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The latest details, concerning preparations for the fascist dictatorship, have recently come to light. The journalists have managed to get their hands on a questionnaire, reported to be ‘’created by Trump allies’’, to be used to ‘’determine the suitability of people who can serve in the next Trump administration.’’

The purpose of the questionnaire, is to select ‘’suitable’’ people, for the ‘’bureaucracy’’, within the anticipated Trump administration. These people must be loyal only to Trump, devoted followers, prepared to cater to his every whim. Such people are known as ‘’sycophants’’, commonly referred to as ‘’yes people’’.

In the interest of bringing all members of the working class ‘’up to speed’’, I should mention that the technical definition of a  sycophant, is ‘’a person who acts submissively towards someone important, in order to gain advantage’’.

The question that has horrified so many people, is the following: ‘’The president should be able to advance his own agenda, through the bureaucracy, without hindrance from unelected federalist officials. Agree or disagree.’’

This mention of ‘’unelected federalist officials’’, is a none too subtle reference to the American judicial system! All federal judges, including those on the Supreme Court, are appointed! They are not elected! They are part of the judicial system, which serves to ‘’act as a brake’’ upon the ‘’power of the executive branch’’ of government! Meaning the President! This is commonly referred to as a ‘’guardrail’’ of democracy! Yet Trump wants to ‘’advance his own agenda, without hindrance’’, from those judges!

The only way this can happen, is by scrapping the Constitution! This is the very thing Trump plans to do, on his first day in office! He even stated that he plans to ‘’act as a dictator’’, on his ‘’first day in office’’!

His former personal lawyer, who says he ‘’knows Trump better than anyone else’’, says that Trump is not joking! In his opinion, on his second day in office, Trump will declare himself to be king, or ‘’Fuhrer’’, and demand everyone swear allegiance to him, and even give a straight arm Nazi salute!

A great many middle class Americans, those who consider themselves to be ‘’proud conservatives’’, are now actively opposing this attempt to establish a fascist dictatorship. This is an indication of the strength of the revolutionary movement. It has reached even into the highest levels of the middle class. 

For that reason, a very conservative lawyer for the American Bar Association has convened a ‘’Blue Ribbon Task Force For American Democracy’’. 

The goal of this Task Force is to ‘’preserve and protect our democratic institutions’’. Further, it is reported that ‘’numerous State Bar Associations, as well as the Urban League, and various professional people, are also involved.’’

Once again, in the interests of bringing the members of the working class ‘’up to speed’’, I will mention that a ‘’Blue Ribbon Task Force’’ is defined as ‘’a group of exceptional people appointed to investigate, study or analyze a given question.’’

The fact that they refer to themselves as ‘’exceptional people’’, is merely an indication of their high opinion of themselves! Such people tend to be supremely arrogant!  

Even though these people are very conservative, or ’’Right Wing’’, they have taken a progressive stand. For that reason, those who are Scientific Socialists, Communists, can support them, on this particular issue. 

It is reasonable to expect that working with these ‘’exceptional’’ people, can be most tiresome. Perhaps those who are working with these middle class professional people, can take some comfort in the fact that they hate us, every bit as much, as we hate them!

The class struggle is not a ‘’bed of roses’’! There are times when it is necessary to ‘’form temporary alliances’’, with those who are at best ‘’unreliable’’, according to Lenin. 

Then again, such support must be conditional upon being able to express our Marxist beliefs, including that of Revolution and the subsequent Dictatorship of the Proletariat. If that is not possible, then any alliance, however temporary, is out of the question. 

This Task Force is of the opinion that ‘’the judiciary is our last best hope for saving our democracy’’. 

Such is hardly the case! Yet it is very likely that these ‘’exceptional’’ middle class professional intellectuals, are not capable of understanding the class struggle! For that reason, they cannot possibly understand that our ‘’last best hope’’ for ‘’saving our democracy’’, is the working class, the proletariat! 

It is necessary to raise the level of awareness of the proletariat, and any court challenge can help to serve that purpose. The press, especially the ‘’Leftist’’ press, which is very active on various web sites, must cover these court challenges, in great detail. 

That being said, it is encouraging that the ‘’exceptional members’’, of this ‘’Blue Ribbon Task Force’’ are determined to fight the multi billionaires, as they try to establish a fascist dictatorship. 

As that is the case, may I suggest that ‘’the best way to kill a snake is to cut off its head’’!

Half measures get us nowhere! Prepare to go straight to the Supreme Court, to defend the Constitution! Challenge the 2020 federal election, on the grounds that it did not follow the procedure laid out in the Twelfth Amendment! Further demand that the forth coming 2024 federal election, follow that procedure! 

The ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, have subverted the Constitution, through their creation of the ‘’Two Party system’’. As a result of this -illegal!- Two Party system, the Electors are now forced to choose between two older men, both of whom may be suffering from ‘’cognitive decline’’, commonly referred to as ‘’dementia’’. 

Mental illness is not a joking matter! The brain is an organ of the body, and it is subject to illness, as is any other organ! Just as no one should laugh at a heart attack, so too, no one should crack jokes about mental illness!

It is the Two Party system that is the problem! That is Unconstitutional! It is also enabling the multi billionaires to establish a fascist state! Or at the very least, they are making a supreme effort! They must be stopped!

By Constitutional law, it is up to the Electors, who are appointed by the states, to vote on one ballot for the person of their choice, for President, and on a second ballot, to vote for the person of their choice, for Vice President. There is no mention, in the Twelfth Amendment, of any political Party, District, popular vote, or ‘’running mate’’. Further, the states have no right to meddle in a federal election.

Under the Two Party system, a ‘’popular vote’’ takes place, in which all American citizens are allowed to vote for the candidate for President, and his ‘’running mate’’, of either the Democratic Party, or of the Republican Party. This popular vote is not mentioned in the Twelfth Amendment! It is a mere formality! It has no legal standing!

Then the votes of these citizens are counted, and based on the results of that popular vote, the Electors, of that particular state, are forced to vote for the President, and his ‘’running mate’’, as Vice President. 

This procedure is completely Unconstitutional, as the states have no right to meddle in a federal election!

If the multi billionaires have their way, at the time of the 2024 election, the Electors will be forced to choose between Biden and Trump. This is strictly Unconstitutional! 

If the Two Party system is challenged, before the Supreme Court, no doubt it will rule that all federal elections must follow the procedure laid out in the Twelfth Amendment. At that point, the Electors will be allowed to vote for any candidate, of their choice, for the office of President, as well as Vice President. No state will be allowed to force any Elector to vote for any particular person. All state laws, which require an Elector to vote for the candidates of one of the major political parties, will be struck down as Unconstitutional.  

Such a Supreme Court ruling is sure to ‘’throw a monkey wrench’’ into the plans of the multi billionaires! Their plans, for a fascist dictatorship, relies upon the election of a candidate, of one of the two political parties, as President!  

No doubt, among the ‘’exceptional’’ people on this ‘’Blue Ribbon Task Force’’, there are a great many lawyers. Those who are experts on Constitutional law, should prepare the arguments, to be presented before the Supreme Court. In that way, the next federal election can be legal, truly democratic, following the procedure laid out in the Twelfth Amendment. 

It may be objected that not all members of the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, are determined to establish a fascist dictatorship, with Trump as the dictator. In fact, a ‘’major conservative’’ organization, ‘’Americans For Prosperity Action Group’’, has just endorsed the former Governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, as the Republican nominee for president. According to their web site, they state that they plan to ‘’turn the page on the current political era’’. They go on to state that, ‘’Trump and Biden had their chance, they can’t fix what is broken, it’s our time to choose a new leader who will unite our Party, our Nation’’.

The fact that this ‘’Action Group’’ is endorsing Nikki Haley, is significant. The reason I say this, is because a multi billionaire is behind this Group! Perhaps the monopoly capitalists are ‘’covering all the bases’’, if you will excuse the sports metaphor. Just in case the common people turn against both Biden and Trump!

Under a fascist regime, the figurehead dictator is not important. The important thing is to have a proper ‘’state apparatus’’ set up. They made this quite clear, in their statement: ‘’It is not enough for conservatives to win elections. If we are going to rescue the country from the grip of the radical Left, we need both a governing agenda and the right people in place, ready to carry this agenda out on day one of the next conservative administration.’’

The ‘’governing agenda’’ is to scrap the Constitution, on the first day of office, of the next President! They have already planned, in advance, the goals of the first six months of the anticipated fascist administration! This resembles more of a military campaign, than a political platform!

As that is the case, perhaps it would be best to respond to this attempt at establishing a fascist dictatorship, in much the same manner, as we would respond to a war. After all, it is a war!

The key to winning this war lies with the working class, the common people, the proletariat. We have got to raise their level of awareness, or at least that of the most advanced workers, to that of the level of Scientific Socialists, Marxists, Communists. 

At the same time, we must not ignore the less advanced. We must prepare literature -and even videos!- for the common people, those who have embraced MAGA. Both literature and videos must be presented in a popular manner, without being condescending, and by no means vulgar. It is not the fault of countless common people, that they believe the lies of the monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires!

In the case of videos, it would be best if Leftist celebrities, the more popular the better, presented the facts. In an entertaining manner, of course. That is where Leftist writers come in, with perhaps a little song and dance routine. That is entirely up to them. No doubt, the common people will love it. Education through entertainment!

In response to the multi billionaires, and their plan for a fascist dictatorship, we must have our own plan:

Prepare For the Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

It is now clear that the revolutionary motion, currently sweeping the country, has even reached into the ‘’highest reaches’’ of the middle class, the petty bourgeois. 

That which has been referred to as the ‘’Cult of Trump’’, is causing ever more concern, among the ‘’upper middle class’’. Even those who consider themselves to be very ‘’Right Wing’’, on the political spectrum, are deeply worried about this ‘’political polarization’’, as they refer to it. 

No doubt, all readers are familiar with the term ‘’cult’’, although many may not be aware of the exact meaning. According to the internet, it is a rather derogatory term for a group of people, who are ‘’led by a charismatic and self-appointed leader, who excessively controls its members, requiring unwavering devotion to a set of beliefs and practices’’.

The fact is that Trump is certainly ‘’charismatic’’. At least superficially, he appears to be quite charming. But beneath the surface, is a different story. It is also a fact that he exercises great control over his followers, those who are referred to as, ‘’MAGA’’ people, in that MAGA stands for Make America Great Again. Further, Trump demands -and expects!- unquestioning loyalty and obedience!

The middle class intellectuals have a point, when they refer to the ‘’MAGA’’ people, as being part of a ‘’cult’’. And not just any cult! A supremely dangerous cult! A threat to American democracy!

It is clear that Trump is also a demagogue. For those who are not familiar with the term, a demagogue is defined as ‘’a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument.’’ 

Not only is Trump a cult leader and a demagogue, he is a highly successful one!

Truly, as Lenin stated, ‘’Demagogues are the worst enemies of the working class’’!

One bourgeois journalist maintains that his ‘’followers do not care that he has been accused of ninety one felonies’’. He went on to say that most of his followers believe that ‘’Trump tells the truth, rather than their minister, or even their family. He has a loyal following’’. 

In an opinion essay, published in one of the most highly respected newspapers in the country, a conservative intellectual sounded truly pessimistic, writing in despair, that a ‘’Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable! The more criminal charges he faces, the more popular he becomes!’’

To this, I can only respond that such a dictatorship is certainly not ‘’increasingly inevitable’’! Such a threat calls for a proper response, on the part of progressive people, in order to forestall that threat!

I have documented in a previous article, the best way to combat the ‘’Cult ofTrump’’, is to raise the level of awareness of his followers, most of whom are common people. There is no need to repeat it here.

Another journalist, speaking from the depths of bitterness and frustration, bemoaned the fact that, as he stated, ‘’People no longer respect the rule of law, or the Constitution. They have walked away from those thing, they do not trust any of the government entities. We are in a really scary place as far as our democracy is concerned. When people stop trusting in the rule of law, when people don’t believe anybody but Donald Trump! What he tells them is the truth no matter what it is, even when they can see with their own eyes, that it is not true! Believe what I tell you, Trump controls the GOP base. Everyone is concerned with not antagonizing Trump’’.

My dear bitter fellow, if by ‘’people’’, you are referring to the working people, common people, as ‘’no longer respecting the rule of law, or the Constitution’’, you are so right! There is a reason for this! Common people are not entirely stupid! They are well aware that the ‘’rule of law’’ and the ‘’Constitution’’, apply only to working people! Not to the billionaires! The billionaires can break the law and violate the Constitution, as they see fit, and get away with it! The law does not apply to the billionaires!

Trump is currently facing 91 felony charges! Yet he is a free man! If any member of the working class was facing even a fraction of those charges, that individual would be locked up! Never again to see the light of day! And all common people are well aware of this! So what did you expect?

As well, a former GOP Member of Congress wrote a book, in which she expressed herself in more entertaining terms: ‘’He’s told us what he will do. It’s very easy to see the steps he will take. People who say, well, if he’s elected, it’s not that dangerous because we have all these checks and balances. They don’t fully understand the extent into which the Republicans in Congress today have been co-opted. One of the things we see happening today is the sort of sleepwalking into dictatorship in the United States.’’

I must say, I am impressed! Someone certainly has a ‘’way with words’’! To refer to the MAGA movement as ‘’sleepwalking into dictatorship’’ is one way of putting it! Either she is a talented writer, or possibly she hired a professional. I believe they are referred to as ‘’ghost writers’’.

A more ominous warning comes from a journalist, writing in one of the most respected, ‘’conservative’’ newspapers, in the country: ‘’As perilous as it is for Republicans to say a negative word about Trump today, it will be impossible once he has sewn up the nomination. The Party will be in full general election mode, subordinating all to the presidential campaign. There will be no more infighting, only outfighting; in short, a tsunami of Trump support from all directions.’’

A former GOP governor spoke from a sense of deep bitterness, but accurately: ‘’There is  no Republican Party, there is a cult around Donald Trump. They did not adopt a platform in 2020, which means they did not set out what they stood for. It’s what ever Trump tells us what we stand for today, that is what we shall stand for. So it is not a Party as we have known it. And believe what he says, he says what he is going to do. Believe him. He will tear down the very guard rails of our democracy. The rule of law, the respect  for the Constitution, he means what he says. No one should question that.’’ 

Another bourgeois journalist supplied his own analysis: ‘’There are still people who believe in his ability to ’drain the swamp’. This is ‘slow walking’ us to dictatorship. On the democratic side, we have Biden, who is old school. Young voters do not buy into this. The bigger problem is that there is an overall challenge to our capitalist society. A lot of people are not getting that American dream.’’

Finally! A journalist who blurted out the truth! The truth is that ‘’there is an overall challenge to our capitalist society’’! Especially among the ‘’young voters’’! But what is the ‘’American dream’’?

According to the internet, it is the ‘’ideal that the United States is a land of opportunity that allows the possibility of upward mobility, freedom, and equality for people of all classes who work hard and have the will to succeed.’’ 

There may have been a basis for such optimism, many years ago, but not now! Those days are long gone!

The key word here is ‘’classes’’! The members of the working class have no ‘’possibility of upward mobility, freedom and equality’’, if for no other reason than that there are no jobs, upon which to ‘’work hard’’! Make no mistake, the ‘’young voters’’ are supremely well aware of this!

The preceding was a mere sample of middle class intellectuals, who have identified the threat posed by Trump, and chose to do nothing more than whine about that threat!

By contrast, in response to this ‘’Cult of Trump’’, this ‘’threat to democracy’’, there are numerous middle class intellectuals, who have decided to take action. They tend to refer to themselves as proud ‘’Ultra Right Wing’’ conservatives. Many of them, but by no means all, are members of the Republican Party. They took part in setting up various conservative organizations, in order to oppose the ‘’Cult of Trump’’. They think that a new political party will solve the problem. The results of their efforts are most instructive. 

The first to take shape was the ‘’Serve American Movement’’, (SAM), a political organization founded in 2017. Their stated goal is to ‘’pass the elections vote limit or use petition gain access in other states, in order to contest future elections’’.

Although the meaning of that goal, as stated on the internet, is not clear, the fact that they made the effort, is significant. It is a step in the right direction. 

Then in 2021, the ‘’Renew America Movement’’, (RAM), was founded, reportedly by ‘’former staffers from the Republican Party administrations’’, with the intention of working to ‘’reduce political polarization’’ in the United States. Their stated goals were to unite Democrats, Republicans, and independent voters “… who have the courage to stand up against political extremists across the country”.

Outstanding! Now that is certainly a worthy goal! To unite people, voters ‘’who have the courage to stand up against political extremism’’, has our complete support!

As for ‘’reducing political polarization’’, that is the very goal of every socialist! This ‘’political polarization’’ is merely the result of class struggle! As long as classes exist, we will have class struggle, or ‘’political polarization’’, as she phrases it! It is the goal of all Scientific Socialists, true Marxists, Communists, to ‘’reduce’’ this class conflict! This reduction can only happen after the Revolution, after the billionaires are overthrown and crushed, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! At that time, under Scientific Socialism, classes will continue to exist, so that the class conflicts will continue to exist! Yet they will be ‘’reduced’’, as classes are gradually eliminated! Then, in the absence of classes, class struggle, or ‘’political polarization’’, will also cease to exist!

That was not the only organization to take shape, in response to the MAGA movement, within America. 

In 2021, The Forward Party, also known as Forward, (FWD), was created. It is a self described ‘’centrist political party in the United States’’. The party, describes its goals as the ‘’reduction of partisan polarization’’, and implementing ‘’electoral reforms’’. As well, it has the goal of providing an alternative to the two major American political parties. It also states that, for the time being, candidates affiliated with the organization will remain members of the two major American political parties and America’s third parties, as well as independent candidates.

As for the readers who may find that to be a bit confusing, bear in mind that it was copied from their website, on the internet. 

Then in 2022, both the SAM and RAM merged with the Forward  Party, using the Forward Party name. Now the stated goal of the Party is also to ‘’break through a dysfunctional two party system that catered to the ideological fringes’’. 

To describe the ‘’two party system’’ as ‘’dysfunctional’’, is completely accurate. It is absolutely dysfunctional! But to say that those two Parties ‘’catered to the ideological fringes’’, makes no sense whatsoever! Unless the ‘’ideological fringes’’ is a reference to the billionaires! That is the class of people to whom they ‘’cater’’! 

Under the new alliance, Forward announced that there would be no traditional platform. Within each state, individual Forward Parties would determine their own priorities. Individual candidates, for that Party, would then develop their own priorities, as well as their own policies, based on those priorities.

One middle class journalist is of the opinion that The Forward Party is making a ‘’dangerous miscalculation. It is betting that what a party opposes is more important that what it stands for’’. The idea is that ‘’political beliefs no longer matter in a Party’’, so long as everyone is committed to moving, “Not Left. Not Right. Forward.”

As such a policy can lead only to mass confusion, that journalist is no doubt correct! It is a step back from the stated goals of RAM!

In particular, the former Governor of New Jersey, and Forward Party Co-Chair, has been very vocal. Strangely enough, even though she is the ‘’Co-Chair’’ of a new political party, she is still a member of the Republican Party. 

In response to an inquiry, by a journalist, the former Governor of New Jersey stated, 

‘’During the Trump era, I broke away from the GOP as it devolved into a cult of personality threatening democracy and our institutions; I served as the national spokesperson for the Republican organization, Renew America Movement, which worked to reduce political polarization.

‘’But Renew America was swept into the Forward Party inJuly 2022, one ina series of mergers and acquisitions of collapsing Republican reform groups that splintered off from the GOP in the wake of the Trump presidency. As they united under the new party’s banner, the groups delivered their membership lists, resources and even their political professionals like me — despite having no ideological commonality.’’

This absence of ‘’ideological commonality’’, among the ‘’collapsing Republican reform groups’’, is a recipe for further collapse! It simply means that they have merged, without having any common goal! Her further experience confirmed this: ‘’We had been promised our reform efforts would continue. Instead, I found an organization convinced it could maintain and grow its disparate coalition by not taking any positions at all. Its very existence was premised on the idea that, in the future, political parties will succeed by not having a philosophy of government, a shared vision or even a platform to unite behind. That’s not what I signed up for.’’

I have deliberately gone into considerable detail, concerning the well meaning efforts, of middle class bourgeois intellectuals, to form an alternative political party. These are examples of how not to form such a Party!

This also shows how completely muddled these people have become! Bear in mind that some of them, or at least the former Governor of New Jersey, are among the most intelligent of the bourgeois intellectuals!

But as Lenin pointed out, in reference to a statement made by the British Prime Minister, one which made no sense: ‘’This argument shows in particular how muddled even the most intelligent members of the bourgeoisie have become and how they cannot help committing irreparable errors. That, in fact, is what will bring about the downfall of the bourgeoisie.’’

May I suggest, to progressive middle class intellectuals, that we should first face the fact that we live in a class society. Capitalists and workers, bourgeois and proletarians. Any political Party we create, can serve one of those two classes, or the other, it cannot serve both!

The two mainstream political Parties we now have, Democrat and Republican, serve the same class! The capitalists! The billionaires! The bourgeoisie! There is no one Party serves all!

As that is the case, there is only one Party that can serve the working class, the proletariat. That is the Party which embraces Scientific Socialism, the Party of true Marxism, the Party which calls for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, the touchstone of a true Marxist, according to Lenin.

Such a true Communist Party can be created only by middle class intellectuals, although the most advanced workers can no doubt be of assistance. 

The Communist Manifesto provides for this: ‘’entire sections of the ruling class are, by the advance of industry, precipitated into the proletariat, or at least threatened in their conditions of existence. These also supply the proletariat with fresh elements of enlightenment and progress.’’

It is safe to say that the plan of the billionaires, to set up Trump as the head of a fascist dictatorship, qualifies as ‘’threatening the conditions of existence’’, of the middle class. As well, all banks but eight, and all businesses but five, are ‘’Too Small To Succeed’’! They are destined for bankruptcy! As these businesses dissolve, the middle class will also cease to exist.

In a previous article, I have given practical suggestions, concerning the procedure to be followed, in setting up a true Communist Party. Suffice it to say that it is primarily up to middle class intellectuals, those familiar with the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, to create such a Party. Be discrete, use the internet. 

I can only add, that the need for a true Communist Party, one that calls for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, is becoming ever more urgent. 

Such a Party must, of necessity, be limited to a rather small number of dedicated, disciplined, professional revolutionaries. It must be highly centralized, with a well established Party platform, so that everyone knows the policy of the Party. The key lies in ‘’democratic centralism’’, an organizational principle, in which decisions are taken after discussions, among all Party Members. Once the general Party lines are established, no further discussion is permitted. Factions are not allowed. No member or institution is allowed to disagree on a policy, after it has been agreed upon by the governing body of the Party. The penalty for doing so is expulsion from the Party. 

Bear in mind, that the billionaires plan to set up a fascist dictatorship, with Trump as the figurehead leader. The only way to stop them, is through a Scientific Socialist Revolution, which will result in the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

For that reason, the level of awareness of the working class must be raised. The proletariat, or at least the most advanced workers within the proletariat, must be raised to the level of scientific socialists. This can only be accomplished, through the efforts of a true Communist Party. 

The formation of that true Communist Party, Dictatorship of the Proletariat, is now in the hands of class conscious, middle class intellectuals. I wish you well.    

Numerous journalists, of the mainstream press, are deeply concerned that Trump remains the front running presidential candidate for the Republican Party. No one else is even close!

Yet there are certain ‘’progressive’’ news outlets, on the internet, which are actively opposing Trump. It is to their credit, that their journalists have spoken to a great many ‘’MAGA’’ supporters, among the ‘’rank and file’’, the common people, those who support Trump. The results of these interviews have shocked those same journalists. In fact, the responses are most instructive.

From the responses to questions from the journalists, it is quite clear that the most devoted, ‘’rank and file’’ supporters of Trump, appear to be honest, law abiding, hard working, tax paying, patriotic Americans. It is equally clear that they are among the less advanced members of the working class, the proletariat. 

For that reason, it is necessary to raise their level of awareness. They are not the enemy! They have been misled, by the monopoly capitalists, the billionaires! They believe the lies they have been told, by certain members of the press! Many of them think that it is ‘’against the law’’ to lie, on a news broadcast, or in a newspaper! So whatever the journalists say, must be true!

It is certainly to the credit of the progressive news outlets, that they have documented this. Yet the fact that those same outlets tend to mock those common people, is completely unacceptable! The beliefs of all common people should be respected! Such mockery must be condemned! It will serve only to drive ever more common people, into the ranks of MAGA!

Instead of mockery, may I suggest a different approach, one which is perhaps unconventional, as it has never been tried before, but one which promises a great deal. Allow me to explain. 

Many years ago, a ‘’celebrity’’, an actor whose name I cannot recall, mentioned something which I have never forgotten. Although I cannot recall the exact words, he said something to the effect that, ‘’Once someone becomes a ‘’celebrity’’, two very strange things happen. The first strange thing is that people ask you questions, concerning a subject upon which you know nothing. The second strange thing is that you begin to answer those questions!’’

The point is that common people listen to ‘’celebrities’’! For that reason, my suggestion is that progressive ‘’celebrities’’ make videos, and place them on the internet. On these videos, feel free to explain a few things. Among other things, let your fans know that there is no law against lying. Everyone, including journalists, can lie, on the air, in public, and even publish it, in a newspaper. This happens, on a regular basis. As long as it is not slander, they can get away with this. You can then explain the difference between lies and slander.

It is also a fact that classes exist. Working class people are not aware of this, not class conscious. It has to be explained to them, as conditions of life, within the working class, do not lead to that awareness. 

Let them know that the people who own almost everything of any considerable value, including the factories, mills, mines, railroads, airlines, shipping companies, banks, news outlets and even the internet, are members of a class of people, whom we refer to as monopoly capitalists, billionaires. They are technically referred to as the ‘’bourgeoisie’’. They are also referred to as ‘’imperialists’’. That is the class of people who are currently ruling the country.

Then there are working class people, common people, those who are forced to work by the hour, referred to as proletarians. The capitalists make their profit from our labour power. The less they pay us, and the harder they work us, the higher their profit. The more they pay us, the less their profit. It is clear that our interests are diametrically opposed. That which is in the best interests of one class, is in the worst interests of the other class. This is politely referred to as ‘’class conflict’’. It is more accurately referred to as ‘’class warfare’’. 

It was Marx and Engels who first conducted a scientific examination of capitalism, and explained this quite clearly, in the Communist Manifesto. It is highly recommended that working class people read this article. 

It was at the beginning of the twentieth century, that capitalism reached its highest stage, that of monopoly, or imperialism. At that time, it was Lenin who conducted an investigation into imperialism. He published his conclusions in his excellent work, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. Well worth reading!

As is well know, the common people of Russia, both workers and peasants, revolted in February of 1917, overthrew their Emperor, or Czar, and then the Russian capitalists seized power. 

At that time, Lenin was in exile, in Switzerland, but was able to return to Russia, in April of that year. He then wrote State and Revolution, in preparation for the approaching Russian Revolution, against the capitalists. This took place on October 25, old style calendar, or November 7, new style calendar, 1917. The first Scientific Socialist Republic was established, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

Now another revolution is approaching, an American Revolution. Here too, it is necessary to overthrow the American imperialists, the billionaires, and crush them, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

The billionaires plan to set up a fascist, or ‘’Nazi’’, dictatorship, with Trump as the ‘’boss’’, scrap the Constitution, build huge concentration camps, imprison all who oppose them, deport millions of ‘’undocumented’’ people, even American citizens, and deal ‘’harshly’’ with the ‘’vermin’’ who oppose them.

The only way to stop them is through revolution, and after the revolution, they must be crushed, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

The preceding was a mere suggestion of ‘’talking points’’ which can be given, on the internet, by a ‘’celebrity’’, or better yet, a group of ‘’celebrities’’! The more famous, the better! Common people will listen to such people! As long as these actors are properly prepared, and the presentation is well delivered, it will be most persuasive! As well, the career of the actors -actresses?- is sure to sky rocket! The same is true for those who write the scripts!

It may be necessary to conduct a series of videos, with each one touching on a different subject. The more popular the celebrities, the better! As long as the performances are entertaining, the working people will love it! Education through entertainment!

I can only suggest that all performances be based upon current events. Working people watch the news, quite closely. They pay strict attention! This gives performers a chance to point out the hypocrisy!

As an example, currently in the news, is talk of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. 

Some journalists maintain that this Section prohibits Trump from once again, running for the presidency. Other journalists maintain that such is not the case. This can lead only to mass confusion, as both cannot be right! 

Allow me to start by giving a brief summary of the Section in question: 

‘’Section 3, No person shall be…president.. .(who)…shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.’’

From that, most common people may get the impression that anyone who has engaged in ‘’insurrection or rebellion’’, against the American government, is not allowed to run for president. I refer to this as good, old fashioned, ‘’common sense’’. 

It may perhaps come as no great surprise, to many readers, to find that there are a great many people, bourgeois intellectuals, one and all, who are of a different opinion. They think that it means nothing of the sort! They are completely devoid of common sense!

These ‘’legal eagles’’ are of a different opinion, so that I offer here one argument, by one lawyer, put forward, on behalf of Trump:

“Section Three does not apply, because the presidency is not an office ‘under the United States,’ the president is not an ‘officer of the United States,’ and President Trump did not take an oath ‘to support the Constitution of the United State’’.

At the time Trump was being sworn in as President, he took an oath to ‘’preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States’’. Yet the lawyers for Trump would have us believe that there is a difference between ‘’support’’ and ‘’preserve, protect and defend’’! These lawyers get paid, quite handsomely, to argue these legal ‘’technicalities’’! All in the interest of placing Trump back in the White House!

All actors, writers and entertainers are artists, and I am certainly not about to advise any artist, as to how they should perform. Let the experts do that which the experts do best! Do not tell a mechanic how to ‘’pull a wrench’’! Do not tell a carpenter how to ‘’swing a hammer’’!

On the other hand, I can state certain facts. Aside from that which was previously mentioned, the billionaires are determined to wipe out the middle class. All of their ‘’assets’’ are to be  ‘’appropriated’’ by those same billionaires. Their lust for wealth and power is unlimited! These people must be stopped!

That calls for revolution. The only successful revolution, is one that follows the advice of Marx! This is referred to as Scientific Socialist. That is one which calls for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. This is only possible, if the proletariat is class conscious! It is up to progressive, middle class intellectuals, to bring them that awareness.

Middle class intellectuals have nothing to lose, and everything to gain, by becoming involved in the revolution. Those who assist in raising the level of awareness, of the proletariat, will perform a most valuable service. 

After the successful Scientific Socialist Revolution, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, the contribution of these artists, writers and actors, will not be forgotten. On the contrary, they can expect to be richly rewarded. As an added incentive, their services will be in big demand.

The alternative is financial ruin, and a fascist dictatorship, with Trump as the dictator. Choose wisely.

All journalists, including those who work for the mainstream news outlets, are now deeply concerned with the fascist rhetoric of Trump. He recently announced his plan, to be put into effect ‘’as soon as he is re-elected’’, to use the ‘’Insurrection Act of 1792’’, as a legal pretext to send American troops into ‘’blue cities’’. These include New York City and Chicago, which he referred to as ‘’crime dens’’. 

For the benefit of those who are not familiar with American politics, the political pundits have separated all the cities and states, within the country, into two categories. Some of them are classified as ‘’Blue’’, or ‘’Liberal’’, or ‘’Democrat Leaning’’, as opposed to  ‘’Red’’, or ‘’Conservative’’, or ‘’Republican Leaning’’. 

Allow me to stress the fact that these classifications are not mine. I mention this, only as a means of understanding, that which the journalists are saying. 

This is the speech that Trump gave, which has caused so much concern: ‘’The next time, I am not waiting. One of the things I did was let them run it and we are going to show how bad a job they do. Well we did that. We do not have to wait any longer.’’

This stilted jargon of Trump may be difficult to understand, as his command of the language is equivalent to that of someone with an elementary school education. It was his way of saying that while he was serving as President, he ’’let them’’ -meaning the democratically elected officials of various cities and states- ‘’run it’’, meaning he let those officials perform their duty-, and in his opinion, they did a ‘’bad job’’. For that reason, ‘’next time’’, meaning as soon as he is once again President, he will not ‘’wait any longer’’. Trump plans to take over those cities and states, once he is re-elected!

As Trump does not write his own speeches, merely reads from a teleprompter, we can only assume that his writers ‘’dumb down’’ those speeches, writing in a manner that a twelve year old can recite. Now if only Trump could learn to read at that level!

Yet as one journalist, a Leftist fellow, pointed out in his broadcast:

’’Experts are now starting to sound the alarms about Donald Trump’s plans to invoke the Insurrection Act, should he re-take the White House in 2024…in order to ‘crack down on those crime dens’, as he calls them, which are liberal controlled cities.

‘’So now he is not talking about invoking The Insurrection Act to shut down on protests or riots, or even to crack down on crime. He is literally talking about using the Act to take over liberal cities, because they are so ‘filled with crime’….. Not reviewable by courts, it does not take approval from Congress, cannot put an end to it …He can send military anywhere and take over, no guard rails, effectively Martial Law’’

It is clear that this journalist is deeply concerned that Trump, once re-elected, plans to use the Insurrection Act to ‘’take over’’. As for his statement that there are no ‘’guard rails’’, I am deeply skeptical. No doubt both the courts and the Congress has a different opinion on that subject!

Even a former federal judge has given an opinion, concerning the ‘’growing threat of Trump’’, as he phrased it. In his opinion, ‘’conservative lawyers’’ should band together, in opposition. As he stated, ‘’Should Mr. Trump return to the White House, he will arrive with a coterie of lawyers and advisers who, like him, are determined not to be thwarted again. The Federalist Society, long the standard bearer for the conservative legal movement, has failed to respond in this period of crisis. More alarming is the growing crowd of grifters, frauds and con men willing to subvert the Constitution and long established Constitutional principles for the whims of political expediency. The actions of these conservative Republican lawyers are increasingly becoming the new normal. For a group of lawyers sworn to uphold the Constitution, this is an indictment of the nation’s legal profession. Any legal movement that could foment such a Constitutional abdication and attract a sufficient number of lawyers willing to advocate its unlawful causes, is ripe for a major reckoning. We must rebuild a conservative legal movement that supports and defends the American democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law and that incentivizes and promotes those lawyers who do the same.’’

Well spoken! As they are so concerned with their democratic rights and upholding the Constitution, perhaps they should do just that! In particular, they should pay strict attention to the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution. As it is so important, I have decided to copy the whole thing:

‘’Twelfth Amendment

‘’The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;–the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;–The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. [And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.–]The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.’’

May I suggest that all ‘’conservative lawyers’’ take note. Within the Twelfth Amendment, there is no mention of any political parties. That includes  Republican and Democratic. Nary a word. Nor is there any mention of any ‘’running mate’’, or any District, or any ‘’popular vote’’. It does clearly state that the ‘’Electors shall ….vote by ballot for President and Vice President…in distinct ballots’’. May I further suggest that it is the Electors who vote for President and Vice President, of their choice. The states have nothing to say about this! 

In the interest of ‘’practicing what you preach’’, feel free to make those arguments before the Supreme Court. In this way, you can ‘’defend American democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law’’. Demand that the next American federal election follow the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution!

In this way, the states will not be allowed to force any Elector to vote for any candidate, for President or Vice President. The Electors will be allowed, by Constitutional law, to vote for the candidate of their choice! Such candidates may, or may not, be the candidates of one of the two mainstream political parties. That is entirely at the discretion of the Electors!

As a bonus, the country will be spared the farce of a ‘’popular vote’’! Completely meaningless!

On a serious note, I can even suggest that ‘’Leftist’’ lawyers may even assist, in this noble endeavour. Very likely, they will be only too anxious to help. Certainly a worthy cause!

Bear in mind that we do not have to like each other, in order to work together. We just have to respect each other, or at least tolerate each other, temporarily. 

As for those who cannot imagine ‘’conservative Republican lawyers’’ working with ‘’socialist’’, or still worse, ‘’Communist’’ lawyers, may I suggest that ‘’stranger things have happened’’. 

On February 17, 1918, while Soviet Russia was still at war with Germany, Lenin met with a French officer, a demolition expert, also a self described ‘’royalist, a champion of the French monarchy’’. Even though they hated each other, they had a common enemy, and were able to put aside their differences. After all, it was only temporary. 

To borrow a sports metaphor, ‘’keep your eye on the ball’’! This is to say that the fascists must be stopped! The Republican Party is currently being used, by the billionaires, in order to promote fascism! Trump is merely their figurehead!

Focus on opposing the fascist movement, of the billionaires, by neutralizing the Republican Party! This can best be accomplished by forcing all federal elections, to abide by the Twelfth Amendment! The Republican Party can put forward any candidate of their choice! Trump or anyone else! It matters not! It is meaningless!

No Elector will be forced to vote for Trump! 

There is growing concern, in America, about the MAGA, Make America Great Again, movement. Even one of the most highly respected newspapers in the country, expressed fear that the country was threatened with the ‘’end of democracy’’. These fears are well grounded. 

MAGA was the slogan, which was coined by the handlers of Trump, on his first successful run for the presidency. It has a certain appeal, at least to the less advanced, more patriotic Americans, as it implies that America was great, at one time, but has since fallen into decline. It also implies that Trump is able to restore that ‘’greatness’’. 

As the vast majority of working people are struggling to ‘’make ends meet’’, this promise, by a man with great personal charm, has a certain appeal. In the past, in other countries, under similar circumstances, similar appeals, by similar leaders, also of great personal charm, led to fascist dictatorships. The concern is that America is also heading towards a fascist dictatorship. 

The journalists are documenting the opinion of historians, that ‘’Trump’s rise to power, was almost immediately accompanied by debates over whether his ascendency, and the ascendency of other leaders around the world, with similar political views, signalled a revival of fascism. Fascism is generally understood as an authoritarian, far right system of government in which hyper nationalism is a central component. It also often features a cult of personality around a strongman leader, the justification of violence or retribution against opponents, and the repeated denigration of the rule of law’’. 

It is no secret that, as soon as Trump is once again President, he plans to immediately declare martial law, and to scrap the Constitution. In fact, he is determined to do this, on his first day back in the White House. This scrapping of the Constitution is more politely referred to as the ‘’denigration of the rule of law’’. 

It is safe to say that this ‘’cult of personality’’, is also an accurate description of the followers of Trump. We can further say that, just as ‘’past fascist leaders have appealed to a sense of victimhood, to justify their actions’’, so too Trump is ‘’following in the footsteps of previous fascists’’. Trump thinks that no one has any right to charge him with any crime! He thinks he is above the law! He fully intends to ‘’get even’’ with those who are pressing charges against him! That includes the prosecutors and judges! 

The historical experts are agreed that fascism contains certain elements, that make it ‘’far more dangerous than authoritarianism’’. One of those elements is ‘’rejection of democracy, in favour of a strongman’’. 

Of course, that ‘’strongman’’ is Donald Trump, whom the billionaires plan to send to the White House, in order to ‘’maintain stability’’, or ‘’law and order’’, as they phrase it. In the process, the Constitution is to be scrapped, Trump is to be empowered as an absolute dictator, with unlimited powers, while ‘’social order’’ is to be maintained, through the use of force. 

The journalists are correct, when they state that, ‘’for the fascist, war and violence are a means of strengthening society, by culling the weak and glorifying heroic warriors’’.

Perhaps one of the strangest features of fascism, is that of fostering resentment and anger against the ‘’cultural elites’’, for causing so much pain and suffering, among the common people. This is encouraged, by those same ‘’cultural elites’’! Trump is one of those people, a member of the same class of ‘’cultural elites’’, a billionaires, that he is raging against!

A strict hierarchy is also characteristic of fascism, based around male dominance, with women relegated to subservient roles. The men are ‘’protectors, providers and controllers of the family’’. Any ‘’deviants’’, such as homosexuals, are to be ‘’culled’’. A ‘’superior race or ethnicity’’, is glorified. In the case of America, under Trump, that ethnicity has fallen to ‘’White Christian Nationalists’’. 

In order for a fascist dictatorship to thrive, it is first necessary to normalize violence, denigrate all opponents, portray them as less than human, or ‘’vermin’’, as Trump referred to anyone who opposes him. Then it is a simple matter of obliterating all opposition, through violence, as this is ‘’justified’’, on the grounds that they are ‘’vermin’’. 

This turn to fascism, on the part of the ruling class of billionaires, the bourgeoisie, is in response to the fact that they can no longer rule, in the old way. So fascism is the alternative method or rule, which they have chosen. Trump is merely a figure head, a ‘’puppet’’, with the billionaires ‘’pulling the strings’’. 

Yet a number of people, and organizations, have come out in opposition to this. The most vocal are also the most ‘’Right Wing’’, or ‘’Conservative’’, as they describe themselves. Yet as they have taken a most progressive position, it is up to ‘’Leftist’’ people, to support them,  in their opposition to this fascist trend.

No doubt, there will be a great howl from some of those on the ‘’Left’’, to the effect that we cannot possibly work with such people. This stand is incorrect. As Lenin stated, ‘’Only those who have no self reliance can fear to enter into temporary alliances even with unreliable people; not a single political party could exist without entering into such alliances.’’ 

Equally without doubt, such self described ‘’conservatives’’ certainly qualify as ‘’unreliable people’’. Yet these same conservatives are fighting against fascism, for our democratic rights. But, as Lenin also stated, ‘’an essential condition for such an alliance must be complete freedom for Socialists to reveal to the working class that its interests are diametrically opposed to the interests of the bourgeoisie’’.  

The following is a partial list of organizations which are opposing Trump, and his fascist policies, according to the internet, as they describe themselves, on their websites:

‘’Our Principle Pac was a super pac established in January 2016  as part of the Never Trump Movement’’

The Club For Growth is a self described ‘’leading conservative organization, focused on American economic issues, limited government and conservative public policies’’.

‘’Americans Against Trump -We are the first people in the country doing the most to keep Donald Trump away from the presidency or kick him out of the White House. Join the resistance against the worst president in American history.’’

‘’Never Trump Movement is an ongoing conservative moderate movement that opposes Trump, started by Never Trump Republicans, and offer prominent Republican conservatives as GOP nomination for president’’

The organization with the most detailed website is referred to as ‘’The Lincoln Project’’, those who are clearly in opposition to Trump, and his fascist policies. I have chosen to copy the whole website:

‘’WE HAVE SEEN THE BEST AND WORST OF AMERICAN POLITICS

‘’The Lincoln Project is dedicated to the preservation, protection and defence of democracy. Since our launch in December, 2019, The Lincoln Project has played a unique role in American politics. We entered the political arena with two stated objectives: first, to defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box in 2020 (Done) The second was to ensure Trumpism failed alongside him. We understand that the real fight against Trumpism is just beginning and we’re committed to seeing it through. Our democracy depends on it.

‘’Founded by former Republican strategists who understood the grave threat of Trumpism to our nation, the Lincoln Project team has expanded to include individuals from across the political spectrum. We are first and foremost: pro-democracy. 

‘’Why We Fight

‘’Our mission is to protect the American Republic from Donald Trump and those who identify (publicly or privately) as MAGA supporters. While we are optimistic about the future, we are not complacent. In 2020, it took an as hoc coalition to ensure Trump’s defeat. In 2022, we built a coalition across the political spectrum and again brought democracy some breathing room. We agree with Trump on only one thing: 2024 is a battle for America’s future.

‘’President Abraham Lincoln led the United States through the bloodiest, most divisive and most decisive period of our nation’s history. He fought, not because he wanted to, but because he knew the dual goals of preserving the Union and the end of slavery would be achieved only through armed conflict. At Gettysburg, he implored us not to forget those who had ‘their last full measure of devotion’ to preserving the American experiment. 

‘’Today, we find our nation divided again -faced with a growing authoritarian movement  populated by millions of radicalized voters, for whom this fight is existential as well as hyper -partisanship and Ultra -MAGA movements within the government itself. Donald Trump and those who ascribe to Trumpism are a clear and present danger to the Constitution and our Republic.

‘’This is why we fight.’’

This website is clearly passionate, devoted to the ‘’defence of democracy’’. They also see ‘’Trumpism’’ as an ‘’authoritarian movement’’, one which is ‘’a clear and present danger to the Constitution and our Republic’’. In fact, that which they refer to as ‘’Trumpism’’ is not authoritarian, but far more dangerous. It is fascism. 

As they are ‘’dedicated to the preservation, protection and defence of democracy’’, those of us who are on the ‘’Left’’, can unite with them, on that particular goal. After all, they have ‘’expanded to include individuals from across the political spectrum’’. That includes those who consider themselves to be socialists, democrats, social democrats and even Scientific Socialists, which is to say Marxists, Communists. Yet in order for us to work with them, we must be able to put forward our own beliefs. If that is not possible, then there is no basis for working together.

The ‘’common people’’, as the members of the working class refer to themselves, have to be made aware that this is indeed fascism, and not ‘’Trumpism’’, or  ‘’MAGA’’, or even ’’authoritarianism’’. It is the same Nazi belief that our parents and grandparents fought against, in WW2! Trump is not the problem! MAGA is not the problem! The problem is the ruling class of billionaires, the bourgeoisie, those who ‘’cannot rule in the old way’’! They have decided to ‘’change their method of rule’’! The ‘’new method of rule’’ is that of fascism! Trump is merely their figurehead!

As documented in a previous article, the billionaires have hired hundreds of loyal servants, in order to ‘’screen’’ thousands of people, with the goal of placing those people in key positions, within the- soon to be created- Trump administration. Fascists one and all!

The threat is both grave and urgent. Feel free to take Trump ‘’at his word’’, when he stated his intention to scrap the Constitution, ‘’at or before’’ the next federal election! He means it! Join both mainstream political parties! Both serve the same class! Do not make a gift of the Republican Party, to the billionaires! Work with all the organizations which oppose fascism! Regardless of how Right Wing they may be!

For those of us who are Scientific Socialists, we can add another slogan, to our banners and posters:

Death To All Fascists!