Shine the Light

the tags on this post are absolutely rancid. good work everyone

Had to label the old trash barrels so the collectors would know to take them

This should be the consensus on the left at this point. Sanders isn't perfect, but he's the best the American political system will probably ever allow. Yes, capitalism will be maintained and the military industrial complex will continue with its rampant imperialism. But let's be real: universal healthcare, a green new deal, increased employee ownership of corporations, and other social democratic policies would be helpful for a lot of people were they to be codified into law. We believe in the opposite of accelerationism: people need the time and resources to effectively radicalize and organize, and the double-edged sword that is social democracy (it's "the best capitalism can be", but it still has lots of weaknesses and is constantly in danger of being dismantled by the capitalist class) will sooner or later show its limitations and people will push further. The radical 60s -- scaffolding off of the Keynesian reforms of the decades preceding it -- is a testament to anti-accelerationism. Yes, social democracy "saves capitalism from its own excesses", but it also pulls the Overton Window leftward (which is desperately needed) and opens a doorway for further radicalization among the population. We need a Sanders win in 2020.

Electing Bernie doesn't fix our problems, but it sure as hell buys us time.

But the most important thing I think, is that we need to reduce as much suffering as possible. And I think Bernie will do that. He's not a messiah. He won't save us. But he wont make it worse.

Talk to people. Scale this up.

Like, we shouldn't do our work in parallel and separate from him. We need to be helping in the fight for these reforms. We need to be teaching and organizing people THRU these struggles, not after them or separate from them. We need to ingrain into people's minds that these reforms will only be secured thru asking for more than them, thru fundamentally reorganizing production. Maybe I'm being naive, but if the "on the ground" Left really makes use of this opportunity, we can make the scope of what the GND is far left of just "mitigating climate change". I think it really has the opportunity to become the popular demand for socialism

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