Of late, the mainstream press – the bourgeois press – has been howling that Trump is a ‘’threat to democracy’’. This expression has even become so common, we can honestly say that it can be referred to as a ‘’slogan’’.
Most common people – working people – may well get the idea that Trump, and only Trump, is a threat to their democratic way of life. The bourgeois journalists certainly go to considerable length, to give that impression. Now they are further howling that Trump is a fascist, and plans to set himself up as a dictator. There is some truth to all of this, as well as a great deal of distortion. It is the purpose of this article to clarify the situation.
Incidentally, for the purposes of this article, I refer to all working people as common people, as that is the manner in which they refer to themselves. I should also mention that the journalists who work for the mainstream press, are in the service of the capitalists, the billionaires, those who own that press. For that reason, they have to ‘’slant’’ the news in favour of their bosses, regardless of their personal sentiments. For that reason, it is important to separate the facts they state, from their analysis, which always supports the capitalists.
Especially now, it is vitally important to raise the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat. As a result of the revolutionary motion, countless common people, those who were formerly apathetic, are now politically active, or as they phrase it, they ‘’woke up’’. They are demanding change! They want answers! The only ‘’answers’’ they get from the press, are evasions and half truths.
It is of vital importance to raise their level of awareness! The reason I say this is because, as Lenin stated, ‘’the only basis that can guarantee our victory…is the socialist consciousness of the working class’’, my italics.
In previous articles, I documented the fact that ‘’democracy’’ is merely a method of class rule. In fact, the ‘’democratic republic’’ under which we live, is nothing other than the rule of the capitalists, the billionaires, over the common people, the working class. This particular method of rule has served them very well, for a great many years.
Yet, that ‘’time honoured’’ method of rule, is no longer effective. The revolutionary motion has inspired countless working people, those who were formerly apathetic, to become politically active. The two party system is no longer working. In Washington, members of the two parties are ‘’behaving like third graders’’, as the journalists phrase it. As one politician stated, rather politely, the Members of Congress are ‘’demonstrating complete disfunction, that has descended into physical violence’’.
This is not an exaggeration. In fact, one House Member physically elbowed another! One Senator even challenged the leader of a trade union to ‘’fisticuffs’’! The comparison to children is a school yard is legitimate!
So now the ruling class of billionaires, the bourgeoisie, has decided to scrap their current method of rule, that of the democratic republic, in favour of a fascist dictatorship, with Trump as the figurehead leader.
It is important to remember that Trump does not write his own speeches. Nor does he speak ‘’off the cuff’’, so to speak. On the contrary, Trump reads from a teleprompter, one that the television cameras are careful to conceal. As a highly successful entertainer, Trump is able to read from that teleprompter, without appearing to do so. His years in show business are serving him well! It is only after the ‘’show is over’’, that Trump posts on social media, that which he has recited. In this way, common people get the idea that Trump writes his own speeches.
The point to be stressed, is that Trump is merely the ‘’figurehead’’, the ‘’puppet’’, for the billionaires. The class conflict has not changed! It remains class warfare! It remains a conflict of the working class, the proletariat, against the billionaires, the bourgeoisie! It is not a conflict between the working class and a ‘’wannabe’’ dictator!
It is also a fact that the current revolutionary movement is nothing other than ‘’class consciousness in embryonic form’’. This movement testifies to the ‘’awakening antagonism’’ between the working class, and the capitalist class of billionaires. This is not to say that the working class is now ‘’class conscious’’. It most certainly is not!
In fact, class consciousness can only be brought to the working class, from an outside source. The working class, exclusively by its own efforts, is able to develop only trade union consciousness. Working people may recognize the fact that there is strength in numbers, hence the importance of trade unions.
By contrast, the theory of scientific socialism, including the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, was elaborated by Marx and Engels. These men were well educated, intellectual members of the ‘’propertied classes’’. It is to their credit that they turned their backs on a life of comfort, as members of the middle class, to instead work in the service of the common people.
These revolutionary theories, that of scientific socialism, are well known to the ‘’upper class’’, the billionaires. After all, those theories are taught in university. They are certainly not taught, or even mentioned, anywhere else! And as very few working class people can afford to attend university, members of the working class are largely unaware! Fine by the billionaires!
Now the billionaires have thoughtfully simplified the class struggle, with their plan to wipe out the middle class. Their plan is to ruin thousands of banks, as well as tens of thousands of businesses. That includes General Motors, as GM is one of the businesses that is Too Small To Succeed! As they fail, the few billionaires will ‘’pick up their assets’’. In the process, the middle class will be ruined, forced into the ranks of the proletariat. Anyone who objects to this, will be classified as ‘’vermin’’, and will be treated as such.
If nothing else, this provides the intellectual members of the middle class with the motivation to take part in the creation of a true Communist Party, Dictatorship of the Proletariat, CP,DP. (The only true Communist Party is one which calls for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat)
The current plan of the billionaires, is to create a fascist state, with Trump as the figure head dictator, abolish the Constitution, and wipe out the middle class. They must be stopped. That calls for a truly fine organization, in order to establish Scientific Socialism. The mass revolutionary movement does not relieve us of this burden. On the contrary, it ‘’imposes’’ this duty on us, ‘’because the spontaneous movement of the proletariat will not become a genuine ‘class struggle’ until it is led by a strong organization of revolutionaries’’. (Italics by Lenin)
Without a true revolutionary organization, the spontaneous movement of the working class, towards socialism, is certain to be diverted, by the bourgeois ideology, onto some harmless path of social reform. After all, the ‘’bourgeois ideology is far older in origin than Social Democratic (Marxist) ideology; because it is more fully developed and because it possesses immeasurably more opportunities for being distributed’’, (Italics by Lenin)
Having said that, perhaps a word of caution is in order. Taking part in the creation of such a truly revolutionary organization, a true Communist Party, is not something to be taken lightly. Once that step is taken, there can be no turning back!
In the case of Russia, under the rule of the Tzar, Lenin gave five requirements, which are necessary for a true Marxist Communist Party. In the case of twenty first century America, such a similar situation may also soon exist, unless the billionaires are stopped! Here are those requirements:
- ‘’That no movement can be durable without a stable organization of leaders to maintain continuity
- ‘’That the more widely the masses are spontaneously drawn into the struggle and form the basis of the movement and participate in it, the more necessary is it to have such an organization, and the more stable must it be (for it is much easier for demagogues to side track more backward sections of the masses)
- ‘’That the organization must consist chiefly of persons engaged in revolutionary activities as a profession
- ‘’That in a country with an autocratic government, the more we restrict the membership of this organization to persons who are engaged in revolutionary activities as a profession, and who have been professionally trained in the art of combatting the political police, the more difficult will it be to catch the organization and
- ‘’The wider will be the circle of men and women of the working class or of other classes of society able to join the movement and perform active work in it’’ (italics by Lenin)
Those who take part in creating, and becoming a Member of, a true Communist Party, must be devoted revolutionaries. This is not to say that such people cannot also be members of other professions. In fact, this is recommended. After all, everyone has to earn a living. Bear in mind that Lenin was also an attorney.
As yet, we still live under a democratic republic, complete with some restricted democratic rights, as guaranteed in the Constitution. That democratic republic is under an even greater threat than I suspected, according to the latest internet report.
Perhaps I should add that I do not generally go into any great detail, concerning my sources, as I consider such details to be secondary. Besides, I do not want to face a law suit.
A respected journalist is reporting that, as part of ‘’Project 2025’’, also known as ‘’Agenda 47’’, no less than eighty people are busy ‘’screening’’candidates, for positions in the ‘’soon to be created’’ Trump administration. One of these busy souls is a man who was formerly a lawyer for Trump, now in serious legal trouble. No doubt, he anticipates that with Trump once again in the White House, and the Constitution a ‘’dim and distant memory’’, he will not have to worry about any pesky legal charges.
The purpose of this screening, of thousands of people, is to determine those who are truly ‘’devoted and loyal’’, worthy to serve in a Trump administration. As one source admitted to reporters, ‘’Hundreds of people are spending millions of dollars to install a pre vetted pro Trump army of up to 54,000 loyalists, across government, to rip off the restraints imposed on the previous 46 presidents. The screening for ready to serve loyalists has already begun, driven in part by artificial Intelligence from a (technical company), contracted for the project. Social media histories are already being plumbed. Trump himself spends little time plotting government plans, but he is well aware of a highly coordinated campaign to be ready to jam government offices with loyalists willing to stretch traditional boundaries’’.
The expression, to ‘’stretch traditional boundaries’’, is a reference to the plan, by the billionaires, to install Trump as a figurehead president. This loud mouthed fool can then be their puppet, with the billionaires pulling his strings. They further plan to scrap the Constitution, and set Trump up as President For Life, a Dictator.
We have always needed a true Communist Party. That is certainly true today, more so than ever. In fact, it is urgently needed, as it is far more difficult to establish such a Party, under a dictator. The billionaires plan to set up such a dictator, ‘’at or before’’ the 2025 election, according to Trump. Feel free to take him at his word. He means it. That man does not have a sense of humour.
In terms of forming a Communist Party, Dictatorship of the Proletariat, the ‘’ball is in the court’’ of the middle class, if you will excuse the sports metaphor. It is highly unlikely that any members of the working class could manage that, although certain advanced workers can no doubt be helpful. Almost all proletarians simply do not have the training necessary, to accomplish such a task.
Yet the revolutionary motion continues to grow, becoming ever stronger. The country has been referred to as a ‘’powder keg’’, in that any ‘’spark’’ can cause an explosion. It is just a matter of time before a full blown revolution breaks out. The success – or failure!- of that revolution, depends largely upon the willingness of intellectual members of the middle class, to take part in creating a true Communist Party.
The decision, of middle class intellectuals, to establish a true Communist Party, should not be terribly difficult. After all, the billionaires have already decided to set up a dictator, and wipe out the middle class, by separating them from their capital. This will have the effect of driving all middle class people into bankruptcy, and the ranks of the proletariat.
By contrast, a true Communist Party can properly lead the forth coming revolution. For that reason, it is almost certain to succeed. Middle class intellectuals who support the revolution, whether Communists or not, will be rewarded, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. They will be placed in key management positions, running various businesses.
This revolution will be thorough. Bourgeois intellectuals will be a target of that revolution. That includes bourgeois scholars and bourgeois scientists. Their spiritual power, which I refer to as ‘’professor power’’, will be broken. The act of breaking that spiritual power, will not be pleasant.
Middle class intellectuals who oppose the revolution, will be considered to be supporters of the billionaires, enemies of the people, and treated accordingly.
To all middle class intellectuals, a word of advice: Choose Wisely!
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 