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CHANGE(the bombs out) (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 32 points 6 months ago (8 children)

The democrats are a party of imperialists, just like the republicans. Neither party is capable of changing the US Empire for the better, because both are fully committed to the imperial project. Fascists and liberals actually get along a lot better than you think, because both are fundamentally on the same side of imperialism and capitalism while socialists are on the opposite.

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  • [+] -25 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    That shows a remarkable lack of understanding about how democracy works. Voters decide who makes up those parties. And Democrats especially are not all the same. Many of them are not imperialists. Unfortunately, many of them are...but it isn't universal. And the only way to tip the balance against imperialism, is to run leftists for every possible position there is. Up and down the ballot.

    But, then you have to actually show up and vote for them when they are in the race. If you don't...then nothing will ever change.

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  • [–] 29 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    No, voters do not decide who makes up the DNC and the GOP. Their donors do. Who you can vote for is already pre-approved by their donors. Secondly, the DNC is an imperialist party, because they all wish to retain the IMF, NATO, capitalism itself, and all that goes into imperialism as the necessary endpoint of late-stage capitalism.

    The only way to fight against the US Empire is by overthrowing it. As long as capitalism is maintained, so too will imperialism be maintained. You cannot have late-stage capitalism without imperialism, and the democrats can't go against their donor-base, which is where they derive their political power from.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    What do you mean by "violence, not solidarity?" Revolution can only come from an organized revolutionary class. The working classes cannot be organized within the boundaries of a capitalist-controlled and dominated party that focuses entirely on legal measures.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago

    How so? You cannot organize for revolution within the confines of the DNC. You need working class parties like PSL that exist outside of parties like the DNC and GOP, and you need to organize for revolution, not just continue to try to beat the house at a game we all know the house has rigged and can pull the plug at any time.

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    So, your only solution is violence? Not solidarity?

    You voted for a genocide as a solution instead of having solidarity with it's victims.

    Because you wanted to go back to not caring about politics.

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