I always like to point out that ex-slave Frederick Douglas bypassed a candidate who was strong for Abolition in order to work with Abe Lincoln, who was willing to keep slavery if it meant preserving the Union.
Douglas decided it was smarter for him to back the candidate who was most likely to win, in hopes that Lincoln could be persuaded once in office.
Wait, what should they have done differently in the Spanish civil war and in case of Rosa Luxemburg in your opinion?
What concession/compromise should they have done in order to stop their defeat by fascists/monarchists?
Or do you mean specifically that the extremists like to talk about those “moral victories” but dont want to contribute to politics and use compromise, without meaning that those examples of yours could have been saved by a compromise?
I always like to point out that ex-slave Frederick Douglas bypassed a candidate who was strong for Abolition in order to work with Abe Lincoln, who was willing to keep slavery if it meant preserving the Union.
Douglas decided it was smarter for him to back the candidate who was most likely to win, in hopes that Lincoln could be persuaded once in office.
Pragmatism is intolerable to extremists.
Any concession is viewed as total defeat.
Except for actual total defeat, which is seen as a ‘moral victory.’
See “Spanish Civil War,” “The Black Panthers,” and “Rosa Luxemburg”
Wait, what should they have done differently in the Spanish civil war and in case of Rosa Luxemburg in your opinion?
What concession/compromise should they have done in order to stop their defeat by fascists/monarchists?
Or do you mean specifically that the extremists like to talk about those “moral victories” but dont want to contribute to politics and use compromise, without meaning that those examples of yours could have been saved by a compromise?
Obviously, the latter.
Sorry, but internet and all its inhabitants have made me ask for confirmation regarding how something is meant.
Obviously
Just like any other zealot, religious or otherwise
Based strategery
What does that even mean?
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