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Linus Westheuser
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Adam Przeworski on what is to be done.

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
Iber: Let me keep the final question as simple as possible: what is to be done? Przeworski: Answering this question requires a degree of optimism I cannot muster. I am a Gramscian in that I believe that to become hegemonic an ideology must offer a vision of a future in which the interests of those who rule coincide with the interests of everyone else. MAGA fails to offer one. It is difficult to identify the ideological blueprint of Trump's revolution other than shrinking the state. Yet the opposition to MAGA also fails to offer an alternative. The Democratic establishment is clearly betting that Republicans will offer them an electoral victory while they attend the wedding parties of billionaires. The only vision for the Democratic Party originates from its left wing, which is vigorously censured by its mainstream. It may well be that the Democratic leadership is correct in thinking that the best strategy is to do nothing and waiting for MAGA to fail. But this, like MAGA, is a "back again" ideology, one of "restoring" democracy rather than transforming the conditions that generated the present disaster. To restore democracy, it needs to be reformed. This is the project we need.
October 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM