And that's interesting in the very fact that this is what the strong
members of the Trump family enjoyed doing; trash talking and bad
mouthing. Notice the method Fred Trump used in keeping control of the
family. It's the most common practice we Americans use, negative
reinforcement. No child is too young not to feel the effects. And
Mary did as fine a neutral job as I've ever seen done by a family
member, analyzing a close relative. But those who support Donald
Trump will probably not read Mary Trump's book, or if they do, it will
be in order to trash her and her opinions. But for me, it gave me
insight into the dysfunctional life of a family that worshiped at the
Alter of the Golden Calf.
Cathy became frustrated with Mary's father. "Why didn't he just walk
away? He didn't need his father's approval." I said that I thought
it showed just how strong our need for approval is. He did walk away
and began a successful career as a commercial pilot. But his father
continued putting him, and all his efforts, down until he quit and
came home.
Cathy cut the apron strings by the time she was 16. I was much older
before I could say that I'd made my own stand. Some people never
reach personal freedom. My older sister who died last month, went to
her grave still conflicted, and still trying to gain the approval of
parents who were dead, and unable to give her what she needed.
Carl Jarvis
Carl Jarvis
On 8/24/20, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I also thought it was an interesting book in terms of the family dynamics it
describes. The only negative or slightly negative words I heard about it
were from a woman who appears regularly on the Nation podcast, Start Making
Sense. I can't remember her name, but she has appeared periodically, telling
sarcastic stories about various members of the Trump family, usually his
children. But in this case, her criticism of the book was that Mary was too
young, while her father was alive and having his conflicts with his father,
to know what was really going on so she was reporting only heresay, not
fact. My response, when I heard this on the podcast, was to remind myself
that it seems to be this woman's job to say only negative things about
anyone who is part of the family.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 12:37 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: [blind-democracy]Mary Trump's book; an
interesting read.
A little over 6 hours of well read text, available on BARD, and well worth
reading. This story would make a great Movie. But mostly it gives flesh to
the bones we already see. Beyond telling us much of what we already
suspect, Mary Trump exposes how the long term family dynamics impact the
minds of those caught up in them. We all are far more controlled by our
social morays that we want to admit. As she views her own father's struggle
to escape the family, Mary Trump paints a picture that we can all learn
from. Our claim of being "self made" or the "rugged individual", are simply
not true. We all have been controlled to one degree or another, by our own
propaganda.
Anyway, the book gives flesh and breath to Donald Trump and to all of us, in
a sense.
Carl Jarvis
dn’t be on the sidewalk so walk on the street, then
as soon as we got on the street they ambushed us.”
One unnamed city official told the press that Mayor Bill de Blasio
approved of the attack, long planned by the NYPD.
That evening, dozens OCH supporters held a march downtown in the
driving rain to retake City Hall Park, but de Blasio’s cops blockaded
entry.
In the process of the attack, cops threw away homeless people’s
possessions and camp supplies, which included food and books.
The camp’s homeless reflected the city’s homeless crisis under de
Blasio, a product of systemic racism. 80,000 are without a permanent
home, including 20,000 children.
Jawanza James Williams, the director of organizing for Vocal New York,
told BuzzFeed News that the city was “pressure-washing away the
messages of freedom, Black Lives, a world without police and prisons,
in the same ways that workers pressure-wash away the spilled blood of
Black people murdered by police for now hundreds of years.”
Williams said that even with the diminishing OCH population after the
June 30 budget vote, “The activities of political education continued,
direct actions outside of the camp continued, celebrations and
performances continued, art creation, and cultural production in
general.”
OCH took inspiration from the 2011 anti-corporate movement, Occupy
Wall Street (OWS) in Zuccotti Park, aka “Liberty Plaza,” located a few
blocks from City Hall.
In 2011, the then-Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio, loudly defended the
free speech rights of OWS, under attack by billionaire Mayor Michael
Bloomberg. Also supporting Occupy Wall Street were several unions,
including TWU Local 100, NY’s subway and bus workers.
Soon however, Bloomberg teamed up with President Obama and the
national police departments to smash Occupy. Mayor Bloomberg used a
phony pretense for shutting down OWS, citing “health issues,” despite
the regular volunteer cleaning of Zuccotti Park. Bloomberg’s “health
issues”
were trotted-out once again this past month, this time by de Blasio,
as reason to crush OCH.
Although denied by de Blasio, many pointed to the Mayor’s desire to
forestall President Trump’s threat to send in federal agents to NYC, a
la Portland, as part of the Mayor’s underlying reason to shut down OCH.
Trump’s threats were also a possible motive for his week-long curfew
in early June, beyond de Blasio’s defense of so-called “property
rights” of big chain stores. De Blasio now boasts that he will bring
court action against Trump’s federal agents invading NYC.
Whatever the reason, de Blasio boasts that he, “always respect[s] the
right to protest,” an assertion proven false by the NYPD’s early
morning storming of OCH on June 30 at 5 a.m., the day of the vote on
the NYPD budget.
As peaceful OCH protesters chanted, “Why the riot gear? There’s no
riot here!,” de Blasio’s goons descended on the park.
“We were dancing in the street one minute, and the next minute they
were beating the shit out of us,” Jet, 23, told Gothamist. “It wasn’t
human.”
NYPD officers in riot gear rushed protestors, arresting two and
injuring several others.
One protester that morning told public radio that he witnessed a young
woman break her leg in a barrier, as cops pinned protesters. “They
were beating me every way they could, but all I could see was her leg
bent in a way it shouldn’t have been.”
But by linking arms and with tremendous bravery, OCH managed to
prevent a police rout and held their ground.
Occupy City Hall
Occupy City Hall or Abolition Plaza was located in a park immediately
adjacent to NY City Hall. It was founded on June 24 by hundreds of
anti-racist activists, including the non-profit VOCAL NY, which
demanded a $1 billion cut in next year’s NYPD budget. Some in OCH were
calling for abolishing the NYPD.
The NY City Council, dominated by Democrats, passed a $1 billion cut
on June 30. The so-called cut, with the backing of the mayor, a
self-described “Democratic Socialist,” was a sham, essentially
transferring $1 billion to the Education Department to oversee
policing in schools. City Comptroller Scott Stringer called the
changes in police spending “a bait-and-switch and a paper-thin excuse for
reform.”
The budgetary reform, plus police practice reforms recently enacted by
the City and State were the ruling class’s panicked reaction to the
size and militancy of mass mobilizations. But, in no way can some of
these necessary reforms (if ever properly enforced under capitalism!)
ever eliminate systemic cop racism, the product of a sick U.S.
capitalist system, or more fundamentally, change who has control of
the police: the capitalists or the working class and oppressed
communities? (“NY Cop Reforms? The Whole System Has to Go!” in July
SA)
Socialist Action says, “Disarm, disband and dismantle the racist cops!
Black community control of the police!”
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