> Of course the Dems are never going to challenge capitalism or
> imperialism - they're an integral part of it. But it's braindead or
> dishonest not to acknowledge the difference between the two parties. We
> would probably not be on the verge of war with Iraq right now with a Dem
> president, nor would there have been a trillion dollar tax cut for the
> country club set. Under the Dems, you'd get slightly better enviro
> regulation, less cretinous judges, and a friendlier environment for
> union organizing. And it's much easier to do radical politics when the
> Dems are in power - you can point to how little has changed under them
> and say it's the system, not the gang in charge.
>
> As I've said before, I think Slavoj Zizek is right that the time to make
> the no-difference argument is when the more liberal party is in power.
> Not now, with some truly frightening ghouls running the show.
Perhaps the current set of ghouls just demonstrates that there are occasions when there is a little difference between parties, but most of the time these days there is little difference. I'm sure I don't need to trot out all of the Republican stuff that Clinton did over his 8 years, including wars, welfare reforms, and the Telecom Act of 1996.
The Democrats and Republicans are way to the right of similar parties around the world. In my book, it's like making a choice between being killed by firing squad or being killed by an IV injection. The best option is to not play the game.
Like most Americans. ;-P
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