You experienced the same frustration I felt, Miriam. Like Hedges, I
can go on and on, of course without being so articulate, regarding the
corruption of our Republic and its failing democratic process. But I
have only one solution, one that is not a solution I am ready to go
for.
Like a railroad train speeding down the track toward a washed out
bridge. Everyone sees the danger ahead, but how do we stop the train
when the engineer and the fireman have locked the engine room and are
both snoozing at the switch? And worse than that, even if we did
break into the engine room, we have no plan for stopping the train.
And that is exactly where we are regarding our former Republic, now
turned Corporate Empire.
Chris Hedges, one of our most thoughtful, blunt speaking, sharp
tongued American Prophets, has not set forth a plan of action or a
goal to reach toward. So I have decided that I can only speak for
myself. And what my self tells me is that the Working Class has no
political Party to turn to. I mean, we have no effective political
party to turn to. And that is because both major parties have been
conquered by Wall Street Bankers and the rest of the Ruling Class.
Corporate Capitalism, like a fast growing cancer, has taken over all
the vital organs of the Working Class. We have been schmoozed, lied
to, bullied, divided against ourselves, robbed, and treated like
worthless trash. We only have a small piece of the internet and a few
public channels through which to communicate with one another. In
boxing terms, we are about to receive the knockout punch. And what is
amazing is the fact that the Ruling Class is so greed driven that they
have lost all sense of reason. They have the lid down, and they are
piling on more bricks to keep the boiling pot from blowing its top.
But frustration and hopeless despair, like boiling water building up a
head of steam, have nowhere to go except to expand. And Greed will
make certain that we have nowhere to turn. But in good time the pot
will do exactly what we can expect it to do. It will blow in all
directions. Mindless explosion, sending pot fragments flying across
space, striking down all that is in its path, whether friend or foe.
And that is where we are headed. And that is why most thoughtful
people do not try to talk about solutions. They know beyond all doubt
that the solution is coming and the Ruling Class is not going to back
off until they suddenly realize that no matter how hard they press
down, the lid and the whole damn pot will explode. It is inevitable.
They have blocked all escape routes. They have denied us our self
respect. They have used us as they please. And they will all learn
too late that they could have survived by just giving a little. But
they will not.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/26/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl,
I've just finished listening to Chris Hedges and Robert Reich on Democracy
Now. You asked for thoughts on their debate. It was a frustrating
experience, lisstening to them. On one level, I guess I felt like they were
both correct. On another level, I thought that Chris Hedges has a much
clearer picture of where we are and what is happening. However, He doesn't
tell us what he thinks we can do, if anything, to improve things. It's all
very well to talk about building a movement for the future. But Reich's
point, and Ben Jellis' point, during the first hour, were about the
consequences of one's actions in real time, immediately, right now. Does
it
make sense to ignore Trump, or any other Republican extremist who might
actually win, because the Democratic Party is so corrupt? But Hedges was
correct when he said that all this horrible stuff would happen, regardless
of who becomes President. It's clear that the TPP will pass. And Sanders
must know that. It isn't even in the platform, as meaningless as that is,
because the fix is already in. Obama wants it. That means that it was
decided a long time ago and all of this protesting it is just a pretense.
And that means that, as Hedges said, our democracy is just a pretext. So
it's a question of how many people will be hurt how badly if Trump becomes
President or if Clinton becomes President. Do we even have control over
that?
Miriam
