Jonathan Seeley
Sep 5, 2018 · 1 min read

What you say about Obama is true, much to the chagrin of progressives like me everywhere, but what you say about Trump is ridiculous. He IS pulling off the rapid descent into tyranny and full on fascism quite handily, with the full agreement of the Republicans, and the Dems are not stopping him, as these political labels have become meaningless. We are in deep, deep trouble. The constitution has little to do with it, except as cover for fascist SCOTUS appointees, who care little apparently for any of the constitutional amendments. If you believe the great Howard Zinn, which I do, the original document was written by the land owning and wealthy ruling class to keep the workers, slaves, women and Indians under control. The liberty and justice for all thing was more or less PR to get the middle class whites to sign on. So even the constitution is not enough to stop the new oligarchs from having their way. My view is pretty radical, according to the mainstream framework of debate, and yet these times call for radical reevaluations. I am curious how the few intelligent Conservatives that are left manage to not be appalled and afraid of the sudden flowering of state/corporate control of the people, the airwaves, soon the internet…do any of you think there are any “free markets” left in the world? What is to stop it from becoming one big monopoly? For instance.

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