No, it is not entirely possible. The system is designed to aopear that way, but in reality those in power will use everything they can to prevent workers from taking from them.
You're extremely confused, I'm not blaming "low information voters" of any sort. Electoralism is not a valid path for leftism. I'm not using a money excuse, either, though your erasure of money's influence on media is also oversimplified. You haven't taken any steps back, you've invented a caricature of "the left" in your head and are acting like you're the only one to see things as they really are. It's very silly.
There have never been left presidents in the US. Mamdani is not the leader of the revolution. You're very confused about what's going on, and you're out of touch with why Trump won. It wasn't "memes," it isn't some masterful play, nor are liberals left wing.
You need to take a step back and familiarize yourself more with what's going on. Try to take a materialist outlook, not an idealist outlook.
No, lol. The Left is fine on the internet. You can touch grass and organize, and do online agitprop. Mamdani won because people are being radicalized. Even then, Mamdani doesn't eliminate the need for revolution, not even close.
Oh, that's a tough one! Socialism: Utopian and Scientific is definitely a top contender, but Lenin is clearer. Maybe Foundations of Leninism? Either way, I 100% agree, State and Revolution is a must read.
She could have run an entirely different campaign, one appealing to workers, but she didn't. Trump also said he supported Israel. Your point is veering on "muslims are too stupid to realize Trump is a Zionist too," which is horrible. Reconsider the options and see how Mamdani is doing very well, the US wants candidates to the left of the DNC, and the DNC won't do it because they'd rather lose.
No, I mean she could have been truthful, and she could have run a leftward campaign.
As for Muslim voters, a small portion voted for Trump, but another portion voted for Jill Stein. If Harris wanted to get votes from Muslim voters, her and Biden could have not supported genocide.
China's working conditions are steadily improving, so that's not really a big problem, plus a huge amount of commodities are either produced in the global south by imperialist companies from the global north outsourcing labor, or from imperialist countries using resources carved out of the global south. You can boycott the worst companies, but you are forced to interact with most under capitalism. Better to be made in a socialist country like China than directly support imperialism.
The best you can do is to boycott what you can, and join an org, so you can hopefully be a part of the solution. PSL is a good option if you live in the US, but do research on what orgs have local chapters for you.
Trump was not campaigning to the Left. A huge proportion of Deerborn voted for Jill Stein, not Trump. Some did, but nobody in any significant numbers thought Trump would be better for genocide.
Harris could have told the truth and not run a far-right campaign.
Nobody genuinely believed that Trump would support Gaza, even the article says he would bring "peace," which as anyone knows would require the dissolution of the state of Israel and a full, secular, democratic Palestine. Harris lost because she campaigned to the right of Biden, who was already right-wing.
The Left is fighting an uphill battle. Capitalism is the status quo, and the US relies on imperialism using its vast financial capital and massive number of millitary bases to keep goods relatively cheap, but this is crumbling. Change works as quantitative buildup until significant, qualitative change. Orgs like PSL are growing rapidly. They are still small, but the rate of growth is large. Time is on the Left's side.
Just look at Palestine, as an example. 5 years ago, the vast majority of the US was Zionist. Now, the majority oppose the genocide. Mamdani winning the primary in NYC shows that more overtly left-leaning individuals are valued over right-wingers like Cuomo. Change works on trends. History doesn't reset every day, eventually water droplets bore through stone. The left has never been in the White House, it has always been a toss between the right amd the far-right, this isn't a new struggle, but it's one that is changing every day thanks to historical work.
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Voting is a very small part of what the average person can do to use their political power.