Begun on October 1, 2023 (My Father\’s 101st birthday had he not passed at 97.)
All this talk about MAGA types and conservative hard-liners destroying democracy is becoming quite pathetic.
Folks, we\’ve never, ever had a democracy! US has been a feudal system from the get go — and control is maintained by knights (the police force) who serve the elite (the lords and ladies of the castle).
So, US have a disguised, er, white-washed title of being a standing Democracy — and a whole lotta lipstick has been applied to the feudalist pig to turn it into a capitalist pig! There\’s really not much difference between feudalism and capitalism — they are both pyramid schemes. And we still have people believing that US is the land of the free and the home of the brave?! Not!
My readers have heard me say (See elsewhere) that the only difference between Democrat politicians and Republican politicians is how they rob US: A Democrat lord may gently cajole his farmers out of their crops and money in return for the promise of protection should the castle come under attack. A Republican lord may have to threaten to maim, or hang one of his serfs, or take the serf\’s daughter to make sure he garners his taxes.
Which method of robbery, er, taxation, do you prefer? Take your pick.
The feudal period (between the 5th and 12th centuries) gave rise to the The Magna Carta signed in 1215 AD. This document did about as much good for the citizenry (England still supports a royalty) as The Declaration of Independence did for the Native Americans and the slaves.
My god! The Greeks and Romans — who courted the terms Democracy and Republic — had slaves! How can you call yourself a democracy if slavery is operative at the same time an allegedly democratic government is in place? We\’ve got people calling India the world\’s largest democracy?!
And what about this Rule of Law that we hear so much about and is a prime feature of Democracy? Look carefully at US legal system and you will see that it\’s really all about how much justice you can buy! How is Matt Gaetz walking around free while his former business partner, Joel Greenberg, is serving 11 years in prison for sex trafficking?
Hell! Even the electoral system was created to cheat the African American out of his vote — or count his vote as that of a half man.
Sure, Democracy is a glamorous economic/political expression — luring wannabe participants to the system and into the false sense of \”being free\” in America. Ironically, immigrants leave one Banana Republic for another: they get out of the frying pan to step into a new fire.
So I say, let Republican hardliners trash what the Democrats haven\’t yet trashed. This New Rome experiment is a failure and is being replaced by the same immigrant influx that flooded Old Rome.
I just learned that in 1910 on this date (October 1st) — the L.A. Times offices (a then anti-unionist publication) were blown up by our own urban terrorists! We\’ve had quite a few terrorist incidents on American soil over the years (does Oklahoma ring a bell?). I guess this wonderful democracy (where everyone is equal, right?) has at times left different factions of the population disgruntled.
As I write, the Hollywood writers and US automakers and 75,000 Kaiser employees are striking because their feudal lords don\’t want to compensate the serfs for what they are worth! (Lords of the manor are always more equal than others of lesser rank.)
Enough of our threatened Democracy — the ideal does not reflect well in the reality mirror. Put a fork in it!