from Politics 11/18/18 -

[This section improvised on line Oct. 21st meeting]

As the label “the left” ceased to have substantive meaning - encompassing everyone from Hillary Clinton to Bob Avakian - a new terminology gradually emerged: [Sam Fassbinder on Utopians vs. Conformists]

Branch here to 3 scenarios in 2024: [by Sam Friedman]

• The election is annulled, the people revolt
• The social democrats win the election but do their usual thing, and then the people revolt
• The social democrats win and succeed in reforming the economy but run up against the environmental crisis
  • Friedman scenario: then the people revolt
  • Schwartzmann scenario: solar communism is achieved