21-11-2024, 08:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-11-2024, 09:19 PM by Peter Lemkin.)
Sorry this post is a bit late, but the Forum was down during the election. I am ABSOLUTELY NO FAN of how the Democrats [really both parties] support US Hegemony, a system of a few rich increasingly stealing from the growing poor, support for an indefensible Zionist Israel's genocidal war on the Palestinians and many other things. That said, Trumpf [family name when they came from Germany] and his Make America Racist/Fascist/Misogynist Again party filled me with existential disgust. A fact much on display during election: that half of the USA's adult population has only a sixth grade (or less) level of English reading/writing/understanding ability showed! It also allowed so many to be fooled by well-known Propaganda techniques to believe absolute fiction, lies, and to vote AGAINST their own interests! That many in the days AFTER the election were JUST beginning to understand that i.e., tariffs would do nothing but increase their costs, and the sad belief of some ethnic minorities that Trump wasn't going to deport and disrespect them showed an almost unbelievable level of naivete, if not stupidity. My entire life I voted for Left Progressive third party candidates, but simply could not this time. I held my nose and voted against Trumpfian Fascism.....little good that did. It was close - but such obscene forces should not even get single-digits in a sane polity. While I'll concede that the USA needs radical change, it needs it in the opposite direction and opposite orientation than what Trumpf and those behind Trumpf are intent on. OK, USA, you fucked-up big-time, and we'll be lucky if we get one last chance. I for one am in the resistance - primarily against Trumpism, but also against Business-As-Usual politics. At least the hidden lies have been laid bare if one cares/dares to see. Racism, Sexism, Regressive Religiosity, Rich over Poor, Men over Women, White over all others, those who feel 'entitled' over the others. Fascism was always lurking in the background in the USA, but now it is in control - or should I say out of control? Shame on the citizenry. You voted for your own punishment, but sadly for that of almost all others in the USA - and beyond. The ONLY ones who will benefit are the Ultra-rich, the seen and unseen Oligarchy (in US and Worldwide), the gun and arms makers. We're all going to "go through some 'things'"......and I fear VERY BAD ONES. While primarily those in the 'ol USA will shortly suffer on a daily basis; this is a HUGE and NEGATIVE event in history that will effect the entire World adversely.
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass