People should not be under any illusions of anyone who works within the democratic party. Their job is to uphold the billionaire/millionaire economic system.
For the discussion about Sanders. There's a transcript here where Joti Brar of Britain excoriates Jeremy Corbyn and accuses him of betraying Labor.
Keir Starmer is now the Labor PM and if you've been paying attention, is totally screwing things up. He continues to push for war with Russia, not a proxy war, real war.
Sanders and Corbyn seem to be two peas in a pod. The truth is that the Anglo-American Oligarchy (which is dominated by "Jewish Supremacists" and the "Jewish Mafia", although saying "Jewish" in each case diverts attention from other Oligarchs and criminals) cooperates with the Deep State (as defined by Aaron Good) to push for hegemony. The politicians dance to their tune.
I mean my interpretation of your response is that you basically said "water isn't wet".
Are you a Corbyn supporter or a Sanders supporter? What's the difference between them? Is it the nature of the US election process vs the English process? (just guessing here)
Anyway, you can make a declaration like you have, but no one cares. Fill it out and explain why.
He tried to hold on as long as he could. Then they told him, "We will destroy you; you will lose everything." At his age, I don't blame him for folding.
One could make the case for Bernie Sanders being 'controlled opposition'. He seems to be a more complex character, possibly stuck in-between two worlds? I really used to like him in tha past, but ever since Oct 7th 2023 (and a few times before that when he cowardly caved to the demands of the Democratic Party), I think quite differently of him now.
When he immediately echoed pinhead Biden, calling the Russian invasion of Ukraine “unprovoked,” it was clear as a bell that he would spin any propaganda required to protect the party that he so passionately sought to change from within. He calls himself a friggin socialist, he honeymooned in Moscow, but seems to be shit-scared of uttering any truth that would be construed as confronting the DP.
Ralph Nader opted to retain his dignity over a moment of basking in the spotlight, only to be played as a kook or a fool. Sanders is a sellout, and that is his legacy.
I have known Bernie since meeting him through a friend teaching in Vermont 1993. Bernie is very bright make no mistake, very, very bright. I think he was a genuine Socialist part way through the 2016 race and then folded. I what I heard was, Bernie didn't want to be Ralph Nader who people from the campaign whispered to him more and more. I agree with you, once turned as an agent of the evil empire all trust is lost. I say that after 4800$ and many hours of work. Damn, if only I was a smart person : )
Bernie has been my Congressman in the US House, and later, US Senate for decades. Here in Vermont (as in 20-some other states) we do not affiliate with any party when we register to vote, thus Bernie was (and is), by default, an independent. However he *never* ran as an independent in either of his two presidential bids. He is smart enough to realize that he would have had zero chance of winning as an independent.
When he launched his presidential campaign in 2016 (and again later in 2020) he jumped thru the hoops put before him to run as a democrat. One of which was to actively support their presidential nominee, if someone other than himself. The DNC, and a complicate press, screwed him over royally, but despite that, he very nearly won the nomination in 2016, a remarkable feat.
During both of Bernie's campaigns, he opened up public awareness to the oligarch takeover of this country. Before that, the general public did not understand the root cause of their struggles. If he accomplished nothing else, he did this.
It's hard to know what he might have accomplished had he won the WH. I think it would be most likely that the powers-that-be would have eliminated him JFK style.
I am friends with someone that teaches at Stratton mountain. So I have know Bernie since 1993. I disagree with you, Bernie running as an independent in 2016 would have easily split the vote between to hated candidates. That race was the only race he could have won of the two. When I knocked doors for Bernie 2015 , Trump voters in my State told me they would vote for Bernie if he was on the ballot. They hated Hitlery.
I still have an email written by Bernie, on AOL hahaha.
He is one of the few to vote against shoveling money to Israel with no accountability. It is disappointing however that he will not oppose Israel's basic right to exist.
Progressive, except for Palestine. A shameful double standard when someone says that a genocide is taking place but actively collaborate to it, not by looking away, not by closing the eyes, but by sending weapons to the genocidal government. Offensive or defensive, a Byzantine discussion in the middle of a raging holocaust. AOC clearly underestimates the intelligence of the American public.
Yes, Susan there is; my state’s Rep. Rashida who has fought endlessly against supporting the Ziofilth Regime (presently being the only Palestinian-American in Congress, although Michigan also holds the distinction of another: former US Rep. Justin Amash, before he retired.)
I’m proud of MY STATE for having elected the individuals mentioned above ( Amash was from quite a conservative district, btw.) AIPAC can spend a $billion trying to unseat Rashida and it ain’t gonna happen; her constituents, primarily Black, know better, because of how she’s fought for them. You shitheads in St. Louis let Cori Bush get primaried by an AIPAC candidate.
So when the REST of you motherfucking Amerikkkans gonna say FUCK THE LIKES of AOC and start electing some REAL antigenocide candidates?
FUCK AIPAC; FUCK ISRAHELL; FUCK AOC and her phony-ass ilk.
I fear the american people and jews have forgotten they were once strangers in a strange land. They never lived up to their supposed ideals, but they were meant to at least try to be better. Now is the time of monsters. Maybe it always has been.
Follow the money. Some MPs are bought so cheaply they could do a few dozen at a time and still save money. What is so exciting about getting an Israeli donation/bribe of $1,500, is it a weekly donation, fortnightly, monthly, yearly or a one off?
On my age pension I get from one fortnight to the next by a thread but I would not cross the road to lose honour for a paltry $1,500 no matter how much it would help. So what the hell is wrong with these people who are on a much higher salary than most, that they can be bought on the cheap?
The answer to your question can be found in a classic scene on the TV series, "Dallas". In the dialogue, oil baron J.R. Ewing (played by Larry Hagman), proposes to win the bidding for some offshore drilling rights by deceit:
J.R.: Ahem. Let me see, what did I want to talk about? Oh, yeah. Um, I got to thinking, it’s getting very close to auction time for those offshore leases. [Begins cutting food] And it occurred to me, I ought to find out who I’m going to be bidding against. So who filed intention to bid? [He puts a forkful of food into his mouth and chews. Edgar is silent.] Edgar, who filed intention to bid?
EDGAR: Intentions to bid were filed by Westar, Four State, your company and Barnes/Wentworth.
J.R.: There, that wasn’t so hard, was it? My second question is: Who has actually placed bids? Which one of those?
EDGAR: Everyone bid but Westar, Barnes and Ewing.
J.R.: All right. Next, I want a phone call from you when Westar and Barnes make their bid. We’ll have a meeting and you tell me what the highest bid is — and I’ll hand you mine.
EDGAR: [Leans forward] I don’t see how you can live with yourself.
J.R.: Oh, it’s not hard. You’ll see. Once you give up integrity, the rest is a piece of cake. [Chuckles]
Thank you, excellent! When there is a genocide planned or in progress, it is the duty of all nations to end it, even if it requires direct involvement. Only Yemen has the fortitude so far. Shame on all others.
True, but 'duty' is a 'nice-to-have' principle for TPTB that run most nations of the world. In reality, 'duty' seems to matter little - whether in the context of 'geopolitcs' or 'business' (i.e. corporations, etc.)
I've thought this for a long time. Her attacks against Jill Stein and the green party when it was AOC's party that worked with major media to silence any alternate view of what is possible politically or economically made that clear.
If ever there is waking moment, we, the populations of the West (namely NATO member states), will come to realize our governments are in service to the empire and are more than willing to cannibalize their own nations for the sake of forever wars. We have been conditioned by the narrative of endless propaganda for decades, and Stockholm Syndrome is endemic in our societies.
End Stage Capitalism demands it. We are past the tipping point now. We thought this was ugly, more is coming. I am very worried people think the use of nuclear weapons is an option, people I know who should know better. Run to the Light. The light being the Neutrons scintillating your eye.
🎯💯 Of course she is, I just didn't know HOW MUCH (and I yet may not know the full extent of her duplicitious personality).
CJ>>"Leftists shouldn’t hate AOC less than the politicians to her right, they should hate her much more."
EXACTLY! Thank You for making that clear Caitlin - there are so many unnecessary debates I get embroiled with liberals in (that don't understand that the U.S. Congress DOES NOT HAVE ANY 'left'). The term LEFT has been so abused in the West that MOST people don't even know what it means.
BTW, I ❤️ every word of this article, and people really need to take the effort to understand the multiple narratives that you have dismantled in it. 🙏
I don’t know why anyone is really surprised. All of the “progressive” darlings turn out to be extreme disappointments and they can’t just blame it on republicans but it’s their own deeply held views. Is there a single representative who’s not a Zionist at this point?
I believe that those six congresspersons listed, the ones who voted for that amendment by MTG to restrict that $500 million, are among the few, or maybe the only ones, who do not take AIPAC money.
I will never understand why Iran didn’t pound Israel into oblivion when the opportunity was there. This ceasefire seems to only benefit the Zionist’s reload and rearmament. Am I missing something?
The general consensus among analysts I pay attention to (well over 20) is that Iran did not want to get nuked by the USA. It would rather maintain the "high ground" of world-wide opinion.
There seems to be some kind of "rule" that a nation like Iran (and every nation other than the US) has to maintain "restraint". They have to slowly ascend the escalatory ladder or they will lose support of world-wide public opinion. (where it isn't quite clear if "public opinion" really is "everyone" or just the leaders/rulers of other nations.)
The meme before the Israeli attack that began the 12-day war, was suppose to be how Iran was a den of evildoers.
After the 12-day war, Iran is "standing up to the evil Jews."
I'll grant that this seems extremely simple-minded, but in so many important issues, "simple-minded" wins. Look at how many people refuse to understand the complexity of the Ukraine war. They insist that history started in February 2022 and "it is all Russia's fault!" Public opinion now divides between the "yes it was" and "no it wasn't" of this question.
Public opinion (which may not be all that "public") is fickle.
Here is an English version of "Women is fickle". Not picking on women here when I post it. It is a famous opera song. I'm sure you've heard it dozens of time. My point is this is also "public opinion"
I so agree, and yet, gasp, two of my favorite renditions of a couple of arias are in the 'wrong' language. But I defy anyone to not think they are amongst the very finest ever.
O du süßestes Mädchen (O soave fanciulla) In German! No less.
Thanks. I agree that the La Bohème duet sounds great in any language and this rendition in German was excellent. Sadly, I'm not so familiar with this Bizet.
It's important to understand, that in the context of the opera, Rigoletto, this is irony in the extreme. There are quite a few pertinent lessons to be had in that particular opera regarding political, and moral, corruption. For that reason alone, it is among my favorites of Verdi's operas.
Yes, the Oligarchy does what it wants to do. They are the only men with agency.
However, they work very, very hard to ensure whatever actions they take is supported by a large portion of the public. Or, as with Obamacare, they hoodwink the public into believing something that isn't true.
This is the purpose of the "No Kings" demonstrations.
The Oligarchy is not monolithic or homogeneous. Note how Trump and Musk have turned on one another. Is it "real" or is it another "fake out"?
>>"The strong do as they wish and care nothing for public opinion."
Au contraire, Feral, 'public opinion' matters a lot (more than most people think). Simply do a search on terms like "the impact of public opinion on policy making", or "how public opinion changed the course of history", etc.
I agree with you that public opinion is fickle. More than that it is the conditioning that the public is subjected to that makes it so. How they frame Russia is a case in point. Using opera to show that " public opinion is as fickle as a woman" is amusing. I always thought that Rigoletto was simply misogynist.
Anyway thanks for the English version, though I rather prefer the original. The music is always fantastic.
Nope, we in the u.s. are loud mouth chicken sh its. The mere thought of Iran closing the straits of Hormuz caused panic. Iran has been in practice for this for decades. I do think all has changed in any treaty talks with the u.s. now. Bombing on the day of peace talks, not good. I would not be shocked if Yemen begins using the new Iranian missile tech.
I asked myself that question, it comes from the Quran, equal blows to the assailant. That may be about to change with a change to the directive. Great question though isn't it. Clearly Iran's worries about the coming escalation are real and could easily have been avoided. israel the size of New Jersey with 9 million in population 2 million of which are Arab. The Euro/u.s. israeli's would have run away in mins. Great question for history.
They claim they have not sought nuclear weapons as this is against their religion. Perhaps that moral stance carries over to other areas. One can object to certain of their domestic policies, while still recognizing, that when it comes to mass murder, they have staked out the moral high ground.
Joy, politics - especially geopolitics - is RARELY (if ever) about morality (though morality is often used and abused to lend credence, virtue, righteousness, etc.).
She lied at the Democratic Convention when she said Harris had worked tirelessly to resolve the situation in Gaza. Good points in the article. I hadn’t seen covered elsewhere the few who voted for the bill.
AOC hypocrisy has been exposed numerous times. Why anyone pays any attention to this Mama Bear Pelois darling little cub is bewildering. Maybe its a form of Stockholm Syndrome, so many are being held captive and intellectually tortured by the Democratic Party, even if they could escape their captors were can the go?
I think it may be more like, when you are mentally captured in a squeeze game, and the walls are closing in, you can't help keep turning towards the painted door.
Its a choice they make, the stick there head into party willingly, so few independents, make one wonder if the Borg is for real " WE ARE THE PARTY YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. YOUR UNIQUENESS WILL BE ADDED TO OUR COLLECTIVE. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE"
Do you think she was fake from the beginning? Remember when she joined a protest outside Pelosi`s office, though she left before the arrest , but Pelosi was angry as hell, and the assimilation machine was engaged. maybe half a year latter AOC was calling Pelosi mama bear
It doesn't matter. If the establishment is good at nothing else, it is very good at determining whom to buy off, whom to co-opt, whom to neutralize, whom to ignore.
Excellent article… the point about Liberals can’t be stressed enough. Especially in times of upheaval. Malcolm X often mentioned that he always preferred to deal with the open racists rather than liberals… he knew what he was dealing with when working with racists. The liberals were more dangerous. Here’s a speech of his about the 1963 march on Washington that went from an angry grass roots black led movement that wanted to shut down the city into an integrated love fest that was co-opted by the white power structure… of course, with respectable negro leaders pushed to the front. Malcolm called it the Farce on Washington.
There is a difference between Democrats and Republicans… Republicans tell you they are going to fuck you over and take your money; Democrats tell you they’ve got your back as they stick a knife in it. Like Malcolm, I’d rather deal with the Republicans.
I think we too often forget that we’ve been through a lot of this before and there are usually some really good lessons we can reference going forward.
I knew this and failed to see it. Jimmy Carter, murdered 1 million East Timor as a religious man of God. My first vote, hopey dreamy : ( Then Obummer, Bernie. I am a failure as a voter pretending my vote means something other than local. I will still vote, I had to write in Jill Stein who was a absolute failure in campaign. I can work in the mountains of Chile, maybe that's my next vote, with my feet : )
I loved listening to Malcom X speak the truth. Such a brilliant mind, thanks for sharing this speech.
I didn’t know the early roots and then the infiltration history of the march nor James Baldwin being cancelled. Malcom still proving the honest truth about our country.
Ultimately, politics is about class interests and AOC is on the other side of the barricades. At the outset of the genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza, I heard an interview with with a Israeli who justified the IDF onslaught against the people in Gaza on the grounds that Israel is defending liberal democratic values. But at its core, liberalism is a barbaric ideology. Read Engels brilliant monograph, written at the age of 24, on the conditions faced by the industrial working classes of England in Ireland circa 1845 - liberalism in its purest form - used to justify the most egregious treatment of workers - what Engels called social murder. This book was written just prior to the English colonial engineered famine in Ireland in which liberal government of Britain oversaw the starvation of some 3 million Irish. Read Lusordo’s Liberalism: A Counter History. The apostles of liberalism, vociferous in their opposition to the rights and privileges of the aristocracy, justified the pernicious forms of capitalist exploitation in the name of free markets including the plantation slave system in the southern United States where British capital had massive investments. PS Phil Ochs, unlike Dylan, never turned his back on his principles. At the kick off fund raising concert for Greenpeace in Vancouver in 1970 with Joni Mitchel and Phil Ochs, the first thing he said upon coming on stage is ‘I hear Canada is on a death trip.’ Given our contribution to climate catastrophe through the unimpeded unregulated exploitation of the tar sands, we are at the head of the pack of neoliberals bringing on our collective suicide.
People should not be under any illusions of anyone who works within the democratic party. Their job is to uphold the billionaire/millionaire economic system.
are there any politicians in either party who do not have that job?
I reluctantly suggest Thomas Massie.
I haven't figured out his anti-AIPAC campaign, but it appears to be legit.
Bernie Sanders
Maggie, Sanders is even worse. He got everyone excited about his program and then walked away. The plan always was to turn it over to Hillary.
For the discussion about Sanders. There's a transcript here where Joti Brar of Britain excoriates Jeremy Corbyn and accuses him of betraying Labor.
Keir Starmer is now the Labor PM and if you've been paying attention, is totally screwing things up. He continues to push for war with Russia, not a proxy war, real war.
Sanders and Corbyn seem to be two peas in a pod. The truth is that the Anglo-American Oligarchy (which is dominated by "Jewish Supremacists" and the "Jewish Mafia", although saying "Jewish" in each case diverts attention from other Oligarchs and criminals) cooperates with the Deep State (as defined by Aaron Good) to push for hegemony. The politicians dance to their tune.
https://www.reddit.com/r/economy/comments/1logqzc/the_real_reason_the_imperial_west_hates_russia/
There's no comparison between Sanders and Corbyn.
Why not?
I mean my interpretation of your response is that you basically said "water isn't wet".
Are you a Corbyn supporter or a Sanders supporter? What's the difference between them? Is it the nature of the US election process vs the English process? (just guessing here)
Anyway, you can make a declaration like you have, but no one cares. Fill it out and explain why.
YES. But when he was running as an Independent most didn't vote for him!
Sorry, Bernie never ran as an independent other than in Vermont races.
They did in 2016. That was when he betrayed them
As a Demoncrat.
He tried to hold on as long as he could. Then they told him, "We will destroy you; you will lose everything." At his age, I don't blame him for folding.
One could make the case for Bernie Sanders being 'controlled opposition'. He seems to be a more complex character, possibly stuck in-between two worlds? I really used to like him in tha past, but ever since Oct 7th 2023 (and a few times before that when he cowardly caved to the demands of the Democratic Party), I think quite differently of him now.
He's been very outspoken about it many months now. And by the way he was forced out of the race because our Zionist overlords control everything.
I have to disagree, read my reply to our friend Chang.
Yes, I disagree too with your apologia/explanation of Bernie's behavior - I'm not buying your narrative.
When he immediately echoed pinhead Biden, calling the Russian invasion of Ukraine “unprovoked,” it was clear as a bell that he would spin any propaganda required to protect the party that he so passionately sought to change from within. He calls himself a friggin socialist, he honeymooned in Moscow, but seems to be shit-scared of uttering any truth that would be construed as confronting the DP.
Ralph Nader opted to retain his dignity over a moment of basking in the spotlight, only to be played as a kook or a fool. Sanders is a sellout, and that is his legacy.
💯👏 Well said unwarranted!
I have known Bernie since meeting him through a friend teaching in Vermont 1993. Bernie is very bright make no mistake, very, very bright. I think he was a genuine Socialist part way through the 2016 race and then folded. I what I heard was, Bernie didn't want to be Ralph Nader who people from the campaign whispered to him more and more. I agree with you, once turned as an agent of the evil empire all trust is lost. I say that after 4800$ and many hours of work. Damn, if only I was a smart person : )
Bernie has been my Congressman in the US House, and later, US Senate for decades. Here in Vermont (as in 20-some other states) we do not affiliate with any party when we register to vote, thus Bernie was (and is), by default, an independent. However he *never* ran as an independent in either of his two presidential bids. He is smart enough to realize that he would have had zero chance of winning as an independent.
When he launched his presidential campaign in 2016 (and again later in 2020) he jumped thru the hoops put before him to run as a democrat. One of which was to actively support their presidential nominee, if someone other than himself. The DNC, and a complicate press, screwed him over royally, but despite that, he very nearly won the nomination in 2016, a remarkable feat.
During both of Bernie's campaigns, he opened up public awareness to the oligarch takeover of this country. Before that, the general public did not understand the root cause of their struggles. If he accomplished nothing else, he did this.
It's hard to know what he might have accomplished had he won the WH. I think it would be most likely that the powers-that-be would have eliminated him JFK style.
I am friends with someone that teaches at Stratton mountain. So I have know Bernie since 1993. I disagree with you, Bernie running as an independent in 2016 would have easily split the vote between to hated candidates. That race was the only race he could have won of the two. When I knocked doors for Bernie 2015 , Trump voters in my State told me they would vote for Bernie if he was on the ballot. They hated Hitlery.
I still have an email written by Bernie, on AOL hahaha.
Nah. He’s a Zionist.
He is one of the few to vote against shoveling money to Israel with no accountability. It is disappointing however that he will not oppose Israel's basic right to exist.
Progressive, except for Palestine. A shameful double standard when someone says that a genocide is taking place but actively collaborate to it, not by looking away, not by closing the eyes, but by sending weapons to the genocidal government. Offensive or defensive, a Byzantine discussion in the middle of a raging holocaust. AOC clearly underestimates the intelligence of the American public.
That my friend is so true, and not only her thought.
'Fraid not,Maggie.He is on record as having recently advised Mandami to "be careful " about what he said on Israel.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mamdani-dc-swing-house-democrats-093041327.html
True, but he is an independent. He doesn’t belong to either party.
He belongs to the uniparty.
💯👍🏽
I wish that was still true : ( I liked Bernie as a person having known him for a very long time.
🙄@ Maggie
Hell no! He’s a rabid Zionist. He lived in Israel for Christ’s sake. He an AOC play the same role. Sanders is a lying POS!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study_Group_(Jewish_group)
There are none in the uniparty, but this article seems interesting on how they might be blackmailed/bought off.
Yes, Susan there is; my state’s Rep. Rashida who has fought endlessly against supporting the Ziofilth Regime (presently being the only Palestinian-American in Congress, although Michigan also holds the distinction of another: former US Rep. Justin Amash, before he retired.)
I’m proud of MY STATE for having elected the individuals mentioned above ( Amash was from quite a conservative district, btw.) AIPAC can spend a $billion trying to unseat Rashida and it ain’t gonna happen; her constituents, primarily Black, know better, because of how she’s fought for them. You shitheads in St. Louis let Cori Bush get primaried by an AIPAC candidate.
So when the REST of you motherfucking Amerikkkans gonna say FUCK THE LIKES of AOC and start electing some REAL antigenocide candidates?
FUCK AIPAC; FUCK ISRAHELL; FUCK AOC and her phony-ass ilk.
❤️👍🏼
When are Americans going to learn: Dems are same as Repubs. Don't vote for either.
Your Country is owned by AIPAC
I fear the american people and jews have forgotten they were once strangers in a strange land. They never lived up to their supposed ideals, but they were meant to at least try to be better. Now is the time of monsters. Maybe it always has been.
AOC wants to have her cake and eat it too. Faux progressive who always leans mainstream.
Follow the money. Some MPs are bought so cheaply they could do a few dozen at a time and still save money. What is so exciting about getting an Israeli donation/bribe of $1,500, is it a weekly donation, fortnightly, monthly, yearly or a one off?
On my age pension I get from one fortnight to the next by a thread but I would not cross the road to lose honour for a paltry $1,500 no matter how much it would help. So what the hell is wrong with these people who are on a much higher salary than most, that they can be bought on the cheap?
The answer to your question can be found in a classic scene on the TV series, "Dallas". In the dialogue, oil baron J.R. Ewing (played by Larry Hagman), proposes to win the bidding for some offshore drilling rights by deceit:
J.R.: Ahem. Let me see, what did I want to talk about? Oh, yeah. Um, I got to thinking, it’s getting very close to auction time for those offshore leases. [Begins cutting food] And it occurred to me, I ought to find out who I’m going to be bidding against. So who filed intention to bid? [He puts a forkful of food into his mouth and chews. Edgar is silent.] Edgar, who filed intention to bid?
EDGAR: Intentions to bid were filed by Westar, Four State, your company and Barnes/Wentworth.
J.R.: There, that wasn’t so hard, was it? My second question is: Who has actually placed bids? Which one of those?
EDGAR: Everyone bid but Westar, Barnes and Ewing.
J.R.: All right. Next, I want a phone call from you when Westar and Barnes make their bid. We’ll have a meeting and you tell me what the highest bid is — and I’ll hand you mine.
EDGAR: [Leans forward] I don’t see how you can live with yourself.
J.R.: Oh, it’s not hard. You’ll see. Once you give up integrity, the rest is a piece of cake. [Chuckles]
Thank you, excellent! When there is a genocide planned or in progress, it is the duty of all nations to end it, even if it requires direct involvement. Only Yemen has the fortitude so far. Shame on all others.
>>"it is the duty of all nations to end it..."
True, but 'duty' is a 'nice-to-have' principle for TPTB that run most nations of the world. In reality, 'duty' seems to matter little - whether in the context of 'geopolitcs' or 'business' (i.e. corporations, etc.)
I've thought this for a long time. Her attacks against Jill Stein and the green party when it was AOC's party that worked with major media to silence any alternate view of what is possible politically or economically made that clear.
If ever there is waking moment, we, the populations of the West (namely NATO member states), will come to realize our governments are in service to the empire and are more than willing to cannibalize their own nations for the sake of forever wars. We have been conditioned by the narrative of endless propaganda for decades, and Stockholm Syndrome is endemic in our societies.
End Stage Capitalism demands it. We are past the tipping point now. We thought this was ugly, more is coming. I am very worried people think the use of nuclear weapons is an option, people I know who should know better. Run to the Light. The light being the Neutrons scintillating your eye.
CJ -> "AOC Is A Genocidal Con Artist"
🎯💯 Of course she is, I just didn't know HOW MUCH (and I yet may not know the full extent of her duplicitious personality).
CJ>>"Leftists shouldn’t hate AOC less than the politicians to her right, they should hate her much more."
EXACTLY! Thank You for making that clear Caitlin - there are so many unnecessary debates I get embroiled with liberals in (that don't understand that the U.S. Congress DOES NOT HAVE ANY 'left'). The term LEFT has been so abused in the West that MOST people don't even know what it means.
BTW, I ❤️ every word of this article, and people really need to take the effort to understand the multiple narratives that you have dismantled in it. 🙏
There’s only one party in Washington.
I don’t know why anyone is really surprised. All of the “progressive” darlings turn out to be extreme disappointments and they can’t just blame it on republicans but it’s their own deeply held views. Is there a single representative who’s not a Zionist at this point?
Tlaib.
I believe that those six congresspersons listed, the ones who voted for that amendment by MTG to restrict that $500 million, are among the few, or maybe the only ones, who do not take AIPAC money.
I will never understand why Iran didn’t pound Israel into oblivion when the opportunity was there. This ceasefire seems to only benefit the Zionist’s reload and rearmament. Am I missing something?
The general consensus among analysts I pay attention to (well over 20) is that Iran did not want to get nuked by the USA. It would rather maintain the "high ground" of world-wide opinion.
There seems to be some kind of "rule" that a nation like Iran (and every nation other than the US) has to maintain "restraint". They have to slowly ascend the escalatory ladder or they will lose support of world-wide public opinion. (where it isn't quite clear if "public opinion" really is "everyone" or just the leaders/rulers of other nations.)
The meme before the Israeli attack that began the 12-day war, was suppose to be how Iran was a den of evildoers.
After the 12-day war, Iran is "standing up to the evil Jews."
I'll grant that this seems extremely simple-minded, but in so many important issues, "simple-minded" wins. Look at how many people refuse to understand the complexity of the Ukraine war. They insist that history started in February 2022 and "it is all Russia's fault!" Public opinion now divides between the "yes it was" and "no it wasn't" of this question.
Public opinion (which may not be all that "public") is fickle.
Here is an English version of "Women is fickle". Not picking on women here when I post it. It is a famous opera song. I'm sure you've heard it dozens of time. My point is this is also "public opinion"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UAgETVR-lE
Oh Geez, La Donna è Mobile in Inglese. Verdi trema nella sua tomba.
I so agree, and yet, gasp, two of my favorite renditions of a couple of arias are in the 'wrong' language. But I defy anyone to not think they are amongst the very finest ever.
O du süßestes Mädchen (O soave fanciulla) In German! No less.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THtukNDeZ9c
The second one is a French aria in Italian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMh73njyeEQ
Enjoy!
Thanks. I agree that the La Bohème duet sounds great in any language and this rendition in German was excellent. Sadly, I'm not so familiar with this Bizet.
He surely would if he heard the version played on the Radio.
EDIT: I recall it was a polka.
It's important to understand, that in the context of the opera, Rigoletto, this is irony in the extreme. There are quite a few pertinent lessons to be had in that particular opera regarding political, and moral, corruption. For that reason alone, it is among my favorites of Verdi's operas.
"But public opinion!" is another one of those copes used to make excuses for indecision.
The strong do as they wish and care nothing for public opinion.
They care enough to change public opinion to justify what they want.
The "news" about "sleeper cell" attacks by Iran for example, or the Iranian "bomb" threat.
Public Opinion is easily swayed.
The Epstein problem that Trump faces right now may not "blow over", but he handled it really badly.
This allows those segments of the Oligarchy who want to get rid of Trump to move against him.
I am not sure what you are saying here.
Yes, the Oligarchy does what it wants to do. They are the only men with agency.
However, they work very, very hard to ensure whatever actions they take is supported by a large portion of the public. Or, as with Obamacare, they hoodwink the public into believing something that isn't true.
This is the purpose of the "No Kings" demonstrations.
The Oligarchy is not monolithic or homogeneous. Note how Trump and Musk have turned on one another. Is it "real" or is it another "fake out"?
On a national level, getting public support makes the job of oligarchy that much easier.
In an international level, they don't even bother with that.
An example: the American people were overwhelmingly in favor of Net Neutrality. The people in power still voted to kill it off.
Do I have to say "Oligarchy" again? /s/s/s
>>"The strong do as they wish and care nothing for public opinion."
Au contraire, Feral, 'public opinion' matters a lot (more than most people think). Simply do a search on terms like "the impact of public opinion on policy making", or "how public opinion changed the course of history", etc.
JohnOnKaui;
I agree with you that public opinion is fickle. More than that it is the conditioning that the public is subjected to that makes it so. How they frame Russia is a case in point. Using opera to show that " public opinion is as fickle as a woman" is amusing. I always thought that Rigoletto was simply misogynist.
Anyway thanks for the English version, though I rather prefer the original. The music is always fantastic.
Decades ago, the radio in my home town played a pop version of the song often enough that I remember. It plays in my head on occasion.
Women is fickle
False hearted lovers
Women with laughing eyes
and lips that tantalize
I'm surprised I can't find this version.
I suggest they knew they would be bombed by the US and wisely held off until they got help from China and Russia which they were offered before.
Nope, we in the u.s. are loud mouth chicken sh its. The mere thought of Iran closing the straits of Hormuz caused panic. Iran has been in practice for this for decades. I do think all has changed in any treaty talks with the u.s. now. Bombing on the day of peace talks, not good. I would not be shocked if Yemen begins using the new Iranian missile tech.
I asked myself that question, it comes from the Quran, equal blows to the assailant. That may be about to change with a change to the directive. Great question though isn't it. Clearly Iran's worries about the coming escalation are real and could easily have been avoided. israel the size of New Jersey with 9 million in population 2 million of which are Arab. The Euro/u.s. israeli's would have run away in mins. Great question for history.
They claim they have not sought nuclear weapons as this is against their religion. Perhaps that moral stance carries over to other areas. One can object to certain of their domestic policies, while still recognizing, that when it comes to mass murder, they have staked out the moral high ground.
Joy, politics - especially geopolitics - is RARELY (if ever) about morality (though morality is often used and abused to lend credence, virtue, righteousness, etc.).
AOC is such a disappointment. Bloody genocide supporter that she is.
I reserve nicknames for friends, Rep. Cortez : (
She lied at the Democratic Convention when she said Harris had worked tirelessly to resolve the situation in Gaza. Good points in the article. I hadn’t seen covered elsewhere the few who voted for the bill.
AOC is the establishment
now.
Spot on as usual... I could see AOC was a fraud when I first saw her.
Bels, Remember... AOC wearing a ball gown to the Met gala emblazoned with the words 'Tax the rich'.... If you don't laugh.. you will cry.
I wish I had known you then, it would have saved me tons of cash and work. : (
AOC hypocrisy has been exposed numerous times. Why anyone pays any attention to this Mama Bear Pelois darling little cub is bewildering. Maybe its a form of Stockholm Syndrome, so many are being held captive and intellectually tortured by the Democratic Party, even if they could escape their captors were can the go?
I think it may be more like, when you are mentally captured in a squeeze game, and the walls are closing in, you can't help keep turning towards the painted door.
Its a choice they make, the stick there head into party willingly, so few independents, make one wonder if the Borg is for real " WE ARE THE PARTY YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. YOUR UNIQUENESS WILL BE ADDED TO OUR COLLECTIVE. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE"
AOC wants to get ahead. Nothing less, nothing more.
Do you think she was fake from the beginning? Remember when she joined a protest outside Pelosi`s office, though she left before the arrest , but Pelosi was angry as hell, and the assimilation machine was engaged. maybe half a year latter AOC was calling Pelosi mama bear
It doesn't matter. If the establishment is good at nothing else, it is very good at determining whom to buy off, whom to co-opt, whom to neutralize, whom to ignore.
Democrats. Republicans. Two wings of the same beast.
Both serve the Zionist lobby.
Bought, blackmailed, or silenced—take your pick.
Billions to Israel. Silence on genocide.
Different parties, same puppet strings. Democrats cry “diversity,” Republicans scream “freedom”—but both kiss AIPAC’s ring.
Biden signs the cheques. Trump moved the embassy.
Schumer, Graham, Pelosi? Loyal servants.
Genocide gets bipartisan applause.
#ZionistLobby #FreePalestine #FakeDemocracy
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Excellent article… the point about Liberals can’t be stressed enough. Especially in times of upheaval. Malcolm X often mentioned that he always preferred to deal with the open racists rather than liberals… he knew what he was dealing with when working with racists. The liberals were more dangerous. Here’s a speech of his about the 1963 march on Washington that went from an angry grass roots black led movement that wanted to shut down the city into an integrated love fest that was co-opted by the white power structure… of course, with respectable negro leaders pushed to the front. Malcolm called it the Farce on Washington.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DC-_UKic6DM
The issue of exposing liberals was very much out there culturally as well. Here’s a few examples. Phil Ochs’s song is wickedly sharp.
Phil Ochs
Love Me I’m a Liberal
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3cdqQ2BdgOA
Smiling Faces Sometimes (Tell Lies)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g0WPPAN9JyM&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD
There is a difference between Democrats and Republicans… Republicans tell you they are going to fuck you over and take your money; Democrats tell you they’ve got your back as they stick a knife in it. Like Malcolm, I’d rather deal with the Republicans.
That Malcom X link was very powerful.
The drum major running to the front of the band.
"You integrate it with cream!" What a great metaphor.
This is exactly what Bernie Sanders did.
Keeping us all "on the plantation".
Yes, that perfect analogy my friend yes.
I think we too often forget that we’ve been through a lot of this before and there are usually some really good lessons we can reference going forward.
I knew this and failed to see it. Jimmy Carter, murdered 1 million East Timor as a religious man of God. My first vote, hopey dreamy : ( Then Obummer, Bernie. I am a failure as a voter pretending my vote means something other than local. I will still vote, I had to write in Jill Stein who was a absolute failure in campaign. I can work in the mountains of Chile, maybe that's my next vote, with my feet : )
I loved listening to Malcom X speak the truth. Such a brilliant mind, thanks for sharing this speech.
I didn’t know the early roots and then the infiltration history of the march nor James Baldwin being cancelled. Malcom still proving the honest truth about our country.
Ultimately, politics is about class interests and AOC is on the other side of the barricades. At the outset of the genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza, I heard an interview with with a Israeli who justified the IDF onslaught against the people in Gaza on the grounds that Israel is defending liberal democratic values. But at its core, liberalism is a barbaric ideology. Read Engels brilliant monograph, written at the age of 24, on the conditions faced by the industrial working classes of England in Ireland circa 1845 - liberalism in its purest form - used to justify the most egregious treatment of workers - what Engels called social murder. This book was written just prior to the English colonial engineered famine in Ireland in which liberal government of Britain oversaw the starvation of some 3 million Irish. Read Lusordo’s Liberalism: A Counter History. The apostles of liberalism, vociferous in their opposition to the rights and privileges of the aristocracy, justified the pernicious forms of capitalist exploitation in the name of free markets including the plantation slave system in the southern United States where British capital had massive investments. PS Phil Ochs, unlike Dylan, never turned his back on his principles. At the kick off fund raising concert for Greenpeace in Vancouver in 1970 with Joni Mitchel and Phil Ochs, the first thing he said upon coming on stage is ‘I hear Canada is on a death trip.’ Given our contribution to climate catastrophe through the unimpeded unregulated exploitation of the tar sands, we are at the head of the pack of neoliberals bringing on our collective suicide.