American politicians and Establishment refer ad infinitum to foreign-nation Communist Parties from an ivory tower of a Capitalist Party.  If the public can’t see the forest for the trees, elections will continue to be theater.  The electorate enjoys the right of expecting more from our leaders.

C-Span was precious this morning as a lesson in deflection—https://www.c-span.org/video/?515232-4/washington-journal-jacob-stokes-discusses-us-china-tensions    —

• 8:52AM EDT
  Washington Journal: Jacob Stokes Discusses U.S.-China Tensions

–end of c-span info–9:20AM–caller–paraphrase—Spoke to the similarity between state-run news outlets comparing the USA to China.  Spoke to the impact of the Patriot Act following 9/11 to censor and crack down on the US public.  guest–paraphrase–response–Ignored the core of the statement from the caller at 9:20AM to ‘splain how the USA is attempting to enforce human rights concepts in China.
The hour-long discussion with guest Jacob Stokes was a laundry list of such deflection.  Enablers may be a significant detriment to principles of a democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  
This raises the interesting topic of equal rights in the USA.  For instances, the FACT that the Equal Rights Amendment has not been acted upon.
As go the rights of women so goes human rights.
https://mailchi.mp/604e66c94435/era-in-the-news-may-8-4968806?e=9fd5b10b7d       —Oct. 2Abortion rights backers demonstrate across South Florida, state, Yahoo!news
Oct. 3Alyssa Milano slams ‘abusers’ on Supreme Court: ‘most dangerous time to be a woman in America’, Yahoo!news
Oct. 6An American Feminist, Honored by France, Carries On a Tireless Global Fight for Women’s Rights, PassBlue–end of ERA info–
Native tradition seems a living enactment of democratic action (small d) in the face of the exploitation promoted by the Capitalist Party of the USA consisting of the Democratic/Republican duopoly—
Water protectors continue to stand against exploitation by our capitalistic hierarchical Establishment governance—-https://popularresistance.org/minnesota-attorney-general-keith-ellison-speech-disrupted-by-water-protectors/       –Jaike Spotted Wolf mentioned that tribal attorney Frank Bibeau has recently filed a federal lawsuit against the DNR for “unilaterally taking 5 billion gallons of water and giving it to Enbridge Line 3.“The White Earth Band of Ojibwe’s main source of food is manoomin (wild rice), which grows on top of a main water source. The pipeline passes through more than 200 bodies of water and wetlands in Northern Minnesota, which risks contaminating the water that they draw nutrients from.–end of popularresistance info–
https://portside.org/2021-10-09/three-ways-cut-1-trillion-pentagon  –“Pentagon cuts are eminently doable, but corporate interests and poor leadership have prevented us from making even the most obvious cuts,” said Koshgarian. “After twenty years of war, it’s time to reexamine our security priorities and stop writing blank checks for the Pentagon and its contractors.”–end of portside info–

The stark mishandling and negligent abuse of the wealth of the USA can be addressed.  Amidst the ongoing discussion about cutting back programs for the public, any discussion is lacking about funding for The Military-Industrial Complex.   A reason for this censorship of valid comparisons of expenditure is ongoing systems of “running government like a business” rather than upholding principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Your so-called Representative should be asked and an answer expected of her/his plan to consider and uphold, for example, The Preamble to the US Constitution.
Apparently some of our Representatives of The People haven’t been exposed to principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic—-“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America…–end of the Preamble to the US Constitution—-
We find little to nothing in the US Constitution about rebuilding the economies of foreign nations or acting as the police for the world.  These are actions that promote the interests of the American oligarchy and imperialism.  In FACT, we find nothing about a local-community police department.
What is one to make of a US Constitution that didn’t give to women equal rights while setting up the system, as suggested in The Preamble, for a societal foundation that supports local communities.  What is one to make of a system in 2021 that gives to women the right to vote while promoting a capitalistic hierarchical system that undermines and drains local communities?
Ruminate on the diabolical for-profit system Americans call healthcare.  Health care should be a positive system for people rather than a system that throws families into bankruptcy and that profits when people are sick.   https://nationalsinglepayer.com/         —

Mission Statement

To achieve national, single payer, universal, comprehensive, affordable, accountable, accessible, gender-affirming, high-quality, dignified, transparent, and equitable, non-discriminatory health care for all individuals residing in the US regardless of sex, age, creed, race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, disability, geographic location, income, or employment status. –end of national one payer info–

The American Capitalist Party consisting of the R&D duopoly reject a national health care system in order to promote a for-profit, middleman enriching health industry.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/08/why-did-the-democrats-take-single-payer-off-the-table-an-interview-with-dr-anne-scheetz/      –“To speak of hope in the face of despair that many people are facing as they lose their jobs, as health care eats up their disposable income, threatens even their ability to eat or feed their families or to keep their housing. Under no circumstances do we abandon solidarity. It must include every single person in this country. Building solidarity is the most important thing we can do. We are all in this together. And that’s the only way we can overcome the corporate control of our lives.”–end of counterpunch info–

Remember this is not a news report but is opinion developed from many sources, some of which are included for clarity, transparency and rebuttal and is the Free Speech that shares ideas.We deserve better.      https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-refuses-help-perpetrate-fraud–LEAGUE REFUSES TO “HELP PERPETRATE A FRAUD”

WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FROM FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE–end of lwv info–Murray Bookchin, who founded social ecology, a theory that strongly influenced early Green Socialist thought, strongly advocated the discussion and study group as the first step of any revolutionary movement. A group of individuals meets to expand their knowledge of radical thought and form a radical intellectual community; through the give and take of discussion, can eventually form ideas for next steps in organizing and political activity. According to Bookchin, study groups help create solidarity and a shared language — with a shared coherent vision — for building a mass, organizing, political movement!
Along with Climate Change, many people oppose the imperialism of the USA under control of the Republican/Democratic duopoly.  Use of the wealth of our nation should be to enhance quality of life for We The People rather than for imperialism.  Some people vote accordingly.I———————–That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM.  In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican.  The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.  

Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped.  The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show.  Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored.  (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control).  The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression.  Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote”
If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. 
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