i know i keep talking about this but it is really because im genuinely astonished by how quickly the rightward shift has happened for so many. i dont even care about what progressive elected officials are saying because it is expected for those who are structurally disciplined by capital. but it is simply troubling this is the line so many organizers are putting out. it is one of thing to highlight or contextualize the constraints but you are conceding to them without even an attempt of charting a better way forward. astonishing.
socialists are supposed to be attempting to dictate the terms of political engagement as opposed to allowing it to dictate you. and when that is the case—when it is electoral viability, Nate Silver’s polls that are determining what should be pushed and further developed and what should be betrayed, the precedent has already written what is inevitable in the near future. today, policing. tomorrow palestine/ICE/trans people/whoever the fuck the american public has determined can be disposed of in furtherance of some nebulous goal. jfc