Mark, I don't have anything to add to this; but I just wanted to say that your statement is very well put and I fully agree with how you've framed your point.
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 10:53 AM Mark Lause <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, Trump's different. Not the key point. The comparison is between > the contending parties at the time of the election. So, yeah, Trump isn't > Tom Dewey. . . . > > On the other hand, people who think that Trump is the only potentially > authoritarian danger in this election gloss over the fact that Biden and > Harris are also different than their predecessors. Their careers reflect > the way the Democrats of the 1980s through the 2000s responded to the > Republican "law and order" rhetoric but seeing the rhetoric and raising > it. The mass incarcerations promulgated by the Democrats under Clinton > were not a flighty mistake but a long, deep-rooted, thoroughly racist war > on young working class men of color with serious implications for the > entire black community--and, indeed, the entire society. What it gained > was the Democratic ability to show themselves to be as thuggishly > authoritarian as the Republicans. > > That appeals to what Biden and Obama and Clinton see as their base. > > Anyone who thinks an incoming national administration is going to actually > uphold the Constitution and enforce the law against the criminals that held > the office earlier has not been paying attention. Joe bragged about being > willing to work with the most reactionary Republicans in the Congress and > has pledged to do again when he's in the White House. Earlier Democratic > administrations not only failed to investigate, prosecute, and punish their > predecessors for criminal activity but kept them in government or brought > them back into government. > > Anyone who thinks the Democrats won't use force against a movement in the > streets hasn't learned from experience. > > And, again, I suggest thinking about where you want a movement to be in > two years or five years or ten years and ask yourself how a vote for > Demoratic authoritarianism will help us get there. > > Cheers, > Mark L. > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#631): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/631 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76307258/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES<br />#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br />#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br />#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
