To keep waging war against the Palestinians and the Russians, our government needs to keep intensifying its economic attacks on the people of the USA. And the reverse is true as well, because the rule of capital depends on imperialist wars. Since the 1970s, when capitalism reached a point in its decline where perpetually increasing austerity became the way to keep profits up, we’ve been seeing this process advance. Our ruling class has been progressively sacrificing the people’s living standards in the imperial center, while redirecting ever more funds towards slaughtering peoples abroad.
The tack we take depends on who we are speaking with. Or rather, which conflict we highlight depends on the ideology of our compatriot.
For former and current Democrat voters, "China as capitalist" might work for the ruling class, but it easily falls apart when we address it. For those who lean Republican, "China as communist" is the tack we have to address. This one will be more difficult, I think, because of the army of confused snobby loudmouths who give socialism a terrible name.
I do agree that "finding a tack" gets easier every day more people experience the condition of having more month at the end of the money. I will never convince my extremely wealthy friend that the time has come. But I will convince people whose livelihoods have been stolen.
Watching out for/ anticipating the propaganda shifts is extremely important, so we have time to collect and hone our arguments.
Also, I agree that it is very interesting how they have so brazenly allocated themselves the loot this time. I noticed in 2021 that Democrats stopped talking about the economy/wages/housing expenses/healthcare etc as soon as Biden took office. I thought that silence was due to the Dems in power (and obviously they didn't want anyone to think they had power when they did have power.) Now, I think another cause of the deliberate avoidance of economic discussion is that their looting and soul selling is just too salient. You gotta be Real good at lying to allocate 95 billion dollars to you and your closest friends, and then turn around and say you're on the side of workers.
The tack we take depends on who we are speaking with. Or rather, which conflict we highlight depends on the ideology of our compatriot.
For former and current Democrat voters, "China as capitalist" might work for the ruling class, but it easily falls apart when we address it. For those who lean Republican, "China as communist" is the tack we have to address. This one will be more difficult, I think, because of the army of confused snobby loudmouths who give socialism a terrible name.
I do agree that "finding a tack" gets easier every day more people experience the condition of having more month at the end of the money. I will never convince my extremely wealthy friend that the time has come. But I will convince people whose livelihoods have been stolen.
Watching out for/ anticipating the propaganda shifts is extremely important, so we have time to collect and hone our arguments.
Also, I agree that it is very interesting how they have so brazenly allocated themselves the loot this time. I noticed in 2021 that Democrats stopped talking about the economy/wages/housing expenses/healthcare etc as soon as Biden took office. I thought that silence was due to the Dems in power (and obviously they didn't want anyone to think they had power when they did have power.) Now, I think another cause of the deliberate avoidance of economic discussion is that their looting and soul selling is just too salient. You gotta be Real good at lying to allocate 95 billion dollars to you and your closest friends, and then turn around and say you're on the side of workers.
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