Partisan division is not what is impeding socialism
The more you think about this argument the less sense it makes.
I see this argument constantly, and while it may resemble a socialist position, it just isn’t plausible and it certainly doesn’t follow from a Marxist understanding of class struggle.
Think about voting. If you try to convince a Democrat or Republican to vote for a third-party socialist, what do they tell you?
Some of them will just say stuff like “I don’…
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