cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/65164
In a set of fascistic speeches on Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House power broker Stephen Miller, and other top Trump administration officials labelled the political left as a “terrorist” threat and vowed to use all of the tools at their disposal to systematically destroy left-wing groups. Representatives from 67 countries gathered in the U.S. on Thursday for a meeting…
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The only constant goal has been to get us to turn on each other. It’s been constant for at least 10 years. I figure “destroy America from within” was Putin’s directive.
I wish we could just blame this on Putin but the truth is our own ruling class have been working towards this for the last 70 years.
Porque no los dos?
The ruling class is generally international. Russia’s oligarchs have more in common with US oligarchs than the US working class has with either of them.
I don’t disagree but the concerted effort was specifically undertaken by the U.S. ruling class to undo the progress made by The New Deal and FDR. The Soviet Union of 70 years ago is drastically different than the Russia of today. Of course oligarchs are going to oligarch and at the end of the day there’s no war but the class war but wealthy Americans specifically set out to fund think tanks to shift American politics to the right.
I feel like it’s important they own this, blaming foreign interference gives the domestic ruling class a pass they shouldn’t get.
I just really dislike the idea of blaming the peanut butter for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
The peanut butter was there first though and organized and actively worked to make the bread softer and more ignorant about salami and pepperjack.
Jellys arrival mighti’ve been the death knell but if they’re ever put against a wall, the peanut butter should be first in line.
We’re basically in agreement though and I’m just splitting hairs, ultimately there’s no war but the class war.
Temporary allies