Washington Gong Show

The press is reporting that Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader, has just ”blinked”, thereby avoiding a government default, as the country was due to run out of money on October 18. As the Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, warned everyone that ”nothing would be more harmful to the currency than default”, this came as a great relief to all economists.

The announcement was carefully stage managed. As McConnell read his speech, before the cameras, the person sitting behind him was Senator Manchin. It was clear that Manchin was completely dejected, with his head down and his hands covering his face. The message to the American public was unmistakable. Manchin disapproves of the fact that McConnell, and the Republican Party, have allowed the several hundred billion dollar increase to the national debt. Such a scene was worthy of a Hollywood movie! The actual decision was made, ”behind the scenes”, and the speeches made in Congress are for the benefit of the common people. Entertainment!

Just as any fine story teller ends an episode on a ”cliff hanger”, so too this particular edition of Washington Politics is no exception. The politicians have merely ”kicked the can down the road”, in that they have merely bought themselves a few weeks. Instead of having the country facing default in late October, they will face default in early December. This is carefully designed to entertain the members of the American public. God forbid that the ”lower class” should get any bright ideas! Not all of then know their proper place!

The billionaires have cause to be concerned. It may come as a great surprise to many people to learn that the monopoly capitalists, or the ”500 billionaires”, as President Biden refers to them, are supremely well aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. No doubt, all of them have learned this in university.

None of these billionaires earned their vast fortunes. They were born into families with great wealth. As that is the case, their parents made sure that they received the finest education, so that they could gain admission into the finest universities in the country. If their offspring failed to qualify, because of a lack of academic ability -otherwise known as stupidity- then a little ”palm greasing” cleared any obstacles. In this manner, even the most intellectually challenged -a certain former president comes to mind- were able to graduate with high honours. That is true to this day.

As university students, most of these youngsters, even those whom are quite stunned, tend to focus on certain subjects which interest them, such as economics, law and political science.

With a good grounding in economics, they are better able to manipulate the stock market, as a means of stealing from other capitalists. Those who are most familiar with the law, are better able to commit legal acts of theft, or at least know to break the law, without getting caught. That brings us to political science, in which they learn of the most heretical revolutionary theory of all, that of the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat, the very ”touch stone” of a true Marxist.

It has been suggested that the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, are the new ”American Nobility”. Although possibly said in jest, there is some truth to this. Just as the nobility are supremely well aware of themselves as a class, and consider the ”lower classes” to be completely contemptible, so too the bourgeoisie feel the same way.

Yet they are well aware that the common people occasionally get into motion. In particular, they are of the opinion that the working class, the proletariat, are supremely dangerous. In this, they are absolutely correct. Further, they are equally well aware that the revolutionary motion is sweeping the country. As they have managed to almost completely wipe out all other classes, including the farmers and middle class, the small business owners, that just leaves a huge class of proletarians. Not only are they dangerous, they are numerous!

As that is the case, the loyal servants of the billionaires have devised a plan to divert the revolutionary motion. They are trying to attract the attention of the working people to the political power plays in Washington, all of which is carefully stage managed. Let the workers think that there are politicians who really care about them!

Our response, by whom I mean all Leftist people, must be to focus on raising the level of awareness of all working people, proletarians. Just as the monopoly capitalists are well aware that they are members of a class known as the bourgeoisie, so too we must make the workers aware that they are members of a class known as the proletariat. Further, those of us who work for wages are proletarians, and that is not middle class. Just as members of the trade unions refer to each other as brother and sister, so too it is reasonable to expect that working people will begin to refer to each other in this manner. Very likely, at some point, that will change to the term comrade.

The proletariat has already made great strides in this direction. For many years, the existence of classes in North America was simply denied. Then at the time of the Occupy Movement, working people began to refer to themselves as the 99%, and the ”super rich” as the 1%. That was the beginning, the first vague glimmering, of the awareness of classes. Now people are openly referring to classes, even though in a manner which is mistaken. As I have gone into this in a different article, there is no need to repeat it here.

There are various ways of driving home the awareness of the existence of classes, and of the antagonism between them. The press is reporting that the politicians are already focused on the midterm elections, even though it is still a year away. So be it. As I have previously mentioned on numerous occasions, all Leftist people, including all working people, should join the two mainstream political parties, as card carrying members.

Bear in mind that all members of the House of Representatives are up for reelection, as well as one third of the Senate. It is the card carrying members of the two parties who determine the candidate for office, and that does not have to be the sitting politician. May I suggest that the card carrying members endorse the ”Progressive” members of the House, and possibly the Senate, assuming there are any. May I also suggest that different candidates be selected for all offices which are occupied by the ”Moderates”.

Among the working people who join the two parties, they can decide, among themselves, the person to run for office, in any particular district. The Moderate politician is of course free to run for that same office, just not as a Democrat or Republican.

But then the former candidate for the presidency, Andrew Yang, has just announced the formation of a new party, named Forward Party. Perhaps the Moderates can run on behalf of that party. Fly at it!

Bear in mind that the purpose of joining the two parties and running for office, is not to take over Washington. The goal is to raise the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat. Any Leftist political candidate who secures such an office, is merely a bonus. The monopoly capitalists, those who are ruling the country, are not about to allow any challenge to their authority. They are sure to respond by changing the rules, and in the process, will be more exposed. In this way, the working people will receive a valuable education, becoming ever more class conscious.

There is also a need for more marches and demonstrations, as such events are less frequent. The billionaires must be harassed at their places of business, homes and entertainment. Restaurants and clubs must be targeted. All Leftist people can unite in this. But then the Marxists, Communists, must be allowed to make clear our belief in the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. Without that condition, such an alliance is not possible.

Other entertainment, in the news, is being provided by Donald Trump. He still maintains that the election was rigged -they are all rigged!- but not in his favour, so he is upset. Then too, he is scolding Mitch McConnell and the other ten Republican Senators, those who voted to raise the debt ceiling. Siding with the Democrats is rank betrayal! Of course the debt ceiling was raised several times under his administration, so the hypocrisy of the man is not lost on the public. More entertainment!

We all need a good laugh, now and then, so a round of applause to the capitalists! Now it is time to get back to work.

With that in mind, it is time for conscious people to become active. Encourage all workers and Leftist people to join the two parties. That includes students and seniors. Organize marches and demonstrations, in support of the Progressives. Nominate Leftist candidates for all political offices. Defend and support all those who are defending our democratic rights, regardless of our personal attitude towards them. Put aside all personal differences. Place principle before personality. Call for unity with all those who are fighting for democracy and socialism. Join in the demand for reforms. Bear in mind that reforms ”strengthen and further” the revolutionary motion.

Concentrate on the most advanced workers, as the less advanced listen carefully to the more advanced. Make sure such workers are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. The importance of smashing the existing state apparatus, and replacing it with a working class apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat, must be stressed.

Literature must be prepared for all working people, very popular literature for the less advanced, as they must not be neglected. Bear in mind that the social chauvinists will try to use them, for their own purposes.

There is an urgent need of a true Communist Party, one which openly calls for the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. In this way, we can distinguish ourselves from the social chauvinists. As such people are anxious to take advantage of the revolution, in order to set themselves up as the new rulers, the last thing they want is to see, is the state apparatus smashed.

We will know that our message is being received, that the working people are class conscious, when a hot topic of conversation is: Dictatorship Of the Proletariat!