LeonTrotsky
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Myth and superstition have no place in the 21st century. And charity has done nothing to end poverty but perpetuate and sanctify it. Justice is the role of the state, not the church. But if you hear voices in your head and want to believe in sky gods, keep it to yourself, aiders and abetters of poverty.
Shove your church and shove your charity. Charity maintains the status quo of gross inequality. In fact, it sanctions it and does nothing but promote injustice into the future. As Marx put it, “We don’t want your charity. We’re not the charitable types, for when we gain power we won’t have to make any excuses for the terror”.
^ The US is the world’s number one corporatocracy, the ugly off-spring of capitalism. The economy of the US would have to collapse completely before anything will change. But the likelihood of that happening appears to be greater everyday. The US debt is currently at $27 trillion, most of which was the result of shoveling newly minted money into Wall Street coffers since 2008. This has been the largest transfer of wealth (and power) from the working class to the corporate class in the history of the US. The Weimar Republic did this in the 1920’s and bankrupted the country.
Alan … the president has the authority under the Insurrection Act to send in troops into the states. Don’t be surprised if Trump does this selectively, sending in the troops to quell any civil unrest in Republican held states but largely ignore the civil unrest in Democratic held states while he ridicules them.
After the election, he will continue to do what he does best, divide and pilfer the country at an accelerated rate. But he has to be careful not to hurt his base of useful idiots. So he will feed them crumbs with a “stimulus package” that really transfers trillions on top of the trillions he has already transferred to the fascist corporate class who are funding the Trump crime syndicate. It’s a quid pro quo agreement.
As socialists, we can not fall prey to the tactics of divide and rule practiced by the ruling class and their running dogs. Poverty, exploitation and oppression has everything to do with class, not colour of our skin.
Alan … there will be no civil war. Any civil dissent from the democrat supporters will play into the hands of Trump and the Trump crime syndicate, who will immediately call out the National Guard to crush any dissent before it starts. The 20th century has many examples of how the far right can maintain power with as little as 30% support: Germany, Spain, Italy, Iraq, Iran, S.A. etc. The far right in the US are engineering a complete take over and they’ve got the right man for the job, Trump, who does not stop at red lights.
The US feds are continuing to inject money into the economy (read: stock market) under the guise of a “recovery plan”, which is nothing but another transfer of wealth and hence power to the pilfering corporate class. The chasm of wealth and power between the corporate class and the working class is so wide and deep in the US that only a complete collapse of the their economy would change anything.
