@NAccount32629@policytensor This has been evident for decades - Pelosi being an eminent example of a left progressive being absorbed and neutralized.
We can further say that the Dem Party is only a small part of a wider State apparatus that runs along fine with barely any democratic oversight.
@NAccount32629@policytensor A pH buffer absorbs and neutralizes acids and bases to maintain the stability of a solution.
The Democratic Party acts in the same way, absorbing leftward political energy without changing its overall nature.
@william_merrin@HigherEd_UK Not to mention the 'Respected Local Business People' who sit on Senates with convenient investments in companies who consistently win third party contracts, or the mercenary 'Temp' managers brought in to cut services with the thinly veiled goal to make the Uni 'competitive'
@NAccount32629@policytensor Preference in this case doesn't matter because the Democratic Party will remain the Democratic Party, regardless of composition.
The rational response is to stop paying lip service to the one party system and look to your own defense on a local level as the state disintegrates.
For weeks, I’ve been speaking to Autumn Hill, an activist currently serving 50 years in prison because she was at a protest where someone shot a cop. Her story, I think, is a portrait of the America Donald Trump wants — where dissent disappears for good. https://t.co/CRJZiMcenW
Property Mark are a professional body who lobby government on behalf of those in the property industry. According to their website they have 'consistently campaigned against rent controls'. https://t.co/3uWjVBTMj1
Important read. In the US today a man is sent to prison for having done translations decades ago and his wife and son are arrested for being his wife and son
https://t.co/IMNP9GHjs0
The Sameer Project is having to pause operations due to lack of funds, meaning upwards of 9,000 are going to be going without food every single day until they can afford to reopen.
I just donated. Who will match my donation to keep this vital operation going?
Perhaps it’s inevitable but it’s certainly not good, that the engagement with Gaza fundraisers has dropped off. They do offer a way to make ourselves useful to people in Palestine, so if you can support Maher who has really been struggling, please do.