01-31-2021, 01:11 AM
(01-30-2021, 09:57 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: You may be right about the battle to come. But will this battle shape history? I doubt it. A right-wing rebellion like the one on Jan.6, even more organized and enduring, will be crushed. It will not occur unless the Democrats are in power, but it will be crushed if they are.
A left-wing rebellion consists of angry young people who can do little more than break windows, set tires on fire or paint graffiti. It would have no chance regardless of which Party is in power. But it could join some battles against white supremacy conspiracy theorists like those who invaded the Capitol. But, that will be the distraction.
I don't know if it will be a battle that shapes history, it is too early to tell. Incorporating the concerns of the populists over the brokenness of the system is essential, though, to resolving it.
Quote:But right now, Biden is doing as much as anyone could do to address the real needs of those not part of the upper classes. His Party is doing the same, and will be united enough to help Biden get some of what he wants. The only fault of any failure will lie with the resistance put up by the Republican opposition, just has been the case for 40 years now. Those on the right, to a person, support the upper classes and oppose the interests of everyone else. That fact is not changed by the fact that Trump was able to deceive many of them that he, an upperclass conman, was on their side.
I'm withholding judgement on how Biden and the DNC power structure is doing. Again, heart of antifa country here and they are not on board yet. I'm concerned about some of the things he's stated that, if enacted into policy, will only increase populist resentment on the right in a very needless manner.
I think you have a stereotypical view of who is actually an elite in this country. They break pretty evenly Democrat/Republican across the business and political class, but are disproportionately Democrat in journalism, academia, and entertainment. They all come from similar backgrounds, marry each other, send their kids to the same schools, and move back and forth between the private sector and the public sector. I would argue that ALL politicians at the Federal level (with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions) support the elites to a man. One side just has better propaganda.