I've been saying this since the beginning. I did not condemn the people on Jan 6th for doing what they did, instead I condemn the far left for not having the balls to do the same thing.
This appears to be a pattern. Two years ago, Jimmy Dore introduced a strategy called Force The Vote, which sought to employ a clever tactic of holding Pelosi's speakership hostage to force a floor vote on Med4All. The timing for this strategy was impeccable, as the razor-thin majority meant that the Squad, despite being a small group, could execute the plan successfully. Med4All was an ideal ask, given that we were in the midst of a pandemic, and the goal was not to achieve victory but to shine a spotlight on the policy and start the conversation. The added bonus was that we could expose all the corporate Democrats willing to vote against such a vital policy in the midst of a pandemic.
The Squad refused to employ this strategy. They chose to submit to Pelosi rather than confront her, despite their primary objective of ousting Pelosi and becoming a thorn in the Democratic party's side (The Justice Democrats were formed specifically for this purpose). The Squad betrayed the people, reneged on their commitments, and abandoned their mission.
Fast forward two years, and the Republicans have now seized the opportunity to utilize the same strategy. And unlike the Squad, they had the balls to do it; They beat Kevin McCarthy like a piñata until he gave in to their demands.
The moral of the story: while Republicans are anti-human scum, they possess the courage to stand firm in their convictions. Meanwhile, Democrats pay lip service to the public while selling out the people.
This reminds of something Malcolm X said: With racist conservatives at least you know where you stand, you can respect that. Where as you must be careful of the white liberal for they are a wolf in sheep's clothing. They will pretend to be your ally, but when the chips are down they are nowhere to be found.
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WarrenPeace (2267)
a year ago
Thank you!
Finally someone gets it and where I am coming from!
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InquiringMind (2272)
a year ago
Happy to echo your message and help spread it far and wide. People have to wake up to what is really happening.
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WarrenPeace (2267)
a year ago
Are you still watching Jimmy Dore?
Have you been hearing his truths on the Ukraine war and how our involvement in it is criminal or how wrong it is?
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InquiringMind (2272)
a year ago
Yeah, I watch his livesstreams on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
You can often find me in his live chat trolling.
I've been watching him since before his channel was called The Jimmy Dore Show. Back in the day, it used to be called TYT Comedy.
Jimmy then bought the channel from Cenk Uygur and changed the name to 'The JImmy Dore Show'. Been watching listening to Jimmy for over 10 years.
I don't agree with him on everything, but he's exactly the kind of socialist I can vibe with. He is following in the footsteps of Chris Hedges. He's become the voice of the working class and a fierce critic of the corporate state and their propaganda.
I share his goal of overthrowing the corporate state.
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WarrenPeace (2267)
a year ago
Cool.
Glad to see you are such a fan.
I just watch the clips from segments on YT.
"I share his goal of overthrowing the corporate state."
Agreed.
I no longer think of it as a two party system.
I think of them both being one party: The Corporate Party.
Then Green, Libertarian, etc are the second parties.
Yeah, as long as we have the Corporate Party, I don't see us as living in a democracy anymore.
If we really did then those second parties would be given a chance.
They do all they can to come up with rules that are impossible to get by to never give them that chance.
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InquiringMind (2272)
a year ago
That is exaclty right.
We don't really have 2 parties. We have 2 flavors of the uniparty; The corporate party.
And you're absolutely right! We're no longer living in a true democracy, but rather a corporate oligarchy. A famous Princeton study actually proved this by showing that only policies that benefit the corporate parasites get passed, and the wishes of everyday people don't seem to have much impact on what our elected officials do.
I support the Green Party. Although even they have turned into trash, not corporate trash, but it's filled with a bunch of libtards.
Let's organize together to overthrow the corporate parasites. We will stand shoulder to shoulder, left and right and everything in between, standing in solidarity against the oligarchic parasites.
Solidarity Brother.
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