Thinking recently about the American dark age that appears to loom behind a (still likely) Sanders loss, and while trying to avoid blind optimism I have to point out some principles - ostensibly shared by communists - that at least suggest an alternate future.
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Thing is, current institutional support for single-payer is in the same realm as DotP. Mass collectivization schemes and a simple, commonsense reform like M4A are on the *same* distant, unimaginable horizon: the one where the state responds at all to the interests of workers.
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As long as there's anyone who can credibly wave the flag of M4A, there will be a movement of workers in the US. For his part, Zizek lends some credence to this strategy.pic.twitter.com/PK1HdzaieV
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In 2015 there was essentially nobody on the left who was prepared for the onslaught by the successor ideology. Now there's a small but dedicated group keenly on the watch. As the new liberalism takes hold, so will an immune response. Fewer and fewer people will buy compatibilism.
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These lessons take time to learn. But once a space opens up it takes more than the loss of a couple insurgent campaigns to close it.
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