The Democratic Establishment had one job: to throw their bodies into the gears of the MAGA Machine. Instead, they fundraise on it to keep old pols in safe seats.
And of course how the DNC fucked over David Hogg nullifying his vice-chair election. I was surprised at how Malcolm Kenyatta the other vice-chair electee fell right into line with that shit. Kenyatta was a progressive who was in the running for the Pennsylvania Senate seat that ultimately went to Fetterman. I expected better out of Kenyatta.
The [capital ‘D’] Democratic Party belongs to, and represents the interests of the petty bourgeois section of the ruling class. In a mutually necessary yet hostile alliance with the GOP [bourgeois], it is necessarily an asset of the GOP.
As it descends into permanent crisis, capitalism’s contradictions and hostilities between the bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie and the proletariat social classes cannot be contained, concealed or negotiated.
The working class, the 90%, the proletariat at last sees that the petty bourgeois Democratic Party was never the workers’ class ally, but was always its implacable class enemy.
The 90% sees the Democratic Party, the Next 9% after the Top 1%, through the implacable lens of class warfare.
The proletariat can never again consent to be ‘represented’ by the Democratic Party. There will be no more mass, working class support of the Democratic Party.
The working class alone can, will and should be allowed to represent itself.
The working class must and will be its own representative. Nothing else is acceptable. And every day, more and more are coming to this position.
Every day, BOTH parties must hemorrhage worker support. Cross class cooperation is to be rejected on PRINCIPLE. This must continue until ALL power and authority are transferred to the working class.
I wouldn’t even necessarily call the petty bourgeois the enemy. It’s more These elites who are happy to declare a symbolic victory over gay marriage but not deliver on economic issues. The education divide is the where corporate democrats are not delivering for non college graduates. And unfortunately when the democrats can’t deliver meaningful economic results , some of those voters go for Trump. We have to win back real working class voters who don’t necessarily have college degrees.
As I see it, the language of class is absolutely necessary to analyze all policies, events, campaigns, slogans, initiatives, propaganda, election drives, party position papers, economic policies, and on and on.
Unless or until we bring the three-fold class structure to every political question, we will remain politically literate. Unless we at least begin to assimilate that class structure, which is the basis of all Marx’ work, we will be duckers for every campaign the other competing classes proffer for our consumption.
For the 90% [the working class] to accept the [mis]representation of either faction is to enter civic oblivion.
But class is clearly tied to education, hence the divide we see. Once people get educated and become a democrat they tend to vote for parties that adress social issues first. This is sometimes called luxury beliefs.. they get relatively wealthy or powerful and they are much more concerned about social or cultural issues as opposed to being oriented toward giving meaningful economic aid to the less educated. And if they are republican, then they skip luxury beliefs and head to blinging out, like our president...😠
Minneapolis is still setting some trends… just not good ones anymore 😳I’m glad you showed how Frey is yet another corporate democrat and the real progressive is his opponent!
An expertise at maintaining positions of authority and privilege goes an inability to build true power. All professed values go out the door when they threaten the wrong donors.
“Not only are donors’ interests different than working-class interests, but it also turns the relationship between the Democratic Party and its supporters into one of lecturer and lectee.” So abundance is basically positing our current system as cure for our current system?
The Democratic Establishment had one job: to throw their bodies into the gears of the MAGA Machine. Instead, they fundraise on it to keep old pols in safe seats.
For a long time, they could get away with attacking the left because they argued they won elections and stopped Republicans. Now, that excuse is gone.
And of course how the DNC fucked over David Hogg nullifying his vice-chair election. I was surprised at how Malcolm Kenyatta the other vice-chair electee fell right into line with that shit. Kenyatta was a progressive who was in the running for the Pennsylvania Senate seat that ultimately went to Fetterman. I expected better out of Kenyatta.
The [capital ‘D’] Democratic Party belongs to, and represents the interests of the petty bourgeois section of the ruling class. In a mutually necessary yet hostile alliance with the GOP [bourgeois], it is necessarily an asset of the GOP.
As it descends into permanent crisis, capitalism’s contradictions and hostilities between the bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie and the proletariat social classes cannot be contained, concealed or negotiated.
The working class, the 90%, the proletariat at last sees that the petty bourgeois Democratic Party was never the workers’ class ally, but was always its implacable class enemy.
The 90% sees the Democratic Party, the Next 9% after the Top 1%, through the implacable lens of class warfare.
The proletariat can never again consent to be ‘represented’ by the Democratic Party. There will be no more mass, working class support of the Democratic Party.
The working class alone can, will and should be allowed to represent itself.
The working class must and will be its own representative. Nothing else is acceptable. And every day, more and more are coming to this position.
Every day, BOTH parties must hemorrhage worker support. Cross class cooperation is to be rejected on PRINCIPLE. This must continue until ALL power and authority are transferred to the working class.
The Male Proletarian was never the progressive Actor Marx thought he was.
He is to drunk, to dumb, to racist and to sexist to be a positive Force.
I wouldn’t even necessarily call the petty bourgeois the enemy. It’s more These elites who are happy to declare a symbolic victory over gay marriage but not deliver on economic issues. The education divide is the where corporate democrats are not delivering for non college graduates. And unfortunately when the democrats can’t deliver meaningful economic results , some of those voters go for Trump. We have to win back real working class voters who don’t necessarily have college degrees.
Thanks for the reply, Ken.
As I see it, the language of class is absolutely necessary to analyze all policies, events, campaigns, slogans, initiatives, propaganda, election drives, party position papers, economic policies, and on and on.
Unless or until we bring the three-fold class structure to every political question, we will remain politically literate. Unless we at least begin to assimilate that class structure, which is the basis of all Marx’ work, we will be duckers for every campaign the other competing classes proffer for our consumption.
For the 90% [the working class] to accept the [mis]representation of either faction is to enter civic oblivion.
But class is clearly tied to education, hence the divide we see. Once people get educated and become a democrat they tend to vote for parties that adress social issues first. This is sometimes called luxury beliefs.. they get relatively wealthy or powerful and they are much more concerned about social or cultural issues as opposed to being oriented toward giving meaningful economic aid to the less educated. And if they are republican, then they skip luxury beliefs and head to blinging out, like our president...😠
Minneapolis is still setting some trends… just not good ones anymore 😳I’m glad you showed how Frey is yet another corporate democrat and the real progressive is his opponent!
Joe, for some teason I felt giddy and happy resding this. 🤭
The timid do not win elections just as the meek have not inherited the earth
Not so long ago Marx remarked, “the ideas of the ruling class are often the ruling ideas.” Example: Democrats
I’d like to tell Ken Martin to fuck off. For real.
An expertise at maintaining positions of authority and privilege goes an inability to build true power. All professed values go out the door when they threaten the wrong donors.
“Not only are donors’ interests different than working-class interests, but it also turns the relationship between the Democratic Party and its supporters into one of lecturer and lectee.” So abundance is basically positing our current system as cure for our current system?