Bourgeoisie - Capital Owners, doesn't need to labor to survive
Petite Bourgeoisie - Small Capital Owners, must labor to survive
Proletariat - Workers, sell their labor power to survive and own little to no Capital
Lumpenproletariat - criminals, sex workers, the scorned laborers of society
This may be, but the probability is unarguably higher than with Trump
This is entirely arguable, Harris doesn't support Israel out of any moral reasoning, but economic.
Personally, I’d even argue that it’s unethical to not vote for a candidate like Harris, just because the chances of getting stuff like ranked choice voting or educating voters done (which will then lead to you being able to realistically vote for others) is significantly higher when voting Democrats than… letting Trump win?
This is also wrong. The Dems don't want RCV, nor would implementing it fix the system.
Notice that I don’t say you have to agree with anything else she stands for, you’re trying to achieve certain goals/get out of the very unfortunate current situation, and even a low chance of reaching that is infinitely better than none.
There is no chance under Kamala.
The only way forward is revolution. Delegitimizing Dem and Rep rule is an important step towards revolution.
That's like saying you can keep heating up water and have it never boil. Disparity is rising, revolution is already happening around the world. Capitalism is continuing to decay. Revolution is inevitable as long as climate collapse or World War 3 don't end us first. It is the duty of Leftists to organize so that this revolution can be guided by revolutionary theory and not result in barbarism or fascism.
You can't. Capitalism has decayed, trying to move the clock backwards is where fascism comes from. That's why fascism is reactionary, it's an alliance of the Petite Bourgeoisie and Bourgeoisie against rising leftist sentiment among the Proletariat and Lumpenproletariat.
Trying to struggle backwards against the historical development of the Mode of Production in society is reactionary, Capitalism moves towards large monopolist syndicates which makes itself ripe for siezure and public ownership, ie socialization. Even if you successfully broke up monopolies, they would trend towards the same point we are at now.
Additionally, it was quite terrible for ethnic minority groups (still is), gender/sexual minority groups, women, etc., and this was in the context of trying to prevent a worker revolution similar to what happened in the USSR. The social safety nets were better so it was harder to look at universal free healthcare and education in the USSR and believe they had it better, with the fall of the USSR safety nets quickly eroded in the US.
Now, to escape this hellish landscape, we need to move forward, not backward, and that means progressing to Socialism. The way forward is via revolution, which starts with organizing. Without revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement.
The 2 best orgs in the US are Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) and the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL). Pick one you like and is active near you! If you have any theory questions, I can make recommendations for a reading list, or answer directly to the best of my abilities. I'm no theory master or anything, but I consider myself decently well-read, with over 2 dozen books across Marxism and Marxism-Leninism under my belt, so I'm no slouch.
You're kidding yourself. The Democrats absolutely have to move right when left wing people refuse to vote, otherwise they lose.
They can move left if they want left votes.
Withdrawing your vote is literally withdrawing left wing influence on politics and anything else is just a complicated lie.
Do you think the Dems analyze the percentage of votes based on the beliefs of their voters? What fantasy land do you live in? The Dems keep trucking along for their donors and appeal to areas they want votes in from the public. If Leftists always vote for dems as a fixed lever, then Dems will move right to satisfy their donors more because the leftists are spineless.
Letting the republicans win is just encouraging the democrats to be more like the republicans.
If the dems don't want leftist votes and move to the right, that's a problem with the dems, not leftists.
If you convince everyone who cares about Gaza not to vote, then the parties absolutely cannot afford to have a pro Gaza stance, because it's electoral suicide - all the people who care about Gaza don't vote and will the people who just hate on Muslims so.
I convince people to vote for anti-genocide parties like PSL and the Greens. Not supporting Palestine is electoral suicide.
You've tied yourself into all kinds of intricate knots. It's simple. If you convince all the people who care about Gaza not to vote, things get worse for Gaza.
I have not. Things will not get worse for Gaza under Trump or Harris, they are fully aligned. Pretending it's good for Palestinians to be murdered because the bombs are sent by a Dem is monstrous.
Plus, I advocate voting, just for PSL or the Greens, anti-genocide parties.
If only right wing people vote, only right wing policies will win.
Dems are far-right as well, lmao. If you want left views represented, vote for left parties.
If only right wing policies win, only right wing policies will be offered.
Parties pick policies based on donors, not on the public's opinion.
No one said that Trump is the reason for fascism
The post did, they said Trump was the existential threat, and not the Capitalist decay that caused him to win.
I personally blame Obama for changing nothing when he had the presidency though I'm sure there are lot of other liberal failures that have lead to the rise of fascism
Great Man Theory is wrong. Obama was again, a symptom of Capitalism, the Bourgeoisie needed a Neoliberal warmonger and got one.
We should still do anything to stop the fascists from winning power.
Correct, we need to join revolutionary orgs like PSL and FRSO and end support for enablers of fascism like the DNC and GOP.
I don't love the BS narrivate around purity tests
I don't either, liberals need to stop pretending they are anti-fascist by continuing to enable fascism.
Everyone has lines that once crossed we are not willing to tolerate.
Genocide is a major one for me.
The bottom line is there is no viable candidate for president that supports ending Israeli genocide.
Sounds like it's your moral responsibility to get organized with anti-genocide parties.
However if you care about Palestinians at all you should vote for the lesser of two evils. It's the least anyone can do.
There isn't a lesser evil when it comes to the genocide of Palestinians among the DNC and GOP, both are completely in lock-step and want to expand it to a regional war. Walz even supports the "Greater Israel" project.
Voting Harris is the only remotely ethical vote
Voting for Harris is one of the most unethical votes you can make, along with Trump. A vote for Harris is a vote for genocide, failed climate action, world war 3, and continued Imperialism.
Stop looking at the world in black and white
I don't, can you explain?
The proletariat revolution will never happen
Of course it will, it's already happened in many places and continues to be fought. It will inevitably come to the US, if the world isn't ended by its warmongering or failed climate action, that is. Disparity continues to rise and Capitalism continues to decay, that's like saying continuing to heat up water will never bring it to a boil.
Start thinking about grassroots harm reduction locally and vote for the lesser of two evils federally.
Gotcha, we should join Socialist and Communist orgs like PSL and FRSO, and vote for Claudia De La Crúz in the federal, or Jill Stein if she isn't counted in your state.
Hexbear is anti-sectarian, this doesn't make any sense.
Are you surprised that there are Leftists on Lemmy?
Hexbear is easily the most trans-positive instance, and it isn't close. Strictly anti-chaser, pro-trans, there's even a cis/trans questionaire that shows trans and trans-questioning members outnumber cis members when put together.
Lemmy.ml's trans community has fantastic mods, but unfortunately Lemmy.ml itself isn't as protective of its trans users. I try to report transphobia when I see it, but I see a lot more transphobia on Lemmy.ml than I do on Hexbear.net, which is a symptom more of the userbase than the mods IMO.
You're more than free to actually visit instead of whatever caricature you concocted in your mind palace.