Of late, the ”personal lawyer” of Donald Trump has performed a great service to all working people. He, the former mayor of New York City, along with several other lawyers, recently had a rather lengthy press conference, one which lasted an hour and a half. These people refer to themselves as an ”Elite Strike Force Team”, working on behalf of President Trump.
The value of this press conference lies in the fact that these lawyers, those who are staunch supporters of the bourgeois democratic system, chose to document the various ways in which the democratic system is being subverted. They claim the system is ”corrupt in major cities”, all across the country. They also claim that the corruption has spread to the judicial system, in that the judges, those who are supposed to be impartial, are really in the service of the bosses of the political parties, either Democrats or Republicans.
To say that these are serious accusations is an understatement. At best, these lawyers, or attorneys, as that is their technical title, could face disbarment, unable to practice law. At worst, they could face very serious charges, which could result in lengthy prison sentences.
With that in mind, they were careful to produce numerous ”affidavits” from various citizens, those who worked at the polling stations. For the benefit of those who are not ”legal eagles”, I should mention that an affidavit is a legal term for a declaration that is voluntarily given, under oath, with a possible penalty of perjury, in case the statement is proven to be a lie.
The people who signed those affidavits had no reason to lie, and every reason to tell the truth. To come forward with these statements required a great deal of courage. No doubt they consider the democratic system to be of great importance. It is not by chance that they have chosen to come forward now. It is an indication of the strength of the revolutionary motion. These people deserve a great deal of credit.
Those workers say that while they were serving at the polling stations, they were told to not ask for voter identification, as is required by law. They can testify to the fact that various individuals were told for whom to vote, and then those same individuals voted for that particular candidate, on numerous occasions. Many people cast ballots by mail, and then voted in person. Some of those voters were illegal immigrants. Mail in ballots were especially fraudulent, with the post marks on the envelopes largely ignored. Workers were told to ignore or even change the date of the postmark, if necessary. Boxes and trash cans filled with ballots were brought into the polling stations, to be counted in turn.
In addition, in certain districts, the voter turn out was two or even three time greater than the number of registered voters within the district! To have more votes than there are voters is blatantly ridiculous.
The lawyers also documented the fact that certain districts used voting machines. These machines are easily programmed, even by remote control. (One of the marvels of modern technology!) That is certainly a fact, although it is a stretch to blame voter fraud on foreign countries. There is no shortage of home grown electrical engineers who are quite capable of programming these machines to spit out fraudulent results.
In all fairness, these lawyers are in the service of their client, Donald Trump, and their goal is to ensure that he is sworn in for a second, four year term. No one can fault those people for performing their duty. With that in mind, they have mounted numerous court challenges, questioning the validity of the vote in various states. All of these cases have been thrown out of court. The presiding judges have chosen to ignore all evidence of election fraud. In response to this bias shown on behalf of the judicial system, the lawyers are now appealing directly to the people, the American citizens.
We can learn something from the Elite Strike Force Team! It is absolutely correct to use the existing state apparatus, including the courts, to further our goals. It is also correct to appeal to the public, when appropriate. Now is the appropriate time.
No doubt a great many people are focused on the federal election, with good reason. Equally without doubt, they are deeply divided. Some are passionately against Trump, while others are equally passionate in their support of Trump. Very few people find the subject to be a matter of indifference.
From a Marxist perspective, the important thing is that this has the attention of people, so that it can be used to raise the level of consciousness of the working class. The fact is that the courts, which are supposed to be impartial, have refused to examine the evidence of voter fraud, as presented by the Elite Strike Force Team!
This can be explained by the fact that the courts are part of the state apparatus, and for that reason, cannot possibly be impartial.
That calls for a little explanation, as the subject of the state has been confused, sometimes deliberately, by representatives of bourgeois science. They would have us believe that it is a sacred institution, almost a commandment, one which should have been carved in stone. Such is hardly the case, but as it affects the interests of the ruling class so intimately, their passion is understandable.
In fact, the state apparatus did not always exist. In primitive society, at a time which is commonly referred to as the stone age, there were no classes, and consequently no state apparatus. Each and every member of that society had to ”pull their own weight”, as they lived constantly on the edge of starvation. All food had to be either gathered or killed. There was never a surplus. The survival of the group required all to do their part.
That situation changed dramatically at the onset of civilization. The cultivation of crops created a surplus, so that people had some free time on their hands. Some of these fortunate individuals used this free time to separate their neighbours from their property and even their freedom. This gave rise to the first classes, that of slaves and slave owners.
It is perhaps not too surprising that the slave owners were faced with a little problem, in that the slaves were reluctant to accept their lot in life. In fact, they had a rather annoying habit of rebelling. It is for this reason that the class of people, whom we refer to as slave owners, came up with a new invention. It is called a state apparatus, a method of keeping the class of slaves in check. At first, it was rather simple, perhaps men on horse back with whips and chains, to be used against ”ungrateful” slaves.
Over the years, this state apparatus has evolved, as classes have evolved. In fact, Engels has done a fine job of explaining this in his book, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State. The state apparatus is now more elaborate, but it still exists in order to keep the ”lower classes” subjugated. In modern times, this means the working class must be suppressed. All working people should be encouraged to read this book.
The current state apparatus includes the police, military, jails and prisons, as well as the courts. As the current system is one of capitalism, it is the duty of the state to serve and protect the ruling class, in this case the bourgeoisie, from the lower classes, in this case the working class, the proletariat. As the courts are part of the state, it is simply not reasonable to expect the courts to be impartial!
This is not to imply that the federal election was fraudulent and the results should be thrown out. Both Trump and Biden serve the same class. Our one and only goal is to raise the level of awareness of the working class, and we can do this by using the federal election as an example.
In fact, the election was fraudulent, which the Elite Strike Force Team has documented, and such fraud is common place. This has been going on for many years, in possibly all federal elections. The ruling class, the bourgeoisie, determines the individual to be placed in power, and the popular vote is a mere formality.
There is a striking contrast between the working people who came forward, to testify in the matter of this election fraud, and the lawyers, those who work for Trump. On the one hand, the working people spoke up, in the interests of democracy, while the lawyers are merely working in the best interests of their client.
Remarkably enough, the situation can be compared to the situation, many years ago, in which the mafia found themselves. At that time, one of their own, a ”made man”, by the name of Joe Valachi, ”turned rat”, as is the common expression, and became an informer for the government. He revealed the inner workings of the ”mob”, including the induction ceremony. All of his former buddies were shocked and horrified, as Valachi broke the cardinal rule, the rule of silence.
It is safe to say that the current members of the bourgeoisie, the class of people to whom Trump belongs, the billionaires, now know precisely how those mobsters felt. One of their own has betrayed them. They decided that it was time for Trump to go, but instead of bowing out gracefully, as is customary, he has decided to tear down the state apparatus, as it now exists. The current democratic republic, in the form of the two party system, is about to be destroyed.
This brings us to the democratic republic, which is the ideal political shell for capitalism. It is indeed democratic, in that working people have certain democratic rights. As Lenin phrased it, ”truncated, twisted, distorted democratic rights”. That in no way changes the fact that it remains a state apparatus, a method of rule, a means by which one class, in this case the bourgeoisie, crushes another class, in this case the working class, the proletariat. It is not, and cannot be, ”majority rule”, still less can it be ”pure democracy”, as it is a method of rule, and there is nothing ”pure” in one class ruling it over another class.
This is the point which must be driven home to the working class. We live in a class society, so that it is class rule. Either the capitalists are in charge, in which case we live under the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, or the working class seizes power, demolishes the existing state apparatus, and sets up a new state apparatus, in order to crush the resistance of the capitalists, in the form of the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. There is no third possibility.
We can perhaps stress that the admissions of the Elite Strike Force Team are most valuable, as they cannot be accused of being ”leftist”. On the contrary, they are among the most devoted followers of the bourgeoisie, loyal servants, one and all. It would never occur to them to offer assistance to the working class, in their struggle against the capitalists. They are merely working in the best interests of their client.
It is up to Marxists to take advantage of these valuable admissions, possibly even going so far as to support the lawyers in their struggle to prove that the election was fraudulent. It must be stressed that such a show of support in no way indicates our support for Trump. It can only indicate our support of the democratic process, as a means of raising the level of consciousness of the working class.
This is not to say that we can ever become ”buddies” with these lawyers, as we serve different classes. It just means that for a certain time, for entirely different reasons, we may have a common goal.
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 