• Credibly_Human@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Thats in an ideal world, but its not practical for the US in particular because their system only allows for 2 parties.

      In fact, many systems boil down to that due to first past the post forcing people to vote strategically instead of for the party that best represents them.

      In reality, people have to vote strategically and then use internal party politics such as primaries to shift the party to a more progressive place.

      Threatening to make them lose only means the worse party comes into power and rachets everything backwards far more than leaving them in place.

      • anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 day ago

        Thats in an ideal world, but its not practical for the US in particular because their system only allows for 2 parties

        I dont mean electoral force, I mean popular resistance.

        Even ‘working within internal party politics’ involves the use of force, because capital is constantly doing the same.

        “In reality”, democrats are beholden to the same forces of capitalism as the Republicans are - pushing them ‘to the left’ will always involve a threat of force greater than the threat posed by capital.