All they care about is their base

But it isn’t the same as if the entire working class had a collective say in the capital, not just those who choose to and have the resources to pay in. It isn’t the same as the workers of that company having a say in their working conditions, shift lengths, compensation, etc.

A better way to say it would instead be the inverse: “If you don’t work for a paycheck, you probably hold enough capital”

They want a shutdown lol this idea that negotiating will avert it is silly since you don’t negotiate for things you don’t want.

Captured implies that the State didn’t already function as a tool of capital

All this because Republicans in the US don’t like that sending arms to Ukraine makes Biden look good to the general public.

Yes, although the US pulled itself back enough with some of FDR’s reforms that it kicked the can down the road a few generations, whereas the Weimar Republic actually collapsed.

I know right? This quote in the headline makes her out to sound so tepid like “please mr president could you maybe be more confrontational against the fascists who want to kill me and my allies? 👉👈”

Too busy trying to court centrist voters and uphold a dying status quo

Nah if Trump was in office in the last four months there’d be open conflict across the Middle East with thousands of US troops bound for Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, etc