• Cowbee [he/they]
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    Historically, that doesn’t actually fix systemic issues, though, like the only parties of relevance electorally being pre-approved and backed by the bourgeoisie. Moreover, electoral reform doesn’t have a real path to implementation that would make more sense than revolution to begin with.

    • Pup Biru
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      it’s a long road with a lot more steps but simply “destroying” the notion that democrats are the good guys simply gets you republicans and that’s gotta be the worst way to shift left ever

      • Cowbee [he/they]
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        72 days ago

        The road is revolution, not just against the Democrats or Republicans, but the entire system.

        • Pup Biru
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          02 days ago

          revolution is easy to say on the internet but at the end of the day a lot of people die

          • Cowbee [he/they]
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            82 days ago

            People die without revolution, historically revolutionary Socialism has come with dramatic improvements in quality of life for the Working Class. Taking down the US Empire would massively uplift the burden on the Global South as well.

            • Pup Biru
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              -12 days ago

              perhaps, or perhaps it could be replaced by something worse. there are no guarantees

              • Cowbee [he/they]
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                62 days ago

                Read up on historical revolution, Socialist revolution has a great track record, and if the US Empire didn’t interfere it would be even better.

                • Pup Biru
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                  -42 days ago

                  the nordic states seem to be doing pretty well at riding a good line, and whilst australia is far from socialist, what we have is working great too

                  accident? no of course not… but consistency… a big bang “revolution” is the easy way out… it’s so easy to say you’ll fight for what you believe in when you don’t have to see what it’ll entail or what will come out the other side of it but the reality is far more bloody and is absolutely not what you have in your head afterwards