Friday, January 8, 2021

From Chris Hedges, who says he is a socialist

At Lone Star Parson.

The seizure of control of the economy by a class of global speculators and corporations has ruined the lives of the very groups the Democrats pretend to lift up...

The power of politicians such as Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer or Mitch McConnell comes from being able to funnel corporate money to anointed candidates. In a functioning political system, one not saturated with corporate cash, they would not hold power. They have transformed what the Roman philosopher Cicero called a commonwealth, a res publica, a “public thing” or the “property of a people,” into an instrument of pillage and repression on behalf of a global corporate oligarchy.

The tinder that could ignite violent conflagrations lies ominously stacked around us. It may be triggered by Trump’s defeat in the election. Millions of disenfranchised white Americans, who see no way out of their economic and social misery, struggling with an emotional void, are seething with rage against a corrupt ruling class and bankrupt liberal elite that betrayed them. They are tired of the political stagnation, grotesque, mounting social inequality and the punishing fallout from the pandemic. Millions more alienated young men and women, also locked out of the economy and with no realistic prospect for advancement or integration, gripped by the same emotional void, have harnessed their fury in the name of tearing down the governing structures and anti-fascism. These polarized extremes are inching closer and closer to violence. 

https://lonestarparson.blogspot.com/2021/01/politics-of-despair-and-jamiroquai.html

 

 

 

2 comments:

  1. Socialists generally don't REALLY want socialism. They want the exact same system they are bitching about EXCEPT with THEM in charge so THEY benefit.

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  2. That CEOs and boards of directors of multibillion-dollar corporations would so willingly give support to so-called socialism means the system does not apply to them. They think to enrich themselves at our expense and not suffer any economic loss of any kind.

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