The denial of the dangers of the religious rightwing - as a serious threat - continues to be reflected on this list.
It is the ranks of the trumpsters, the military, the police, the republicans and much of the extreme right. Yes, put both your thinking caps on - and take off those glasses that long filtered that out. ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Michael Meeropol Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2021 8:09 AM . so let's try and put our thinking caps on and ask --- IS Trumpism as represented by the relatively disorganized storming of the Capitol a movement or just a flash in the pan --- It surely (the viewpoints of the most extreme Trumpies) represents a TENDENCY within three separate classes --- the white working class fed up with both neo-liberalism and political "liberalism" (the pale American version of "social democracy") --- the petit bourgeois who are squeezed terribly by monopoly capitalism (see the incredible number of businesses that are disappearing in the context of the pandemic) --- and the super rich of the donor class who stuck with the Republicans because of their willingness to dismantle many of the vestiges of the US experiment with Social Democracy (which I date from the New Deal to the Reagan Revolution) ---- The ruling class (as many members of the punditry have noted) has got ALL THEY NEED from Trump --- gutting of regulations, tax cuts, the entire federal judiciary --- If Biden is true to form, none of these will be seriously contested by him --- Thus, the pro-Trump members of the ruling class may stop supporting Trumpism (but it might be too late of course --the genie may be out of the bottle.). The petit bourgeois and working class elements that remain "loyal" to Trumpism will get stronger or wither DEPENDING on whether the various political leaders "accommodate" them (as the Capitol police did yesterday and as local law enforcement in too many local areas have done) or crack down on them -- REMAINS to be seen. The "left" such as it is has a dilemma -- urging the cops to crack down on the fascists gives the cops room to continue to suppress "our side" ----taking a principled position against the police state only leaves more room for the fascists -- . _._,_._,_. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#5247): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/5247 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/79487819/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
