[lbo-talk] Dennis Perrin on the ecstasy of the Dems

[John Thornton]

Joanna wrote:
> John Thornton wrote:
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>> Joanna wrote:
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>>> The point of Obama is that of changed expectations. And that would be a 
>>> good thing.
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>>> Joanna
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>> What expectations would change and how would that work out into 
>> something concrete?
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> Expectations for equal opportunity, upward mobility, against racism, 
> support for education...
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> I don't love or hate Obama; I just want people to acknowledge that 
> independently of what he is, he is also a symbol of something good that 
> people genuinely want and are willing to mobilize for and that this 
> should not be dismissed as self-delusion.
>
> Joanna

I don't think it's delusional but I think that the inevitable 
disappointment it will bring will be a negative and cause people to 
become further alienated from the electoral process.
I know certain anarchists think people not being involved politically is 
a good thing but for those of us who believe change will come about by 
mass action rather than mass inaction that disappointment looks 
self-defeating.

John Thornton