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

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Thu Sep 24 15:30:05 PDT 1998


Re:
>
>>...which brings us back to the question of why one cannot be a Marxist
>>and still endorse the New Party's fusion strategy. Why is it that
>>fusion is regarded as a dead end simply because it helps Democrats?
>
>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.
>
>Doug

You can feel contempt for them and still vote for them... :-)

Brad DeLong



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