ZepTiezep@mastodon.social
Oct 16, 2026, 4:17 PM@HeavenlyPossum winning requires bodies, primaries are how you remove neolibs, you are programmed to lose to fascists
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HeavenlyPossumHeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.socialOct 16, 2026, 4:22 PMThe issue I identified above is not “the Democratic Party contains neoliberals.”
I don’t blame you for not trying to articulate a positive argument for the Democrats, because there really isn’t one that anyone can make, for structural reasons.
- ZepTiezep@mastodon.socialOct 16, 2026, 5:15 PM
@HeavenlyPossum primaries are the literally the vehicle to change the democratic party, we can take it back but you have to participate
- HeavenlyPossumHeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.socialOct 16, 2026, 5:22 PM
Are you not capable of engaging with what I actually wrote, or are you simply ignoring me so you can yell at a strawman?
- ZepTiezep@mastodon.socialOct 16, 2026, 5:26 PM
@HeavenlyPossum "because neoliberalism no longer even pretends to legitimize the capitalist status quo. There is simply no room left for a positive vision, only opposition to something “worse.”
yep, and I have been providing the answer to your problem, primaries are the mechanism to remove the neoliberals that are problematic, if you don't participate in the primaries then neolibs win/keep their seats, you refuse to acknowledge that
I participated and I get to vote for Abdul, excited for that
- HeavenlyPossumHeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.socialOct 16, 2026, 5:33 PM
The problem the Democrats face is not that their party “contains neoliberals.” The problem they face is that they are an instrument of a neoliberal system that no longer has access to the resources it needs to even pretend to fix problems.
This is why you can’t articulate a positive vision for the Democrats.