Re: Democratic Challengers 8: Candidates Can Only Work for A Vegan Farm Market
The Far Left will never win immediately. I and everybody else on the Far Left understand and accept that. We know it is too steep a hill to climb, too many books to read, and too much horror to absorb for the vast majority. (The only way we could win quickly is if there is widespread civil disorder and that's where I part company with the Revolutionary Left. I don't believe in revolutions because IMO the history of revolutions is that the weak pay with their lives and in the end only trade masters. Evolution, not revolution.)
So we take our victories by staking out optimal policies and then moving on to the next struggle. Eventually, the Moderates catch up with the Liberals of 50 years before, and promote their polices in order to stave off those scary, scary Socialists. So we do get our policies... we just need to be patient.
But here we're talking about why the Left has trouble even in these times when the Right's moral bankruptcy is so obvious. As for that, it is a certainty that the very first thing a concentration of wealth does is corrupt and capture all institutions that could threaten that concentration of wealth. I hope you don't doubt that -- it's the history of the world. It has nothing to do with capitalism, it's just how the powerful pummel the powerless for fun and profit.
Originally posted by Handyman
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So we take our victories by staking out optimal policies and then moving on to the next struggle. Eventually, the Moderates catch up with the Liberals of 50 years before, and promote their polices in order to stave off those scary, scary Socialists. So we do get our policies... we just need to be patient.
But here we're talking about why the Left has trouble even in these times when the Right's moral bankruptcy is so obvious. As for that, it is a certainty that the very first thing a concentration of wealth does is corrupt and capture all institutions that could threaten that concentration of wealth. I hope you don't doubt that -- it's the history of the world. It has nothing to do with capitalism, it's just how the powerful pummel the powerless for fun and profit.
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