Of course. Since Trump has shown that he can be relied upon to keep the wars and empire going, liberals and democrats are free to do what they love to do and what they do best - performative and entirely symbolic fake resistance.
We need to get rid of the entire system and replace it with one that works for the climate and for the people. The present system works very well for the rich.
Well, a few months ago, we were assured that it was a moral necessity to vote for Willie Brown's former mistress, anointed by the DNC, because "Democracy Is On The Ballot(R)".
The good people of the rogue US regime are going to have to come to terms with the fact that they cannot vote themselves out of the mess they find themselves in – only by organizing a violent revolution will they see change.
Even when Democrats 100% vote down approval of Trillion dollar defense bill, you cal it fake. It's as tho you want it to be fake because you would rather be right than actually change US policy. There is a battle raging in America, with 77% of Democrats finding Israel guilty of genocide and supporting blocking weapons and aid. (Quinnipiac University poll). To ignore the battle or claim it is just fake is to miss the way most Democrats , the base, and the left within the Congress, feel. The inability to see the radical change in mood and ideology is a blindness that benefits the status quo. You might as well be an AIPAC stooge, helping to tear down the left battling to gain power to effect change.
On measures that they know won't pass. When the measure hangs in the balance, they aren't so resolute.
And since when did the DNC care what voters or democrat voters think or like or want?
EDIT: "You might as well be an AIPAC stooge, helping to tear down the left battling to gain power to effect change."
Do I need to show you that photo of Harris hugging Netanyahu again? What political party nominated Harris for president, do remind me? And what did she say about Israel at the convention, I maybe should look it up....
"t's as tho you want it to be fake because you would rather be right than actually change US policy."
So you're saying that I am right and Team D is fake. Thank you for confirming what we already know.
This is what I suspected the election theft in 2020 was about. This is where my gut was leading me. Not at the time, it was a horrible terrifying feeling. But that’s when I thought DT was anti establishment. As CJ said he never was. What he was, was an embarrassment and they wanted him OUT.
But after the Russia and Israel situation didn’t go as smoothly as planned they thought it would be a good idea to resurrect his candidacy. The reason is because he could gin up far better military recruits than anyone else. I’m sure they made him deals of get rich quick schemes and offers of impunity. This in exchange for him prosecuting their dirty deeds like Iran.
They never did have much respect for MAGA people. As far as the holdouts are concerned neither do I. However I do think they are surprised by the number of us that peeled away from him (maybe).
A lot of it is knee-jerk conditioning, Jenny. Like my neighbor 3 houses away. Nice guy, but the moment an election looms, the yard sign for the favored shit-lib Dem goes up like clockwork. A liberal, "reformed" ex-military, a centrist Dem's the best he can do. Latest is Deb Haaland for NM governor (my former rep & Obama's Interior sec.) Their hard-wiring is just so difficult to alter.
A lot of it is just humans cheering for a chosen political team. I hear more reasoned and informed opinions from sportsball fans why they support a given (non-home town) team than I do from most political junkies.
That's interesting... and actually a really important point you make.
A long time ago, Noam Chomsky, in replying to someone who said that the average US citizen is too stupid to understand political issues in international events, once replied, and I know I don't have the exact wording (not even close) but... it was something along the lines of this... "The average US citizen is not stupid, and all you have to do is listen to some of the most detailed discussions about sporting events, some of the most complex strategizing, and depth of information, etc.''
But I also have this reply, below, from my Gemini query...
Gemini's response to my prompt (between the double quotation marks):
""In this quote from Understanding Power, Chomsky observes that, while driving, he often hears ordinary people engaging in highly analytical, detailed discussions on sports radio. He contrasts this by stating, "These are ordinary people, not professionals, who are applying their intelligence and analytic skills in these areas and accumulating quite a lot of knowledge and, for all I know, understanding." He contrasts this high level of engagement with what he describes as a profound, "superficial" understanding of complex political or social issues among the public.
Chomsky argues this difference arises not from a lack of capability, but because the social system directs intellectual energy toward non-threatening areas.""
Vin, your last sentence says it all , except for “Their” . A sorcerer named Don Juan once said that the hardest task in life is to throw away the baggage of beliefs we are fed from the moment we are born. You said it.. “hard-wiring is just so difficult to alter”.
They expect things because they got them once from FDR, and, to a lesser extent LBJ. Granted, both were flawed, but they delivered partial policy fixes for capitalist mendacity. My grandmother loved the Democratic Party because it brought electricity to her rural NC county. The Dems betrayed that history when the Clintonistas bent over for the corporate donors.
Heaven knows why and so do I. It's because you seem to have no clue what these words mean. By the way, they are not called "Repubs", it's Repugs because they are r epugnant.
The two party rigged electoral system has become a scam. By participating in the scam, you are allowing it to remain legitimate when it no longer is legitimate. It became illegitimate when both parties were corporatized and the League of Woman Voters were forcibly removed from managing the debates, and you got the Citizens United v. FEC ruling in 2010. Even voting for a third party means you are participating in a political scam. The American people are being presented with false choices, and third parties are forcibly marginalized and barely allowed into the electoral scam - to give the electoral process a semblance of legitimacy when there is none left.
I have voted for Ross Perott, Mickey Mouse, Banksy, Aaron Bushnell and others. Vote often for D or R's (they must pay you or you are a retard and should be deported to Palestine (Tel Aviv). Boom Boom. Have a nice day.) 1 State Palestine.
The Democrats and the Republicans are two wings of the same bird of prey: Wall Street. The 40 year class war being waged on the ameriKKKan working class has done little to awaken the sleeping giant. At this point it is obvious they will accept the totalitarian agenda the capitalists have in store for them. The Democrats are the metaphorical Judas Goat.
Americans are condemned to become serfs in the AI dominated predatory capitalist system they have allowed to run roughshod over them. Apathy disengagement and a"who cares" attitude will do it every time. For a nation to mature it is imperative to have an engaged public who is not averse to discussing socio/political reform. The American political scene is as barren as the Sahara desert and the only forms of life are D and R rattlesnakes.
Peace be upon you by Gaza and Jerusalem - Honour and victory are the allies of the axis of resistance and its allies, and humiliation and shame are for the axis oPf evil, Epstein Class (USA, Britain, France, Turkey, Qatar, UAE, NATO Governments, New Nazi, Masonic, Zionist and Israel) and its allies.
My long held view on why the various water carriers for Empire had a problem with Trump 1 was because he attempted to redirect all of the cash that washed over Washington through Trump Towers - recall how he would deal with the representatives of both companies and countries in his own private gold-plated building, and in the process he would deny the various politicians, intelligence operatives, lobbyists, etc. of their taste.
Essentially Trump 1 saw the best way to make money as manipulating the flow of cash away from the usual suspects in Washington. Draining the swamp – of it’s blood money, and other rewards. For the elites this demonstrated an unacceptable lack of good taste and imagination – consequently he had to go.
This time around Trump 2 has learned that he can make mountains of money for himself and his extended crime family in ways that do not result in a long line of impoverished and indignant war profiteers, and so on. Trump 2 has realized that he can bet on world events, manipulate said events, and then profit from the bets previously placed. And the bottom feeding war profiteers are happy now because they get their taste.
It is and always was about money. Money money money money...
It's coincidental this article was written today. Just yesterday, I sent out an email to my email group of friends/family/acquaintances/etc sardonically noting how I'm sure we'll all be hearing real soon from the No_Kings/Hands_off bullshit "protest" organizers about the renewed war/aggression on Iran (who have been completely quiet and absent for ages now... just not a convenient time to be "active", for them, I guess)
I’ve noticed that as well. The No Kings protests were nothing more than a reactionary critique of Trump’s admittedly repulsive personality. Now that another illegal war of aggression has been launched and billions of dollars are, once again, being poured into terror and destruction, the lack of any resistance to the war machine is laid bare for all to see. It’s a fucking joke.
I don't read propaganda media so I had no idea this is so. It is true that during the 2024 the Ds attacked Mr. T for not being warlike enough. They were horrified by the threat of peace. I find all this very weird.
At the start of this latest war on Iran, the public statements from my two Senators (both Democrats) each began with harsh critiques of Iran, then went on to say it was wrong for Trump to begin the war without a Congressional vote; basically they were fine with the war- they just wanted to be asked before the destruction and murder began.
But the mid terms....
We'll soon hear about the necessity of putting Democrats in charge so they can 'impeach' Trump after January 2027. Then like January 2007, it will then be said it's important to look beyond Trump and focus on 2028. And hooray, Kamala will come back stronger and more determined this time...right.
The president, similar to our police, work for somebody else, and for most of our history, it wasn't for the people voting for them. Sure, maybe it was more transparent in the beginning, but it feels obvious that the only reason why the vote went from only white land owning males to all US citizens is because they figured out long ago how to keep their man in charge no matter who voted, and it's been the same horrible people running this country since it was declared.
I have WAY more disdain for the so-called "liberal" (term that no longer even has a meaning) Democrats because, as Noam Chomsky so perfectly pointed out a long time ago, they set the boundary for how far true progressivism, and positive change, can really go. And the "boundary line" they've set up actually won't let progressive/positive change move even one inch forward. And this is saying a lot because the awful repukelicans sicken me so deeply.
Great post Caitlin, I started to pick up on this around 2024. I attribute my instincts or intuition as I couldn’t put my finger on it tho. This article nails it…Thank you!!
Of course. Since Trump has shown that he can be relied upon to keep the wars and empire going, liberals and democrats are free to do what they love to do and what they do best - performative and entirely symbolic fake resistance.
But but but, what about idiot parties morons supporting lesser evils when voting? Deport them. I approve of this message. Fucking cancel Israel.
We need to get rid of the entire system and replace it with one that works for the climate and for the people. The present system works very well for the rich.
Well, a few months ago, we were assured that it was a moral necessity to vote for Willie Brown's former mistress, anointed by the DNC, because "Democracy Is On The Ballot(R)".
Strangely, Team D seems silent now.
Yes, you’re right, Team D is silent, but the Money is talking.
Ms. " Iran is our greatest enemy" is prepping for 2028 you know she is.
By: Matt Sledge; The Intercept
Despite their defeat by Senate Republicans, bills seeking to block arms sales to Israel found widespread Democratic support.
Democratic senators overwhelmingly voted to block bomb and bulldozer sales to Israel on Wednesday,
Votes of both parties directly track to congressional AIPAC funding.
As I said, performative putrage.
Susan,
Unfortunately, We are the system.
We may not be the designers but we are definitely participants, knowingly or not.
The good people of the rogue US regime are going to have to come to terms with the fact that they cannot vote themselves out of the mess they find themselves in – only by organizing a violent revolution will they see change.
Even when Democrats 100% vote down approval of Trillion dollar defense bill, you cal it fake. It's as tho you want it to be fake because you would rather be right than actually change US policy. There is a battle raging in America, with 77% of Democrats finding Israel guilty of genocide and supporting blocking weapons and aid. (Quinnipiac University poll). To ignore the battle or claim it is just fake is to miss the way most Democrats , the base, and the left within the Congress, feel. The inability to see the radical change in mood and ideology is a blindness that benefits the status quo. You might as well be an AIPAC stooge, helping to tear down the left battling to gain power to effect change.
On measures that they know won't pass. When the measure hangs in the balance, they aren't so resolute.
And since when did the DNC care what voters or democrat voters think or like or want?
EDIT: "You might as well be an AIPAC stooge, helping to tear down the left battling to gain power to effect change."
Do I need to show you that photo of Harris hugging Netanyahu again? What political party nominated Harris for president, do remind me? And what did she say about Israel at the convention, I maybe should look it up....
"t's as tho you want it to be fake because you would rather be right than actually change US policy."
So you're saying that I am right and Team D is fake. Thank you for confirming what we already know.
What liberals do best is "below the waist politics..."
Pronouns, humans...PRONOUNS!
Note that none of these performances change the way the economic pie is sliced, nor do they in any way affect the empire or its wars.
This is what I suspected the election theft in 2020 was about. This is where my gut was leading me. Not at the time, it was a horrible terrifying feeling. But that’s when I thought DT was anti establishment. As CJ said he never was. What he was, was an embarrassment and they wanted him OUT.
But after the Russia and Israel situation didn’t go as smoothly as planned they thought it would be a good idea to resurrect his candidacy. The reason is because he could gin up far better military recruits than anyone else. I’m sure they made him deals of get rich quick schemes and offers of impunity. This in exchange for him prosecuting their dirty deeds like Iran.
They never did have much respect for MAGA people. As far as the holdouts are concerned neither do I. However I do think they are surprised by the number of us that peeled away from him (maybe).
In many ways the Dems. are worse than the Repubs. People expect things from the Dems. (heaven knows why).
A pox on both.
A lot of it is knee-jerk conditioning, Jenny. Like my neighbor 3 houses away. Nice guy, but the moment an election looms, the yard sign for the favored shit-lib Dem goes up like clockwork. A liberal, "reformed" ex-military, a centrist Dem's the best he can do. Latest is Deb Haaland for NM governor (my former rep & Obama's Interior sec.) Their hard-wiring is just so difficult to alter.
A lot of it is just humans cheering for a chosen political team. I hear more reasoned and informed opinions from sportsball fans why they support a given (non-home town) team than I do from most political junkies.
That's interesting... and actually a really important point you make.
A long time ago, Noam Chomsky, in replying to someone who said that the average US citizen is too stupid to understand political issues in international events, once replied, and I know I don't have the exact wording (not even close) but... it was something along the lines of this... "The average US citizen is not stupid, and all you have to do is listen to some of the most detailed discussions about sporting events, some of the most complex strategizing, and depth of information, etc.''
But I also have this reply, below, from my Gemini query...
______________________________________________________________
Gemini's response to my prompt (between the double quotation marks):
""In this quote from Understanding Power, Chomsky observes that, while driving, he often hears ordinary people engaging in highly analytical, detailed discussions on sports radio. He contrasts this by stating, "These are ordinary people, not professionals, who are applying their intelligence and analytic skills in these areas and accumulating quite a lot of knowledge and, for all I know, understanding." He contrasts this high level of engagement with what he describes as a profound, "superficial" understanding of complex political or social issues among the public.
Chomsky argues this difference arises not from a lack of capability, but because the social system directs intellectual energy toward non-threatening areas.""
Vin, your last sentence says it all , except for “Their” . A sorcerer named Don Juan once said that the hardest task in life is to throw away the baggage of beliefs we are fed from the moment we are born. You said it.. “hard-wiring is just so difficult to alter”.
Wow, John. Raising the specter of Don Juan. Haven't pondered in that direction for a while. Thanks— what a wake-up call!
I would be hard-pressed not to demolish the sign!
I have the same thought every time I pass his house on the way to mine. But ya know . . . gotta live in the neighborhood; can't be a total pariah.
They expect things because they got them once from FDR, and, to a lesser extent LBJ. Granted, both were flawed, but they delivered partial policy fixes for capitalist mendacity. My grandmother loved the Democratic Party because it brought electricity to her rural NC county. The Dems betrayed that history when the Clintonistas bent over for the corporate donors.
But yes, a pox on both their imperialist houses.
Tom, like ‘Toys r Us’ we are “Them”. We all follow the money don’t we?
Exactly. And what I've noted to others quite often.
Heaven knows why and so do I. It's because you seem to have no clue what these words mean. By the way, they are not called "Repubs", it's Repugs because they are r epugnant.
The two party rigged electoral system has become a scam. By participating in the scam, you are allowing it to remain legitimate when it no longer is legitimate. It became illegitimate when both parties were corporatized and the League of Woman Voters were forcibly removed from managing the debates, and you got the Citizens United v. FEC ruling in 2010. Even voting for a third party means you are participating in a political scam. The American people are being presented with false choices, and third parties are forcibly marginalized and barely allowed into the electoral scam - to give the electoral process a semblance of legitimacy when there is none left.
I have voted for Ross Perott, Mickey Mouse, Banksy, Aaron Bushnell and others. Vote often for D or R's (they must pay you or you are a retard and should be deported to Palestine (Tel Aviv). Boom Boom. Have a nice day.) 1 State Palestine.
Yes, but in the end, the only party that counts is indeed the party that can count, as in ‘count the Money ‘ party.
One State Palestine in the ashes of the D & R Zionist bought Parties. Vote Fuck Israel.
The Democrats and the Republicans are two wings of the same bird of prey: Wall Street. The 40 year class war being waged on the ameriKKKan working class has done little to awaken the sleeping giant. At this point it is obvious they will accept the totalitarian agenda the capitalists have in store for them. The Democrats are the metaphorical Judas Goat.
Americans are condemned to become serfs in the AI dominated predatory capitalist system they have allowed to run roughshod over them. Apathy disengagement and a"who cares" attitude will do it every time. For a nation to mature it is imperative to have an engaged public who is not averse to discussing socio/political reform. The American political scene is as barren as the Sahara desert and the only forms of life are D and R rattlesnakes.
David, your description of the system is pretty well international. It just happens that the U.S. has been doing its thing for a longer time.
Peace be upon you by Gaza and Jerusalem - Honour and victory are the allies of the axis of resistance and its allies, and humiliation and shame are for the axis oPf evil, Epstein Class (USA, Britain, France, Turkey, Qatar, UAE, NATO Governments, New Nazi, Masonic, Zionist and Israel) and its allies.
Hassan, the needle on the record playing seems to be stuck?
My long held view on why the various water carriers for Empire had a problem with Trump 1 was because he attempted to redirect all of the cash that washed over Washington through Trump Towers - recall how he would deal with the representatives of both companies and countries in his own private gold-plated building, and in the process he would deny the various politicians, intelligence operatives, lobbyists, etc. of their taste.
Essentially Trump 1 saw the best way to make money as manipulating the flow of cash away from the usual suspects in Washington. Draining the swamp – of it’s blood money, and other rewards. For the elites this demonstrated an unacceptable lack of good taste and imagination – consequently he had to go.
This time around Trump 2 has learned that he can make mountains of money for himself and his extended crime family in ways that do not result in a long line of impoverished and indignant war profiteers, and so on. Trump 2 has realized that he can bet on world events, manipulate said events, and then profit from the bets previously placed. And the bottom feeding war profiteers are happy now because they get their taste.
It is and always was about money. Money money money money...
G4……
Your last sentence…… Bingo! Bingo! Bingo!
It's coincidental this article was written today. Just yesterday, I sent out an email to my email group of friends/family/acquaintances/etc sardonically noting how I'm sure we'll all be hearing real soon from the No_Kings/Hands_off bullshit "protest" organizers about the renewed war/aggression on Iran (who have been completely quiet and absent for ages now... just not a convenient time to be "active", for them, I guess)
I’ve noticed that as well. The No Kings protests were nothing more than a reactionary critique of Trump’s admittedly repulsive personality. Now that another illegal war of aggression has been launched and billions of dollars are, once again, being poured into terror and destruction, the lack of any resistance to the war machine is laid bare for all to see. It’s a fucking joke.
So true Jim.
I don't read propaganda media so I had no idea this is so. It is true that during the 2024 the Ds attacked Mr. T for not being warlike enough. They were horrified by the threat of peace. I find all this very weird.
Yeah, ain't it funny that we haven't been hearing about the resurrection of Russiagate?
Because whatever fears the Deep State may have had, Trump is housebroken now.
At the start of this latest war on Iran, the public statements from my two Senators (both Democrats) each began with harsh critiques of Iran, then went on to say it was wrong for Trump to begin the war without a Congressional vote; basically they were fine with the war- they just wanted to be asked before the destruction and murder began.
But the mid terms....
We'll soon hear about the necessity of putting Democrats in charge so they can 'impeach' Trump after January 2027. Then like January 2007, it will then be said it's important to look beyond Trump and focus on 2028. And hooray, Kamala will come back stronger and more determined this time...right.
The president, similar to our police, work for somebody else, and for most of our history, it wasn't for the people voting for them. Sure, maybe it was more transparent in the beginning, but it feels obvious that the only reason why the vote went from only white land owning males to all US citizens is because they figured out long ago how to keep their man in charge no matter who voted, and it's been the same horrible people running this country since it was declared.
What an astute observation. It's so true! If ever there was evidence of a class war in the western world, this is it.
I have WAY more disdain for the so-called "liberal" (term that no longer even has a meaning) Democrats because, as Noam Chomsky so perfectly pointed out a long time ago, they set the boundary for how far true progressivism, and positive change, can really go. And the "boundary line" they've set up actually won't let progressive/positive change move even one inch forward. And this is saying a lot because the awful repukelicans sicken me so deeply.
“liberals”…. There isn’t anything liberal about any of these people.
Great post Caitlin, I started to pick up on this around 2024. I attribute my instincts or intuition as I couldn’t put my finger on it tho. This article nails it…Thank you!!
And they won't be disappointed. Once the murderers in Israel take over our military, they will draft our young men to fight even more wars.