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As much as I write and think about the US election, admittedly, there is a lot of technical, legal aspects to how the US works that I either don’t know about or I don’t understand. Questions about the what the electoral college is and why it exists for example. Whilst I usually stay in my cesspool of academic and grass-root left wing information and debate bubbles I make a point of stepping out and dip into the extreme right-wing, mainstream and down right crazy propaganda bubbles. I highly recommend doing this actually, not only to know what the other side is doing and “thinking” but also to get a better idea of what you are possibly looking to fight.
Now, the US election is a week away and I am as worried as the next person about what is going to happen next and truthfully, I don’t know. The defamation of the corporate “press” in the US has been so constant and mostly justified that I simply cannot take their polling info seriously. We all remember 2016. More importantly, for the first time in my waking memory we have a US president that is not only mentally unhinged, that in itself is nothing new, but and in addition, one, with the support of the party, genuinely gives a rats ass about the democratic process. Even if Biden wins by a landslide there is at very least a 50/50 chance that Trump will not concede the election. So what happens next?
Granted, whatever scenarios I have imagined are deeply influenced by the 20 some years of street politics, aka rioting. The actual legal, mechanical processes that happen when a US president doesn’t accept the outcome of the election are, or were rather, totally alien to me. I would wager that unless you are a constitutional scholar they would be alien to you as well mostly because we simply haven’t been there in waking memory. Yet here we are and it is a vitally important subject to discuss. Since I am not a constitutional scholar I am going to share this video with you.
In it, Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones explains what happens IF and does so in a way that not only makes it easy to understand but clearly illustrates the urgency of action and responsibility. Granted, there are parts of this 15 minute talk that make cringe just a little but damn this is good. It is not only good, it is hugely important for you to watch this, listen to this and take in his advice what to do next.
Please watch this and then share this.
Now, for your usual program illustrating the fuckery that we call freedom in the 21st century that will hopefully motivate to think, talk and push back against this corporate fascist death machine we call democracy.
Now, I have all kinds of thoughts about ER, most of which aren’t positive but this bullshit stunt is a sure way to not only get on my fuck you list, but on a LOT of people’s fuck you list:
I guess this is what you could call hyper-aggressive post-capitalism at play, and in a super odd way, you almost want to congratulate anyone that can beat a bank at its game but no, fuck trump, no matter what. Nevertheless, the old adage comes to mind, another idea WE should add to our catalogue of anti-capitalistic ideas: If you owe a bank a 1000 bucks, the bank owns you. If you owe a bank a 100`000`000 bucks, you own the bank.
For as long as I remember, no matter the country I lived in, “leftist” governments have always played the fiddle that social progress takes time, that we should be patient and that we need to work with the conservative opposition to make said progress happen. All of which are lies to keep you stumm while they loot our work. Fuck all of that, and the below illustrates just how quick any government can work when they want it to.
3 hours of soothing, popping, sexy as fuck tunes to keep you sane these next days. Have a wonderful day comrades, stay sharp, keep thinking and make the powerful afraid.