The US had "viable" leftist parties and candidates in the past. Eugene Debs, for one.
I posted an hour or so ago that the furthest left a Democrat went, a US President, was Roosevelt.. and he was NOT a leftist
Expecting the Democrats, who are backed by of a majority of American capitalists and inherited wealth (most aren't Republican) to turn "left"... like I said, I guess it's a possibility...
The incentive for these folks isn't a vote, it's cash
Fred Edwards 🔻 /
npub1y8…kwplj
2024-06-30 02:22:58
in reply to nevent1q…7r0q
Author Public Key
npub1y8chkqcc5kjk7gp9n2nke5ql5q9msr5gnvazcz6smwzcy0kt9j3s9kwpljPublished at
2024-06-30 02:22:58Event JSON
{
"id": "ed11b5a514798e93ee6baacb819f5ae92869587c026c5fc6617b5b5f9ae1bc77",
"pubkey": "21f17b0318a5a56f20259aa76cd01fa00bb80e889b3a2c0b50db85823ecb2ca3",
"created_at": 1719714178,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"82825012414310d609576e517f89f68bcd5e14e6096a5d9e5759a37471fd3163",
"",
"root"
],
[
"p",
"9d626919bfdb7f980ecfe992cd4cbcedfaa0c786f98a35a8099a8fedf2dc362d"
],
[
"p",
"fc9113c0c6471b6f87eca3b7325213173a839e7d35ff469319f4edeedd1d92e8"
],
[
"p",
"21f17b0318a5a56f20259aa76cd01fa00bb80e889b3a2c0b50db85823ecb2ca3"
],
[
"p",
"db31d2af2ace7e7a635688d63a8385a8f0e11a4623cfa112aa7b02999097824a"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.online/@fedwards9965/112703188420553413",
"web"
],
[
"e",
"5ad700299a4114341ad004e0a19fe72cb993b3083bae28bf07b444c07896edd6",
"",
"reply"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.online/users/fedwards9965/statuses/112703188420553413",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://mastodon.online/users/fedwards9965/statuses/112703188420553413",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"expiration",
"1722306580"
]
],
"content": "The US had \"viable\" leftist parties and candidates in the past. Eugene Debs, for one. \n\nI posted an hour or so ago that the furthest left a Democrat went, a US President, was Roosevelt.. and he was NOT a leftist\n\nExpecting the Democrats, who are backed by of a majority of American capitalists and inherited wealth (most aren't Republican) to turn \"left\"... like I said, I guess it's a possibility...\n\nThe incentive for these folks isn't a vote, it's cash",
"sig": "1aaca2186f90dd692c82cacea234f69ba9453dc109481218caf36b7dc7b5b2d0a2b635e89b58eb82d6ca57110b140149b228d11a98416ce6475c412d97d180fa"
}