• robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    one succ congresswoman has no power, a succ mayor can materially improve the lives of his constituents. he might become Obama, it depends how much he straight up lied about trying to do, but if the rent freeze and stuff come through then he’s still better than all of them. and my criteria here is him not even making the machine stop him but just preemptively giving up like obama didn’t try to codify Roe despite campaigning on it.

    • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      Successful socdem policy without laundering people leftwards by defending AES is actively harmful to socialism. It reduces the possibility of socialism occurring in the US and it reduces the support for socialism outside the US.

      It is social chauvinism and reinforces capitalism rather than weakening it. Does it improve lives? Yes. Does it help socialism? Absolutely the opposite. Obviously we can not and should not oppose good policy that will help workers (accelerationism) but we should loudly criticise him for this position as harmful to socialists.