[lbo-talk] Obama, community organizer

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Sun Feb 10 06:43:40 PST 2008


Charles Peterson wrote:
>
> Carrol Cox wrote:
> The DP is the graveyard of hope, and that is equally
> true of Clinton and
> Obama & Dean & the whole fucking tribe of Kennedys an
> Kucinich and the
> late Senator Wellstone. Anyone who provides _any_
> evidence of life in
> the DP by being him/herself a progressive DP
> politician (1) never makes
> a word difference in any legislation and (2) provides
> cover for the
> fuckers who run the DP.
>
> Charles Peterson asks:
> (1) What is to prevent leftists from (a) taking over
> the low level DP machinery, (b) running for office,
> and winning, using stealth if necessary?
>
> (2) What is the mechanism for (2)? Is there a]
> conspiracy?

Of course not. The mechanism is simple -- they do what they believe in, which is to serve capital. Democratic politicians & party leaders on the whole are principled, intelligent, and courageous: the last, because they are quite willing to risk losing an election rather than encourage mass organizing. They _believe_ in capitalism and capitalists; they _believe_ that what's good for GM is good for America. No conspiracy, everything is above board. The Wellstones, etc, as well as some of the campaign rhetoric maintains the wishful thinking on the part of liberal intellectuals that keeps them safely in the DP hogpen.

No mass movements and we get conservative national policy, regardles of who is in Congress or the White House.

Carrol



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