One, Two, Many Parties

[Dennis R Redmond]

On Sat, 1 Jul 2000 dhorne at telus.net wrote:

> Break from the dems to what? A has been consumer advocate who couldn't
> get elected dog catcher in the real world? We know what evil lurks in
> the hearts of men. 

No, we don't, because the evil is not in anyone's heart, it's the systemic
drive of capital to expand, reproduce itself, and trash anything in its
path. Bill Gates isn't this malevolent demon or anything, he's the pure
product of unfettered market forces: canny, pragmatic, highly
intelligent, flexible, etc. But as some Southeast Asian sage said
millenia ago, to fight a greater power you have to turn its strength
against itself, i.e. use systemic means to fight the system. Nader is just
a spinmeister for pitching Left ideas to the public, nothing more, and his
innate austerity is actually a plus -- it'll prevent him from trying to
build a personal fiefdom out of the campaign. 

-- Dennis