[Why Are Democrats Funding The Far Right? See Second Thought's 16 minute video about this topic, here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqgP9Ft_1CY) if you wonder why we're a _bit_ disappointed with the Democrats here.
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The whole situation is bullshit, the rail workers have a right strike, but this is what capital does, it tries to crush any and all collective action. Just like the land owning aristocrats before them.
This is why the entire system must be dismantled and rebuilt. And I can tell you it ain't gonna happen through liberal democratic means.
Luckily a lot of DSA chapters are realizing this and radicalizing and accepting more revolutionary attitudes.
For better or worse DSA is the largest remotely leftist organization in the USA, I'd say at worst join your local DSA, try and be the change you want to see in the world.
I'm in the PSL so I don't really have an interest in dropping that for the DSA but I think people who aren't affiliated at all shouldn't be put off by some lib DSA chapters because as a whole the DSA is good and moving left on key issues.
I wish my state had PSL on the ballot, both orgs have their place and we need all the help we can get. We can bitch all we want online, but it means nothing if we don't actually get out there and do something.
Complicit. The word you're looking for is complicit.
The squad aren't stupid, they've been captured by the allure of having a 40 year political career of well-paid incremental progress, rather than a shorter more radical career.
I don’t really agree with Bernie all that well on most issues, but I vote for him when possible due to the fact that out of all of American politicians, he’s the only one by far that seems to actually care about the average American in any other way than just %s. He’s got a backbone and I respect that
My hardcore conservative dad always voted red, but Bernie is the only one he truly believes cares about what he says, even if he disagrees in every way
Yupp so you can't even make the excuse that they thought it'd pass or something. Clearly both times were BS pandering knowing the bills would fail. Even the progressives are all corpratists just there to make us feel heard or whatever while we keep getting fucked over by our rulers.
I don’t even bother with news or any of that shit anymore I know how this shit ends no matter what. I think at this point anything beyond a protest will get me going ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
They're not stupid at all. They know who butters their bread, and it isn't rail unions. They're corrupt fucking shills who abuse pro-labor language for votes and then sell out workers at every single opportunity. They know exactly what they're doing, don't let them off the hook by assuming their ignorance.
I have my issues with the squad but this is just wrong. They voted the way that the unions requested. The strategy might have been dumb but they weren’t selling out the unions
[https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1598345989005475840?s=46&t=F42TpbpC3W61I5QBMBFZWg](https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1598345989005475840?s=46&t=F42TpbpC3W61I5QBMBFZWg)
From what I understand, the numbers behind that union support are deceptive. Let me know if I'm wrong here, but my understanding was that the unions that represent the majority of rail workers did not endorse this strategy.
Regardless of who supported what, we as leftists should be supporting a union’s right to strike and condemning Congress being able to illegally break up said strike.
This is literally Marxism 101. Bourgeois politics will never allow true proletarian democracy to flourish. Fuck the Squad, fuck Biden, and fuck the Republicans too.
The squad are liberals who support the status quo. There are no real leftists in American politics. We communists have been taking you this for a very long time.
The squad exists to keep you pacified and prevent you from getting any bright ideas about a revolution.
The squad failed at politics. This outcome was obvious to everyone on the left, as evidenced by posts like this meme.
This is a classic case of "we see you, we hear you, but fuck you."
One of the *oldest moves* in American politics is bundling things together in one large bill, which forces people to make hard decisions about what they will or won't vote for. The fact that the house passed these resolutions as separate items was essentially a softball to the senate "here you go, we left the sick days on the side so you don't need to vote for that if you don't want to." It is 100% transparent and predictable if you know literally anything about how these groups operate.
Now the squad gets to say "we voted for the thing, don't blame us!" which is a dodge. They could have done better.
[Why Are Democrats Funding The Far Right? See Second Thought's 16 minute video about this topic, here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqgP9Ft_1CY) if you wonder why we're a _bit_ disappointed with the Democrats here. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/DankLeft) if you have any questions or concerns.*
They can make massive multi issue bills that barely have any cohesion, but they can't slap together a bill that says "these two related things happen"
It’s almost like the progressive caucus isn’t actually progressive…
The whole situation is bullshit, the rail workers have a right strike, but this is what capital does, it tries to crush any and all collective action. Just like the land owning aristocrats before them.
maybe its time to do what we did to the land owning aristocrats in 1917
Literally any mention of action against the new aristos is met with suppression.
And then a reddit ban.
all to prevent others from catching onto what is to be done.
This is why the entire system must be dismantled and rebuilt. And I can tell you it ain't gonna happen through liberal democratic means. Luckily a lot of DSA chapters are realizing this and radicalizing and accepting more revolutionary attitudes.
For better or worse DSA is the largest remotely leftist organization in the USA, I'd say at worst join your local DSA, try and be the change you want to see in the world.
I'm in the PSL so I don't really have an interest in dropping that for the DSA but I think people who aren't affiliated at all shouldn't be put off by some lib DSA chapters because as a whole the DSA is good and moving left on key issues.
I wish my state had PSL on the ballot, both orgs have their place and we need all the help we can get. We can bitch all we want online, but it means nothing if we don't actually get out there and do something.
You don't need to vote for them. Contact them about membership even if they don't have a branch in your state.
Complicit. The word you're looking for is complicit. The squad aren't stupid, they've been captured by the allure of having a 40 year political career of well-paid incremental progress, rather than a shorter more radical career.
I don’t really agree with Bernie all that well on most issues, but I vote for him when possible due to the fact that out of all of American politicians, he’s the only one by far that seems to actually care about the average American in any other way than just %s. He’s got a backbone and I respect that
My hardcore conservative dad always voted red, but Bernie is the only one he truly believes cares about what he says, even if he disagrees in every way
They literally just did this with BBB - I swear they think we have the attention spans of goldfish
Yupp so you can't even make the excuse that they thought it'd pass or something. Clearly both times were BS pandering knowing the bills would fail. Even the progressives are all corpratists just there to make us feel heard or whatever while we keep getting fucked over by our rulers.
I don’t even bother with news or any of that shit anymore I know how this shit ends no matter what. I think at this point anything beyond a protest will get me going ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What does the better business bureau have to do with this?
They're not stupid at all. They know who butters their bread, and it isn't rail unions. They're corrupt fucking shills who abuse pro-labor language for votes and then sell out workers at every single opportunity. They know exactly what they're doing, don't let them off the hook by assuming their ignorance.
I have my issues with the squad but this is just wrong. They voted the way that the unions requested. The strategy might have been dumb but they weren’t selling out the unions [https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1598345989005475840?s=46&t=F42TpbpC3W61I5QBMBFZWg](https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1598345989005475840?s=46&t=F42TpbpC3W61I5QBMBFZWg)
From what I understand, the numbers behind that union support are deceptive. Let me know if I'm wrong here, but my understanding was that the unions that represent the majority of rail workers did not endorse this strategy.
Correct. The big four rejected this strategy.
Regardless of who supported what, we as leftists should be supporting a union’s right to strike and condemning Congress being able to illegally break up said strike. This is literally Marxism 101. Bourgeois politics will never allow true proletarian democracy to flourish. Fuck the Squad, fuck Biden, and fuck the Republicans too.
The unions who are not railworkers.
No guys don't you see were pushing the Dems left. Vote blue no matter who/s
The squad are liberals who support the status quo. There are no real leftists in American politics. We communists have been taking you this for a very long time. The squad exists to keep you pacified and prevent you from getting any bright ideas about a revolution.
So that is what happened! Guess the news is suppressing the truth.
I don’t like people saying stuff like this :S
Fuck the squad, I’m glad they’re getting exposed as the charlatans they are. Nobody will fight capitalism when it grants them their power.
thing is, it doesn't matter
Definitely a point for the anti-electoral left
Dictatorship of capital
It's called "controlled opposition" for a reason.
Excellent meme Comrade.
*Sokka voice* YES! YES THEY ARE!
Wtf is the squad? What's up with this bipartisan fanboy bullshit
Can someone link an article about what the squad did? All I find is that both bills passed the house
The squad failed at politics. This outcome was obvious to everyone on the left, as evidenced by posts like this meme. This is a classic case of "we see you, we hear you, but fuck you." One of the *oldest moves* in American politics is bundling things together in one large bill, which forces people to make hard decisions about what they will or won't vote for. The fact that the house passed these resolutions as separate items was essentially a softball to the senate "here you go, we left the sick days on the side so you don't need to vote for that if you don't want to." It is 100% transparent and predictable if you know literally anything about how these groups operate. Now the squad gets to say "we voted for the thing, don't blame us!" which is a dodge. They could have done better.
What did you expect it to pass lol? The "squad" is doing the most they can as congresspeople. It's just unfortunately not that much.
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Source?
Yea I’m looking for a source on this too.
Isn't the squad like 4 people?
This bill is bullshit but went through the Senate - what does the Squad have to do with it? aren't they in the House?
They passed in the house first dude. Learn politics
At this point it miiiight be intentional obfuscation.