In the face of the present onslaught against everything decent, people are mindlessly, nostalgically clinging to elements of the old order as comforting woobies, with no serious reflection on how we got into this mess. In particular, they LOOOOOVE the #JackassParty and the #Constitution, both of which contributed directly to making the present #dictatorship possible. If we had had a #constitution that unequivocally supported democracy and human rights, and an opposition party that truly represented the interests of everyone outside the plutocratic class, the #Trump regime wouldn't have had a chance.
The #Constitution is, in Seth Ackerman's words, a charter for plutocracy. And the #JackassParty is a fake opposition, a political lightning rod designed to divert opposition energy into channels where it cannot seriously harm the interests of the plutocracy. It MAY be possible to convert it into a real opposition through a hostile takeover. But as its response to #BernieSanders, #AOC, and #Mamdani has shown, that isn't going to happen without a fight; and at this point in the progression of the #dictatorship, it may be too late for serious change through electoral means anyway.
Would we be better off at present if #KamalaHarris had won? Yes; which is why, as a last-ditch desperation move with #dictatorship at the gates, I voted for her, and even contributed hundreds of dollars to her campaign. But there's a reason why she didn't win, and that reason is directly related to the systematic betrayal of the popular interest by her predecessors #BillClinton, #BarackObama, and #JoeBiden. And if she HAD somehow won, she would have perpetuated that betrayal, and created further opportunities for a fascist takeover in another four years — which is why supporting her was a desperation move.
The #JackassParty plays a different role than the Republican Nazis in the plutocracy's game of "Heads I win, tails you lose" — and in the very short run is indeed far preferable. But every one of its successes has been purchased at fearful cost, and its powerful backers hate us every bit as much as the ones backing #Trump. Unless it can be transformed beyond recognition, it is a dead end.
