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July 8, 2020 at 8:03 am #117695
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angela:https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/12/angela_davis_on_abolition_calls_to“Well, my position really hasn’t changed. I’m not going to actually support either of the major candidates. But I do think we have to participate in the election. I mean, that isn’t to say that I won’t vote for the Democratic candidate. What I’m saying is that in our electoral system as it exists, neither party represents the future that we need in this country. Both parties remain connected to corporate capitalism. But the election will not so much be about who gets to lead the country to a better future, but rather how we can support ourselves and our own ability to continue to organize and place pressure on those in power. And I don’t think there’s a question about which candidate would allow that process to unfold.
“So I think that we’re going to have to translate some of the passion that has characterized these demonstrations into work within the electoral arena, recognizing that the electoral arena is not the best place for the expression of radical politics. But if we want to continue this work, we certainly need a person in office who will be more amenable to our mass pressure. And to me, that is the only thing that someone like a Joe Biden represents. But we have to persuade people to go out and vote to guarantee that the current occupant of the White House is forever ousted.”
July 8, 2020 at 10:01 am #117703
ZooeyModeratorI think she’s right.
I don’t expect any effort from Biden to lead. He’s not a leader. And he isn’t going to lay out a vision for the future this country needs. But he will certainly be more responsive to mass pressure. He can be leveraged into doing some things that are helpful to some degree. Trump can’t. Trump can’t even…you know…tell people they should wear masks.
July 8, 2020 at 10:32 am #117705wvParticipantI think she’s right.
I don’t expect any effort from Biden to lead. He’s not a leader. And he isn’t going to lay out a vision for the future this country needs. But he will certainly be more responsive to mass pressure. He can be leveraged into doing some things that are helpful to some degree. Trump can’t. Trump can’t even…you know…tell people they should wear masks.
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Yes, she’s right. Noam’s right. Etc.
I’m probly gonna vote for the Corporate-Piece-of-SHIT.
I’ve managed to find a way to create a safe-space in my brain for such dastardly-despicable-acts-of-voting.So we vote for Mussolini instead of Hitler. O happy day.
But if we are gonna do things like this. Commit acts like this. I think we have to do the work of Naming the Bidens, Pelosis, Hillarys, Liebermans, Gores, Kerrys of America. This kind of ‘voting’ only makes sense if we spend the other 364 days of the year, totally trashing these lying criminals.
And perhaps there’s time for the young people to…learn. And then to…organize.
And then to vote these Dem-Rep lowlife bastards out of office. And to change this country into something decent. Perhaps there is time.But i doubt it.
Right now, the score is 99 to 1. I’ll keep noting that score, because i think it accurately reflects the situation.
99 to 1.
Thats where we are.
Thats the Left in America. Thats the great progressive movement in Amerika.
Thats whats been accomplished against this Capitalist-Imperialist-Terminator.
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vJuly 8, 2020 at 11:52 am #117720
znModeratorI think she’s right.
I don’t expect any effort from Biden to lead. He’s not a leader. And he isn’t going to lay out a vision for the future this country needs. But he will certainly be more responsive to mass pressure. He can be leveraged into doing some things that are helpful to some degree. Trump can’t. Trump can’t even…you know…tell people they should wear masks.
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Yes, she’s right. Noam’s right. Etc.
I’m probly gonna vote for the Corporate-Piece-of-SHIT.
I’ve managed to find a way to create a safe-space in my brain for such dastardly-despicable-acts-of-voting.So we vote for Mussolini instead of Hitler. O happy day.
But if we are gonna do things like this. Commit acts like this. I think we have to do the work of Naming the Bidens, Pelosis, Hillarys, Liebermans, Gores, Kerrys of America. This kind of ‘voting’ only makes sense if we spend the other 364 days of the year, totally trashing these lying criminals.
And perhaps there’s time for the young people to…learn. And then to…organize.
And then to vote these Dem-Rep lowlife bastards out of office. And to change this country into something decent. Perhaps there is time.But i doubt it.
Right now, the score is 99 to 1. I’ll keep noting that score, because i think it accurately reflects the situation.
99 to 1.
Thats where we are.
Thats the Left in America. Thats the great progressive movement in Amerika.
Thats whats been accomplished against this Capitalist-Imperialist-Terminator.
w
vWhy can’t we vote for Angela Davis?
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