The reactionary
elections in the US:
Fight for control of
the bureaucratic apparatus between the mafias of the Democratic Party and the
Republican Party and “political polarization” in the United States
Today, we
are going to discuss a topic related to the reactionary elections in the US, to
move forward on this topic and later we will also address the latest NATO
meeting, the decomposition of Chinese social-imperialism and other points more
related to these topics.
The topic
is about "political polarization" and the attack on the genocidal D.
Trump, we begin with the notes taken from the article, The Assassination
Attempt on Donald Trump and the Threat to Democracy by Ahmed Charai, from the
Atlantic Council of July 15, 2024. Which has as a subtitle, Congress and
President Biden must move quickly to stop narratives of complaints and
conspiracy theories in their tracks.
This matter
of the attack is important to try to clarify what has been talked about, with
increasing insistence and greater importance, about the political division in
the US, now the so-called “political polarization” and to see: what is really
in dispute between the two factions of Yankee imperialism, that is, the two
mafias, that of the Democratic Party, headed by the genocidal Biden and that of
the Republican Party, headed by the other genocidal, Trump.
Today, we
are already aware that the PD mafia has lost its head and is looking for a new
head, it seems that it will very possibly be Kamala Harris, the current vice
president.
The
reference article offers us some important points, focusing the article
precisely on political polarization:
“The
attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, whatever its target
or origin, undoubtedly had its beginnings in the shadowy sources and
underground leaps of our ever more polarized politics. (...) The issue
at hand now is the emotional barometric pressure pushing the population at
large.”
The article
then says: “Trump supporters already see the shooting in the context of
coordinated opposition to their candidate.” And it lists the following
facts:
- Women’s
march against Trump before his 2017 inauguration
- Baseless
investigations of “collusion with Russia” dominating the first two years of his
presidency.
- Two
failed impeachment attempts in his last two years in the White House.
- A line of
violent attacks against his team
“All this
and much more authorizes Trump supporters to speak of a history of denunciation
and struggle. Such sentiments are always explosive fuel in politics, with no
safe uses.”
As you can
see, in what we have just quoted in summary, it is a list of the attacks
received by the Trump and Republicans side, from Biden and the Democrats.
But, that alone, says nothing about what is in dispute. Therefore, let us look
at what follows, where there is part of what is in dispute between both
factions, which as you will see, are not great differences of principles or
programs that are at stake in these elections, as it was not in the previous
ones.
Continuing,
the article says: “On the other hand, (Biden’s) followers feel that they are
losing institutions that they have controlled for decades.” And it lists:
- Biden's
catastrophic debate performance with Trump and polls in key states suggesting
an epic defeat for the president.
- Loss of
control of the U.S. Supreme Court, which has given them historic victories
since at least 1937.
- In 2022,
the Dobbs decision on abortion overrides the states, ending the permissive
standard set jointly by Roe v. Wade.
- Last
year's Harvard case ended affirmative action admissions policies.
- Just
weeks earlier, the court narrowed the power of the bureaucracy, another liberal
bulwark.
- Another
rule struck down "Chevron deference," which forced judges deciding
over government agencies' oversight to interpretations under their own
statutes. Now, judges will independently decide whether oversight is
reasonable.
“Taken
together, the three issues that the liberal left wants—abortion, affirmative
action, and the environment—are now lost.”
So, from
what is set out in the article on the development of this contradiction between
the two factions of Yankee imperialism, we can say that, starting in 2016, the
Republicans led by Trump have given a new impetus to their fight not only
for the presidency of the United States, but for control of the state
bureaucratic apparatus in the hands of the Democrats.
BUT THE SPOILS OF THE DISPUTE ARE IN THE
ECONOMY
THE BILLION DOLLAR SUMS OF SUBSIDIES AND
PROTECTIONISM THAT BOTH FACTIONS PROMOTE
But, it is
in the issue of the economy where we find the basis of this struggle for Power
between the representatives of the factions and groups of the North American
financial oligarchy, which run the imperialist bourgeois State. For this, for
now, we resort to citing the article from El Economista, of July 20, 2024, When
Biden leaves, so will 'Bidenomics'.
The article
summarizes the issue as follows:
“ * His
policy has been an experiment in industrial subsidies and protectionism.
• Biden's
economic plan was promoted by a small group of radicals around the president.”
“ (His
departure) It may happen this month, or perhaps next. It may even have happened
by the time it is published today, Saturday, July 20. But it now seems
inevitable that the increasingly ill President Biden will resign very soon.
Even if he doesn't, after a failed assassination attempt, he will lose the
November election to Donald Trump. Either way, one thing is clear. Joe Biden
will be a one-term president. And when he goes, he will take with him
'Bidenomics', as the very expensive experiment in industrial subsidies and
protectionism is known.
(…)
There have
been some successes. Solar power generation, for example, has grown by 75% in
the past four years and has increased eightfold in the past decade, even though
it accounts for only 4% of energy generated in the United States, compared with
60% from fossil fuels and 18% from nuclear. And companies such as Intel and
Taiwan’s TSMC have built new semiconductor plants.
(…)
The
problem is that this has come at an enormous cost. Credit Suisse estimated earlier this year
that the total cost of the programs would amount to $800 billion, and
since most of the subsidies are given in the form of open-ended tax credits,
the final bill may be much higher. It's one of the main reasons why debt has
soared to 123% of GDP and the public deficit has remained so high, at 5.3% of
GDP, even though the economy has been growing strongly and debt should be
coming down at this stage of the cycle.
In
reality, much of the money has been squandered. The scale of the waste is coming to light and
it's mind-boggling. For example, it included a $7.5 billion plan to install new
electric vehicle chargers so that all those subsidized vehicles could be on the
road. But after three years, only seven chargers had been installed, which is
just over $1 billion for what is basically a plug socket with a long cord.
There was a rural broadband plan to connect remote homes to the Internet,
costing $42 billion, but after three years not a single home has been
connected. Chip factories are slowly coming online, but they are suffering from
planning delays and shortages of skilled labor. Meanwhile, there is little
evidence that the massive spending has improved competitiveness, raised wages
or created lasting new industries. Electric vehicles increasingly look like the
wrong technology, the battery industry is collapsing, and the chip market is
awash with excess capacity. The United States has grown, but largely thanks to
deficit spending and, paradoxically, record shale oil and gas production, which
has made the country the world’s largest producer of fossil fuels.
In
reality, Biden’s economic plan was pushed by a small group of radicals around
the president. In fact, one of the reasons they have been so desperate to keep
their man in office, despite his clear inability, is so they can maintain
control of the agenda.
But Biden’s days in office are clearly coming to an end. His radical economic
program had very little support and there is growing evidence that tens, and
perhaps hundreds, of billions of dollars have been squandered on industrial white
elephants. When Biden goes, Bidenomics will go with him, and given its
dismal results, they will not come before their time.”
Now one can
understand why there is a struggle for control of the bureaucratic apparatus
and political polarization in the United States and what is at stake for
factions to confront each other using peaceful and violent methods. The forms
of struggle may vary but the class content, the character of the struggle is
what is important, said Lenin.
ABOUT THE ATTACK:
- “(the)
call to save democracy”
- “(the)
demonization of individuals who can, in the minds of certainly a minority of
Americans, incite violence.”
And
regarding the attack, in the already cited article, The Assassination Attempt
on Donald Trump and the Threat to Democracy by Ahmed Charai, it says:
“Some
immediate steps could lower the temperature. Currently, President Biden
decides which of his political opponents receive Secret Service protection and
to what extent. Whatever the president decides will be interpreted in the worst
light by his political enemies. It would be better if force protections
were decided by an independent body, with members appointed by the House
speaker, the chief justice, and the president. This takes politics away from
the critical issue of candidate protection. Clearly, former President Trump
needs increased security, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (especially given his
family’s tragic history) can no longer be denied protection. Judges need
increased protection, too. A cycle of violence cannot be allowed to begin.
Next,
Congress should quickly convene public hearings on the failures of Secret
Service efforts in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Conspiracy theories must be
squashed before they flourish. Accountability and transparency will restore
trust.
Finally,
the tone of American politics needs adjusting. Biden must repudiate his words
from a week ago about putting “Trump in the crosshairs” and tell his supporters
to stop comparing Trump to Hitler or calling the opposition candidate an
“existential threat” to democracy. In the meantime, Trump must urge his supporters to keep the peace
and use votes, not bullets. He must also make clear that he will not use
law enforcement to go after his political rivals. (The attempted assassination
of Donald Trump and the threat to democracy) Congress and President Biden must
act quickly to nip grievance narratives and conspiracy theories in the bud.”
It is thus
clear, at least to us, how attacks on the opponent are facilitated, in this
case by those who control the secret services. And, most importantly, that both
sides call on the “executors of divine will” to save the country by eliminating
the opponent; which the article suggests with these words: “the tone of
American politics needs adjustment....)
Another
article in Foreign Policy magazine, which deals with inciting the elimination
of the opponent, writes: "We seem to be seeing that murders are increasing
now," said Jacob Ware, a terrorism expert at the Council on Foreign
Relations and co-author of God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in
America, although I have noted that it was based on anecdotal evidence.
"Politicians
and political figures are finding themselves in the crosshairs, and people
are determining that the ballot box and elections are no longer the best way to
exercise their political claims," Ware said.
... "The
distrust and distrust of government is so great that it leads almost to the
dehumanization of political figures," said Bruce Hoffman, a
counterterrorism expert at the Council on Foreign Relations and another
co-author of God, Guns, and Sedition : Far-Right Terrorism in America. "That
has also contributed to this demonization of individuals who can, in the minds
of certainly a minority of Americans, incite violence."
“Two recent
examples are the incidents involving former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who were targets of failed kidnapping
and assassination plots, respectively; (...) “It certainly feels like we're
in a different era. I think there’s a lack of civility that permeates our
political discourse, and it’s often peppered with references to violence and
extreme violence,” said Colin P. Clarke, research director at the Soufan
Group. That includes Trump himself, Clarke said, who “has been a big purveyor
of this.” “That may not be a uniquely American phenomenon.” (Are Assassination
Attempts Rising? The Attempt on Donald Trump’s Life May Be Part of a Broader
Global Pattern. By Christina Lu JULY 15, 2024 FP)
In his
memoirs, Henry Kyssinger, The Whitehouse Years, London 1979, which would be his
first volume, from 1968 to 1973, we quote the following:
“The
qualities required to seize the nomination for the presidency of such a
transitory body may have little in common with the qualities needed to govern;
indeed, as the demands of the nomination process become more intensive with
each election the two may grow increasingly incompatible. The nomination
procedure puts a premium on a candidate skilled in organization, who can make
his political expression to the need of the moment, a master of ambiguity and
consensus, rather than subordinating programs to the winning requirement of
amassing a broad coalition. A man who understands the complex essence of the
nomination process as Nixon so superiorly did, inevitably defeats a candidate
who seeks the goal by highlighting substance.”
“The
politics of manipulation may be even more the essence of the modern form of
government of the American presidency.” That is “the essence of the politics
of the US presidency is manipulation.” According to the same author, whoever
wins the nomination and then the election of president, is the one who has the
“obsessive manic will to win.” Whoever has the best “electoral machine” is not
a question of programs but of the person.
Up to this
point, we have offered something to approach the subject of the character of
“polarization” in the US, Yankee imperialism, the only hegemonic superpower and
main enemy of the peoples of the world. The political polarization between
candidates and parties representing the two factions of Yankee imperialism, the
two mafias, the PD and the PR, and we will continue with the differences
between the two and what can change and for whom.