We’re already seeing
…dead-enders trashing the Sage of Burlington himself for “selling out,” and this demographic will of course sit out the election or vote for Jill-fucking-Stein. Indeed, I’ve seen (cannot summon it back just now) a BernieBro feed in which he says that a 7-2 SCOTUS wouldn’t be that bad, presumably because it would heighten the contradictions (he makes the case that the disaffected should vote for Trump). Not that bad? Hold my Zyklon-B.
Just so we’re clear, there has never been a US president in our lifetimes, or in our grandparents’ lifetimes, or in their parents’ lifetimes (rinse and repeat) who had accumulated no chits payable to the moneybag sector. Get over it, everyone. “Communism with a human face” was probably never a realistic proposition, given that era’s geopolitical climate, but where it occurred, it briefly made people’s lives better. “Late-stage capitalism with a human face” is also likely doomed to fail, but if it can ameliorate the misery even somewhat, even briefly, and if Biden is the admittedly highly imperfect instrument at hand, well, we need to grasp and wield it to that near-term end.
cordially,
Just so we’re clear, there has never been a US president in our lifetimes, or in our grandparents’ lifetimes, or in their parents’ lifetimes (rinse and repeat) who had accumulated no chits payable to the moneybag sector. Get over it, everyone. “Communism with a human face” was probably never a realistic proposition, given that era’s geopolitical climate, but where it occurred, it briefly made people’s lives better. “Late-stage capitalism with a human face” is also likely doomed to fail, but if it can ameliorate the misery even somewhat, even briefly, and if Biden is the admittedly highly imperfect instrument at hand, well, we need to grasp and wield it to that near-term end.
cordially,
