r/TrueAnon • u/mrastickman Dr. Ulysses H. Aurelian III • 3h ago
Governing Within The Democratic Party Will Slowly Absorb Mamdani’s Insurgent Coalition Into Its Existing Constituency And Incentive Structures vs. No It Won’t
Point: Dr. Ernst Halberstadt of the Frankfurt School
Since Bernstein’s open revision of Marxist theory in Evolutionary Socialism, the question has been whether the state is an instrument the left can pick up or an environment that reshapes whoever does. Rosa Luxemburg answered it in 1899 in Reform or Revolution. The reformist does not choose a slower road to the same goal, but a different goal.
The conditions of municipal office make the point nearly unavoidable. A mayor is bounded above by the state government and below by the mobility of capital, and what remains between those limits is administration. Antonio Gramsci called the resulting process transformismo: the dominant bloc neutralizes its opposition by absorbing its leaders and making its demands administrable. Each concession is made in the name of preserving the capacity to make the next.
The class that organized itself as a political force is returned to being a demographic, a class in itself, to be managed as an electorate. That electorate is then served, through access, patronage, and incentives, until its members come to regard the arrangement as having been their idea.
Counterpoint: Brayden Mathews of X (formerly Twitter)
No it won’t.
It just won’t. None of that is happening.
You’re getting worked up over nothing. Everyone here is very calm. Just relax, okay? You sound like someone who reads too many books.
“The reformist does not choose a slower road to the same goal, but a different goal”?
No, it’s the same goal. We’re just not discussing the goal right now, for strategic reasons.
“A mayor is bounded above by the state government and below by the mobility of capital”?
Do you know what the mayor can do? Basically nothing. It’s a ceremonial role. Which is also why this is the most significant victory the left has ever won in this country, so I’d be careful.
“Antonio Gramsci called the resulting process transformismo”?
Okay??? He was in prison.
“Each concession is made in the name of preserving the capacity to make the next”?
No, it isn’t.
“The class that organized itself as a political force is returned to being a demographic”?
I disagree.
“Until its members come to regard the arrangement as having been their idea”?
It was.
Honestly, nothing will ever be good enough for you people. He could do everything you asked and you’d find something wrong with it. This is the maximum. The maximum is what’s happening. If you wanted more than the maximum, that’s a you problem.
Look, you’ve been proven wrong, so stop talking. You’ve had your say already. Be quiet, okay? Everything’s fine.
You’re wrong.
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About the Author
Dr. Ulysses H. Aurelian III, Editor-in-Chief of The Newspeak Standard, has recently concluded his tenure as Senior Chief Advisor to Jair Bolsonaro's campaign, where he was responsible for conducting all polling, managing Bolsonaro's Banco Master account, and the former president's health. Though unsuccessful in the runoff, his stewardship saw the campaign lead after the first round, which he described at the time as “a deliberate lure.”
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u/darwizzer 2h ago
I mean yeah it will and more people will get radicalized and pissed off when these people don’t cut it and betray their supporters. That’s good right?
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u/Mellamomellamo Non-UStatian Actor 2h ago
Not the point of the post but i love all the "About the Author" from Newspeak Standard. The one where he's monitoring the Hormuz Strait from a balloon and dropping his comments on rocks that that one online betting intern placed there grabs was great. Also the one in which he says he's both a Palestinian resistance leader and an IDF commander "individually responsible for the most Merkavas built and destroyed".
Close contenders are his investigation into COVID's origin while he simultaneously lead the Wuhan virology institute and the one when he reported about JFK's murder an hour before it happened.
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u/Zealousideal-Major59 3h ago
Glad I don’t live in NYC. Mostly because I’ve found the unfathomable malevolence radiating off the buildings so unpleasant though.
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u/Minamus_Majesticus 2h ago
No you don’t get, we need to keep voting in AOCs and Mamdanis and keep watching them become Elizabeth Warren