I mean, clearly the system is broken. Putting another dipshit in charge doesn’t even seem like a bandaid, even if it is a Democrat. Like, what, I’m supposed to believe Gavin fucking Newsom or whoever the fuck is going to right the ship and establish checks and balances?
This is the level of upset they want you. They want us to say things like “why have another election”
The system wasn’t perfect before. It’s an institution designed to cater to basic needs and maintain peace for hundreds of millions of people. It’s unreasonable to expect perfection with that many moving parts. The system of government should continue being modified as problems are discovered. Completely dismantling it because one guy found a way to fuck it up is not the answer. Getting that guy out and unfucking it back to at least where we were before is what’s needed right now.
He wants you angry. He’s actively trying to insight civil war. Terms like “radical” get thrown around now to justify violence later. He wants us to think we need to dismantle the entire government. We don’t. We need to get him out and put it back together. I fully understand the government didn’t serve all people equally prior to trump and there were parts that were broken, but seriously was it as bad as what we’re going through now? Personally, I don’t think so. Democrat or Republican I’d take any past president over what we have now.
The capitalist system cannot be made to serve the people, ever. It is only designed to perpetuate the profits of a tiny subsection of society, which bribes workers in the imperial core with the spoils of their international plunder. Revolution is necessary, even if we only elected dems the system would continue to crumble and die because imperialism is on its last leg and capitalism itself is unsustainable.
But your leftists would need to try elections as a way to raise points that unite the people and check for support, right?
Though, structural changes via elections alone may be sabotaged. People like your current Pres or others may not respect election results if a decent left wins and tries to restructure and limit your issues like lobbying. So you’d need to be ready for that too.
Some orgs like PSL do run candidates, yes, and I suppoet that, but even if they won they would go the same way as Allende if they didn’t smash the state and replace it with a socialist one.