>For that reason, I have no problem voting Democrats, because they are
>the best political tool available in the US. I would like to have
>better political tools, such as a bona-fide social democratic, labor or
>green party - but that tool is simply not available here. What we have
>is mere concepts or models of such tools, not the tools themselves -
>like a toy truck vs. the real thing. But until various toy political
>parties in this country become the real thing, Democrats is the best,
>albeit a bit blunt, tool to do the job.
They're not mutually exclusive options. You can vote for Dems, then agitate against them in office, and do all you can to build independent political institutions at the same time.
Doug