Chuck0 wrote:
> The key question for the Left is How do we pierce that bubble? What
> will work to radicalize these people, or at least, get them to drop
> their support for stupid neocon beliefs? The Left's problem, as I see
> it, is that it continues to be very deterministic and fatalistic when
> it comes to action. We prefer to talk about the Dittoheads, but we
> aren't trying things to see what will work against the paradigm they
> subscribe to. It's pretty obvious that the Left can't change the
> situation by electing pathetic Democratic candidates, so how do we
> change minds?
I would say that the biggest obstacle is the feeling of shame about being poor and the feeling that one is entitled to nothing. So long as people identify with their oppressors and their intests, there is no hope.
Joanna