Laws seem to be the impetus for maintaining and supporting a privileged class of people that in 2023 can be called oligarchs.  In a nation that pretends to equality and justice in the law, we all know it is better to be rich and guilty than poor and innocent in our justice system.

This morning on the local news, a man convicted of an offense that subjected him to the NYS mandate to register as a sex offender, was arrested because he failed to do so.

Will Trump be mandated to register as a sex offender in NYS?

Does Florida have a “don’t say sex offender” law?

Presumption of privilege for political reasons has increased threats from politicians to negate criminal findings in courts of law, based on personal prerogative.  (Prerogative which is based upon British law–a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.       Arising from the prerogative of the Crown (usually delegated to the government or the judiciary) and based in common law rather than statutory law.)     This illuminates the troubling meander of America back into the British feudal system from which the USA emerged with The Revolutionary War.

Is this the origin of the delusion as stated by Trump of a type of privilege owned by what may presume to be defined as rich white men?  Are we ready to tolerate this presumption in order to titillate the fantasies of rich white men?

But then there’s Clarence Thomas.  So this raises the specter of meritocracy.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/clarence-and-ginni-thomas/ —

As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, FRONTLINE tells the inside story of their path to power. This investigation from veteran filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team traces how race, power and controversy collide in the rise of the Supreme Court justice and his wife and how the couple has reshaped American law and politics.–end of frontline info–

And Ginni Thomas adds another layer of elite.

https://mronline.org/2023/05/11/clarence-thomas-reversed-position-after-gifts-and-family-payments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clarence-thomas-reversed-position-after-gifts-and-family-payments   —
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas changed his position on one of America’s most significant regulatory doctrines after his wife reportedly accepted secret payments from a shadowy conservative network pushing for the change. Thomas’ shift also came while he was receiving lavish gifts from a billionaire linked to other groups criticizing the same doctrine–which is now headed back to the high court.

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https://www.aol.com/news/army-sergeant-texas-gov-abbott-152524471.html      —

“In our legal system, a jury gets to decide whether a defendant is guilty or innocent — not the Governor,” Garza said in an April 9 statement.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcnW-ccp3PE    —

Marianne Williamson reacts to Karine Jean-Pierre mocking her 2024 candidacy

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A highly questionable system is being foisted onto other nations under a banner of “Western values”.  Ukraine seems caught between warring oligarchs, (not unlike the rest of us)  including those within their own borders, in the personal opinion of one person.  —  https://mronline.org/2023/05/11/ukraines-big-mistake/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ukraines-big-mistake            —In my view, the ultimate reasons for Ukraine’s catastrophe lie in the capitalist system itself, and especially, in the economic roles and functions that the “centre” of the developed capitalist world imposes on the system’s less-developed periphery.

Quite simply, for Ukraine to take the “capitalist road” was the wrong choice.

As a social layer, the oligarchy in both Ukraine and Russia has its origins in the Soviet society of the later perestroika period, from about 1988. In my view, the oligarchy arose from the fusion of three more or less distinct currents that by the final perestroika years had all managed to accumulate significant private capital hoards. These currents were senior executives of large state firms; well-placed state figures, including politicians, bureaucrats, judges, and prosecutors; and lastly, the criminal underworld, the mafia.

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Censorship is rife in the USA, along with info spread to foreign nations about the American Dream.  —  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY89a_zXi9s           —

Robert F Kennedy Jr: “We need a peaceful revolution”

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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!