It is no mystery to me-a democratic Socialist-why we in America- ” the
land of the free and the home of the brave “- have such a weird bunch of
candidates for the highest office in the land : they ALL must pass
inspection before the shadowy capitalist ruling class. The contest for
the presidency is mostly a shabby personality contest. To be sure, if
these ambitious politicians are impudent enough to have any IDEAS , they
invariably support the interests of the American plutocracy, the more
celebrated than scorned ONE PERCENT.
It still amazes me how many Republican candidates for president
were smitten with Ayn Rand Thought in their college years. Dr. Ben
Carson insists that he has a personal mentor in Jesus Christ. Jesus just
advised him that we need not be stymied by international law in
fighting terrorism.
If working people here voted consistently with their class
interests, the Republicans could never dominate the U.S. government.
But the ruling class controls BOTH the Democrats and Republicans.
In a real political crisis of the system the Democrats might even put
on a false ” socialist ” mask. And a guy like Bernie Sanders will be
anointed to SAVE CAPITALISM . What else are ” socialist ” Democrats good
for ? ( but Bernie just might have his own ideas ) .
Likewise, the reformed bad guy Ben Carson just might SAVE nice
rich white people from the fury of the oppressed black masses.
Read Bertrand Russell’s sardonic essay ” Nice People “. In capitalist America no serious SOCIALIST can ever be nice.
Not for nothing the Nice People here insist that we continue to
embargo ” socialist ” Cuba. Nasty Cuban socialists nationalized private
industries in Cuba after their July 26 triumph.
Nice People in general do not question private property rights-and the legitimacy of legitimate wealth.
Socialists around the world condemned George W. Bush's criminal invasion and occupation of Iraq. They condemned the torture of helpless prisoners of war at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison there. They condemned the CIA torture of Islamic prisoners at Guantanamo, Cuba.
To be sure, the U.S. military has no moral authority to LEAD any war on terrorism anywhere in the world.
The endless war on terrorism is a colossal failure-as in Vietnam.
The whole world applauded when the French imperialists were defeated at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
As they say , nothing changes if nothing changes. Have France, England, the United States, Israel stopped being imperialist bullies in the Middle East ?
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