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necturusThere is not much I can say. A party with a message of hope, which seems to have deeply disappointed a good many of its supporters, is about to be thrashed by a party promoting fear and declaring itself the nation's best protector. In the end, nothing will change.
Marxists used to say that the Democrats are not the party of working Americans but merely a second champion of capital, one playing the role of good cop to the Republicans' bad cop, making for good theater but little progress.
There is no party of working Americans. If there were, we'd see blue-collar Kentuckians and West Virginians lining up with white collar northeastern suburbanites and champions of the rights of every race, gender, and religion, in an unstoppable coalition. That ain't happening.
I continue to insist the media are a large part of the problem. Millions of Denethors staring into palantirs in their living rooms have come away with such distorted views of the world that, while not actually burning their children in their beds, they are robbing them of their future. Like Numenor, America is being led to its own ruin.
Somewhere the spirit of Sauron is smiling.
Marxists used to say that the Democrats are not the party of working Americans but merely a second champion of capital, one playing the role of good cop to the Republicans' bad cop, making for good theater but little progress.
There is no party of working Americans. If there were, we'd see blue-collar Kentuckians and West Virginians lining up with white collar northeastern suburbanites and champions of the rights of every race, gender, and religion, in an unstoppable coalition. That ain't happening.
I continue to insist the media are a large part of the problem. Millions of Denethors staring into palantirs in their living rooms have come away with such distorted views of the world that, while not actually burning their children in their beds, they are robbing them of their future. Like Numenor, America is being led to its own ruin.
Somewhere the spirit of Sauron is smiling.
