> Actually I think the trivialization comes when people say "We need a
> left party!," as if the process of getting one were self-evident.
> Yeah, of course the problem is the cumulative result of past
> decisions - but those decisions are also the result of our legal
> structure. So how do you organize this (very desirable) party under
> the constraints of our constitutional/federal system?
>
> Doug
>
>
>From the way you talk, I can only conclude that you regard a left party as
primarily an electoral vehicle, and one for winning presidential elections at
that. The constitutional/federal system didn't prevent the Communist Party from
electing a Congressman, Vito Marcantonio, right down to the McCarthy period,
or Vermont from electing Bernie Sanders on a socialist ticket. The problem with
both these guys was that, once elected, they failed to act independently of
the Democrats.
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