Democrats organize to fight back

[Eric the Green]

(11-16-2016, 03:50 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: The Eastern Totalitarian Powers are experts at the use of scissors strategies and the dialectic.

Here we see it at work.

On the one hand, maximal convergence with the "Alt-Right" - in order to get many seats at many tables, cloaked in the legitimacy of being now inside the mainstream Right's big tents.

On the other hand, by having rather unpalatable people like Trump, and maybe soon, La Pen, not to mention, who in Germany, and other places, installed, much fury is sure to arise from the Left. However, the Left have a very diffuse focus. So many issues to defend - The Environment, human rights, economic fairness. That leaves very little time for the Left to focus on the big prize - world geopolitics.

The environment is a world issue, and so is poverty, economic fairness and human rights. That's the focus we need.

Quote:We see Eric here, railing about attacks on the green notions, attacks on the social safety net, etc. This divides the potential potent opposition to the rising Quisling regimes here in the West. Such regimes can eventually go all in with Vichy-like policies, since a divided opposition cannot stop them.

Whoever opposes Trump, will oppose him. We on the Left are opposing him because of "attacks on the green notions (aka, "realities"), attacks on the social safety net, etc." Many of us opposed him because he's a loose cannon on foreign policy and a Russian agent too. There can be common ground there. But we on the Left must stress the issues we believe in. And those ostensibly on the Right who oppose Trump must be our allies on these Left issues too.

According to the election returns though, many supposed opponents on the Right were likely traitors to #neverTrump and voted for him. Opponents to Trump on the right are a 1% minority. It's the Left that will make the difference, IF there is one.