Saturday, August 19, 2023

Charlatan capitalist politicians !

These debates among Republicans , among Democrats , between Democrats and Republicans , are all constrained by what Karl Marx called " the ideas of the ruling class ". The hidden assumption in all debates within the TWO PARTY SYSTEM is that " socialist " ideas are quarantined and anathema. Yet, just what social justice problems can begin to be solved with no reference to the flaws of the capitalist system ? The capitalist politicians are like 19th century biologists who want to talk profoundly about LIFE with no reference to Darwin , like 19th century medical doctors who would lecture on keeping people healthy with no reference to Pasteur. They naively believe that the American Constitution is a sort of holy text which has all the answers even while science and technology and social revolution profoundly change human life. How can the scientific method apply only to the world up to the existence of CIVILIZED human beings ? A simple 19th century science discovery forever repudiates the silly notion that there is only freedom in the capitalist economic and no necessary " exploitation " . That principle is the famous one called CONSERVATION OF ENERGY . In other words, you can't get something for nothing . This horrific INEQUALITY OF WEALTH Is rationally explained by Karl Marx's labor theory of value. As a long time independent democratic socialist I cannot see how any American politician who operates within the Two Party System can be anything other than an unctuous charlatan whose law school education was little more than training in sophistry and philistine debating skills.

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