Re: a victory of sorts in india...

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> No, but yesterday there would have been plenty around
> to tell us how voting Communist Party (of your choice)
> would throw the election to the BJP.
>
> Shane

Not really. India, like most civilized countries, has a parliamentary
system. This means that all parties can get some representation no
matter how small. The USA has a "winner take all" system that was if not
designed to marginalize smaller parties certainly has that effect. That
being said, it is fascinating to see the similarities between John
Kerry, the Congress Party and Putin. They all represent something not
quite as bad as the party to the right. With the deepening crisis of
world capitalism, you can be sure that lesser-evil scenarios for
"stopping fascism" will be played out until either the world blows
itself up or we finally expropriate the expropriators.

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