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If you think we've seen gridlock in Washington now, just put Pence in the White House. Combine the authoritarian impulses and arrogance of media celebrity of Trump with the self-righteousness of an evangelical. Mind you, I prefer gridlock. There are few there who place any priority on doing us any good. (With a few exceptions, those eager young "progressives" who've appeared since the election mostly just look "progressive" standing alongside the Trumpified Republicans.) Whenever the bulk of them agree on something--that's the majority of the Congress, the White House, and the judiciary--it's almost always going to be bad for us. I mean, they've created the greatest structural polarization of wealth in history. And it still wasn't enough, so they had to do that "tax reform." And worse, nobody with any clout knows how to fight it or just doesn't want to fight it. . . . And I don't mean going to the polls and voting for more of the same. The official labor movement is so dead useless on this scale that you have Republican congressman quietly hoping the air traffic controllers will strike. A nice 24-hour general strike would be a damned good start to getting our brothers and sisters now forced to work for nothing some assistance. (btw, didn't we fight a goddamned civil war over that "involuntary sevitude" crap?) Or even a mass march on Washington--I mean hundreds of thousands of millions and not just paid lobbyists with a few celebrities. But, of course, such things would scare the crap out of almost all of them . . . which is exactly what we need to do . . . if we're serious. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
