Vote!

Cowbee , 3 hours ago

I wonder when liberals will finally start organizing with Leftists outside the confines of Dem v Rep duopoly electoralism. Given that Reform is impossible, that leaves us with Revolution.

Nakoichi , 2 hours ago

When they stop being liberals

JohnDClay , 1 hour ago

Ranked choice has been gathering some traction.

Cowbee , 1 hour ago

Even on the minor, basest of chances it gains enough traction to make a tangible difference despite both parties working against it, how could a Socialist party make meaningful change without the other apparatus of the State like the military and legislative branches getting in the way?

Allende taught us what relying on electoralism will get you, even if you win.

JohnDClay , 45 minutes ago

Those are called checks and balances, and are there to make sure power is distributed. It’s good that you need buy in from lots of different people.

You don’t want to make a system where a few people can go drastically against the will of most people. So you’d first need to build wide support across the majority of the country or state. That’s the whole point of democracy.

Cowbee , 40 minutes ago

Those are called checks and balances, and are there to make sure power is distributed. It’s good that you need buy in from lots of different people.

Not quite. They are designed so that any genuine threat to Capitalist profits can be stalled out.

You don’t want to make a system where a few people can go drastically against the will of most people.

That’s what America already is and has been since its inception.

So you’d first need to build wide support across the majority of the country or state. That’s the whole point of democracy.

America is not a functional democracy, and needs to be overthrown and replaced with a functional democracy. The State needs to be entirely smashed and a new one built on top of the ashes.