Post #898386

2026-04-02 10:41 UTC

That shows a remarkable lack of understanding about how democracy works. Voters decide who makes up those parties. And Democrats especially are not all the same. Many of them are not imperialists. Unfortunately, many of them are…but it isn’t universal. And the only way to tip the balance against imperialism, is to run leftists for every possible position there is. Up and down the ballot. But, then you have to actually show up and vote for them when they are in the race. If you don’t…then nothing will ever change.

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@Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2026-04-02 10:54

No, voters do not decide who makes up the DNC and the GOP. Their donors do. Who you can vote for is already pre-approved by their donors. Secondly, the DNC is an imperialist party, because they all wish to retain the IMF, NATO, capitalism itself, and all that goes into imperialism as the necessary endpoint of late-stage capitalism. The only way to fight against the US Empire is by overthrowing it. As long as capitalism is maintained, so too will imperialism be maintained. You cannot have late-stage capitalism without imperialism, and the democrats can't go against their donor-base, which is where they derive their political power from.

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@astutemural@midwest.social 2026-04-03 19:31

Really? That's funny, I seem to remember the DNC canceling the primary last election. Huh. Odd for a party where, "the voters decide who makes up the party".

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