Senate Democratic nominee James Talarico appears ready to bring a touch of Trotsky to Texas.In a video from a climate forum, Talarico is shown declaring capitalism an "oppressive system" linked with White supremacy and saying that it must be "dismantled" to achieve a better world.
It is reminiscent of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, who denounced the "fundamental evil of the capitalist system" and called on citizens to free themselves from its oppression.The Democratic Socialists of America and radical sites have long called "to dismantle the capitalist state."As a state representative, Talarico addressed the 2020 climate conference by the Austin chapter of the Sierra Club with other Texas House candidates.
However, it was Talarico who roused the crowd with an attack on capitalism:"I’m so thankful that you asked this question and also thankful that young activists have really drawn the link between climate change and White supremacy and capitalism in our country ...And I think only ending the ways that all three of those oppressive systems work together are we gonna be able to begin the process of dismantling them."TALARICO’S ‘PROUD CAPITALIST’ ABOUT-FACE COLLIDES WITH RESURFACED CALL TO ‘DISMANTLE’ CAPITALISMTalarico added criticism of Texas’s oil and gas industry, which he mocked as a dying industry "like being the leader in cassette tapes in the 1980s." He predicted with obvious satisfaction, "That industry is not gonna last."Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico speaks during a campaign rally on Sept.
9, 2025, in Round Rock, Texas.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Ironically, given his earlier promise of running a meatless, vegan campaign, opposing both beef and energy markets in Texas could well achieve the dismantling of the economy by default in Texas.WATCH: UNEARTHED VIDEO SHOWS LEFTIST SENATE HOPEFUL CELEBRATING ANTI-FOSSIL FUEL GROUP'S ARRIVAL IN TEXASTalarico's views closely parallel socialist and communist talking points online.
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