On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 10:17 PM, Mark Baugher wrote: > > We have discussed this at length on this list over the past year and > https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30755 > recognizes something that Walter's statement does not
The reference is to Mark Lause’s comment that " *If you're not in a swing state* , then, there is no justification not to vote for West or Stein or anyone else with a generally progressive agenda and an implicit critique of capitalist policies.” (emphasis mine) As I noted previously, I’ve been doing this all my political life - voting NDP in a tight race against the party to its right and, where it hasn’t make a difference one way or the other, staying home or casting a vote for someone running as a far left candidate. I ’ ve always interpreted the angry denunciations of the Democrats on this list - mostly justified, of course - as an indication that it was considered unprincipled to vote for a Democrat in any circumstance, swing state or otherwise - But we now hopefully seem to be in agreement that it’s necessary to put outrage aside and to treat the issue as a tactical rather than a principled question as I tried to explain here: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32781 Walter and his group clearly also concur. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32921): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32921 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109032615/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
