Sometimes it doesn't hurt to look at the actual facts when using Marxist theory. During the first Trump administration, his top generals were the ones who held him back. On two occasions Trump wanted to send the troops into the streets but the military brass, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley first and foremost, made it clear that they would actually disobey him if he tried that. Then there were the numerous attempts to overturn the election results BEFORE Jan. 6. These were all thrown out of court.
Will it be the same this time? First of all, as far as the challenges to election results - since 2020 some 70 election deniers have been elected to election commissions. One of them is on the commission in the county that runs a central voting district - Atlanta GA. Then we have the situation in Texas, where Texas AG Paxton conducted a raid on the homes of Latino election activists plus a Latina candidate for state office. They confiscated the cell phones and computers of those people. That is like confiscating the tool box of a carpenter. Paxton has also purged the voting rolls of 1,000,000 voters. You want to guess who they were? The result: a lawsuit. You think that will stop them? Not hardly. In Florida, DeSantis's cops are doing something similar while in Ohio some 10,000 have been purged from the voting rolls. As for lawsuits, ultimately the Supreme Court will decide. They have made a decisive turn to Trump. John Roberts signalled that when he led the vote to grant Trump immunity. Until then, he had showed concern that the court be perceived as apolitical. That vote of his signalled that he didn't care anymore. As for the military holding Trump in check: Trump learned from his previous administration. There has always been the Dr. Strangelove wing of the command structure and those are the ones Trump intends to elevate. As for the capitalist class: Yes, it's true that the great majority prefers to continue ruling in the old way - through bourgeois democracy. Why not, since the working class is hardly threatening their rule? But there is another wing, small but significant - led by such capitalists as Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and Tim Mellon - who sense the weakness of the working class and figure "why not go all out?" These are the ones who elevated JD Vance. It's true that the present situation does not fit the Marxist formula for Bonapartism or fascism. Instead of a situation where the working class is challenging the capitalist class for power, we have the near total absence of the working class as an independent force. This creates a huge vacuum, and like nature class forces hate a vacuum. For a more in-depth analysis, see or read my presentation on the issue: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2024/08/27/video-republicans-plans-to-overturn-2024-elections-if-they-dont-win/ By the way, I'm somewhat surprised to see this article here on this list, since almost all socialists - Marxist or otherwise - seem to shy away from warning about the dangers of the fascist connected Trump and his Republican cult. Issuing such a warning might make it seem that they're soft on the Democrats and that's a crime worse than any other. John Reimann -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32160): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32160 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108359364/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
