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SKULL.GIF posted:capitalists correctly recognize they actually need a customer/servant base that isn't dying in poverty for them to continue to be rich I just don't trust them to push that hard for those policies, OTOH, it might be the only way, like some sort of 'only nixon could go to china' moment.
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Is Trucking Deregulation what allowed trucking companies to make all their workers independent contractors who have to pay for their trucks and get no benefits? Cause if that's the case, that's... another thing that can be laid at our feet. Carter did that.
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 19:18 |
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https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/876142263058944001
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 19:21 |
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Man, just do not name ships "Fitzgerald"
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 19:23 |
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Mister Fister posted:I just don't trust them to push that hard for those policies, OTOH, it might be the only way, like some sort of 'only nixon could go to china' moment. stick anything they give you into your pocket and stick your hand right back out, if they swat it for your ingratitude slap them in the face
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 19:24 |
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Oh Snapple! posted:why would you expend any effort beyond a lazy vote for a little piece of poo poo like ossoff Democrats are spineless cowards and if we get a win in an unlikely district they're more likely to slink out of their holes
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 19:41 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPTUqy1utdM
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 20:41 |
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docbeard posted:Man, just do not name ships "Fitzgerald" where else are we supposed to get our marine based folk songs
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 20:43 |
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The sexy blogger has logged on.
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 21:52 |
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https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/876125397133537284quote:One Democratic source cautioned that the caucus may not go that far given the bipartisan atmosphere following the shooting at a congressional baseball practice Wednesday. it's that time again. time to pick which anonymous sources you attribute the attitude of the entire democratic party and all its voters to
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 21:55 |
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Oh gee guys, I don't know if the GOP trying to throw tens of millions of people off their health insurance is worth breaking decorum.
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 22:08 |
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Ace of Baes posted:
nice
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 22:21 |
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Subjunctivitis posted:Has there been any good amount of high quality research/hypothesizing on this? I'd be genuinely interested in reading serious material what caused leftist apathy/political abandonment. I imagine there's been tons written about it, but I don't know of any specifically high-quality stuff. AstheWorldWorlds posted:And yet union enrollment numbers and all around leftist organization enrollment are significantly lower and the power of capital is significantly more entrenched than previously, while operating basically virtually unopposed. The state and capitalist class use soft power now in part because they are restrained from the minor victories achieved but also because they don't have to use hard power most of the time as there is effectively zero meaningful resistance. Should they feel threatened I absolutely guarantee hard power will make a swift come back. There's a lot of things that hurt and weakened the left in the years leading up to the post-war decline, but if I had to pick the most important, it'd probably be:
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 22:21 |
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Subjunctivitis posted:Has there been any good amount of high quality research/hypothesizing on this? I'd be genuinely interested in reading serious material what caused leftist apathy/political abandonment. I feel that another reason is that as the first world developed and absolute poverty became less common, "First World Guilt" became more common and less people saw a strong reason to support left wing ideals
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 22:23 |
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PostNouveau posted:Oh gee guys, I don't know if the GOP trying to throw tens of millions of people off their health insurance is worth breaking decorum. Politics is one big tone argument.
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 22:53 |
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Ace of Baes posted:
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 22:57 |
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PostNouveau posted:Oh gee guys, I don't know if the GOP trying to throw tens of millions of people off their health insurance is worth breaking decorum. its ok im sure the republicans would do the sahahahahah jk the president would openly mock the guy that got shot and the republicans would accuse the democrats of capitalizing on a tragedy
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 23:05 |
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https://twitter.com/madinatoure/status/876166592782118912 a good dem
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 23:10 |
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 23:26 |
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what this man desperately needs is a new categorization for his employment in this new gig economy *gilbert gottfried voice* THE DEMOCRATS!
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 23:32 |
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what this man desperately needs is higher mandate penalties on his taxes for not having health insurance *gilbert gottfried voice* THE DEMOCRATS!
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# ? Jun 17, 2017 23:44 |
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I think another important thing to remeber about the decline of labor inn America is the ALF-CIO tossing out all of it's old communist and socialist members, you know the grassroots guys that cut they're teeth (literally) during the depression. George Meney killed labor's power
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:12 |
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KomradeX posted:I think another important thing to remeber about the decline of labor inn America is the ALF-CIO tossing out all of it's old communist and socialist members, you know the grassroots guys that cut they're teeth (literally) during the depression. George Meney killed labor's power it's almost like cutting a deal with bad dems hosed them in the long run.
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:13 |
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He is good, I was there. But he is running on the Green Party line with DSA's endorsement, so he's a good not-dem.
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:16 |
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https://twitter.com/JMilesColeman/status/876216216083476480
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:23 |
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why do they elect manchin over a republican anyway
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:30 |
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etalian posted:it's almost like cutting a deal with bad dems hosed them in the long run. Even in the early years a bunch of the organizers thought that alligining with any of party in the long run would gently caress them. Those people obviously lost
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:30 |
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Raskolnikov38 posted:why do they elect manchin over a republican anyway standing up to the democratic leadership gives him a lot more publicity than a republican doing the same thing would get
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:33 |
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Raskolnikov38 posted:why do they elect manchin over a republican anyway it's not the democratic party in wva, it's the manchin party
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:34 |
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Raskolnikov38 posted:why do they elect manchin over a republican anyway He is a centrist. Now I'mma say something here, brace yourselves: It's better to have a centrist Democrat in that seat than a Republican.
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:36 |
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PostNouveau posted:He is a centrist. i'm more curious about the wants of the WV electorate as they seem contradictory and counter intuitive
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:38 |
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KomradeX posted:Even in the early years a bunch of the organizers thought that alligining with any of party in the long run would gently caress them. Those people obviously lost Didn't unions side with Reagan?
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:41 |
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punk rebel ecks posted:Didn't unions side with Reagan? No
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:43 |
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some unions did back reagan for example, the air traffic controllers endorsed him in 1980. then he busted their union
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:44 |
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punk rebel ecks posted:Didn't unions side with Reagan? Only the Air Traffic Controllers Union. And that was over 50 years after the debate of unions hitching themselves to the Democrats was a good idea or not
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:45 |
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the teamsters also endorsed reagan twice
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:46 |
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Concerned Citizen posted:some unions did back reagan cucked up if true (which it is)
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:47 |
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Concerned Citizen posted:the teamsters also endorsed reagan twice That was under Jimmy Hoffa Jr wasn't it?
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:48 |
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PostNouveau posted:He is a centrist. *citation needed
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# ? Jun 18, 2017 00:49 |
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Raskolnikov38 posted:i'm more curious about the wants of the WV electorate as they seem contradictory and counter intuitive Identity politics makes or break you in states like WV and Manchin is the WV democratic party. Remember this dude is besties with loving Jeff Sessions
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