[lbo-talk] Why the anti-reality bubble won't break

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Chuck:
> 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?

Chuck, I was fully with you up to this point.  You still think it can happen
here if "we" only work a bit harder, don't you?  Let it go, Chuck.  It will
not happen here.  These people are beyond hope.  They will rather sink with
the ship than move to the second class to save it.

Wojtek