NP and fusion again ( was Re: converts to the left)

Carrol Cox cbcox at mail.ilstu.edu
Thu Sep 24 13:25:40 PDT 1998


Doug Henwood wrote:

"I don't see how even a principled social democrat - i.e., someone not opposed to capitalism in principle, only the way it's currently practiced - could regard the party with anything but contempt."

We're getting better all the time in ways to give a minimal description of the Democratic Party, but really I think we need a Swift, a Pope, a Byron or a Juvenal to do the job right.

What cesspool of humanity is supposed to form the most capitalist party if the Dems are only second?

Carrol



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