Didn’t we hear him say, in his farewell comments as he left the Whitehouse, “We’ll be back in some form.”? Seems I remember at the time some folks wondering what he meant. It seemed clear enough. But maybe I just imagined it.
Your piece lays out a series of historic events that are converging into a river and gaining momentum each day, driven with a force as inalterable as a law of nature. There is no commensurate counterforce at the highest levels to resist the flood of hatred and violence. Simply, because the present administration has revealed it’s made of the same stuff.
If Biden’s decisions to finance the destruction of Ukraine and the mass murders in Palestine aren’t acts of hatred and violence, what are they? It must appear to other nations that Americans have such a surplus of hatred and violence that we can feel fulfilled only by consuming as much as we can at home and exporting the rest to other nations, whether they want it or not.
In 73 years on the planet, I’ve never feared the future. Until now.
Fascism is just a ten dollar word to Trump and his lunch-pail, six-pack followers. They are ahistorical. Well educated supporters of Trump, the lawyers and consultants and PR people who work for and support him, certain members of the GOP ruling elite, etc., they mostly know what facsism is and are OK with it. To the wealthy all that matters is reproducing and improving upon the conditions that grant their wealth. Biden would be a safer bet for them, but they don't all think well in the medium or long term, and in Trump they see things like bigger and better legal tax avoidance and other short term perks that must be quite appealing. Either way, Biden or Trump, the ruling classes benefit short term. Without the approval of the rich, neither of the two main candidates can run in our system. However, Trump can inadvertently upset the wealth producing status quo by inciting heightened internal unrest in the society, unleashing the violence and hatred of the truly dumb, causing what one can only imagine would be market destabilizations and chaotic returns on investments. What is a millionaire or billionaire with vested interests, who has to decide how to run the show, to do? So many decisions! The only thing for certain is that we will all live with the results of how they choose to exercise their power, and who or what they choose to support, because in the current form of American capitalism, money has the loudest voice in deciding what justice looks like and how an election will go. What we need to worry about, as bowed or unbowed members of the great 300 something hundred million plus unmoneyed United States citizenry, is how can we make our voices louder? Trump supporters mistakenly turn to Trump. Surely the rest of us cannot turn to Joe Biden?
Better than many of your polemics, but it falls a bit short at the end. 'Build a movement' has more uses than aspirin. Yes, but build mass base organizations within movements, organizations capable of connecting horizontally and vertically.
America is a racist country. Is there a turning back away from the fascism of Donald Trump? Expect internal revolts that will end our attempt at democracy for our white population and second class citizenship for the rest.
It is my opinion that the Trump phenomenon is the best thing that has happened to zionist run US. If they fail to control (or assassinate) Donald soon come post the next election Trump will destroy the war machine or the system will destroy Trump and Trump followers will revolt. The more instability in this giant zionist war machine the better.
Didn’t we hear him say, in his farewell comments as he left the Whitehouse, “We’ll be back in some form.”? Seems I remember at the time some folks wondering what he meant. It seemed clear enough. But maybe I just imagined it.
Your piece lays out a series of historic events that are converging into a river and gaining momentum each day, driven with a force as inalterable as a law of nature. There is no commensurate counterforce at the highest levels to resist the flood of hatred and violence. Simply, because the present administration has revealed it’s made of the same stuff.
If Biden’s decisions to finance the destruction of Ukraine and the mass murders in Palestine aren’t acts of hatred and violence, what are they? It must appear to other nations that Americans have such a surplus of hatred and violence that we can feel fulfilled only by consuming as much as we can at home and exporting the rest to other nations, whether they want it or not.
In 73 years on the planet, I’ve never feared the future. Until now.
Thankfully, I'm old, my kids are middle aged, no grands, 3 elderly sisters.
Not-So-Funny Joke: REPENT. THE END OF THE WORLD IS COMING.
Paul, are you going to 'vote blue no matter who' to stop the Orangeman bad? you better get some treatment for that TDS
Fascism is just a ten dollar word to Trump and his lunch-pail, six-pack followers. They are ahistorical. Well educated supporters of Trump, the lawyers and consultants and PR people who work for and support him, certain members of the GOP ruling elite, etc., they mostly know what facsism is and are OK with it. To the wealthy all that matters is reproducing and improving upon the conditions that grant their wealth. Biden would be a safer bet for them, but they don't all think well in the medium or long term, and in Trump they see things like bigger and better legal tax avoidance and other short term perks that must be quite appealing. Either way, Biden or Trump, the ruling classes benefit short term. Without the approval of the rich, neither of the two main candidates can run in our system. However, Trump can inadvertently upset the wealth producing status quo by inciting heightened internal unrest in the society, unleashing the violence and hatred of the truly dumb, causing what one can only imagine would be market destabilizations and chaotic returns on investments. What is a millionaire or billionaire with vested interests, who has to decide how to run the show, to do? So many decisions! The only thing for certain is that we will all live with the results of how they choose to exercise their power, and who or what they choose to support, because in the current form of American capitalism, money has the loudest voice in deciding what justice looks like and how an election will go. What we need to worry about, as bowed or unbowed members of the great 300 something hundred million plus unmoneyed United States citizenry, is how can we make our voices louder? Trump supporters mistakenly turn to Trump. Surely the rest of us cannot turn to Joe Biden?
Better than many of your polemics, but it falls a bit short at the end. 'Build a movement' has more uses than aspirin. Yes, but build mass base organizations within movements, organizations capable of connecting horizontally and vertically.
America is a racist country. Is there a turning back away from the fascism of Donald Trump? Expect internal revolts that will end our attempt at democracy for our white population and second class citizenship for the rest.
It is my opinion that the Trump phenomenon is the best thing that has happened to zionist run US. If they fail to control (or assassinate) Donald soon come post the next election Trump will destroy the war machine or the system will destroy Trump and Trump followers will revolt. The more instability in this giant zionist war machine the better.