"Go on, call me a tankie, you are only cancelling a lib"

  • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    look how well their legacy is doing

    Either of them are infinitely more successful than any leftist movement in the U.S. Dismissing the methods of some of the most recent leftists to have gained real power is absurd.

    Losing the URSS and the rest of countries was a disaster

    Absolutely; I didn't mean to suggest otherwise. What I'm saying is that -- post-USSR -- we have examples of leftists gaining power through elections.

    • RNAi [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yes, I get it, but the motherfuckers are too strong.

      • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        How anyone can reach this conclusion is beyond me. Bernie -- not even an unusually strong candidate -- was the clear frontrunner in the primary until he got kneecapped by unprecedented (and lucky) Democratic coordination. They're not too strong; eight months ago they were all getting their asses beat by an old man from a state most people forget who had to build a political base from scratch.

        • mrbigcheese [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          its entirely delusional to think Bernie was ever going to win or that real change could come from such a thing