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In reply to the discussion: Noam Chomsky: The Democratic Party is now in the hands of Moderate Republicans. [View all]intersectionality
(106 posts)Thanks to public unions abandoning private unions and the slow right turn of union membership and the incredibly negative portrayal of union and govt employees, this probably does appear true prima facie. Of course, one who is in a place of political stagnation would describe America as having little political diversity, while one who had visited the social hubs of young people from LA to Brooklyn would know that many people do, in fact, share many of his beliefs. And they Aren't always to be young, it's that people who share his beliefs and aren't reformists do not want to participate in a politics of the least. So you may not see us at your town halls because we don't think shouting down our neighbors is healthy politics, and you may not hear us in the stores loudly talking about how murderous the death dealers we've elected are, and you won't hear us proclaiming an individual as having infallible values. We largely see the American political imaginary as the phantasy at large for neocons and neolibs. The major difference between me and Chomsky is that Chomsky is a reformist and is thus willing to at least come to the table with neolibs. I'm just cynical enough to realize when you come sit at a table with neolibs they're as likely to massacre you as shake your hand.