Unkind, Risk Averse and Untrusting

[David Horn]

(06-28-2018, 10:40 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: ... Socialism is the revolution of the previous revolutionary cycle that began in circa 1848 and ended in the nineteen-sixties, replaced by the New Left and the Green movement at the leading edge of change. Given the continued crisis of climate change, I expect Green to be fulfilled, as the revolutionary cycle climaxes early in the next 2T, much as it began early in the previous one... Green is the goal now of revolutionary movements, and THAT is what will emerge from the next 2T and continue to be instituted in the following years. Green means more small-scale institutions and community organizing, instead of a takeover of the collective, large-scale industrial machine by leaders of the proletariat. In the new post-sixties Green Revolution cycle, the machine itself must be changed instead. But the true Green movement is and will include the best from previous movements too.

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a rapidly emerging political movement tied to the elective process though candidates that are products of the movement but run as Democrats -- think Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  It's a beginning that might grow and might not, but it is the next wave … today or 10 years from now.  These young people realize that they are powerless and outmatched when they act alone, so they are natural communitarians.  The real question: is the country ready for them?  I say yes in the Azure Blue urban areas, but this may not be enough to get anything done.