This feels like such a 2010s throwback

Chavez was part of a socialist movement before taking power. It didn’t magically materialize from him being in office.

sure, but you’re putting the cart before the horse. taking power should be the end goal of a movement

what do you mean by a safe haven exactly

why is getting elected a prerequisite to building a socialist movement

i dont disagree. i just think its much more important to build up an independent platform + not rely on individual candidate popularity to build a movement

So how does that make Zohrans chances better at “taking over the democrats”

Yeah that worked very well with Bernie Sanders

As I’ve said, the democrats are a bourgeois party. They will always prioritize bourgeois interests. Why would you want to spend any energy organizing a coup when you can just build a separate party? Why would the democratic establishment allow a grassroots movement to take power? There is no mechanism in the party that would allow anything even close to that happen.

what is this entryist nonsense? you cant take over a bourgeois party. that will never happen. have you seen what happened to UK labour with Corbyn?

our (communists) goal should not be to elect good democrats, it should be to build a workers party. democrats winning does not do anything to build a workers party

I just don’t understand why you want democrats to win elections. Why you identify with democratic party in the first place. They are not the opposition

Very cool

What is the DDD brigade

You have no idea what you are talking about

That’s not how tsunamis work

russian tourists still travel to EU, just not using direct flights

USians think that the EU is socialist, so dont get your hopes up

US party membership works differently. They claim every registered voter

What is this supposed to mean?