Syriza in shock over creditors' demands

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65. Not sure where you stand...

and not sure what you're getting at. There is no "left" to speak of in the United States. There are no "leftist parties" here that amount to squat. It's gone... marginalized, neutered, and destroyed. The unions have been sold out for crumbs and were destroyed. The dagger through the heart and the beginning of the end Taft-Hartley. The union leadership are tools of Capital. The CPUSA endorsed Barack Obama. The Democratic Party is not leftist and never has been if that's what you're getting at. It is what it is until it isn't. Do you understand what that means ?

What is to be done you ask ? Fight back as always. The fight back is just beginning again. Agitate, Organize, Resist. It won't happen overnight. "Burn it down now" is the cry of the Anarchists. I like the Anarchists but that's not gonna cut it as they will get their heads smashed in short order while accomplishing nothing as they always do. Occupy Wall Street ? Noble effort but of little use. Crushed in short order because of complete lack of concrete demands and lack of clarity in what they were actually fighting for. "Reforms now!!!"... "We think we don't like Capitalism but we might be able to reform it with no class struggle, no class analysis,and no fucking idea what we're doing !!!" Good luck with that. We may as well stick with the Democratic Party and hope for a savior if that's the plan.

The problem goes much deeper than a mere slogans of "we are the 99%", "eat the rich", holding a sign that says "I'm generally displeased with the current state of affairs", and "I want fairness now." Lets do something now is not a plan unless you know what your doing and what you're fighting for. Do we? To what actual result - throughout the history of capitalist relations (political, social, and economic) - have the "leftist reformers and regulators" of the capitalist power structure benefited the working class and the people AS A WHOLE ?

Leftist politics is not about lip-service and feel good platitudes that have no basis in objective reality when Capital dominates and controls all economic, political, and social relations. Maybe Sanders can change the narrative...I'm down with that...some of the things he proposes might have some organizational and class consciousness raising value from my view as a foundation... other leftists that I deeply respect disagree strongly and think Sanders is another in a long line of useful tools. Either way... Sanders is swimming against the tides of Capital and objective material reality if he thinks his or our demands will be met while the power structure remains beholden to a capitalist ruling class that OWNS all the power.

The responsibility of actual leftists is to point out the failure of Capitalism for the WHOLE of the working class and the people, to point out the oppressive relationship between Capital and Labor under the capitalist modes of production, to point out class struggle and bring class analysis to the table, to point out the property question and theft of the commons (who owns and controls what and why), and to deal in objective material reality and the facts on the ground for the WHOLE of the working class. Subjective and individual interpretations of social conditions and individual prescriptions of change are not leftist politics.

There are no feel-good half-measures that will accomplish anything of worth in the current system in the long run. Capitalism is wage-slavery and barely getting by living for millions. Work for the owners for peanuts or starve are the options for many. The Abolitionists didn't fight for better conditions for slaves. They fought to get rid of slavery period.

Capitalism can not "be made fair." That is not how it functions and that is objective material reality. "The Middle Class" is the bait and crumbs the capitalist ruling class throws us to keep us neutered and under the illusion that any gains and concessions won are our final destiny. The "Middle Class" is an illusion that CAN NEVER be a permanent state of prosperity that the working class - AS A WHOLE - can depend on. "Middle Class prosperity" was an aberration under the capitalist modes of production and a decomposing social structure that might never be attained again.

The foundational structures of capitalism are built on inequality, exploitation, and the institutionalized theft of labor. That is the reality we face. Workers of the world unite is not just a slogan. That is all there is. Without our labor nothing is possible. Nothing gets built. Nothing gets done. If the workers - in mass - cross their arms... the ruling classes are out of luck. Everything comes to a halt. Do you understand that ?