On Tuesday, September 10, the ‘’First Presidential Debate of 2024’’, between ‘’Former President Donald Trump’’, and ‘’Vice President Kamala Harris’’, took place. All of the mainstream news outlets covered this event, broadcasting live, during ‘’prime time’’, as they knew that countless people were about to watch this performance. Those viewers were hoping to be entertained, and they were not disappointed.
It is clear that the ‘’handlers’’ of Harris, her coaches, earned they pay! They deserve a raise! She marched onto that stage, as if she owned it, approached Trump with her hand extended, which took him by surprise, and shook his hand. She said, ‘’I am Kamala Harris’’. In this way, she took control, placed Trump on the defensive, and maintained control through out the ‘’Debate’’. Bravo, Kamala Harris!
After the ‘’Debate’’, the journalists were unanimous in their opinion that Harris was ‘’well coached’’, that she ‘’prosecuted this debate with surgical precision’’, that her ‘’previous experience as a prosecutor’’, was put to good use. She looked directly into the camera, when speaking. Her ‘’body language’’, facial expressions and gestures, were ‘’flawless’’. When not speaking, she looked closely at Trump.
By contrast, Trump kept looking down, clearly on the defensive. The contrast was striking! As Harris continued to ‘’bait’’ him, Trump resorted to anger. Perhaps one of his most outrageous accusations, was that of suggesting that Harris was a Marxist! Comrade Kamala! She most certainly is not a Marxist!
Among the lies Trump spoke, perhaps the most ridiculous is that, within the city of Springfield, ‘’immigrants are eating the cats and dogs of the residents’’. If nothing else, this got a good laugh, from the viewers.
The response of the mainstream media was typical, at least for the most part. They are focused on the effect this may have on the ‘’undecided voters’’, especially in the ‘’swing states’’, as they are concerned with the Electoral College. More on that subject, later on in this article.
The exception was that of a certain bourgeois journalist, who provided the gentlest possible criticism of the ‘’richest people in Manhattan’’. He maintains that the members of the Economic Club of New York, invited Donald Trump to speak. The journalist took exception to that. I have chosen to reproduce it, as best I can, as he actually made a few significant statements, which deserve our attention:
‘’All the rich people I know are smart, but there are a lot of stupid rich people. New Yorks’ stupidest rich people gathered in a room and proved how stupid they are. …The Economic Club of New York met in Manhattan….All are safe and live and work in New York City….The members of that Club are not economists, mostly Wall Street types, who do not have a graduate degree in anything, never produced anything, have spent their lives massaging money.
‘’Every one of them has gotten much, much richer, during the four years of the Biden – Harris administration. Now I knew how stupid the speaker was, (Donald Trump- GM) before he opened his mouth. But I did not know how stupid so many members of the New York Economic Club were, until I heard the reactions to the stupidest person who has ever spoken to them. Trump said that RFK Jr. had endorsed him. Trump fired dozens of former officials, who now oppose his election. In answer to a question about child care, his answer, ’child care is child care’.
‘’The stupidest rich people in New York, gave a huge round of applause. The applause to that huge jumble of words is most disturbing, but then Trump promised all of them another huge tax cut. Those stupid rich people, clapping for the man who tried to overthrow the results of the presidential election, clapping for a man who says ‘child care is child care’, or clapping because he promised all of them another huge tax cut. Those stupid rich people are willing to corrupt American democracy for the stupidest person who has ever spoken to them. They proved who they really are. The question to ‘make child care affordable’. The guy talking is not the problem. It is those people clapping, that has brought this country to this crisis point, in its history as a democracy’’.
The preceding was not copied in precisely the manner in which it was spoken, because the wording was too non sensical. His speech was disjointed, apologetic and contradictory, but for all its faults, a criticism of the ‘’rich people’’.
This bourgeois journalist was making a supreme effort to not offend the ‘’rich people’’, to use his words. Of course he was referring to the multi billionaires, the monopoly capitalists, the members of the class of people who are technically referred to as the bourgeoisie. In so doing, he ended up sounding completely ridiculous. Yet strangely, certain parts of what he said were correct. As this is most unusual, coming from a bourgeois journalist, it merits closer examination.
He is correct when he states that ‘’the members of the Economic Club of New York…. live and work in New York City ….in complete safety’’. True! They are ‘’completely safe’’ because they can afford to hire bodyguards!
He is also correct when he states that the ‘’members of that Club ….never produced anything, have spent their lives massaging money’’. Once again, true! The members of the class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, produce nothing! They are parasites! Leaches on society! Blood suckers!
It is also a fact that those multi billionaires have become ‘’much, much richer, during the four years of the Biden- Harris administration’’.
The fact is that the Democratic Party is every bit the loyal and devoted servant of the bourgeoisie, as is the Republican Party! They serve the same class! The Democratic Party is not the ‘’Party of the little guy’’, the ‘’common people’’, the working class!
Now for a ‘’reality check’’! The members of the class of bourgeoisie, the multi billionaires, the ‘’rich people’’- as he refers to them- are not entirely stupid! Bear in mind the old adage, ‘’A fool and his money are soon separated!’’ And rest assured, countless people, especially other multi billionaires, are only too anxious to separate their ‘’brethren’’, fellow multi billionaires, from their hard stolen wealth!
Yet those same ‘’rich people’’, multi billionaires, have found certain liars and fools to be quite useful. That includes Donald Trump.
The journalist was very upset that the audience applauded, after Trump said ‘’child care is child care’’. Yet that is not the reason they applauded! They applauded because Trump promised them ‘’another huge tax cut’’.
The journalist is also correct, when he pointed out that the multi billionaires ‘’are willing to corrupt American democracy’’, although not for the sake of Trump, but for the sake of profit, of not paying taxes. He is also correct when he states that Trump is ‘’not the problem’’. The ‘’problem’’ is the ‘’people clapping’’, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, the class of people who have ‘’brought this country to this crisis point, in its history as a democracy’’.
The mere fact that a bourgeois journalist was able to point out the lies and hypocrisy of the monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, if only in a most disjointed, apologetic manner, is significant. It is an indication of the strength of the revolutionary motion.
Even though the presentation was halting and barely comprehensible, without any direct reference to the bourgeoisie, it was still a criticism of that class, and could well result in his dismissal.
It is reasonable to expect something better from the independent, Leftist journalists, those who do not work for the mainstream press. After all, they do not have to face the constant threat of being fired.
This is precisely what we find in a report by Ring of Fire, a Leftist broadcast. In reference to that same ‘’Trump – Harris Debate’’, this journalist pointed out that the Electoral College is ‘’idiotic’’, that it ‘’disenfranchises millions of people’’.
The Electoral College is anything but ‘’idiotic’’. It is the law. Constitutional law! The fact that it ‘’disenfranchises millions of people’’, is the whole idea! That is the purpose of the Electoral College!
More accurately, the Electoral College disenfranchises all American voters, not ‘’just’’ millions of people! The popular vote is a fraud! Unconstitutional!
As I have documented in previous articles, the Electoral College is a remnant of slavery. It was set up to allow a slave owner to become President.
The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution documents the procedure to be followed, in all federal elections! It is the Electors, and only the Electors, who are appointed by the States, and only the States, who have the authority to vote for the candidate, of their choice, for the office of President, as well as the candidate, of their choice, for the office of Vice President.
This procedure was not followed in the 2020 Presidential Election. For that reason, Biden is a fraudulent President, and Harris is a fraudulent Vice President.
Remarkably enough, Trump is correct, when he states that the 2020 Presidential election was fraudulent. Not for the reasons he gives, but because it did not follow the procedure laid out in the Constitution.
With that in mind, may I suggest to my fellow Leftist journalists, that we all demand that our democratically elected politicians, those who have taken an oath, to ‘’preserve, protect and defend the Constitution’’, do just that. Their duty!
Granted, that is not about to happen. Yet in the process of making these demands, the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat, will be raised. They will become more class conscious.
Further, in the interests of giving those misguided souls a little nudge, in the right direction, may I suggest a court challenge. Preferably the Supreme Court could be asked to rule on the legality of the 2020 ‘’Presidential’’ Election. Not to mention the forthcoming 2024 Federal Election!
Bear in mind that the ‘’Trump- Harris Debate’’ was aired in prime time! Because countless working people watched that spectacle! They are focused on the ‘’Presidential Election’’! We can use this to our advantage, to raise the level of awareness of the working class!
Those same working people can be expected to pay strict attention, to any such court challenge. No doubt, they will be surprised, and disappointed, to learn that they have no legal right to vote, in any federal election. We can expect them to demand change! That is the last thing the monopoly capitalists want!
This can be thought of as preparation for revolution, and the subsequent Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
I am supremely well aware of the fact that most of my Leftist journalist colleagues, if not all of them, are not Marxists. Most of them think that Socialism may be a good idea, but simply not possible. Sadly, they believe that which is taught in University. The Scientific Socialist theories of Marx and Lenin are not so much taught in University, as distorted.
These independent Leftist journalists are, for the most part, honest, law abiding, tax paying citizens, determined to ‘’make a difference’’, to ‘’change the system from within’’, to ‘’enact reforms’’. They deserve the whole hearted support, from those of us who are Marxists.
Without doubt, they will learn, from their own bitter experience, as well as from the revolutionary motion, that the monopoly capitalists, the ‘’super rich’’, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, are in power, and fully intend to remain in power!
With that in mind, may I suggest, to my fellow Leftist journalists, that they once again read the revolutionary works of Marx and Lenin, this time with an open mind.
Bear in mind that capitalism did not always exist. It came into existence with the industrial revolution, as did the creation of two new revolutionary classes, the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.
I deliberately emphasized the word revolutionary, as the working class, the proletariat, is still revolutionary. This stands in stark contrast to the bourgeoisie, which is now completely reactionary, counter revolutionary.
Now it is up to the working class, the revolutionary proletariat, to overthrow the completely reactionary capitalist class, the bourgeoisie.
There is a sense of urgency to this, to put it politely. Bear in mind that all previous civilizations have risen to a peak, and then fell into decline. Our civilization has also past its peak, and is in decline. Yet our civilization is the one and only civilization to have experienced an industrial revolution.
It is the revolutionary proletariat which is destined to reverse the decline of our civilization. That is a fundamental tenet of Marxism! That can only be accomplished by overthrowing the bourgeoisie, and establishing a state of Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat!
As yet, the proletariat is not aware of this, because the conditions of life, of the working class, do not lead to the awareness of itself, as a class. This awareness has to come from an outside source, which is middle class intellectuals.
No doubt, there are a great many Leftist journalists, who may consider that to be a none too subtle hint. Right you are! Now it is up to my ‘’Leftist Brethren’’, as well as my ‘’Leftist Sisters’’, my Comrades, to raise their own level of awareness, to the level of true Marxists. Then in turn, they can bring this awareness to the working class.
In conclusion, fellow Leftist journalists, we will know we are accomplishing our duty, when the signs and posters, the slogans spoken by all working people, is:
Dictatorship of the Proletariat!
Scientific Socialism!
Workers of the World, Unite!
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 