Chris Hedges: Creeping Toward Tyranny
I'd kill the Auden ref and use "hurtling," myself.
Here's the key point:
"The corporate capitalists who hold real power view Trump as an embarrassment. They would prefer to put a more dignified face on the American empire, one like Biden who will do their bidding with the decorum of a traditional president. But they will work with Trump. He has given them huge tax cuts, is slashing what is left of government oversight and regulation and has increased the budgets for internal security and the military. It may be an uncomfortable relationship, as was the relationship between German industrialists and the buffoonish leaders of the Nazi Party, but for the corporate elites it is far preferable to having to deal with a Bernie Sanders or an Elizabeth Warren. Capitalists, throughout history, have backed fascism to thwart even the most tepid forms of socialism. All the pieces are in place. The hollowing out of our democratic institutions, which cannot be blamed on Trump, makes tyranny inevitable."
Correct. Read the rest. No, not one latte-sipping Biden/Buttigeg/Beto fan will even be able to process this paragraph, let alone act on it.
The most likely response, by far: "You're a crazy, hate-filled Bernie Bro, and probably a Putin stooge to boot, just like your Dear Leader, Sanders, who wants to bring Venezuelan Stalinism to the US and hand the election to Trump just like he did in 2016, acting on Putin's personal orders!"
Here's the key point:
"The corporate capitalists who hold real power view Trump as an embarrassment. They would prefer to put a more dignified face on the American empire, one like Biden who will do their bidding with the decorum of a traditional president. But they will work with Trump. He has given them huge tax cuts, is slashing what is left of government oversight and regulation and has increased the budgets for internal security and the military. It may be an uncomfortable relationship, as was the relationship between German industrialists and the buffoonish leaders of the Nazi Party, but for the corporate elites it is far preferable to having to deal with a Bernie Sanders or an Elizabeth Warren. Capitalists, throughout history, have backed fascism to thwart even the most tepid forms of socialism. All the pieces are in place. The hollowing out of our democratic institutions, which cannot be blamed on Trump, makes tyranny inevitable."
Correct. Read the rest. No, not one latte-sipping Biden/Buttigeg/Beto fan will even be able to process this paragraph, let alone act on it.
The most likely response, by far: "You're a crazy, hate-filled Bernie Bro, and probably a Putin stooge to boot, just like your Dear Leader, Sanders, who wants to bring Venezuelan Stalinism to the US and hand the election to Trump just like he did in 2016, acting on Putin's personal orders!"