Fascism is not *just* about the consolidation of power.
It’s also about expanding/maintaining those systems which allow for power to be consolidated, while eroding any systems that stand in the way of power consolidation. 1/4
Looking at the political/corporate nexus of power in the US through this lens, it’s quite clear that both parties have been complicit in paving the road to fascism for decades.
From bipartisan expansions of executive power... to universal capitulation to corporate power. 2/4
The MSM’s ahistorical, ‘Trump in vacuum’ presentation of how we go to where we are lacks any substantive historical or systemic analysis & thus neither gives us the tools to truly fight fascism nor prevent fascism in the future. 3/4
The very fact that the MSM is entirely owned & controlled by corporations & the 1% is a huge part of the problem: they will never give us the historical & systemic analysis necessary to dismantle the very systems that allow their owners continued power & profit. 4/4
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Leftists want a fair, democratic & sustainable economy.
Capitalism inherently & systematically delivers the opposite.
If your long-term vision doesn’t include replacing capitalism with something better, either you’re not a leftist or you don’t understand capitalism. 1/9
Wages are our claim to our share of our collective economic efforts.
A good economy would provide equitable wages rewarding us for effort, sacrifice or duration of work.
I’m super excited to announce some HUGE professional news:
I have joined the Biden/Harris administration as Director of the Radical Left Agenda and will be leading the transition to a Radical Left Economy.
Let’s get to work! 1/33
I’m kidding, of course, because the Biden/Harris administration is not remotely radical left.
But since so many seem confused on what a Radical Left economic agenda might actually look like here’s exactly what I would do if I were to lead such an effort 2/33
The first flaw of capitalism is that it is inherently anti-democratic.
Workplaces make decisions that affect workers, communities & even the entire planet. But capitalist workplaces are top-down enterprises where only a tiny handful have all the say. 3/33
How might the Left overcome self-defeating infighting & endless strategy disputes and instead start building the type of solidarity necessary to win a radically better world?
Left Solidarity in a Hostile World 1/30
There is little disagreement on both the importance & urgency of the systemic changes we desperately need.
Pervasive institutional racism systematically under-develops & under-nurtures communities of color. From systemic underfunding of schools to environmental racism, from economic injustice to the racist criminal “justice” system. 3/30
The current split we’re seeing in the Republican Party is not a sudden split of ‘consciousness’ or ‘doing what’s right’, but rather a split between two factions of their billionaire donors: Langone et al. vs. Mercers et al. 1/14
Policy-wise, these two groups agree on nearly everything, but there is a rift in strategy. One group funds & supports conspiracy theories, right-wing & white-supremacist extremist groups, etc.
They do so for two primary reasons: 2/14
First, people’s lives are in turmoil. Millions are food and housing insecure. Capitalist alienation & atomization is rampant. Our political system represents corporate interests & the 1% - leaving crumbs for everyone else. People are hurting. 3/14
After 4 years of a belligerent racist, sexist, authoritarian President - supported by millions, what lessons can we on the Left draw?
And how do we continue to organize for the radical transformations we seek within a society so deeply entrenched in racism & sexism? 1/18
First, it’s incredible how so many people’s entire narrative of this country completely changes based on if enough voter suppression or ballot purging changes the result of an election between two people who are both ‘widely disliked.’
It's worth examining.. 2/18
Trump would never have been elected president in 2016 if the GOP had not gotten away with purging so many Black & Brown voters. 3/18