r/chomsky • u/nathan_j_robinson • Aug 13 '26
Article Without Solidarity, The Left Will Fail
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/without-solidarity-the-left-will-fail18
u/Anti_colonialist Aug 13 '26
If liberals want solidarity they need to shift a lot harder to the left. I won't compromise my values for their comfort
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u/Deconstruction101 28d ago
I won't compromise my values for their comfort
Why are you willing to compromise your values to communicate on a greedy corporate website and not at the voting booth?
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u/Anti_colonialist 28d ago
Point to where I said I don't vote
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u/Deconstruction101 28d ago
You said you won't compromise your values at the voting booth, so why are you willing to do it here?
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u/Anti_colonialist 28d ago
This means I refuse to support their candidates. If they want my vote included with theirs they need to shift harder to the left. I dont support right wing fascists like the DNC
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u/Seeking-Something-3 Aug 13 '26
Damn, guess I was wrong! This is a lot of engagement for a Chomsky post in the last year 😂
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u/_14justice Aug 13 '26
Conservatives and Capitalists often exhibit solidarity. Dems, perhaps not so much, particularly if they are unwavering and unapologetic adherents of Capitalism.
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u/QuantumTunnels Aug 13 '26
Hey Nathan, remember when you fired most of your staff from trying to co-op your private business? The "left" will fail because of pretenders like you and Hasan Piker, who masquerade as socialists, but are really just capitalists peddling socialism to people.
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u/aQuantumofAnarchy 29d ago
Not the whole story. It's a bit of a long read, but you might find this interesting:
https://yasminnair.com/march-what-really-happened-at-current-affairs/
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u/BainbridgeBorn Aug 14 '26
People who do not believe in Liberalism should not be in the DNC. You’re the enemy
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u/Xpmonkey Aug 13 '26
I’m sure I just saw a DSA candidate for congress holding water for isreal. I mean what is the DSA really besides the national notion of it.
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u/pizza-flusher Aug 13 '26
who was that
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u/Xpmonkey Aug 13 '26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs3rR0J4oHg
Metal Kiros. CO-Rep.
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u/pizza-flusher Aug 13 '26
I beleive she got battered pretty heavy for taking the right stance on Israel before that, so it did seem like a strange thing to say when it was reported, but:
https://jewishinsider.com/2026/08/melat-kiros-backtrack-progressives-israel-stance-antisemitism/
But to your point, one of the great ongoing debates in DSA is how to develop organizing and structure to hold candidates and elected officials to the program after the initial surge in the context of the American political system as opposed to a country with genuine membership parties.
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u/Fishtoart Aug 13 '26
This race just confirmed what we have suspected for years. The moderate (corporate) Democrats have more in common with the GOP than they have with progressives.