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[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

I think that they're just as much reformist as Volt's stuff. And terminally parliamentarist. But that's not so much a criticism as an observation, we certainly should get what we can get out of the parliamentary procedure, imperfect as it is.

TBH I'm not even sure whether revolution is possible any more, we might have already had it with the institution of liberal democracy but still have to get over the hangover. As in: The tipping point has been crossed, but old shackles are still dangling on our collective psyche, getting rid of them will simply take time. The state will not go out in flames, but wither. Or, paraphrasing Kerry Thornley: Failing that, it at least won't annoy anyone any more.