What finally worked? Bill Clinton's godawful third way bullshit. I don't like it. I don't support it. In one way or another he sold out basically every single group that I think politicians exist to defend, but he won.
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When I actually try to persuade white folks about racism (rarer and rarer these days, I'm afraid) I go into it with a serious, thoughtful analysis of what value whiteness has to white folks and how damaging it can be to give up the view of the world white supremacy offers.
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So we need to go into prying the Democratic party (or some phoenix-transformed version of it) out of neoliberalism's cold dead hands with a serious, thoughtful analysis of not only the crony capitalist benefits of neoliberalism, but the historical electoral benefits of centrism.
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And at the end of the day, until the revolution comes not just in politics but in human souls, we're gonna be sharing power people who feel differently from us and who do not want the best for everybody that we want the best for. That's just the deal.
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And so we should not be in the habit of dismissing every "greater good" choice as so much betrayal and neoliberal shilling. We need to evaluate those choices carefully, and when we think they've gone wrong that's a GREAT reason to call your Dem reps.
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But we should also be studying these negotiations. Cause otherwise, we'll end up putting something unacceptable on the table in order to secure our priorities, be that police reform or immigration reform or universal healthcare.
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Anyway, enough whining from me. Tomorrow I'll rant about how establishment Democrats ain't shit instead of just RTing it. But idk maybe these historical/analytical lenses could be useful.
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Or more likely everyone has already applied said lenses and said, fuck it Democrats ain't shit anyway, burn down the party and build a workers' party from the ashes. I don't know how realistic that is, but... I think there's room for a lot of walks on the road.
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