GLEN FORD—What makes the U.S. “chattering classes” so worthless is their refusal to talk about anything except those subjects that are approved for public discourse by the Lords of Capital, as certified by the high priests of corporate media. If the chattering classes were permitted to discuss truly important subjects – such as, Who Rules? — their yammering might hold some social value. However, the obvious fact of corporate dictatorship is also the great taboo. When the overarching reality of our times – the Dictatorship of (White) Capital, from which all of the planet’s existential crises flow — is verboten, haram, unspeakable, most of what’s left to busy the lips is mindless, meaningless chatter that is utterly useless to the task of fixing what ails society.
CAPITALIST SICKNESS
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In this latest episode Jimmy discusses the blatant betrayals of the Democrat rank-and-file and public in general by the DNC, with Bernie Sanders, true to form, saying absolutely nothing.
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PHILIP WEISS—One way to understand the donations is BDS. Ilhan Omar is for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) targeting Israel. Melton-Meaux is against it.
This is now a fault-line in the Democratic Party. The rank-and-file clearly are favorable to BDS. Polling data show that 44 percent of Democrats support BDS; while only 15 percent oppose it. Yet 92 percent of House Democrats vote for a bill that characterizes BDS as antisemitic.
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Lawless State: Go Ask Donald, Joe, and Barack
43 minutes readPAUL STREET—As if all this wasn’t a sufficiently rough ride down Orwell’s dark corridors, Trump refused to answer in the affirmative when Wallace asked him if the president would honor the outcome of the 2020 election were Biden to win. “I will tell you at the time,” Trump said.” I’ll keep you in suspense. OK?”
Translation: the Trumpenstein will not accept the outcome of an election that does not go his way. He’ll count on William Barr, the bikers, cops, soldiers and other “tough guys” to join him in trying to veto a count that doesn’t go his way. Or else, well, you know, “civil war.”
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LAUREN MARTINCHEK—There is no such thing as a billionaire who got where he is purely out of hard work and perseverance, and Musk’s comments are such a brutal reminder of that reality it almost feels like a slap in the face. It takes cruelty, narcissism, and an unapologetic willingness to crush anyone or anything that stands in your way, even if it costs lives, democracy, and stability for an entire nation of people. Frankly, Musk’s candid and spiteful admission of the lengths he was willing to go for his own personal, already unimaginable wealth should be enough to radicalize anyone, and serve as a sharp reminder of the global scope of the cruelty of capitalism and the American empire..