Friday, July 27, 2018

Sanders: The Red Herring that Swam Upstream

I saw an example of an artist's photo shop that showed a beheaded Hilary Clinton with her daughter looking like a zombie, her husband cuddling another woman, and sent it to my friend that regularly sends photo shop mock-ups of Trump and his supporters. He was offended and asked me never to send that to him again.. I think the Clinton mock-up is as nasty as some my friend has sent of Trump beheaded or with bloody hands, and  I don't condone or share those photos on my Facebook page. I am an Industrial Worker of the World and care for all workers' rights, not American politics.  I  agree with direct action solutions such as boycotts, strikes, and job actions, and I believe that racist bootlickers must be met in the street to defend workers' rights. The tearing down of statues is foolish ; Washington and who else wasn't a racist American "Father"?

A return to business-as-usual two-party state, even without the antics of this fool, Trump, is not the solution for getting living wages for all; something not addressed by either party. My concern is the welfare of my children and friends who are still of working age in the U.S. 

If someone thinks a return to politics with a Democrat as president, will help workers, they are mistaken. 

Bernie Sanders can say whatever he wants, but the fact is, he blew the chance to do something to help the people of America; he's as much to blame as the Democratic Party for giving in when he should have been standing up. 

Let's look for a real socialist who can bore into the system and have a chance. Sanders is a red herring

Put yourself in Bernie's place. If I were near the pinnacle of power to represent the socialist sway of American politics, environmentalism and decency in living wage... If I knew I had followers and platform there was a campaign against me that would result in a neo-liberal or fool into the White House, would I have given up and said, ":I will play by the rules?" No. Sanders was certainly as guilty as the Democratic party because he went along with the Democratic Party. Don't waste any time resurrecting this red herring that swam upstream and spawned nothing. Find a new socialist, or social democrat that can lead the U.S. out of imperialism and capitalism.

 A socialist system isn't the way you think it is; Bernie is no Socialist and won't upset the apple cart of US politics. It's the lack of funds due to defense spending against imperialist states like the U.K., France, and USA why socialist nations haven't had a chance to take root. Bernie won't stop that. 

Castro led an island under siege but still managed to have equality of its people and enough doctors to send to help countries with disasters. Bernie couldn't do that. A controlled economy that has all the people's best interests at heart is what governments are for. Bernie couldn't do that, either. 

 Both you nor I have lived in socialist or  states but I met many Russian and Chinese ex-pats in NY; they confirm that many people in Russia and China wish socialism was back. They refuted U.S. propaganda that there were no bread or toilet paper. Collective decision making and workplaces, run by the people, 
made many happy. Bernie could never do that in the U.S. 

 As we see social services dwindling in capitalist countries burdened with IMF/WTO/NAFTA loans that the common people had no choice in making, we can see how important collective decision making is and how the capitalist governments have let their constituents down. Meanwhile, China's wages and living standard are increasing after the Western Boycott; Vietnam is recovering after a hundred years of colonialism as are many nations in South America and Africa. They have chosen socialists, not "Social Democrats" as Bernie likes to call himself.  In the case of Cuba and Venezuela, they have chosen to have a single party to ward off interference and subterfuge from the U.S. corporations that hates to give up easy money, slave wages, and plundered natural resources. No politician in the U,S, can dio that without a mass workers' movement and revolution. Bernie is no Che Guevera. 

 I did a lot of research about Germany between 1918 and 1924. I am certain that the Nazi's wouldn't have come to power if the capitalists hadn't backed them and slaughtered socialist instead. The history of capitalism is exploitation and the propaganda machine that deludes people to go against their class interest. Bernie Sanders is a red herring; he is part of the system that spawned him. 

Forget about political "choice" in the U.S. There is only one solution to the quagmire: Workers organize collectively. The people united will never be defeated.  



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