Trump More Openly Fascist

The journalists who work for the main stream press, are referring to the current political situation, as a ‘’weird moment in America’’. That is one way of putting it! I would argue that a more accurate description is that of dangerous!

Without doubt, it is clear that Trump is becoming ever more openly fascist. It is true that he is ‘’echoing Hitler and Mussolini’’, referring to political opponents as ‘’vermin’’. He is also raising the spectre of ‘’hordes of illegal immigrants’’, pouring across the border and ‘’poisoning the blood’’ of Americans. That apparently is a direct quote from Hitlers book, Mein Kampf! His proposed solution is to build huge detention camps, in preparation for deporting millions of people!

This is not to imply that Trump has read Mein Kampf, as that is a book, and as is well known, Trump does not read books. He merely reads from a teleprompter! Those who write his speeches, referred to as his ‘’handlers’’, are the people who read books, especially those on fascism. They are now becoming ever more brazen, openly  using the language which was so successful, in placing Hitler and Mussolini in power.

The journalists, who work for the main stream press, are deeply concerned, properly so. Yet their understanding of the problem is flawed, possibly because they either cannot, or will not, think in class terms. Instead, they refer to ‘’groups of people’’ that are being targeted by Trump, amid his growing ‘’authoritarianism’’. It is not authoritarianism! It is fascism!

Those journalists cannot seem to understand that it is the class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, who have decided to change their method of rule, over the class of workers, the proletariat. The ‘’Two Party System’’ is no longer working, so they plan to replace that system. The new method of rule is known as fascism. Their plan is to place a ‘’figure head’’ dictator in charge of this new fascist society. That figure head dictator is Donald Trump.

Yet it would appear that the billionaires are not entirely united, in their decision to set up an American fascist government. One member of the ruling class of billionaires, described as a ‘’GOP Mega donor’’, has just announced that he is supporting Nikki Haley, as the Republican candidate for the presidency. 

Those who contribute millions towards the Republican Party, are referred to as ‘’GOP Mega donors’’. Those ‘’donations’’ come at a price! Candidates who accept those ‘’donations’’, and are elected to office, end up ‘’in the pocket’’ of those same billionaires! Bought and paid for!

That is not the only indication that the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, are divided. The state of Colorado is ‘’making headlines’’, in that the State Supreme Court just ruled that Trump cannot run for president, within the state of Colorado. His name cannot appear on the ballot, as the proposed candidate for the presidency, on behalf of the Republican Party!

That decision is based on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which states that no one can run for office who ‘’has engaged in insurrection or rebellion’’ against the United States. The Court has ruled that Trump (allegedly) took part in the ‘’January 6 insurrection’’. 

The implications are ‘’far reaching’’! If this decision stands up in Colorado, it could spread to numerous other states! His chances of winning the Republican nomination for presidency, just ‘’nose dived’’!

Of course the ‘’Trump team’’, the lawyers who work for Trump, can be expected to appeal this decision, to the United States Supreme Court. The sooner the better! If the Court chooses to consider the case, and then rules in favour of the Colorado State Supreme Court, then that ruling could apply to all states. Trump could effectively be ‘’off the ballot’’, all across the country! That is up to the Supreme Court of the United States! Their decision!

As for those who maintain that the Supreme Court of the United States, SCOTUS, is completely impartial, above partisan politics, feel free to face the fact that we live in a class society! The billionaires are in charge! They rule! All government officials, including judges, ‘’dance to their tune’’!

As for those who are skeptical, may I suggest you consider the fact that for the last twenty years, a Supreme Court Justice has been accepting ‘’gifts’’ from a billionaire. These gifts are nothing other than bribes! The value of these bribes are in the millions! That places this Supreme Court Justice ‘’in the pocket’’ of a billionaire! Bought and paid for! He is not the only one!

Granted, by law, all Justices are required to report all gifts over the value of $415. This never happens! The law is never enforced! The law cannot be enforced! There is no punishment for breaking that law! The Justices interpret the law as they see fit! The only possible recourse is to be impeached by Congress. That is not about to happen!

The anticipated Supreme Court decision should help to reveal the divisions within the ruling class of billionaires. We can only hope that those divisions are deep and irreparable. 

Trump is well aware of the implications of that potential Supreme Court decision. He is also well aware that his former personal lawyer was involved in a civil law suit. The jury awarded damages in the amount of $148 Million! The lawyer responded by doing the only thing he could do. He filed for bankruptcy.

As I consider this topic to be so important, I will go into it in more detail. This particular -former!- lawyer for Trump was also -formerly!- referred to as ‘’America’s mayor’’. Very popular! He was also once the Time magazine ‘’Person of the Year’’. Now that is high praise! Such is no longer the case! ‘’How the mighty have fallen’’!

The reason I consider this to be so significant, is because of the manner in which certain journalists are covering the story. In particular, I was impressed by the presentation that was given on an American ‘’news commentary show’’, one which bills itself as ‘’progressive’’. They make no claim to be socialist or even Leftist, although they have been so accused. I have tried to re-create the speech given, as accurately as possible. Bear in mind, that it was not so much the words that this commentator used, but the manner in which she spoke, which deeply impressed me. 

In my opinion, she spoke out of a sense of deep bitterness and frustration, when she referred to that lawyer as possibly the ‘’dumbest man in America, and I do not say that lightly’’. She went on to say that even though he was just ordered to pay $148 Million for defaming two women, ‘’he still cannot shut up’’, but is still ‘’whining and defaming women’’. 

Her summary I found to be quite touching: ‘’You hit a point in your life when you realize that all of the leaders that were touted in this country are the most incompetent buffoons imaginable.’’ 

Absolutely correct! She ‘’hit the nail right on the head’’! If she was not middle class, I would say that she is starting to become class conscious. But as all middle class people are class conscious, aware of themselves as a class, perhaps it is more correct to say that she is becoming aware of the fact that she has been lied to, all her life, by those for whom she had the utmost respect. A painful lesson!

The fact is that the billionaires, as well as their loyal and devoted servants, are habitual liars. It is just their nature to lie! They cannot stop lying! What is more, those same liars write the history books. It follows that those same history books are filled with distortions, and outright lies! Now she knows!

It is reasonable to assume that there are countless middle class intellectual people, who are of the same opinion. No doubt, they too are feeling bitter and frustrated. With good reason, I might add. 

It is also reasonable to assume that this may just be enough to ‘’force them further to the Left’’, so to speak. It may even inspire them to read the Essential Works of Marx and Lenin, once again, but this time with an open mind. 

I say this because all middle class intellectuals have attended University, and have been ‘’exposed’’ to the Scientific Socialist theories of Marx and Lenin. Bear in mind that only the distortions of those theories, are taught in University. 

There is an urgent need for those intellectuals to take the next step, to become true Scientific Socialists, to call for revolution and the subsequent Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

I use the work ‘’urgent’’, if only because the billionaires plan to set up a fascist society, with Trump as the figurehead dictator. 

Now to return to the implications this huge lawsuit, against the former attorney of Trump, has for Trump.  

Trump can only imagine the amount of money he will be forced to pay, in his civil law suits. The situation just became far more acute! This calls for a little explanation.

At the risk of offending a great many of my readers -which cannot be helped- allow me to state that all hunters are well aware that a wounded predator is supremely dangerous. Especially if that animal is cornered! 

The only thing standing between Trump and prison -he is facing 91 felony charges!- is his planned occupation of the White House. The same is true of Trump and financial ruin. Either political power or prison and bankruptcy! If he succeeds in becoming President, once again, only this time as a fascist dictator, then he will not have to worry about any criminal or civil charges! Dictators do not worry about such little details!

On the other hand, if, on the ‘’civil fraud front’’, so to speak, the judge in New York City were to hit him with a huge fine, and bar him from doing business in New York state, that could ‘’throw a monkey wrench in the works’’. This could happen as early as January. 

Then there are the criminal charges. The first trial is scheduled to begin as early as March 4. If convicted, he could be sentenced to a lengthy prison term. 

As for those who may reasonably object that he would merely appeal such court decisions, I can only respond that such appeals cost money. Lots of money. If his businesses are crippled, that is out of the question. 

The closest followers of Trump, including his lawyers, are in it strictly for the money. If the money runs out, then they run out. Like rats from a sinking ship! Forget the appeals!

Facing such a threat, Trump may act as a wounded, cornered predatory animal. He may lash out in any direction. He may not wait for the fall elections, to ‘’make his move’’. As he said, he plans to become dictator, ‘’at or before’’ the next federal elections. He was not joking! He and his followers may attempt to stage a coup, and set up a fascist dictatorship, at any time. 

This is to stress to my Leftist intellectual, middle class colleagues, the importance of becoming active. Capitalism is in its death throes! As that is the case, we can expect Trump and the other billionaires to lash out wildly! No one knows what to expect! We just know what they have planned! A fascist society!

The necessity of raising the level of awareness, of the working class, is ever more urgent. The less advanced working people, or ‘’MAGA supporters’’, have merely been misled. They are not the enemy! Yet the fascists cannot succeed without their support!

Until quite recently, efforts to raise their level of awareness, was restricted to the production of quite popular literature. Happily, advances in technology have made possible another ‘’avenue of approach’’. Of course I am referring to videos.

As mentioned in previous articles, working people pay strict attention to the opinion of ‘’celebrities’’. Especially ‘’Hollywood celebrities’’, or ’’Movie Stars’’, if you prefer. Now is the time for all Leftist people, especially those involved in the entertainment industry, to put aside their differences, and focus on stopping the billionaires, in their attempt to establish a fascist society, with Trump as the dictator. 

We do not have to love each other! A temporary alliance is perfectly acceptable. We merely need professional writers to come up with a script, written in popular terms that common people can understand. The more entertaining the better.

Then, those who are famous ‘’Movie Stars’’ can make the proper delivery, reading from a teleprompter. Such people do not necessarily have to agree with everything they are saying. But then, they are probably used to that! After all, there is a reason it is called acting!

Our goal is to make the working class, the proletariat, aware of themselves, as a class. As opposed to the class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie. The wealth of the billionaires, comes at our expense. The more poverty stricken we are, the more wealthy the billionaires. For that reason, we are class enemies. 

The class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, have to be overthrown. This can happen only through revolution. Then we have to establish a society of Scientific Socialism. This means smashing the existing state apparatus, and setting up a working class state apparatus, in order to crush the billionaires, as they make every effort to ‘’restore their paradise lost’’. This new state apparatus is known as the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

Granted, to put that in video form is a ‘’tall order’’, but then, perhaps no more difficult than putting it in written form. Further, under far more difficult circumstances, it has previously been accomplished. 

Bear in mind that the fans of these ‘’Movie Stars’’ will pay strict attention to whatever their heroes say! Strange but true! We can expect the ‘’MAGA’’ people to desert Trump in droves, and flock to Scientific Socialism, with the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

Perhaps all middle class intellectuals, both Left and Right, can take some inspiration from the fact that the billionaires have decided to wipe out the middle class. As countless banks and businesses fail, those who own shares in those enterprises, including stocks and bonds, will lose everything. All will be forced into the ranks of the proletariat. 

Not that all middle class intellectuals are about to see the ‘’writing on the wall’’! We can expect the most hard core Right wing souls to continue to live in denial. Even when their world comes crashing down around them, as it most certainly will, they may continue to defend their lords and masters, the billionaires. 

By contrast, within the entertainment industry, those Leftist middle class intellectuals who support the revolutionary movement, will be well rewarded, under Scientific Socialism, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.