by B. R. GOWANI
Donald Trump, the world knows, is full of hate
he hates almost everyone except his white supporters
Joe Biden has plenty of abomination in his cells too
but his loathe is reserved for countries who disobey the US
such as China, Russia, Venzuela, Iran, Cuba, and others
so Biden didn’t invite them to a summit he called on December 9, 2021
many other countries weren’t invited to Summit for Democracy either
but Biden-kind thugs were warmly invited to join the summit
such as India’s Modi, Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Philippines’ Duterte, etc.
on the day of Summit, Biden tweeted:
“Today, I’m hosting the first Summit for Democracy. We’re bringing together leaders from over 100 governments, alongside activists, trade unionists, experts, and other members of civil society to lock arms and reaffirm our shared commitment to make our democracies better.”
a few necessary requirements for a true democracy include:
- equality of economic, social, and political opportunities
- along with freedom of speech and
- freedom from racism/communalism
- …
currently, …
the US is trying to get Julian Assange extradited from UK to US
- exposing US war crimes through WikiLeaks
- !!
in the US, 20 million people lost their jobs during the pandemic
but the 650 billionaires’ wealth rose by $1.2 trillion, i.e., $1,200,000,000,000
that is, $3.4 trillion became $4.6 trillion and is rising …
true democracy takes care of health, education, shelter, and so on
not investing indiscriminately in the war machine …
which takes up a huge chunk of the budget, in the words of the
former labor secretary Robert Reich tweet says a lot:
“Last night, the House passed a $768 billion defense budget. That’s a full $30B more than Trump’s last defense budget. It’s also $24B more than what Biden requested. And to top it off, we just ended the longest war in US history. The military-industrial complex is off the rails.”
the United States has 4.26% of the world’s total population
but has got 25% of the world’s prison population
for this to happen in the most advanced and economically strong country
something, rather too many things, have to be wrong with the country
this can’t happen in a true democracy …
the US should stop this facade of promoting and pursuing democracy
these are not the old times when people didn’t have access to information
now the entire world has come to know the facade of US “democracy”
so Biden and US have become the laughing stock in the world
it would be better for him to tackle inequality and injustice in the US
rather than wasting time on these kind of gimmicks
which annoy China, Russia, & others resulting in more enmity
the world can’t afford any more wars;
it desperately needs peace
and food, good health and shelter for all ….
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com