19-11-2016, 07:52 PM
David, when you refer to "the elite" -- which elite?
Many analyses lack nuance and true insight because y'all don't grasp the bi-polar nature of the American ruling elites.
There is the corporate wing of the Democratic Party.
There is the corporate wing of the Republican Party.
Basically indistinguishable.
But the Democratic base is nothing like the Republican base.
Base Democrats stand up to the corporate wing on many occasions -- the Republican base never stands up to the corporatists in their own party, these GOP globalists who curry favor with the Dominionist Proto-Autocracy within the Republican base.
The Democratic base has a chance to influence the corporatists -- a chance! -- but with a Republican President we stand no chance.
The Republican base is more interested in ushering in a Christian Republic, and the Republican Party caters to these bible-thumpers.
Are systemic racism and mass surveillance acts of democracy?
No, the acts of democracy are in the on-going push back against those policies.
Organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union and Black Lives Matter actively fight against the militarization of police.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law...tarization
Push-back against a corporatist two-tiered internet led to "net neutrality."
In 2015 there was push back against mass surveillance with the passage of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/02/politics/s...t-act-nsa/
While it's true that Obama gave the National Security State the drone wars, the crackdown on whistle-blowers, the mis-adventures in Ukraine and Libya,
Obama out-maneuvered them to negotiate the removal of chemical weapons from Syria, nuke material from Iran, and began a diplomatic opening to Cuba.
None of those things would have happened under a Republican administration.
Cops are probably killing people of color as much as they ever have -- the difference is public awareness. The proliferation of cell phone cameras and social media have shined so much light on police criminality some cops are actually getting prosecuted for their crimes.
The USA is a Nazi wet dream?
Yes, because as we know the Nazis were famously tolerant of active protests.
They'd have loved Bernie and his people, eh?
Many analyses lack nuance and true insight because y'all don't grasp the bi-polar nature of the American ruling elites.
There is the corporate wing of the Democratic Party.
There is the corporate wing of the Republican Party.
Basically indistinguishable.
But the Democratic base is nothing like the Republican base.
Base Democrats stand up to the corporate wing on many occasions -- the Republican base never stands up to the corporatists in their own party, these GOP globalists who curry favor with the Dominionist Proto-Autocracy within the Republican base.
The Democratic base has a chance to influence the corporatists -- a chance! -- but with a Republican President we stand no chance.
The Republican base is more interested in ushering in a Christian Republic, and the Republican Party caters to these bible-thumpers.
Are systemic racism and mass surveillance acts of democracy?
No, the acts of democracy are in the on-going push back against those policies.
Organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union and Black Lives Matter actively fight against the militarization of police.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law...tarization
Push-back against a corporatist two-tiered internet led to "net neutrality."
In 2015 there was push back against mass surveillance with the passage of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/02/politics/s...t-act-nsa/
While it's true that Obama gave the National Security State the drone wars, the crackdown on whistle-blowers, the mis-adventures in Ukraine and Libya,
Obama out-maneuvered them to negotiate the removal of chemical weapons from Syria, nuke material from Iran, and began a diplomatic opening to Cuba.
None of those things would have happened under a Republican administration.
Cops are probably killing people of color as much as they ever have -- the difference is public awareness. The proliferation of cell phone cameras and social media have shined so much light on police criminality some cops are actually getting prosecuted for their crimes.
The USA is a Nazi wet dream?
Yes, because as we know the Nazis were famously tolerant of active protests.
They'd have loved Bernie and his people, eh?