 |
| Which is the American Delusion? |
The other night Mr. Trump declared, “We are born free, and
we will stay free.”
I thought, well that’s the dream isn’t it? I mean, an
American dream. Or, perhaps, more accurately described as, “an American Delusion.”
Then, he went on, saying, “we renew our resolve that America
will never be a socialist country.”
The statement is a delusion because, by nearly every
measure, 99.9% of Americans are not beneficiaries of what has become, the
American predatory capitalistic system. Still, many believe that they are. That
is the delusion.
In his response to the State of the Union, Sen. Bernie Sanders,
clearly underscored why our capitalist system is not working for Americans:
“If we are serious
about transforming our country, if we are serious about rebuilding the middle
class, if we are serious about reinvigorating our democracy, let us bring
people together to take on and defeat a ruling class whose greed is destroying
our nation. The billionaire class cannot have it all. Our government belongs to
all of us, and not just the one percent.”
“Together, Let us
fight for economic, social, racial and environmental justice, not unbridled
greed.”
So, to Mr. Trump’s statement, “we renew our resolve that
America will never be a socialist country,” we must ask the most important
question:
Is it Democracy or Socialism, when we say: “… let us bring people together to take on and defeat a ruling class
whose greed is destroying our nation. The billionaire class cannot have it all.
Our government belongs to all of us, and not just the one percent.”?
Perhaps in the end it does not matter how it’s labeled.
It
only matters that we achieve a government that belongs to all of us.
Sen. Bernie Sanders Responds to the State of the Union
No comments:
Post a Comment