The only reason the Amerinazis continue to allow him to make noises is so the left libs stick with him and his ridiculous fantasy to "change the system from within". The system works exactly as intended and the only way to end capitalism fascism is to throw it into the dustbin of history.
Mainly that he's not a Marxist, a rad-lib at best. Gives words which are cheap to anti-capitalism but doesn't give solidarity to targets of US imperialist attack unless convenient and costless (Cuba and Palestine at this point, he's in the Russia-bad camp, against China, etc).
I admit he could be amusing but I hope no one here falls for him as anything but window dressing himself on the US political system, the uh far left end of what is permissible in the mainstream which isn't that left at all as I mentioned, no actually risky solidarity (China, DPRK, Russia), no real solutions beyond platitudes about loving your neighbor and brother this, sister that preacher bullshit speaking. Oh he desires for change and probably wishes he could put together an MLK like coalition but doesn't realize as liberals do not that if the USSR hadn't been there banging on about the civil rights and humiliating the US in front of non-aligned states they would have killed MLK a lot sooner and a lot of his followers too rather than compromising for face.
There are many levels of traps and false paths in the US system designed to capture people and prevent them from reaching Marxism. We in no way have to hand it to anyone who is not either a principled Marxist or with us in a principled anti-imperialist stance that they maintain at great cost. He is neither, never has been. Celebrated the fall of the USSR, etc.
Oh I agree. Cornel v. Bernie I'm viewing on the same level of Trump v. DeSantis. Ultimately another flavor of liberal infighting.
The biggest positive effect Cornel West can have by running is by continuing to weaken the ideological grip Democrats have over workers and other progressive-minded Americans. Plenty of us before studying Marxism started as Bernie supporters, so in that way his run does have the same potential to serve as a gateway to leftist politics.
He may also not agree with China's politics but he's anti-war and critical of NATO. Of any candidate in the mainstream public arena he's obviously the most desirable for the Global South.
He was a very potent and necessary part of the radicalization pipeline. I know he kickstarted my radicalization in 2016. But we will have to drag the libs kicking and screaming past him.
Yes, prevent people from voting whoever they want, making this threat since 2016, and not gaining voters' trust by minimally improving their material conditions, a great example of democracy
I hate Bernie so much. Such a scumbag. Advocated for the destruction of Yugoslavia and his constant grift of pretending to give a shit about the poor tricks a lot of people. More than that I'm sick of those who suck off this guy like he's some hero of the proletariat when he's nothing more than an opportunistic con artist. I'm so sick of the lesser evilism nonsense people try and use to justify this crap. Voting for lesser evil is is all the left has done for fucking ever now and all its gotten us is a neoliberal hellscape. The democrats will never need to give the left anything because the left is spineless and gives its power away freely. If you're a guaranteed voting bloc your demands will never be even considered because they aren't real demands, they are simply polite requests. Policy is instead dictated by those who will jump ship if a better opportunity presents itself because they are the ones who may swing the other way.
I sympathize with your position here, but I would add that some observable benefit has been had in his orbit. Using myself as an example, some of the grassroots energy and political education that came from people who supported his campaign, or who saw some kind of value in it even if they thought it was a lost cause, helped lead me to the views I have now. We shouldn't underestimate the value of seizing upon working class movements to educate, provided it's not faux working class reactionary stuff. And in saying this, we don't have to give Bernie himself credit for it, of course. My point is just that we shouldn't let the disgust with the situation deprive us of leveraging opportunities to fight against the indoctrination. This next election may contain such opportunities too, where we'll encounter people who stubbornly want to do "fix it from within," but may be easier to get through to when combining the knowledge we can present with certain campaign messaging that is getting them to think about things they'd otherwise have ignored.
The man is really backing the same people who colluded to undermine him during his campaign. Does he not remember how he was in the lead but all the news stations manipulated the numbers to make it look like he was losing? How can he support a candidate and party that betrayed him?
Being so fucking glib about which monstrous arm runs the evil machine of torture, horror, pain, suffering, death, and agony unto all humankind.
It's like a trolley problem where one track kills orphans, the other also kills orphans but leaves in its wake among the bodies pride flags and #democracy posters so it's better somehow to you indoctrinated westerners.
Biden is a fascist thug. Just because that fascist thug doesn't make as many racist comments as his opponent who's also a fascist thug, doesn't even remotely make him good.