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The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
4. For Some, Sir
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 07:28 PM
Mar 2020

Destruction of the 'Democratic Establishment' is a necessary preliminary to Revolution. To these, putting Trump out of office would be no gain, at least no gain worth striving for, if he is replaced by a mere 'Corporate Democrat', and the 'Democratic Establishment' is thus strengthened to continue its chief goal, which is not ending reactionary Republican misrule, but stifling the revolutionary left. Outre though it may seem, this is the real belief of the most extreme factions in the Sanders camp, and was certainly Sanders' belief at the commencement of his political career. Since we are continually assured 'Bernie' has remained consistent, and true to his principles, we cannot be sure this view is not still some portion of the man's own motivation today.



"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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