As with Mamdani in New York and Wilson in Seattle, the DSA-backed campaign of Rae Huang is a political trap.
  • KnilAdlez [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    PSL are running 4 actually socialist candidates for state level positions.

    Are any of them running for the mayor of LA?

    And please, not voting for democrats does not mean not doing anything.

    I’m not saying it is, but shitting on a DSA member running for an election without a better alternative candidate doesn’t make sense to me.

    • starkillerfish [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      Are any of them running for the mayor of LA?

      no

      I’m not saying it is, but shitting on a DSA member running for an election without a better alternative candidate doesn’t make sense to me.

      we will see if the DSA even endorses her (likely, but still). i think its fair to criticise candidates when they claim the socialist label. just because they say they are doesn’t mean they avoid accountability.

      • KnilAdlez [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I suppose, but criticizing without an alternative just feels so defeatist. Maybe it’s just me, but it’s like shooting ourselves in the foot without having another to stand on.

        • starkillerfish [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          criticizing without an alternative just feels so defeatist

          it is only true if your scope is limited to the mayoral election. there are plenty of things to do in other elections, and also outside elections.

          • KnilAdlez [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            No doubt, but also the mayoral race will have an immediate impact on many people’s lives. I think it’s fair to have it be one of many scopes one considers

            • starkillerfish [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
              2·
              2 days ago

              i dont disagree with you. everything has an immediate impact on peoples lives. the question to me is more of organisational capacity. does it make sense to support every DSA member / progressive democrat? or should more resources be spent building up the grassroots base of the party? Obviously both is ideal, but in organising you have to make choices. And I know that conditions in the US are what they are, but I am very against a conciliatory stance with the dems and more for running as an opposition party.