Following the recent Democratic primary where Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani won it has lead me to asking a major question, should we endorse Democratic Socialists?
First I want to make this absolutely clear, I do not support electoralism and quite frankly I dont think its possible to reform capitalism out of existence.
The goal of supporting of Democratic Socialists is to promote those who would weaken capitalism but more importantly they wake people up to the class war. I hope that with Democratic Socialists gaining popularity it will create the material conditions that promote revolutionary thought.
However I fully understand if many people will strongly disagree as promoting any candidate gives legitimacy to a system of tyranny (to a certain degree). Thats why im asking all of you, I will be reading every comment here and carefully considering all of them.
I’m with you there, electoralism is doomed to fail but he seems really genuine and I still wish him all the best. Not sure whether I’d count that as an endorsement per se? I guess I would say I “endorse” him immediately doing something irrevocable and extreme, although liable to get him removed lol
I would love to see him do something so extreme the position of mayor in New York ceases to exist. Although I will have to settle for him improving material conditions.