There is definitely a sense that the identity politics surrounding this campaign are a charade, and we can't talk about the common denominator that is the issue of class consciousness. Stating the obvious has become taboo. Thanks for this, it was very needed!
Yes, we really need to move away from talking about identity without acknowledging class. It flattens the complexities of how our experiences impact or are impacted by others.
LaChelle, I appreciate you and agree with you. Kamala is part of the system. The system is corrupt and unjust, founded on genocide and enslavement. When I try to express my opinions about this country, I sound like a sputtering idiot, because I've been hearing the same empty pointless promises about change. I don't believe in incremental changes to a corrupt racist greed infused...there I go again. Sputtering idiot. Thank you LaChelle for expressing this in the intelligent, coherent manner that I'm no longer capable of.
So glad this resonated with you! I totally relate to struggling to express how I feel. Honestly, I never know I feel until I write it out. Appreciate you giving this a read.
We have a serious uphill battle before us. She’s not the answer. There is no singular answer. She’s a stopgap. Without her as an alternative, we start at the bottom of the hill with weights being added to our legs. The weight added to black women, will be the heaviest.
What we need is to build the “collective.”Bottom up and top to bottom.
“The problem with this statement is that leading this country, founded on some of the most horrible crimes imaginable, doesn’t allow space for true compassion because true compassion would upend all of the systems that are holding it in place.” this part !!!!! this was so beautifully written and thought out. thanks for sharing!
Of the 1/3 that is discretionary, treaty obligations to 68 nations, 69 Israel, above all NATO requires a military. The military takes 15% of the Federal budget, in truth given the obligations by treaty it’s a pittance. We can go on, the point being there’s little these politicians CAN do legally.
They can’t for instance fire anyone who isn’t a political appointee. <<
And there’s 537 of them in DC with 3 million bureaucrats and 3~6 million contractors.
A Stalin with 536 Beria’s would have difficulty managing that, never mind the hapless Reality TV types we’ve been electing for decades.
You’re all looking at a TV show, ignoring they are mere puppets, for the most part. The POTUS can nod yea or nay to war and Draconian orders. The Congress can fiddle with 1/3 of the budget, but treaty obligations will take a $800B military budget, just to maintain what exists.
The Transformative change happened, it was called The New Deal.
I agree that the power is much more limited in scope than people believe. I also think that a lot can be done with the few powers they do have. There are choices 45 made in office that have drastically caused us to backslide. Hell, we’re even still feeling the impacts of the Reagan administration. The New Deal was transformative for its time and helped prevent another catastrophic collapse but we’re due for a new New Deal because late-stage capitalism is hitting different.
The necessary and inevitable transformation of devolution of power back to the states, counties, local and above all the people has already begun.
Dobbs and the reverse of Chevron have reversed the legal currents on which FAR too much was based, not to mention FAR too much power was gained and never returned by the endless National Security Emergency…. of WW2. WW2 and not the Cold War (which merely legally codified the WW2 arrangements) is the creation of the National Security and Intelligence state.
The standing army that was feared by the Founders is actually the Intelligence Community, gendarmerie rule in suits. The uniformed military mere pawns, under laws so Draconian it is temporary servitude, but they make a nice distraction. The real power lies in the Intelligence Community, we can ask the Kennedy’s , Nixon, or Trump, for that matter Senator Schumer. …. But it devolves now, and the Ruling Party, the Democratic Party, the Ruling Permanent government since FDR it dissolves. Part of the dissolution means all these little militias must find work. Certain they will, we’ll spend decades cleaning this up and probably years of conflict.
The entire centralized scheme ignores the history of all political arrangements on this Continent, from the Iroquois to the Internet** and all between we are a Federation. On paper we remain one, but in any case to our organic nature of Federation we return.
As far as late stage Capitalism… lol… into Techno Feudalism?
Or fully automated luxury Communism? I don’t know what backsliding you mean by 45, if Trump was backsliding what was forward? Honest question.
In any case this is the great devolution, we’re living through the power struggle of decentralization, it really can’t be reversed. Any people settling this Continent can no more ignore our Federation is organic than they can ignore geography- which along with resources probably drives the Federated nature.
**(Internet absolutely a widescale arrangement and a Federation.
There is definitely a sense that the identity politics surrounding this campaign are a charade, and we can't talk about the common denominator that is the issue of class consciousness. Stating the obvious has become taboo. Thanks for this, it was very needed!
Yes, we really need to move away from talking about identity without acknowledging class. It flattens the complexities of how our experiences impact or are impacted by others.
I couldn't agree more, beautifully written and expressed.
LaChelle, I appreciate you and agree with you. Kamala is part of the system. The system is corrupt and unjust, founded on genocide and enslavement. When I try to express my opinions about this country, I sound like a sputtering idiot, because I've been hearing the same empty pointless promises about change. I don't believe in incremental changes to a corrupt racist greed infused...there I go again. Sputtering idiot. Thank you LaChelle for expressing this in the intelligent, coherent manner that I'm no longer capable of.
So glad this resonated with you! I totally relate to struggling to express how I feel. Honestly, I never know I feel until I write it out. Appreciate you giving this a read.
Write it out. Ain't it the truth. I'm grateful you're out here.
We have a serious uphill battle before us. She’s not the answer. There is no singular answer. She’s a stopgap. Without her as an alternative, we start at the bottom of the hill with weights being added to our legs. The weight added to black women, will be the heaviest.
What we need is to build the “collective.”Bottom up and top to bottom.
Thank you for your insight. ♥️
Wow this was so beautifully written
Thank you, Alexis 🖤
Loved this LaChelle. It’s an honest and needed take
Thank you so much for engaging, Rae 🖤
YES.
“The problem with this statement is that leading this country, founded on some of the most horrible crimes imaginable, doesn’t allow space for true compassion because true compassion would upend all of the systems that are holding it in place.” this part !!!!! this was so beautifully written and thought out. thanks for sharing!
Yes, yes, a thousand times YES! Excellently said, thank you LaChelle.
Oooh gross did that hurt?
???
Joke, falling out of the coconut tree.
i’m slow lol
Me too
THANK YOU! It’s actually so sad that we can easily raise hundreds of millions for a candidate but not a PAC.
How much power do the elected have?
See -
APA
Humphrey’s Executors
Federal Register Act
2/3 budget is non discretionary.
Of the 1/3 that is discretionary, treaty obligations to 68 nations, 69 Israel, above all NATO requires a military. The military takes 15% of the Federal budget, in truth given the obligations by treaty it’s a pittance. We can go on, the point being there’s little these politicians CAN do legally.
They can’t for instance fire anyone who isn’t a political appointee. <<
And there’s 537 of them in DC with 3 million bureaucrats and 3~6 million contractors.
A Stalin with 536 Beria’s would have difficulty managing that, never mind the hapless Reality TV types we’ve been electing for decades.
You’re all looking at a TV show, ignoring they are mere puppets, for the most part. The POTUS can nod yea or nay to war and Draconian orders. The Congress can fiddle with 1/3 of the budget, but treaty obligations will take a $800B military budget, just to maintain what exists.
The Transformative change happened, it was called The New Deal.
You’re looking at it.
I agree that the power is much more limited in scope than people believe. I also think that a lot can be done with the few powers they do have. There are choices 45 made in office that have drastically caused us to backslide. Hell, we’re even still feeling the impacts of the Reagan administration. The New Deal was transformative for its time and helped prevent another catastrophic collapse but we’re due for a new New Deal because late-stage capitalism is hitting different.
The necessary and inevitable transformation of devolution of power back to the states, counties, local and above all the people has already begun.
Dobbs and the reverse of Chevron have reversed the legal currents on which FAR too much was based, not to mention FAR too much power was gained and never returned by the endless National Security Emergency…. of WW2. WW2 and not the Cold War (which merely legally codified the WW2 arrangements) is the creation of the National Security and Intelligence state.
The standing army that was feared by the Founders is actually the Intelligence Community, gendarmerie rule in suits. The uniformed military mere pawns, under laws so Draconian it is temporary servitude, but they make a nice distraction. The real power lies in the Intelligence Community, we can ask the Kennedy’s , Nixon, or Trump, for that matter Senator Schumer. …. But it devolves now, and the Ruling Party, the Democratic Party, the Ruling Permanent government since FDR it dissolves. Part of the dissolution means all these little militias must find work. Certain they will, we’ll spend decades cleaning this up and probably years of conflict.
The entire centralized scheme ignores the history of all political arrangements on this Continent, from the Iroquois to the Internet** and all between we are a Federation. On paper we remain one, but in any case to our organic nature of Federation we return.
As far as late stage Capitalism… lol… into Techno Feudalism?
Or fully automated luxury Communism? I don’t know what backsliding you mean by 45, if Trump was backsliding what was forward? Honest question.
In any case this is the great devolution, we’re living through the power struggle of decentralization, it really can’t be reversed. Any people settling this Continent can no more ignore our Federation is organic than they can ignore geography- which along with resources probably drives the Federated nature.
**(Internet absolutely a widescale arrangement and a Federation.