So, if I understand you right, you believe that there is no plausible change in government policy in the United States that would make working people significantly better off. Therefore, there is no reason to meaningfully contest elections in the United States.
If so, I don't believe your premise. I wonder to what degree third-party efforts in the United States are motivated by such a premise. It would make a certain kind of sense. Why would people advocate a strategy that is obviously doomed to fail? One possibility is that they believe that every possible strategy is doomed to fail, and therefore, which doomed strategy you choose to support is just a matter of personal preference. Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898 x1 On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/23/15 10:31 AM, Robert Naiman wrote: > > "Capitalist production" isn't independent of government policy. The > > flight of manufacturing from the United States was actively encouraged > > by government policy, and different government policies would have > > different results. > > There was no sector of the capitalist class that favored a continuation > of the social, political and economic institutions we associate with the > New Deal. That is the explanation for both New Labour and the DLC. It is > not that difficult to glean what the capitalist class is for or against. > All you need to do is check who is giving money to ALEC. As Deep Throat > said in "All the President's Men", follow the money. Furthermore, there > is some question as to Sanders's willingness to "go all the way". He has > donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to DP candidates whose votes > are strictly neoliberal. > > > http://louisproyect.org/2014/11/03/socialist-bernie-sanders-funds-scumbag-democratic-party-campaigns/ > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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