American Marxists Set the Stage for World Fascism
The rioters do not seek political office. They are hard-core Marxists who facilitate “change.” In turn, the mainstream Left facilitates their mob violence by defunding the police. The Left is then able to derive from the riots the “climate of discontent” that needs to be addressed, while appearing dignified and peaceful in public, distancing themselves from the lawlessness. Indeed, Democrats in office and their cheerleaders in the media have condemned President Trump for inciting the violence. Joe Biden said he unequivocally condemned violence on all sides, while accusing Trump of “recklessly encouraging” it.
I have first hand knowledge of the businesses destroyed and friends among the owners of said. I know some of the officers from the third precinct. I know a lot of the folks on the "street"...so to speak. My street sources confirm that there were no residents that initiated the violence and destruction...all out of town. I have conveyed this info to a friend who used to be within the FBI in MPLS. There is escalated action and indictments from the FBI forthcoming because of interstate trafficking regs. enforceable. We shall see if subversion, incitement, sedition....treason is a stretch, are forthcoming in the indictments
A friend's business in So MPLS was broken into and pillaged..partly. Neighbors came out with clubs and guns to protect. Jim expressed that one of his suppliers told him of an employee that called in to say he would not be at work the day of the mayhem. I'm awaiting affidavit as to: "I can (make more/get paid more) to (protest/riot) from this person, regarding the statement made by the employee in question. language is very important in syntax to context here.
Danny De Leon
"No but if somebodyshot, Trump after the election that day should be a new holiday"
I responded:
" Mister, you are right on the edge of subversion, sedition and incitement. I highly caution you to watch your language.
As a US Serviceman I swore an oath to "protect", regardless my beliefs or affiliations. And...consider this reported to the FBI."
And I sent the proof to my former FBI friend.
But yes, that's what we are dealing with.
I haven't heard back from the little........wonder why...
Democracy, Social democracy, Democratic socialism, Socialism, Communism, in this later stage The state will wither away.
About the ideals, the first has attractions, the last should bring up a loud snort.
What remains is stronger and tighter rule by a political class. This class has, it goes, no claims by birth, nor race nor demographic. No claims from experience, expertise, capability nor knowledge or anything, except one- the appeal to get votes combined with scheming. Even this is a transitory step, then it just scheming, then it is feudalism.
The appeal is to two sets of people, the mass, the sheep who can believe anything sufficiently emotive or scary, they do not act in their own interests (selfishness- bad) but from ideology for 'the common good'.
The other group is the plutocrat, this group does act from self-interest. They support a mechanism whereby wealth and power is retained, while at the same time this advantage is apparently legitimized by them being such noble minded do-gooders, wokists - that is virtue signalers, small sums (to them) are donated to climate and health, the payoff is big in adulatory publicity.
So there is this 2-prong alliance which has grown to be very strong. There already is a word for this, Fascism.
The real power and wealth is held in a small class. Many other activities can exist: voting, 'free' speech, private property, markets, but subject to strict rules. Strict but unwritten at first- do not challenge the real structure. The mass can be led to believe that they have any or all of democracy, socialism, free markets, and leaders working for the common good. All this can be shown on the surface, but do not scratch.
Now after reading before posting, yes that is my view, not expressed as well as Vinay in SavvyStreet so read that carefully.
Most interested in your views after you have read the essay.
Any time language connects metaphor there is a chance to "legitimize" conceptually. That I see Marxist/ism in America is clear. Even that is chilling.
As a former US Serviceman this triggers, pardon the pun, my American Marksman.
But the Democratic Party is now effectively deeply neo-Marxist as I show, and if they win, more fascism is bound to follow.
Please read the piece. The dangers are all pointed out.
This is an Is/ought dissonance in my mind. A frustration with the conceptual degradation of what I conceive as American.
Your authorships are always clear and concise.
In this last week's research I think I hit upon the "mechanism" or lack thereof, as the source of all the corporatism, profiteering and general discord leading toward fascism. The US Constitution has no philosophical interpretive iteration as preamble. And the dissent of Justice Holmes in Lochner v. New York legitimizes mob/majority rule by opinion or whim of the time.
This is from ARI, 2009; https://ari.aynrand.org/issues/govern...
With Trump presidential continuity there may be an opportunity to establish an objective preamble. I think it imperative that this idea be explored.
But times have changed. The essay goes through, in detail, of why the American instantiation of Marxism exists, and is so dangerous, for the U.S., as well as the whole world.
The final 4 hours was spent with G. William Domhoff's "Who rules America". Your essay is lock-step with these readings.
Word-symbol-conceptuals incite bias filters. My first post was definitely a byproduct of this condition.
And then I took the time to address my "condition". Why do I have a bias? This has been an 11 year study of The Objectivist's Ethics as it pertains to my personal behavior and interactions with everything around me (environment). Perception and conceptualization affect human life by 1 to the 7.5 billionth power by "X" number of perceptions and conceptualizations.....daily...for argument base. I find it amazing that we have come down to two basic expressions of behavior in Capitalism and Socialism.....and respective permutations. The one aspect that the majority of us refute is the use of force upon another to an end/win. Rules, regulations, laws are attempts to buffer the use of force; and where are these, when applied to perception and conceptualization of fear? This lies in philosophy of a metaphysical base.
I began comparing The Objectivist's Ethics to The Dec.of Ind. in 2012, the US Constitution in 2015 and The Universal Dec. of Human Rights (as adopted by the UN) in 2017.
Only The Declaration of Independence gives rise to the sovereignty of a single person. This is a "Why", diluted, as to why we have doctrine to buffer human interactions. Why is something of this "nature" not in preamble to any "constitution" across human history? I see a necessity to comprise an iteration, of such, that "party" or "ism" affiliation may be buffered philosophically to dilute the probability of any Fascist type actions, as the extreme. I see the necessity of a philosophical interpretive body by which any attempted doctrine of law may be reflected upon.
The last 30 years of my life have been spent near the concrete jungle of Minneapolis (one mile from the center of the mayhem). As of March I reside in a county of 75k. The value structures are different. A large city seems dependent on the concept of economic growth. This is a necessity to bring the supplies of sustenance to the residents. In a less populated area we barter and exchange a lot more outside the money system, even though we are closely attached by banks, etc. This is very evident in the blue/red voting by landmass. Fascism is fostered in both environments by fear of force being used against the respective "parties". The Posse Commitatus is just around the corner from me at present, and the gangbangers, prostitutes, junkies and destitutes, from my former domicile, and to mention my former misrepresentative Keith Ellison. Regarding the incitement in Minneapolis, my folks on the street confirm that outside source was the precipitant of the rioting, and a friend who was former FBI confirms that investigation into those who were responsible is in an elevated activity level, following the money and cell phone records....gotta love tech at times.
Rand was not the first objectivist, though she brought clarity to the necessity of our mortality as the joining force between us, and all life, in The Objectivist's Ethics. I find a respective hierarchy needs to be expressed in an educational manner that our young may be able to see and experience their lives as interactive with everything about them. That there may be a philosophical core on which to reflect upon when conflict arises. We need, globally, an expression to reflect upon, to buffer the extremes of the two ideological stances and their respective permutations. This has been the intense focus of the last two years of my life. I have closed my business to focus on this. Vocationally, as a maintenance mechanic, and business owner for 30 years, I have had to "fix" things to run within given sets of rules, laws, conditions and expect variants to arise all the time. So, I apply this methodology to the greatest machine "The Human Condition". I shall endeavor to author a work in simplest commonality, in lay terms, in such a manner that we may teach our young beginning as early as 6 or 7 years of age. I may be chasing a parked car on this one, but this is why my forehead slopes.
I offer this, not as any refutation to your work or insights, but as the logical permutation of solution we must endeavor to discover. Geeze...that almost sounds Galt! LOL! Would you, and others be willing to shift focus to a solution of commonality as core? I hope you find this a fair and equitable question.