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"It’s not just that Fauci is hogging Trump’s spotlight. He’s also on a collision course with Trump, as has been every single other “adult in the room”. James Mattis? Gone. H.R. McMaster? Gone. Rex Tillerson? Gone. John Kelly? Gone. These were the people in the Trump administration who had built up a genuine base of their own and who were capable of and tried to look out for the interests of the US capitalist class, rather than just parroting the line of the senile and raging narcissist Donald Trump. And because they had their own base – either in the military or in the broader capitalist class or elsewhere, they were able to and in fact had to stand up to Trump.... "Workers, however, should have no illusions in Fauci. Basically, what he represents is the view of what is called “econ-modernism.” That is the view that capitalist society can make up for its rape of the planet by ever new and better technology. In this case, as oaklandsocialist has explained in our article on Coronavirus, capitalism and the forces of nature, the real basis of the crisis is how capitalism interacts with and violates the natural world. Fauci’s sole solution is development of a vaccine as well as other medical treatments. He also ignores the frequent link between infectious diseases and environmental factors that weaken the immune system. In this case, what he represents is what appears to be the more sane wing of the capitalist class vs. the senile and insane approach of the other wing and of Trump himself." https://oaklandsocialist.com/2020/03/24/coronavirus-trump-and-the-adults-in-the-room/ -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ 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
