Either work well in capitalism.

They say time is money.  It’s also your life.

This morning on the morning news one heard that GOP entrepreneur Ramaswamy Vivek is throwing his Presidential-campaign hat into the ring.  He also expressed a plank in his platform that he wishes to strengthen American meritocracy.  This is interestingly similar to the expressions of NYS Democratic campaign promoter Basil Smikel that “we are a meritocracy”.

Before We The People sign on for any of meritocracy or oligarchy, we should consider the meaning and origins.   If we had more nearly open political debates, We The People could question what is meant by candidates before we hand them the keys to the Kingdom, so to speak.

https://moguldom.com/384864/what-is-the-meritorious-manumission-act-of-1710-how-america-developed-a-culture-of-snitchin-and-pro-establishment-negro-leadership/  —

Under the law, slaves could earn their freedom by performing “good deeds” that impressed their slave owners. Some Black activists say this law not only caused Black people to turn on one other but ultimately resulted in the creation of Black politicians who played along with the establishment instead of disrupting it. Some sources note that the law was passed in 1710, while other documents about the history of the government of Virginia say it was passed in 1782.–end of moguldom info–

https://abc7ny.com/vivek-ramaswamy-enters-gop-presidential-race/12862198/      –“To put America first, we need to rediscover what America is. That’s why I am running for president,” Ramaswamy wrote in a Wall Street Journal editorial. “I am launching not only a political campaign but a cultural movement to create a new American Dream-one that is not only about money but about the unapologetic pursuit of excellence.”

–end of abc7 info–

A governing system that caters to big-money campaign donors byway of Citizens United, is rife for deregulation.  Deregulation could work if the original system of Corporate Charter Revocation was in place.

Systems such as oligarchy and meritocracy encourage power to big-money interests, and this feels unhealthy for We The People and the planet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aYXGFN-qkA          —

Norfolk Southern IN CHARGE? Expert Worries Over East Palestine Testing for Cancer Causing Dioxins

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Blast from the past—-The above statuscoup guest speaks of Love Canal.  Some of us remember this fiasco, and are aware that little was learned by “Representatives of The People”.  —  https://www.geneseo.edu/history/love_canal_history        –Love Canal is an aborted canal project branching off of the Niagara River about four miles south of Niagara Falls.  It is also the name of a fifteen-acre, working-class neighborhood of around 800 single-family homes built directly adjacent to the canal.  From 1942 to 1953, the Hooker Chemical Company, with government sanction, began using the partially dug canal as a chemical waste dump.  At the end of this period, the contents of the canal consisted of around 21,000 tons of toxic chemicals, including at least twelve that are known carcinogens (halogenated organics, chlorobenzenes, and dioxin among them).  Hooker capped the 16-acre hazardous waste landfill in clay and sold the land to the Niagara Falls School Board, attempting to absolve itself of any future liability by including a warning in the property deed.   

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Meritocracy or oligarchy will logically struggle toward deregulation, and this can be a concern for nature and humanity.

Consider FTX and the new kid on the block which is SVB.  https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/23/03/31301740/short-seller-who-predicted-ftx-silvergate-capital-collapses-and-shorted-svb-financial-has-   —

“The media wants to make it a crypto story, but it’s not. This is a worldwide money laundering story through these two networks with a crypto wrapper.”

–end of benzinga info–

Some people have mentioned world-wide money-laundering scenarios as a topic for discussion.   And so goes “running government like a business”.

Wars feel like a money-laundering opportunity, could be a topic in an honest political debate.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-investment-summit-regulations-idUKKBN1392O1        –NEW YORK (Reuters) – Deregulation may not mean the death knell of Dodd-Frank, yet it may help lenders do more of what their name implies: lend.

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https://mailchi.mp/popularresistance/popular-resistance-daily-digest-rtiyu6re5a?e=1b0a9c0541  —

Six War Mongering Think Tanks And The Military Contractors That Fund Them

How Comrades Revealed The Existence Of Cointelpro

Indigenous Mexicans Risk Their Lives To Defend The Environment

Anti-Fascists Explain The Importance Of Anonymity In Demonstrations

Apache Stronghold Granted New Hearing On Copper MineAtlanta, GA: Elders Say Stop Cop City!

Bison Restoration To Be Led By Tribes

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIlJ7L-QPWM   —

Mexico Prez Calls US An Oligarchy

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****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!