Define Your Ideal Political Movement

[demwing]

My uncle says - "Whatever is the opposite of Republican" which makes me laugh, but doesn't define much. Supposedly, Democrats are the opposite of Republicans But if we just keep voting and acting in ways that we think are opposite to the Republicans, then we'll never have a well defined target, and without a well defined target we'll never know if we're hitting a valuable goal with our voting habits. That's how whe end up with Dinos and Blue Dogs - elected officials that have a (D) next to their name, and a corporate logo on their paycheck.

I'd start by paraphrasing my uncle, and saying "Whatever is the opposite of Corporate," which I think is a better start, because it eliminates the Corporate Democratic Officials.

But what is corporate? How do we define the opposite of a thing that has not been defined itself?

IMO, Corporatism is a political philosophy that ultimately:

Replaces the state with the corporation
Replaces the citizen with the employee
Replaces campaigning with marketing
Replaces voting with purchasing
Values economic freedom over personal liberty
Values wealth over character
Decides policy based on what is profitable rather than what is right
Replaces government "by the people and for the people" with management OF the people.

Maybe you've got something to add? If so, post it. Let's start by defining what we oppose. Then we can determine what we want to do about it, and in tuirn, who we will support with our votes in our effort to acheive our goals. If that's members of the Democratic Party, great. If not, so be it. If we have to create a new damn party to fill the hole. Let's get busy.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

1. I'm a super fan of left/progressive libertarians.

No, that is not an oxymoron. Perhaps an alternate name would be liberal anti-federalist.
It's pretty much democrate without all the authoritarian bullshit and govrenment elitism.

[TransitJohn]

2. Communist anarchic collectives

centered around organic farming and wind/solar/hydro power.

[demwing]

3. I think one of the things that make lefty politics difficult to manage

are the diverse opinions represented in this spectrum. The right. OTOH, seems much more manageable because they shun diversity of thought, and thought itself, if the ant-intellectualism evident in their arena is any indicator.