The DLC was Alinskyism made flesh, and it did work for two important elections. Unfortunately, the people behind it didn’t understand the difference between “means” and “ends”, and so didn’t use their electoral victory as simply the first step in forwarding the revolution, as they should have done. I think the cynical disillusionment this engendered among many of us with the strategy is justified, and I agree that Biden, based on his track record, is likely to be as bad. (Possibly worse, since we know HRC at least studied RFR, and should have understood the full message.) However, that doesn’t mean it is flawed as an electoral strategy, it is better to be 30% of the way to progress than rushing headlong into darkness as we are doing now.
