[lbo-talk] Maryland First State to Pass Living Wage

[Joseph Catron]

As I recall, the last president to put any decent economic proposals, like a
guaranteed income and universal health care, on the table was not only a
Republican, but among the slimier ones to boot. Some politicians are easier
to pressure than others, but ultimately I think the pressure is more crucial
than the politician.

To go Sun Tzu for a minute, a clever strategist may realize that Democratic
victories weaken the position of his class enemy and attack accordingly. A
poor strategist will wrongfully believe that they are his victories,
celebrate prematurely, and thereby deliver the ultimate victory to the
opposing side.

Do I really have to recite the atrcities committed by the Clinton
administration, from genocide in Iraq to the rape of public lands to the
gutting of the social safety net? These didn't happen because Clinton was a
son of a bitch (which he was); they happened because too many of those who
should have opposed him failed to do so.

On 4/10/07, Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:

[WS:] That is the difference that voting Democrat makes.  Of course, for
> self-styled radicals that is a meaningless gesture of the lackeys of the
> bourgeoisie that dilutes the purity of the revolutionary project - but
> hey,
> everybody needs to eat before the revolution finally comes.
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