I've long thought that the destruction of the Democratic Party (however improbable) was a requirement for a working class party to emerge in the US. Between the 2 party structural barriers of the US and the Dems capture of the reformist working class institutions of the US, it seemed that while the Dems were not the number one enemy of the diverse working class here, they were the number one barrier for working class political independence.

But the Republican Party has only one point of unity right now: Donald Trump. They have so many splits that he is holding together; protectionist and free trade; imperialist and isolationist; libertarian and social conservative; even some strasserite elements that don't mix well with the overall pro-corporate program of the 'party'.

What will the Republican Party be after Trump? Will they split into pieces? Will the conservative wing of the Democrats then make good on their long term plan of courting the moderate neoliberals out of the Republican Party to finally complete the Democrats abandonment of pretensions to working people? Or merely if the Republican self destruct into internal feuding and the US temporarily becomes a near one party state, will there finally be space for a working class political party to arise? Could we actually arrive at a body politic where the political consensus isn't around probusiness policies with competition on social issues into a political consensus on social issues and political competition on class issues?

Certainly, I don't think working class political expression will be possible without an uptick in working class struggle. But with the rise of strikes and organizing and calls to action like ending all our contracts on May Day this seems possible.

Just some bullshit I would say if we were drinking or getting stoned together.