Over the last several decades, and on the wave of Citizens United tyranny and greed, many politicians in the US Capitalist Party (Democratic/Republican duopoly) have passed laws that support trade agreements that are good for hierarchical commercial interests but not for We The People.  American jobs were sent overseas and products required by the US public are controlled by foreign interests.  One doesn’t understand the reason this isn’t the “government run like a business” that on a continuum becomes organized crime.
In desperation to cover their tracks, politicians have exchanged policy for racism and sexism in campaigns in order to control a deluded electorate.  Local small business is replaced by national chain retailers that retain workers at poverty wages.  Said poverty wages qualifies workers for government aid when it should be the responsibility of the employer to pay living wages and provide benefits to workers.  The shift of cost from the employer to the public seems fraudulent.  The poverty wages cuts down on income taxes and social security payments from workers’ paychecks that should support the government that is drained of resources in order to transfer the wealth of the nation from the 100% to the 1%.

https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/antitrust-enforcers-to-take-on-big?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyMTU0NTE0LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NDc0NDY5MCwiXyI6IitCcEYzIiwiaWF0IjoxNjM4NDYxODI2LCJleHAiOjE2Mzg0NjU0MjYsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMTUyNCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.xba-oxMEHRnp0u1yMUTXxs8H_OUp0J_9EDornbZTJe4        –In this issue, I actually have some good news about this dynamic. On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission launched the very first government investigation into the relationship between big businesses and shortages. Do big firms cause or manipulate supply disruptions? Do they profit from them? The Federal Trade Commission wants to know, and it sent some very serious demands for data. I’ll explain why the FTC’s actions matter, and how you can help.Finally, a quick announcement. My organization is hosting a discussion today between small business leaders, labor, and the White House’s anti-monopoly team at 3pm ET today. You can sign up here to join. Leaving the culture warring noise in the media aside, these are the kinds of events where real political economy policy gets discussed.—mattstoller info–
Desensitization of the public into accepting a 2nd-place status in our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic is promoted by our common-core style of education that indoctrinates students into compliance to capitalism rather than educating into ability to self-govern.  The ability to think is necessary for equality and freedom.https://portside.org/2021-12-01/neoliberal-view-inflation-convenient-capitalists-its-wrong-0   –Defining inflation is easy. Inflation is when prices go up. But explaining what causes inflation is incredibly hard. The gulf between the simplicity of its definition and the complexity of its causes is what allows neoliberals like Manchin to pin inflation on government spending — in essence, using the specter of higher consumer prices to enforce austerity and protect accumulated wealth at the working class’s expense.The basic idea put forward by neoliberals is that working-class people get scraps from their employers or the government for their own good, and that demanding anything more will just end up hurting them in the long run. In other words, the money tree of capitalism must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of workers and the poor.It makes sense if you believe that people exist to serve the needs of the market.——end of portside info–
What they do, not what they say—-https://portside.org/2021-12-01/surreal-biden-invites-venezuelan-coup-leader-juan-guaido-us-summit-democracy   –US. President Joe Biden was nearly the victim of a right-wing coup on January 6, but that didn’t stop him from inviting Venezuela’s right-wing coup leader Juan Guaidó to the United States’ so-called “Summit for Democracy“—a development that critics say illustrates the “cynical, hypocritical, and completely counter-productive” nature of the upcoming meeting.–end of portside info–

Again, what they do not what they say—-https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/01/scotus-considers-extinguishing-right-abortion-calls-mount-congress-step?utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email  –“Despite the protections that the legal framework like Roe provides, it has never been enough,” said one doctor. “We continue to work toward reproductive justice.”–end of commondreams info–
Misogyny is long standing.  This is a reason one is unapologetic in defending rights of women, especially during the 2020 Presidential Primary in which the Democratic Establishment campaign strategists loudly used women as a message to gather Democratic Base voters.  And yet today in a slick turn around, we hear that the rights of Democratic Base women will be the most harmed by, for instance, the undermining of a woman’s right to Choice.  Bait-and-Switch is about politics, not about policy.
Which message is more enraging?  Is it the US Capitalist Party mantra that “we need to get women back to work”, or that women are so vague as to be unable to control their own bodies?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCjx2ZBcXw4   –Jack Dorsey has resigned as CEO of Twitter – the platform that was intended as a tool for democracy but became the opposite. How did this happen and what does the future look like for censorship over social media?

We have much work to do. 

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