Re: Leftists and Electoral Politics Re: California recall results

[Jurriaan Bendien <bendien@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> A third party on the left in an electoral system like the United
> States' can never rise to power without a prior collapse of the
> political party controlled by the ruling class that had captured
> working-class votes (the Democratic Party, in the case of the United
> States).

We'll see about that. I completely disagree with this statement. It reminds
of a way of thinking that a certain wellknown politician had in 1938, and
that way of thinking became a self-fulfilling prophecy. I could also
demonstrate why that way of thinking is false, with specific examples from
my own experience. "Lesser-evil" arguments are inexhaustible, simply because
there is always a "lesser evil".

J.