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Concerning Elon Musk and the ‘’America Party’’

Gerald Mcisaac

The former Speaker of the House, and highly respected Member of Congress, Nancy Pelosi, recently announced that, ‘’Hell must have frozen over’’. The reason she said this, is because she has always maintained that, ‘’Hell would freeze over, before she agreed with Elon Musk’’. Yet now she agrees with Elon Musk!

In fact, Elon Musk has now publicly opposed the ‘’Big Beautiful Bill’’, as Donald Trump refers to it, which he has recently signed into law. By taking such a stand, he has joined the ranks of all Members of the Democratic Party, within the Senate and the House of Representatives, in the capital of Washington, DC.

In fact, this was not nearly as unexpected as it first appeared. The American ruling class, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, are deeply divided. They are certainly determined to maintain their rule, but disagree on the precise method to be used. Trump has decided to cut taxes on the members of his class of multi billionaires, while at the same time, cutting social programs, including medical and food assistance, for those who need it most, the members of the working class, the proletariat.

By contrast, Elon Musk is opposed to this bill, not because it would serve to further impoverish the working class, but because it would dramatically increase the national debt, to the point that it could not be sustained! The cuts to the social programs do not go far enough!

This in no way changes the fact that his opposition to this bill, places him in agreement, or ‘’alliance’’, with the members of the Democratic Party. Temporarily, of course, and strictly on this one particular issue. 

Remarkably enough, this strange alliance is not as unusual as it first appears. In fact, it came about as a natural result of that which was predicted by Marx and Engels, in the Communist Manifesto. As they stated, this comes about when the ‘’class struggle nears the decisive hour’’, as a result of the ‘’process of dissolution going on within the ruling class, in fact within the whole range of old society, assumes such a violent, glaring character…’’.  

It is clear that the American ruling class is currently going through a ‘’process of dissolution’’, so that the class struggle is ‘’nearing the decisive hour’’. 

That same Manifesto tells us what to expect: ‘’A small section of the ruling class cuts itself adrift, and joins the revolutionary class, the class that holds the future in its hands….a portion of the bourgeoisie goes over to the proletariat, and in particular, a portion of the bourgeois ideologists, who have raised themselves to the level of comprehending theoretically, the historical movement as a whole’’. 

This is not to suggest that Elon Musk is about to ‘’raise himself’’, to the level of ‘’comprehending theoretically’’, the ‘’historical movement as a whole’’. That would result in Musk becoming a true Marxist! A Communist! Not about to happen! 

Yet Elon Musk is not entirely stupid! In fact, we can learn from Musk! He noticed that the bill passed both Houses of Congress by the narrowest of margins. He is determined to abolish the Two Party System, which he refers to as the ‘’One Party System’’, by starting a third party, an ‘’America Party’’. 

Musk claims that we live under a ‘’one party system’’, ‘’not a democracy’’, and that the two parties, Democratic and Republican, are ‘’two sides of the same coin’’. In this, he is  absolutely correct!

The political platform, or ‘’agenda’’ of this new America Party, includes promises of ‘’Freedom, fiscal discipline, tech friendly immigration, government efficiency, free speech protection online, and military modernization’’. 

Such an agenda is supremely vague! Deliberately so! No one knows precisely what that means! 

The only definite detail, is the fact that Musk plans to support numerous candidates, for the offices of the House of Representatives, as well as the Senate, in the forthcoming midterm elections, in 2026. All such candidates will run on behalf of the America Party. He is convinced that, even if as few as ‘’eight or ten’’ candidates are able to win election to the House, as well as ‘’two or three Senate seats’’, then that will give the America Party the ‘’balance of power’’. Once again, he is absolutely correct!

It is entirely possible that Musk has learned something from the Marxists! Not that he is about to admit this, but we cannot entirely dismiss the possibility.

Yet as Musk mentioned his intention, of having members of his America Party, run for political offices in Washington, that is most important, and calls for a little explanation. 

It was Lenin who stressed the importance of taking part in ‘’bourgeois democratic parliaments’’, otherwise known as Congresses. As he stated, in Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder: 

‘’Participation in parliamentary elections and in the struggle on the parliamentary rostrum is obligatory on the party of the revolutionary proletariat, specifically for the purpose of educating the backward strata of its own class, and for the purpose of awakening and enlightening the undeveloped, downtrodden and ignorant rural masses. While you lack the strength to do away with bourgeois parliaments and every other type of reactionary institution, you must work within them because it is there that you will still find workers who are duped by the priests and stultified by the conditions of rural life; otherwise you risk turning into nothing but a windbag….The conclusion which follows from this is absolutely incontrovertible: It has been proven that, far from causing harm to the revolutionary proletariat, participation in a bourgeois- democratic parliament, even  a few weeks before the victory of a Soviet republic, and even after such a victory, actually helps that proletariat to prove to the backward masses why such parliaments deserve to be done away with; it facilitates their successful dissolution and helps to make bourgeois parliamentarianism ‘politically obsolete’’’.  (italics by Lenin)

It is entirely possible, even likely, that a considerable number of working people will be attracted to this proposed America Party. The reason I say this, is because of their deep discontent, towards the two mainstream political parties. Most of the working people who are anticipated to join, or at least to vote, for the America Party, will do so out of a sense of frustration, of voting against the other two parties, rather than of approval of the political program of the American Party. After all, no one can really make any sense of that program!

As well, there is no true Communist Party, one which calls for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, the one and only alternative to the bourgeois parties. As no alternative is being offered, we can expect countless workers to go with something that is at least different.

Yet it is the democratic right of all Americans, to create a separate political party. For that reason, it is up to us to support Elon Musk, in his attempts to create the America Party. The working people who join that Party will soon realize that all mainstream parties serve the same class, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. This will serve to raise their level of awareness.

At the same time, it is very likely that Elon Musk is under estimating the potential of such an America Party. Countless registered voters, of both mainstream political parties, will likely vote for the America Party, not because they agree with their policies, but more as a form of protest against the other two parties. Rather than win a handful of seats, within the House and Senate, they could potentially win a great deal. Possibly a majority!

Further, a candidate of the America Party could conceivably become President! And soon! There is no need to wait for the 2028 presidential election! This could happen almost immediately!

This is not meant as a joke. There is a very real possibility that Elon Musk could soon replace Donald Trump as President! As he is a bright fellow, he may decide to hire a team of attorneys, experts in Constitutional law, and order them to challenge the 2024 presidential election, in a court of law, on the grounds that it violated the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution. 

That Amendment lays out the procedure to be followed in all federal elections. It is up to the Electors, and only the Electors, who are appointed by the states, and only by the states, to vote for the individuals of their choice, for the offices of President and Vice President.

This fact is well known to all experts on Constitutional law. As this procedure was not followed, in the 2024 federal election, it follows that Trump is a fraudulent President, and Pence is a fraudulent Vice President! A challenge, to that federal election, could result in a decision, by the Supreme Court, to that effect! This could result in the removal from office, of both Trump and Pence! 

This would have the effect of clearing the way for the office of President, for a candidate of the America Party! What better candidate than Elon Musk?

No doubt, most scholars disagree. They would argue that Elon Musk was not born in America, so that, by Constitutional law, he is not qualified to become president. True! That is a fact. Yet it is also a fact that there are legal experts who can be counted upon to find a legal loophole! Especially if a little ‘’palm greasing’’ is involved! All it takes is money!

For those who are not aware, I should point out that Elon Musk has no shortage of money. Money may not ‘’buy happiness’’, but it certainly buys everything else. That includes the presidency. Bear in mind that the votes of a mere 270 Electors, are required to become President. That is well within the ‘’financial means’’, of a man of his great wealth!

As for those who object that it cannot possibly be that simple and easy, to remove both Trump and Pence from office, may I respond that perhaps such souls have not read the Twelfth Amendment.

Further objections may be made, that the current ‘’Two Party System’’ has been in place, since the days of the Civil War. This also is true. Which is not to say that it is legal! As countless middle class intellectuals are well aware!

Those same middle class intellectuals are equally well aware, that a Supreme Court decision, to the effect that the 2024 federal election was fraudulent, could result in all federal elections, since the days of the Civil War, being declared fraudulent! For that reason, they remain silent, out of a sense of patriotism. 

By contrast, Elon Musk has every reason to be vocal, and no reason to feel patriotic. After all, Donald Trump is threatening to deport him! One good turn deserves another! Better to ‘’get even’’, than to ‘’get mad’’! What better way to ‘’get even’’ than by removing Trump from office, and taking over that same office? Once installed in office, as President, he in turn, could threaten to deport the wife of Trump!

Now to return to the statement of Nancy Pelosi, in which she agrees with Elon Musk, in his opposition to the budget bill of Trump. She should also agree that he has the right to form a new political party, as it is his democratic right. All Leftist people should support Elon Musk, on this one issue, as we fight for democracy as well as socialism.

This creation, of the America Party, is bound to attract the attention, of almost all members of the working class. Many of those workers will also join, or at least vote, for candidates of that new party. In the process, they will learn, from their own experience, that this new party is no different from the other two mainstream political parties. All of those political parties serve the same ruling class of multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. Those monopoly capitalists are in charge, and fully intend to remain in charge.

In this way, they will come to realize that the Scientific Socialists are correct. The one and only alternative to capitalism, is in fact, Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

At the same time, for our part, we can do our best to support Senator Sanders, as well as the ‘’Members of the Squad’’, in the House of Representatives. They are honest people of principle, leaders of the working class, and deserve our support. 

In conclusion, we can state that our goal is to raise the level of awareness of all members of the working class, the proletariat, including those who are much less advanced. This involves respecting their personal beliefs, as well as avoiding the use of such words as ‘’backward’’, as they may consider this to mean that we are calling them ‘’stupid’’. 

With that in mind, may I also recommend publishing some very popular literature for such workers, complete with references to sports metaphors. At the same time, avoid the use of vulgarity, as such garbage is all too common in the revolutionary movement. 

Allow me to stress the fact, that our support for Elon Musk is limited only to his attempts to defend the democratic republic. This includes his attempt to form a third party, an America Party. As well, it could include any attempt to force a ruling, by the Supreme Court, concerning the Twelfth Amendment. This we can only welcome!

At the same time, we must redouble our efforts to expose the completely reactionary nature of the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. 

The level of awareness of the proletariat must be raised. The most advanced workers must be raised to the level of ‘’conscious people’’, true Communists, those who call for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. That is the duty of middle class intellectuals, those who are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin.

As I have gone into this, in considerable detail, in previous articles, there is no need to repeat it here. 

Bear in mind that the bourgeoisie have decided to wipe out the middle class. All businesses but five are ‘’Too Small To Succeed’’! Middle class intellectuals have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. After the revolution, after we establish a state of Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, then the services of those people will be in demand. And rest assured, they will be paid accordingly. 

We will know that we are getting our message across, that the level of awareness of the proletariat is rising, when the posters and signs contain such slogans as:

Workers of the World, Unite!

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Peace! Democracy! Socialism!

Scientific Socialism!

Project 2025 Going Into Effect

Gerald Mcisaac

As I write this, it is now late February, and true to his word, Trump has wasted no time in implementing his completely reactionary agenda, that of Project 2025. He is being assisted in this less than noble objective, by his ‘’Lord and Master’’, Elon Musk. It is Musk who pulls the strings, and Trump ‘’dances to his tune’’. It is safe to say that Trump is the finest Stooge, since Curly Howard!

The federal agencies in Washington, continue to be devastated by the ‘’Trump-Musk purges’’. The military has been hard hit lately, with the firings of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, along with several other high ranking generals, as well as all three JAG commanders. 

JAG stands for Judge Advocate General, and they are the ‘’top lawyers’’ for the Army, Navy and Air Force. Their main duty is to advise the military officials, concerning the legalities of ‘’military actions’’. As far as Trump is concerned, it is really quite simple: If he gives the order, it is legal, and must be carried out! 

Yet the opposition to the ‘’Trump-Musk coalition’’, as well as the ‘’Oligarchy’’, is growing, becoming stronger daily. The working people are looking for leaders, and Bernie Sanders, the ‘’Independent Senator from Vermont’’, the self described ‘’Independent Socialist’’, is ‘’rising to the occasion’’.

In an address to Congress, posted on the internet, under the title, ‘’No God Kings Will Rule In America’’, Sanders gave a remarkable speech. As it is so important, I have chosen to reproduce it here:

‘’Future generations will look back at this moment, what we do right now, and remember whether we had the courage to defend our democracy, against the growing threats of Oligarchy, and authoritarianism. Elon Musk, the wealthiest man on the planet, is attempting to dismantle major agencies of the federal government, which are designed to protect the needs of working families and the disadvantaged.

‘’These agencies were created by the US Congress. and it is Congress’s responsibility to maintain them, to reform them, or to end them. It is not Mr. Musk’s responsibility. They will remember whether we stood with President Abraham Lincoln, at Gettysburg, who in 1863, looking out over a battle field where thousands of people had died…in the fight against slavery, and he stated that, ’this nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that a government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth’.

‘’Do we stand with Lincoln’s vision of America, or do we sit idly by and allow this country to move into a new vision, and that is a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class, for the billionaire class… 

‘’But it is not just Oligarchy that we should be concerned about. Not just the reality that today, three people own more wealth than the bottom half of American society. A hundred and seventy million. Three people have more wealth than the bottom 170 million. It is not just that the gap between the very very rich and everyone else is growing wider ….more income and wealth inequity today than we have ever had …We are moving under Trump towards authoritarianism. More and more power resting in fewer and fewer hands…

‘’Elon Musk, the wealthiest man on the planet, is attempting to dismantle major agencies, of the federal government, which are designed to protect the needs of working families and the disadvantaged. These agencies were created by the US Congress, and it is Congress’s responsibility to maintain them, to reform them or to end them. It is not Mr. Musk’s responsibility. What Mr. Musk is doing is patently illegal, and Unconstitutional and must be ended. …

‘’President Trump attempted to suspend all federal grants and loans, an outrageous and clearly Unconstitutional act… under the Constitution…the President can recommend legislation, he can support legislation, he can veto legislation, but he does not have the power to unilaterally terminate funding passed by the Congress…

‘’It is Congress, the House and the Senate, who control the purse strings, but in this move towards authoritarianism, it is not just the Congress that is being attacked, it is our judiciary…

‘’The Vice President…. said that ‘judges are not allowed to control the executives legitimate power’. …One of the major functions of the federal courts, is to interpret our Constitution, and when appropriate, serve as a check on the Unconstitutional power of the executive. …

‘’Mr. Musk meanwhile, has proposed, ‘that the worst one percent of appointed judges, be fired every year’, and he demanded the impeachment of judges that have blocked him from accessing sensitive Treasury Department files. No doubt, under Mr Musk’s rule, it will be him and his billionaire friends who determine who the worst judges are….you do not impeach judges who rule against you here in the US…

‘’Under the Constitution, we have a separation of powers, brilliantly crafted by the founding fathers of this country, in the 1770’s….an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judiciary …Mr. Trump and his friends are not just trying to undermine two of the three pillars of our Constitutional government, the Congress and the courts, they are also going after the media. …cannot have a functioning democracy, …without an independent press. …’’ 

(This was followed by a list of major media news outlets which Trump has recently sued, using the power of his presidential office)

‘’The President, using his incredible power and the power of his agencies, to go after media in this country, who are saying and doing things he doesn’t like. …Time to ask a simple question….What do Mr Trump and Mr Musk and their fellow billionaires, really want? …their endgame? their goal?…It is exactly what ruling classes through out history, have always wanted, and have always believed to be their right ..more power for themselves, more control for themselves, more wealth …they are determined to not allow democracy, and the rule of law to get in their way …the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, the dreams, of ordinary people are simply an impediment, to what they the Oligarchs are entitled to. They actually believe this!’’ 

(Sanders then went on to explain that, before the American Revolution of 1776, the ruling class of British nobility, believed that they had the ‘’divine right of kings, appointed by God, not to be questioned by mere mortals’’ ) 

‘’Now we have an ideology…that a very wealthy group of people …their absolute right to rule …Oligarchs of today are our modern day kings … their greed has no end’’ 

(Sanders then listed the three richest men in the country, each of whom is worth several hundred billion dollars. It is clearly his opinion that these three multi billionaires form that which he refers to as the ‘’Oligarchy’’. He also maintains that their wealth is equivalent to the ‘’bottom half of American society, that of one hundred seventy million people’’. He went on to state that their wealth has soared dramatically, since the November election of Trump)

‘’Meanwhile, 60 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 85 Million are uninsured for medical, 25 percent of seniors are trying to survive on 15 thousand a year or less, 800 thousand are homeless, and we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth, and real inflation adjusted wages for the average American worker has not gone up in fifty years.’’

In my opinion, Sanders has ‘’hit the nail right on the head’’! He has provided us with a detailed, accurate description of the current situation in America. It is not a pretty sight!

As a result of this rather ‘’grim situation’’, a ‘’mass movement’’ has taken place, or a ‘’grass roots, popular uprising’’, to phrase it in popular terms. The people taking part in this movement, are looking to Sanders for leadership. They want him to tell them what to do. This is documented quite well, in a video titled, ‘’Massive Crowds Show Up For Bernie Sanders In Trump States’’.

At the start of the video, the narrator points out that a great many Americans are feeling ‘’aimless’’, somewhat ‘’frustrated  with the Trump administration’’, and the ‘’Democratic Party is not doing a whole lot to fight back against it’’. 

That is putting it most politely! In fact, the Democratic Party is clearly ‘’in cahoots’’ with the Republican Party! Both Parties serve the same class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. As the class of monopoly capitalists has determined to change their method of rule, from that of a democratic republic, to that of an Oligarchy, both mainstream political parties have determined to submit, to the will of their political masters. This despite the fact that the Oligarchy plans to abolish both mainstream political parties! Both Republican and Democratic Parties, are now ‘’falling on their swords’’! Sacrificing themselves, out of love for the monopoly capitalists!

The narrator then went on to point out the fact that there is no election campaign, yet a great many people are showing up, for the Sanders ‘’Fight the Oligarchy Tour’’. As Sanders phrases it, on his posters, ‘’Together we must say NO to oligarchy, NO to authoritarianism, NO to massive cuts in Medicaid and NO to huge tax breaks to billionaires’’. 

An excellent idea! But just how do we achieve those most noble objectives?

As Sanders stated, in one of his town hall meetings, ‘’Trumpism will not be defeated by politicians inside the DC Beltway. That is not going to happen. It will be defeated by millions of Americans ….all over this country, who come together, at a grass roots level…in a movement that says no to Oligarchy, no to authoritarianism, no to kleptocracy, no massive cuts to programs, that the working class desperately needs, and no to huge tax breaks for the billionaires and the one percent.’’

Sanders certainly has a point there! He sounds very much like a Scientific Socialist! A true Marxist! A Communist! Yet with his next statement, he reverted to his true, middle class, Utopian Socialism, nature. 

The course of action, recommended by Sanders? That the voters, within Congressional Districts controlled by Republican Members of Congress, apply pressure, to their Member of Congress, to vote against these tax breaks! 

As if that is about to do a world of good! Both mainstream political parties have resigned themselves to their fate, to that of being abolished, as the Oligarchy takes power. So no Member of Congress can be threatened with removal from office, as that office is about to be abolished! An empty threat!

Senator Bernie Sanders is a very intelligent man. He is a highly respected leader of the working people, a Member of the Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, and well aware of the plan, of the Oligarchs, to abolish the democratic republic. As he stated, the Oligarchs are not about to ‘’allow the rule of law to get in their way’’. He even compared them to the monarchs of yesteryear, including the British nobility, which formerly ruled the American colonies. Absolutely correct!

Yet in order to stop the Oligarchy, Sanders is suggesting a strictly legal, non violent course of action. As if that is about to impress the Oligarchy! As far as they are concerned, laws are made to be broken!

The proper approach, is to combine legal and illegal action, while not ruling out violence. As well as the legal action, recommended by Sanders, may I suggest a legal challenge to the 2024 Presidential election, on the grounds that it was Unconstitutional, in direct violation of the Twelfth Amendment. A Supreme Court ruling, to that effect, would remove both Trump and Vance from office. 

At the same time, on the ‘’illegal front’’, so to speak, preparations must be intensified, for the approaching Insurrection. The Oligarchy is determined to seize power, is in the process of seizing power, with no regard for legalities, as they think that they have the ‘’divine right to rule’’! A mere Supreme Court decision is not about to impress them!

With that in mind, may I suggest further training, arming and equipping of Councils, as I have outlined in previous articles. In secret, of course, as far as possible. Part of that training may involve the study of the key works of Marxism, such as the Communist Manifesto, State and Revolution, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, What Is To Be Done?, and Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder.

In conclusion, we can say that the monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, have decided to change their method of rule, from that of a democratic republic, to a straight forward dictatorship, in the form of an Oligarchy. This involves abolishing the legislative and judicial branches of government, which is to say, both the Senate and House of  Representatives, as well as all courts. Further, both mainstream political parties have agreed to this. They are surrendering their power to the Oligarchy.

The common people, by whom I mean the workers and family farmers, must be made aware of this. They must be encouraged to become politically active, as experience is such a fine teacher. Take the advice of Sanders, all of which is perfectly legal, and see what happens. No change!

At the same time, consider the revolutionary works of Marx and Lenin. These are readily available on the internet, even in audio form. This is to drive home the fact that the existing state apparatus must be smashed, at the time of the Insurrection, and replaced with a new state apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, in order to crush the multi billionaires. Rest assured, after the successful socialist revolution, they will make every effort to return to power. 

The future lies with Scientific Socialism, in the form of Councils, exercising power through the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Now the common people have to be made aware of this.

Gerald McIsaac