by B. R. GOWANI
many people think what AOC did was a good thing to publicize the issue
Maybe a better conversation starter would have been:
ELIMINATE THE BILLIONAIRES or more appropriate:
ELIMINATE ANYONE OVER $ 50 MILLION, or the catchy phrase:
TAX THE RICH 100%
I heard another suggestion:
ABOLISH THE ICE (the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
if slogans could bring positive changes,
the US would have witnessed innumerable revolutions
they are nice for drawing attention and making some people aware
but don’t cause changes;
because it doesn’t create fear in the ruling class
that is a violent class that rules by violence only
China’s leader Mao Tse-Tung (or Mao Zedong) used to say:
“Every Communist must grasp the truth; “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
Mao Tse-Tung, “Problems of War and Strategy” (November 6, 1938), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 224, from Marxists.
progressives don’t have that kind of power or means to that power
the US has billions of barrels of guns, and would obliterate the populace
and so gun fight is out of question
US history shouts out loud:
the US government is the most terrorist group on our planet
so what should the progressives do to produce meaningful changes
AOC is a part of a tiny group of progressives that belong to Congress
the progressives are doing some good things
they are also raising a great deal of issues that require solutions
they’ve been able to accomplish minor things with the Biden government
but to bring about drastic changes, they’ll have to be bold
boldness lies in not voting with the Democratic Party on harmful issues
or holding their votes to allocate more for social and medical programs
this is the only chance for them to do something really great
every two years they need money to get elected
the rich would throw money to candidates who’d carry out their agenda
look at Kshama Sawant; how Jeff Bezos and others are trying to oust her
the rich don’t want any government that could reduce inequality
Bill Gates is working to keep patents alive for free money
George Soros is opposing China’s “Common Prosperity” program
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the snoozing majority are beginning to wake up …
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com