Re: [Marxism] Significance of McKinney-Clemente and Obama campaigns

[Craig Brozefsky <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I'm saying that socialists should try to talk to people keeping in
> mind where the person spoken too, is standing.

Agreed

> An appeal in support of McKinney will fall on deaf ears in the case
> of a person for whom voting for Obama is the most leftwards travel
> currently ideologically possible.

Ok, this left/right scale falls apart here, because the issue is not
so much their political position, as much as the development of their
political model, understanding of electoral politics, primary issues,
and model of how to actually bring about change.

I think your conclusion is wrong, that you can talk to them about
Obama because one some linear scale they are closer to him.  You can
talk to people about Obama because everyone has a conception of who he
is because of the massive media exposure he has.

I am making this distinction, because here in Chicago, many people are
voting for Obama who are quite "left", but have been conditioned to
support the Democratic party, and have no model of how one goes about
bringing real change to the electoral system.

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