Some people recognize Trump for the deflection that has been his use by the Democratic/Republican duopoly.  Meanwhile the real issues that impact the lives of the public go unaddressed.

https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1608936224496156673    –When it comes to tax avoidance, Trump is not alone. Federal income taxes paid in 2020: Nike: $0 FedEx: $0 HP: $0 Salesforce: $0 Dish Network: $0 Charter Communications: $0 Duke Energy: $0 Yes. Dr. King was right. We have socialism for the rich, rugged capitalism for the rest.

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Why can the Military-Industrial Complex receive the security of socialism while the public does not?

What can there be from which to deflect?  —  https://popularresistance.org/evidence-of-us-backed-coup-in-kiev/            –NewsGuard does not consider how such events would be seen in the United States if a senior Russian foreign ministry official, two leading Russian lawmakers and Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. appeared on stage with a far-right American leader to address a crowd on the Washington Mall seeking to oust an elected U.S. president. If that president were overthrown violently, would Americans think it was a Russian-backed coup?

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From Status Coup  —  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHYHrL4iz0A                —

BlackRock to “Rebuild” Ukraine – What Can Go Wrong?

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One hear’s the mission of the IMF is to encourage debt in struggling nations that seems to “hook in to a debt arrangement”, using the phrase of the speaker.  This feels similar to the extraordinary “hook” of student debt in the USA, carried by youngsters, for degrees of indoctrination into capitalism, that seems to signify teaching what to think rather than how to think.

Deflection is useful to advance this mission.

C-Span included a conversation about post-traumatic stress syndrome as applicable to service people.  https://www.c-span.org/video/?525074-3/washington-journal-jason-kander-discusses-book-invisible-storm        –DECEMBER 31, 2022  | PART OF WASHINGTON JOURNAL 12/31/2022

Washington Journal

Jason Kander on His Book “Invisible Storm”

Former Democratic party rising star and Afghanistan war veteran Jason Kander discussed his book “Invisible Storm: A Soldier’s Memoir of Politics and PTSD.”

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The topic of mental health in the USA is timely.  Jason Kander brings up the unique stressors on service people.  We may wish to compare the profiteering by The Military-Industrial Complex in general with the treatment of service people.  That we fail to compare the status of these 2 partners in military raises questions and suggests use of deflection.

Another comparison that would be of interest is to compare the utility failures for the Ukrainian general public with the utility failures for the general public in the USA.  Possibly such a comparison would indicate that the power grid failures for Ukrainians is more than the grid failures for the US public, but possibly not.  Either way, the infrastructure of the US should be a priority to the US government, and it is not.

Erratic mental health that has been raised as a concern in the USA, suggests the question of whether this is a symptom or cause for the lack of a comprehensive 1-payer public health care system.

Deflection may be a reason this question hasn’t been answered or asked.

****As one who would be perfectly contented to retain the Senate if they adhered to Oaths of Office more than to Citizens United campaign donations, one is interested in a topic raised as to the reason we maintain the US Senate—-

 This is a reminder of how much we don’t know.  This brings one around to Howie Hawkins, who continues to impress with original thought.  We also could acknowledge Hawkins often speaks to censored information.
One such topic about which one would never have even considered, is whether the USA needs The Senate.  Apparently The Senate is little other than expensive window dressing, promoting hierarchical interests, and too often placed in positions of power by big-money via Citizens United.  But the public gets to fund this curiosity of pompous supremacy.  Who knew?
The Democratic Branch of the Republican/Democratic Duopoly are especially functional in voter suppression—–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbdkuU1edw          —#GreenSocialist Notes #76
Howie Hawkins brings up the concept of whether the USA needs the Senate.  Apparently according to some people, the Senate isn’t necessary.  This brings up the blockage from the Senate of many bills that would benefit We The People.  Combined with Citizens United that promotes big-money interest choice of Senators, in which laws are passed that benefit big-money interest rather than We The People, and that We The People support economically, the members of the Senate, this seems a good topic for discussion.
The US Constitution doesn’t seem to sanction elections run by political Parties, and to permit control of political debates by political Parties seems equally corrupt.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7kn2-GEmM       —

Ross Perot in 1992 on NAFTA and the “Giant Sucking Sound”

Centralization is the lifeblood of the R&D duopoly.  It’s the way to enforce capitalism onto workers in 2022.———————–We can do better———-

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. 
*******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters.
    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!