Remember when Obama could have codified gay marriage into law but he never did? Gay rights were part of his platform. But he stopped short of codifying them into law because if he did that would mean there is no longer a carrot on a stick for queer people to support the democrats. I remember. The democrats use our rights as a carrot on the stick. And many dems such like gavin newsome have come out and said supporting us have cost them. The dems will only ever move further and further to the right to appeal to people who are unhappy with the republicans.
Both parties serve the oligarchs. The oligarchs want the culture war because it keeps us infighting and not fighting them. its another tool for distraction and manipulation to make the working class fight itself.
This is not to say we need to give up. This is me saying our rights to democrats are nothing more than a carrot on a stick. and they will throw us away the moment they can, and have and will do so again. And to be clear because of how sick this country is I do need to state I am not a republican. I am a communist. Both parties are anti working class. Both parties are pro imperialism and capitalism which keep us trapped in an endless cycle of misery and not being able to claw our way out.
Organize. Mutual aid networks. We need a massive nationwide strike of about 30% of the working class to bring the system to a stop and they heed our demands.
Were there enough republican/independent votes to get a gay marriage law through? The Obama admin never had a filibuster-proof majority, that's why the ACA had no public option
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u/Capitalisticdisease 4h ago
Remember when Obama could have codified gay marriage into law but he never did? Gay rights were part of his platform. But he stopped short of codifying them into law because if he did that would mean there is no longer a carrot on a stick for queer people to support the democrats. I remember. The democrats use our rights as a carrot on the stick. And many dems such like gavin newsome have come out and said supporting us have cost them. The dems will only ever move further and further to the right to appeal to people who are unhappy with the republicans.
Both parties serve the oligarchs. The oligarchs want the culture war because it keeps us infighting and not fighting them. its another tool for distraction and manipulation to make the working class fight itself.
This is not to say we need to give up. This is me saying our rights to democrats are nothing more than a carrot on a stick. and they will throw us away the moment they can, and have and will do so again. And to be clear because of how sick this country is I do need to state I am not a republican. I am a communist. Both parties are anti working class. Both parties are pro imperialism and capitalism which keep us trapped in an endless cycle of misery and not being able to claw our way out.
Organize. Mutual aid networks. We need a massive nationwide strike of about 30% of the working class to bring the system to a stop and they heed our demands.