Wednesday, May 21, 2025

How Big Business and the Christian Right UNITED in a Corrupt Agreement (... [ Perhaps David North and Chris Hedges should get together in an Irish pub ? ]

@ronruggieri9817 Why HERE were my words " Catholic , fascist , anti-Semite " , naming ME ! , scratched over ? I do not think this is fair to sensitive, intelligent , informed, humane , very concerned Chris Hedges . But this from David North and his World Socialist Website ( for which despite being banned as a " Catholic, fascist , anti-Semite " type I often give critical support ) : [The demoralized pessimism of Chris Hedges’ “New Dark Age” David North@davidnorthwsws 18 hour ago Last year, Chris Hedges advocated self-immolation as a way to protest the Gaza genocide. In his latest demoralized screed, he transfers blame for the crimes of the Israeli-Zionist state and capitalist imperialism to the entire human race. Gaza, he proclaims, proves the futility of any belief in the possibility of human progress.] David North does here make the not irrational point that DESPAIR is inherently counter-revolutionary. I read somewhere that world shaking revolutions are more likely to happen when the oppressed and exploited masses suddenly experience waves of HOPE . If THE SYSTEM corrupts everybody and everything , then sooner or later it will inevitably corrupt would be liberators of the oppressed - including ALL Marxist " vanguard " parties. This sort of PESSIMISM is hardly brainless . WE collectively could be one more failed species with our generation witnessing the END OF CIVILIZATION. But to seriously believe that is to give up hope for the GUIDING LIGHT - human or divine . Such a " Light " was to many working class people around the world the Russian Revolution of 1917 ( American journalist John Reed wrote the left-wing classic short history " Ten Days That Shook the World " ) . Sad that the sectarian LEFT still has an incurable habit of sniffing out " treacherous deviationists " on all fronts . All " friends of the movement " , until the Final Showdown , are just dubious friends and even potential " enemies of the people ". Perhaps David North and Chris Hedges should get together and talk over strong beer in some cozy , people friendly Irish pub . Who knows, maybe complex issues become clearer in the smoke and alcoholic fog of the pub ?

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