[lbo-talk] New York, New York! (was Chuck Hagel for

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 3/23/07, Jim Straub <rustbeltjacobin at gmail.com> wrote:
> The fundamental political problem in the United States is that the 2-8 % of
> the electorate or population that is leftist won't vote for an anti-war
> candidate?

I said "liberals and leftists," not just leftists.  Together they
would have to be at least about half of the voters.  Throw in anti-war
conservatives, and together they will surely constitute a majority of
the voters.

The problem is that not only are Americans not ready for social
democracy let alone socialism -- they just aren't ready for elections,
plain and simple representative democracy under capitalism.  Not
unlike "slaves" after the official abolition of slavery in Mauritania
(cf. <http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20070319/005529.html>).
-- 
Yoshie