Comment on The ineffective Democratic leadership ain't going away unless we make them.

• uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’re supposed to be beholden to their constituency. Allegiance to their campaign contributors and to schemes to enrich them personally is literally corruption.

  Granted privileging property owners over the working class is baked into the Constitution of the United States, but we’ve had multiple reckonings during which we collectively reaffirmed we want our society to be a pluralistic liberal democracy. And the capitalists curse and swear vengeance every time.

  (And, as Marx predicted in Das Kapital the capitalists immediately look to recapturing government institutions. It’s what they do. And so far we’ve failed to adequately punish them when they are caught trying.)

  (Also, this phenomenon isn’t unique to the US. After rights in France were established in the Napoleonic Code, they were rolled back during the Bourbon Restoration, requiring a second revolution and a lot more piled heads. The French public began to realize even good kings are arbitrarily followed by tyrannical kings.)

  At this point the US public is beginning to understand what’s at stake, why we need independent regulatory bodies, why rule of law has to apply to everyone, that capital never sleeps. And more of the Democratic party is tired of corporate shills. (More identify as moderate than progressive, but the platform they want is progressive. UHC is super popular.)

  On the other hand, capitalists come better prepared with higher tech every time. The MAGA propaganda machine is very powerful and uses proven brainwashing techniques. And we don’t have a cure for that.

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  • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Granted privileging property owners over the working class is baked into the Constitution of the United States

    Thank you for recognizing this. So many people don’t get that capitalism and the wealthy ruling class are literally baked into the Constitution. The US government was created with the express purpose of preventing the masses any real say in governance.

    we’ve had multiple reckonings during which we collectively reaffirmed we want our society to be a pluralistic liberal democracy.

    I think you mean the wealthy have produced some good propaganda that makes people feel this way. Unless you have some good examples? The one I always think about is the great depression where a ton of people starved to death and even by WWII around a quarter of all men were rejected for service because of a decade + of malnourishment. No revolution, just a new deal from the wealthy that was eventually backpedaled because blacks.

    At this point the US public is beginning to understand what’s at stake,

    I like you optimism here, but I don’t share it nor do I think it is objectively true unfortunately.

    proven brainwashing techniques. And we don’t have a cure for that.

    There is no cure for a criminal act. We need a real bill of rights that directly spells out that politicians will NOT use psychology to manipulate people. Scapegoating, begging, etc must all be strictly banned and anyone using the rhetoric forever banished from leadership. Until then might as well bleat really loudly for all the good it will do.

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