Persuaded by the false promises of social democracy, which will inevitably betray the interests of the working class, while simultaneously opposed to alternative means of active disruption of the oppressive capitalist mode of production.
The term originates from the Spanish political party with the same initials, which famously betrayed its Marxist origins in the year ‘79 to embrace social democracy.
“My wife doesn’t want me to protest against genocide or go on strikes, she thinks voting for the next Biden will fix everything.
The act of foolishly trusting social democrat promises, movements and political parties while waiting for change to happen through meaningless and minor reforms; while simultaneously opposing the active disruption of the capitalist mode of production and its direct consequences.
The term “PSOE” originates from the Spanish political party with the same initials, which famously betrayed its Marxist origins in the year ‘79 to embrace social democracy.
“My wife doesn’t want me to protest for peace or go on strikes, she thinks voting for the next Biden will fix everything. She’s been PSOED, what a fool. To be PSOED is to be a shame.”
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. PenguinBooks,1992. p. 38)