Good analysis John. I think the 1960's is not history swept under the rug, which is to say, as many people say to me, don't waste time on the 60's, that's history, water under the bridge. An egalitarian revolution today, in my opinion, needs to imaginatively stand in the moment of the 1960's, simultaneously experience the indignation at the crimes committed against JFK, Malcolm, Martin and Robert and Fred, and understand that those were attacks on the revolutionary impulses sweeping the country. Demanding accountability for past state crimes can fuel a demand for justice today.
All the violence of the 60's, compounded with the Vietnam War, served to do what David Hughes calls "shock and awe" to essentially bludgeon the nation into a stupor and cause youth to back off of revolutionary demands. Instead of revolution, by the late 60's and 70's, politics became an individual exploration into identity, an area individuals can control and find meaning.
I am not deluded to think Kennedy was revolutionary only that he was not entirely on board the plutocratic agenda for the Atlantic / NATO hegemonic alliance, and if he had not been killed, nor the others, that history may well have turned out differently and the USA might be less belligerent.
The Great Society from Johnson was classic progressivism intended to deflate demands for justice.
I think people don't trust US institutions because they know they have been lied to and are being lied to all the time. I accept your premise that we can't build an opposition movement based purely on indignation at lies and anger at the brutal power play by the plutocracy, but that we the people need something positive to work for. I think your egalitarian argument for mutual aid and solidarity may fit the bill, but the propertarian libertarians, like Nathalie at Redacted, need to expand their indignation at plutocratic power informed by a pure personal liberty imperative and humanitarian perspective, and recognize the necessity of the development of collective freedom against the minority class of plutocrats, which have a lock on state power.
They told us ”we must cut down wages, ...., .... because of the market’s laws” !
They wanted us to believe that market’s ”laws” were like nature’s laws.. EXCEPT that market’s laws are MADE by the same manipulators as for ”CO2-based climate change” and other b*shit...
My answer to CocotteMinute to 'Why nobody saw it coming' is the same reason 'nobody knows how to STOP it NOW.
And that is because the methodology that the devils use to deploy their actions are draped in our SIN's. I was lucky enough to have the good fortune back in the early 70's to have one of the few good paying jobs that was available to someone coming out of the working class . That was a cable splicer for Ma Bell.
I believe now, that this job like hers was afforded to the 'deplorable ' ones , not because the devils had a sudden change of heart in oppressing people, but because they needed people who 'liked' to do that particular type of labor. Unlike what you hear from Corporate America, Not everyone is suited to do every type of job. Nurses must like caring for people and people like myself must like working with their hands. The downsides of the job do not outweigh the job to the point of leaving it.
For the nurses, to wipe someone's ass will not disgust them, for an outside phone tech , to be outside all day in the rain or having your fingers freeze to the point that the pain is almost unbearable is not enough to send you running for shelter.
The devil's just needed us and knew that not just anybody could do those type of jobs.
They wanted their Wide World Web and their mighty Health Care Systems built . So they did what it took to get there. They surely knew that the monetary gains that they would be given out would be taken back exponentially.
But as to the WHY we didn't see them coming .... It was because we were caught up in our sins bestowed upon us. For myself, I was looked down upon by Society because I was labeled a Blue Collar worker... not a distinguished and acceptable White Collar guy. Young girls turned their nose up at me, men in suits, my own age, frowned upon me in condescending fashion..I hated them both for many years after because it resulted in myself becoming broken by a lack of self confidence.
Meanwhile, The devil's were building their New World...
Feminism was the new mantra for vengeful women. In the male workforce It became a dog eat dog workplace as up and coming apprentice devils worked their way up the Corporate ladder. In a decade it was overrun by Top Level Devils and everything would change for the worst.
At home, things were not becoming so much better.
The girl you married and thought loved you had fallen under the spell of goddess domination. Men became just tools for women to move ahead. The War of the Roses was all in vogue and there would be no winners except for the devil's who were choreographing the whole Play.
If it's left to the Devil's they will have us Killing each other till they're is no one left standing.... Fighting over the last crumbs as they did to the Jews before they incinerated them all.
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Or will we be strong enough to come together in the face of their adversity and destroy them before they destroy us?
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Or will we patiently wait and hope for someone else to come along , as we are presently doing for the Palestinians in Gaza ?
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The Devil's are counting on us to behave like we have for the last millennium.
Good analysis John. I think the 1960's is not history swept under the rug, which is to say, as many people say to me, don't waste time on the 60's, that's history, water under the bridge. An egalitarian revolution today, in my opinion, needs to imaginatively stand in the moment of the 1960's, simultaneously experience the indignation at the crimes committed against JFK, Malcolm, Martin and Robert and Fred, and understand that those were attacks on the revolutionary impulses sweeping the country. Demanding accountability for past state crimes can fuel a demand for justice today.
All the violence of the 60's, compounded with the Vietnam War, served to do what David Hughes calls "shock and awe" to essentially bludgeon the nation into a stupor and cause youth to back off of revolutionary demands. Instead of revolution, by the late 60's and 70's, politics became an individual exploration into identity, an area individuals can control and find meaning.
I am not deluded to think Kennedy was revolutionary only that he was not entirely on board the plutocratic agenda for the Atlantic / NATO hegemonic alliance, and if he had not been killed, nor the others, that history may well have turned out differently and the USA might be less belligerent.
The Great Society from Johnson was classic progressivism intended to deflate demands for justice.
Here is a link to the "powell doctrine" composed in the early 1970's as a plutocratic reaction against the rising tide of dissent. https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/democracy/the-lewis-powell-memo-a-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/. It shows how conscientious the plutocracy is about securing its power and opposing what it sees as a threat.
Here is a link to David Hughes who I find compelling for his frank analysis of how the plutocracy weaves its wicked web. https://dhughes.substack.com/p/founding-members-first-off-the-record
I think people don't trust US institutions because they know they have been lied to and are being lied to all the time. I accept your premise that we can't build an opposition movement based purely on indignation at lies and anger at the brutal power play by the plutocracy, but that we the people need something positive to work for. I think your egalitarian argument for mutual aid and solidarity may fit the bill, but the propertarian libertarians, like Nathalie at Redacted, need to expand their indignation at plutocratic power informed by a pure personal liberty imperative and humanitarian perspective, and recognize the necessity of the development of collective freedom against the minority class of plutocrats, which have a lock on state power.
Thanks for all the hard work you do.
Excellent comment. I'm with you. And thank you also for the links
Thank you!
Same story in old Europe...
They told us ”we must cut down wages, ...., .... because of the market’s laws” !
They wanted us to believe that market’s ”laws” were like nature’s laws.. EXCEPT that market’s laws are MADE by the same manipulators as for ”CO2-based climate change” and other b*shit...
And this has not begun in the last 2 years ,
How comes that ”nobody” saw it sooner ?
Thanks for this information.
My answer to CocotteMinute to 'Why nobody saw it coming' is the same reason 'nobody knows how to STOP it NOW.
And that is because the methodology that the devils use to deploy their actions are draped in our SIN's. I was lucky enough to have the good fortune back in the early 70's to have one of the few good paying jobs that was available to someone coming out of the working class . That was a cable splicer for Ma Bell.
I believe now, that this job like hers was afforded to the 'deplorable ' ones , not because the devils had a sudden change of heart in oppressing people, but because they needed people who 'liked' to do that particular type of labor. Unlike what you hear from Corporate America, Not everyone is suited to do every type of job. Nurses must like caring for people and people like myself must like working with their hands. The downsides of the job do not outweigh the job to the point of leaving it.
For the nurses, to wipe someone's ass will not disgust them, for an outside phone tech , to be outside all day in the rain or having your fingers freeze to the point that the pain is almost unbearable is not enough to send you running for shelter.
The devil's just needed us and knew that not just anybody could do those type of jobs.
They wanted their Wide World Web and their mighty Health Care Systems built . So they did what it took to get there. They surely knew that the monetary gains that they would be given out would be taken back exponentially.
But as to the WHY we didn't see them coming .... It was because we were caught up in our sins bestowed upon us. For myself, I was looked down upon by Society because I was labeled a Blue Collar worker... not a distinguished and acceptable White Collar guy. Young girls turned their nose up at me, men in suits, my own age, frowned upon me in condescending fashion..I hated them both for many years after because it resulted in myself becoming broken by a lack of self confidence.
Meanwhile, The devil's were building their New World...
Feminism was the new mantra for vengeful women. In the male workforce It became a dog eat dog workplace as up and coming apprentice devils worked their way up the Corporate ladder. In a decade it was overrun by Top Level Devils and everything would change for the worst.
At home, things were not becoming so much better.
The girl you married and thought loved you had fallen under the spell of goddess domination. Men became just tools for women to move ahead. The War of the Roses was all in vogue and there would be no winners except for the devil's who were choreographing the whole Play.
It was all downhill and before you could say
...."We Don't Torture"... It was all over.
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Will it End Badly for Us?
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If it's left to the Devil's they will have us Killing each other till they're is no one left standing.... Fighting over the last crumbs as they did to the Jews before they incinerated them all.
............................................
Or will we be strong enough to come together in the face of their adversity and destroy them before they destroy us?
.............................
Or will we patiently wait and hope for someone else to come along , as we are presently doing for the Palestinians in Gaza ?
.....................................
The Devil's are counting on us to behave like we have for the last millennium.
...........................................................
I'm afraid the Truth is:
Jesus was asking His Father to Forgive Us, His Children, For we do not know what we are doing....... Moments before he gave up His ghost.....
Just saying...