes me as a generally well-intentioned person who just can’t shake the partisanship and the SJWism. As I have said before, in order to be fully competitive, the Left needs to do five things: 1) recognize neoliberals as the primary enemy; 2) forget Democratic Party loyalty; 3) […]
LOL
Of course. Biden’s ongoing cognitive decline will result in his resignation and the new leader of the imperialist-plutocratic-police state will be a woman of color, providing a perfect cover for the ruling class and its ideological superstructure.
Yep. During the period between the 1970s and 1990, liberal and left opinion decides that backwater peasants with their retrograde social views were the “real enemy” rather than the actual ruling class, and Donald Trump is what they got in response. A billionaire carnival barker marshaled the populist-right, […]
It’s interesting how the neoliberals are using both the carrot and the stick against Alexandria, trying to coopt her on one hand, and bankrolling her opponents on the other. By Eleanor Watson and Bo Erickson CBS News New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday night said the Democratic […]
Well, he did praise Xi Jinping for declaring himself “president-for-life.” By Brett Samuels and Jordain Carney The Hill President Trump on Wednesday threatened to use his executive power to force both chambers of Congress to adjourn if the Senate did not confirm his nominees for vacancies across the […]
I never expected much from Sanders but he keeps getting lamer all the time. Did Ron Paul ever say, “Oh, we gotta vote for McCain or Romney ‘coz Obama is just so bad, man?” Hell, no. I’m glad to see some leftist commentators calling him out on this.
Krystal and Saagar discuss a report from The Intercept that exposes AOC challenger, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera’s campaign finance funds from prominent Wall Street executives, bankers.
Saagar Enjeti discusses the media’s coverups for Joe Biden over Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegation and Hunter Biden’s China dealings.
Not bad, Krystal. Not bad.
Once again, Donald Trump presents the state as it ought to be presented, as a hybrid of the mafia and a carnival show. By Alistair McGeorge Donald Trump has named Vince McMahon in an advisory group to help reopen the United States economy. The US president announced this […]
If nothing else, hopefully, the Left will realize they need less wimpy leaders.
Krystal comes pretty close to going full Jimmie Dore in this. Almost, but not quite.
What could possibly be more pathetic? The neoliberal class handpicks a guy who has been a puppet for the banksters for half a century as its anointed candidate. A guy who has a history of being on the wrong side of every important issue for his entire career […]
So Barack is a scumbag who was orchestrating things behind the scenes on behalf of the banksters. Who could’ve guessed? Who needs comedy when you’ve got this stuff?
“Please make me the vice-president!” said Lizzie the Scamster.
I have to respect Kulinski’s ability to avoid pathological right-wingophobia and the “vote blue, no matter who” nonsense. But, regrettably, most liberals, progressives, leftists, social democrats, socialists, and even many anarchists (shame) will fail to follow his example.
Bernie shows how lame he really is. If the progressives were to start a party of their own, the likely effect would be that the US would have three parties, a social democratic party, a neoliberal party, and a populist-nationalist party. The neocons would probably return to the […]
I respect Jim Gray, and “within the system” people like him are necessary, but the problem I have with him is that a former judge is likely to be too much of a system-loyalist for my tastes. For instance, Gray opposes jury nullification, just like when Gary Johnson […]
It’s hardly surprising that Obama would endorse his former VP. But it also shows that Obama is nothing more than an opportunistic careerist and ladder-climber. Certainly, he recognizes that Biden has dementia, early-stage Alzheimer’s, or some other mental defect. The decent thing to do would be to counsel […]
Historically, whenever societies have experienced either an economic downturn or an epidemic of a disease, people have started looking for scapegoats to blame for the problem. In ancient societies, a literal human sacrifice might result. Right now, the US is experiencing both an economic downturn and an epidemic. […]
It makes perfect sense. The Left is rising in the US and the Right is declining. Trump is to the left of Biden and Sanders is to the left of Trump. The Left needs to realize they can’t win without the actual proletariat.
The Voice of the Ruling Class covers for its anointed candidate.
Good news. Are “progressives” showing signs of actual progress? Krystal makes the important point in this that those who are most under attack by the system are those who are the least likely to vote because the correctly see no value in it. Krystal and Saager more or […]
Alexandria cements her subservience to neoliberalism and her “momma bear” Nancy Pelosi. Reformism fails again. Trump’s populist-nationalism is arguably to the left of Biden’s neoliberalism/liberal-imperialism, just as France’s National Front has moved to the left of the neoliberals on economics and international relations. Regrettably, most “progressives” are so […]
LOL By Amy Gardner and Elise Viebeck Washington Post The same week President Trump told the public that voting by mail is “corrupt” and “ripe for fraud,” his own party was sending a very different message to Republican voters in Pennsylvania. “Voting by mail is an easy, convenient […]
A spoiler?
“Progressives” need to stop begging the state for a few more crumbs and get on board with the revolution.
Kulinski correctly points out that Sanders’ is as popular as he is not because of his supposed “hard left” fans, but because of his appeal to independents, swing voters even disaffected Trumpians. Populism and radical centrism are to the left of neoliberalism. Predictably, I’ve heard some from the […]
This is a somewhat interesting discussion even if it is still within the paradigm of lame-ass reformism. The four basic pillars of an authentic revolutionary movement in the US would be a) anti-imperialism and solidarity with global self-determination movements; b) solidarity with all enemies of the state; c) […]
Jimmie Dore is a pretty impressive guy. In this, he actually admits that Nancy Pelosi is worse than Trump, and that Obama was worse than Mitt Romney. It’s almost unheard of for someone on the US Left to have that level of perspicacity. He’s simply recognizing that neoliberals […]
A Bernie guy takes the first tepid step away from Democrapic Party liberalism toward…a third party! As if we don’t already have plenty of those. In the past, I’ve advocated that actual revolutionaries infiltrate minor parties and other mainstream or relatively mainstream organizations for the purpose of bending […]
This analysis is fairly spot-on. Hopefully, the Sanders experience will motivate many “progressives” to move in a more radical direction by recognizing neoliberals as the main enemy, rejecting the Democratic Party, rethinking pathological rightwingophobia, and focusing on issues of state, class, and empire instead of “wokeness.” Perhaps some […]
Don’t vote or vote third party. Boycott the ruling class parties. A choice between the Adelson Party and the Soros Party is no choice at all.
A key difference between the populist/progressive/social-democratic left and the populist-right is that the populist-right represents cultural, demographic, generational, and economic sectors that are in a state of decline, shrinking in size, and have been losing power for decades. Ultimately, “right-winginess” is a failed strategy for this reason. For […]
What’s most amazing is that after the Democraps conspired to cheat Sanders out of the nomination, the Bernie partisans seem to have rolled over and taken it. I have long argued that a serious left-wing movement in the US would need to a) recognize the neoliberal establishment is […]
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