“Elections merely change the players. They don’t change the game. And it’s the game that’s fundamentally flawed.” —Sean Nestor
The Faux Revolution
by C. A. Matthews
The day after an election finds your social media feed full of commentary and articles about what went “wrong” and what went “right” concerning the results of that particular election. This time the political pundits couldn’t get enough of posting “Blue Tsunami!” or “Blue Wave Drowns MAGA” and other similar titles.
Just about everyone from every direction on the political compass congratulated the DNC on their wins in the House and Senate. Only a few added a caveat along the lines of “Now that they’ve won big, what will the Dems do with their power?”
Great question. Perhaps the question could be rephrased a bit, though. If you’re a regular reader, you’ll agree with me that this version is more accurate: “Now that the Democrats have won a majority of seats in Congress, how will they make their wealthy donors happy like the Republicans made theirs?”
It’s not fun raining on the “Blue No Matter Who” fans’ parade, but we must be realistic. A different make up of Congress isn’t going to magically give every American health care or drop gasoline prices overnight. It just doesn’t work that way in a capitalist system.
It’s time to face facts, Americans! You might have heard that a “revolution” (small r) happened when the DNC gained a majority in the House and Senate, but nothing of the sort has happened. You’ve been tricked into thinking that there are some actual differences that matter between Teams Blue and Red. Sadly, no revolution occurred. We’re in for more of the same.
The Princeton Study of 2014 (that I mention frequently) concluded that the US isn’t a “democracy” but an oligarchy—government by the wealthy, powerful few who are not necessarily elected, either. In the US, there aren’t any real differences between the the Red and Blue factions of the “duopoly” who serve the oligarchs other than a few superficial style issues. As former member of the UK Parliament George Galloway describes the two factions: “They’re two cheeks of the same arse (ass)” (with lots of sh*t coming out between them, I may add)...
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