Capitalism thrives in India as arrogantly as it does in the USA, along with Establishment assertions that both are democracies, but where both are controlled by a collaboration between commercial interests and government politicians and bureaucrats in a fashion that feels exposed to fascism.  The result is a system in which hierarchical authority grows and the wealth of the nation transfer from the 100% to the 1% in a way that isn’t similar to democratic (small d).

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/12/06/interpreting-india-at-the-summit-for-democracy/   –As the world’s largest democracy, with 1.4 billion people, India is an indispensable actor for democratic cooperation, especially beyond the West. For the Indian government, the future of democracy is being played out in Asia and Africa, where states are experimenting with competing governance models amidst China’s growing autocratic influence. More than a moral issue, India sees democracy as a factor that can facilitate convergence with fellow democracies towards a free and open Indo-Pacific.–end of brookings info–

https://countercurrents.org/2022/02/hindus-for-human-rights-to-lobby-us-government-against-hindutva-hate-campaign-against-muslims/    –In a forceful and passionate interview, where both her anger and anguish are clearly visible, the Executive Director of Hindus for Human Rights, a US-based civil society organisation, says that her organization will “certainly intensify and escalate” efforts to lobby the US Congress and Biden Administration to speak out against Hindutva and India’s treatment of minorities and muslims in particular. Sunita Viswanath says the Modi government stands for “a fascist India” and added that it’s important for Hindus to combat Hindutva. “The majority community must wake up”, she said. “The fact Hindus are silent is alarming and dangerous … if Hindus don’t participate, it’s impossible to fight Hindutva.”–end of countercurrents info–
Reference to the USA as a democracy attracts the opinion from some that we are not a democracy but we are a Constitutional republic, and then said views inform us that we are a capitalist system.  Indeed we are not, if we are to recall the Preamble to the US Constitution—-“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 preamble—-
We could do away with labels if we simply respected the US Constitution over personal interest.  Remembering that ideas for our US Constitution originated with the Haudenosaunee, we could also embrace their governance style more closely.  Democracy wasn’t a working portion of Haudenosaunee in documentation or words, but seem to be similar in function.https://daily.jstor.org/the-native-american-roots-of-the-u-s-constitution/     –The governments of eastern North America that the Founders were most familiar with were confederacies of tribal nations, including the powerful Iroquois Confederacy in upstate New York. The Iroquois, Shawnee, Cherokee, and other political formations generally separated military and civil leadership, guarded certain personal freedoms including freedom of religion, and included somewhat democratic policies for referendums, vetoes and recalls. (Most also gave women a large role in government, something that wouldn’t make its way into the US Constitution for more than a century.)–dailyjstor info–
Discussing government with a fellow financial guy, I mentioned the role of women in Indigenous government and received the reply, “they got chiefs, don’t they”, at which point I gave up.  That was probably in 1995 or so; in 2022 one doesn’t succumb so easily.
As heard on a Bill Moyers discussion, governments don’t do democracy, people do.  It seems The Founders were wandering down that road.  And in the same vein, people don’t do fascism, governments do.  The US is veering toward fascism in the view of some people, and especially interesting is this view expressed by Joe Biden.  So we should ask the question for the reason for intervention in the Ukraine as compared to India; and in FACT according to the US Constitution, neither should be the concern of the US government.https://popularresistance.org/documents-reveal-us-govt-spent-22m-promoting-anti-russia-narrative-in-ukraine-and-abroad/         –Of the European nations, only Russia itself has been the target of more NED money ($37.7 million to Ukraine’s $22.4 million).NED is rather hazy about where its money is going, with the only clues being brief, one-paragraph descriptions (rarely longer than 75 words) full of boilerplate rhetoric. Yet scrutinizing even the vague project outlines, it becomes clear that NED has two major objectives in Ukraine:

1. Pushing through a mass privatization of the country’s state-owned businesses.
2. Building up political parties that will represent elite U.S. interests.

Of the $22.4 million, over $2.9 million has been awarded to the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), an offshoot of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, for the purpose of “sparking economic transformation” in Ukraine. What sort of transformation the CIPE wants to see is made clear on its website, which states categorically that “Free market capitalism and global trade have resulted in the greatest economic gains in human history,” and that the center’s role is to further free market penetration around the world.–end of poopularresistance info–
https://portside.org/2022-02-20/todays-crisis-over-ukraine        –Maybe I am wrong—tragically wrong—but I cannot dismiss the suspicion that we are witnessing an elaborate charade, grossly magnified by prominent elements of the American media, to serve a domestic political end.Then Senator Joseph Biden, during his candidacy for the presidential election in 2008, pledged to “stand up to Vladimir Putin!” Huh? What in the world had Putin done to him or to the United States?Although President Barack Obama initially promised policy changes, in fact his government continued to ignore the most serious Russian concerns and redoubled earlier American efforts to detach former Soviet republics from Russian influence and, indeed, to encourage “regime change” in Russia itself. American actions in Syria and Ukraine were seen by the Russian president, and most Russians, as indirect attacks on them.–end of portside info–

Both Biden and Obama are creatures of oligarchy and shoe-horned into office assisted by big-money campaign donations.  Obama considered whether to take corporate campaign donations and came down in favor of it as the best way to win the Presidency.  And so, as heard by a Democratic strategists of C-Span yesterday, you dance with them that brung you.    Everyone is aware of the shell game by the meritorious James Clyburn to usurp Joe Biden into the Presidency.
And so we have an oligarch vs oligarch military action threatening; which by the way should be the responsibility of the US Congress, not the President, who should instead be playing Executive, not dictator.
Is issuing sanctions an act of war?  If so, and why aren’t we talking about that, Congress needs to take that responsibility, not one lone crusader.  Especially one whose family figures so largely and loudly in the finances of the Ukraine.
https://portside.org/2022-02-20/americas-disastrous-60-year-war      –For me, because of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address to the nation in January 1961, that year is the obvious starting point for what retired Army colonel and historian Andrew Bacevich recently termed America’s Very Long War (VLW). In that televised speech, Ike warned of the emergence of a military-industrial complex of immense strength that could someday threaten American democracy itself.–end of portside info–
C-Span offered a discussion on our 3 branches of government in honor of Presidents Day.  This was very interesting and in FACT the callers offered ideas that are critical to supporting our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  The most important idea is that Congress is more powerful than the Executive Branch.  This is important because it is the voice of We The People.  The Presidency has become more nearly dictatorial than Executive.
In turn, Congress has become impotent and one hopes this isn’t due to feminization (sic).  Patriarchy is artful in promoting enablers.  Enforcement of ladylike behavior is the tool.
https://multipolarista.com/2022/02/20/us-uk-france-russia-expand-nato-east-germany/    –Notes from a 1991 meeting prove that the US, UK, France, and Germany assured the Soviet Union NATO would not expand east. It’s part of a growing body of evidence that the West broke its promise to Russia.Germany’s diplomatic representative emphasized that the Soviet Union was promised in 1990 that “we would not extend NATO beyond the Elbe” river, in eastern Germany.The document, which was formerly classified as secret, comes from the British National Archives.—end of multipolarista info–

And by the way, by whose behest was this document secret?  And why is Biden h___bent on usurping the authority?  Did no one inform him of this document?  Where is his Cabinet, that by the way seems sequestered that Trump’s Cabinet was not.————-https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet/
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-trump-administration/the-cabinet/

A topic that didn’t arise is Citizens United, that legalized without legitimizing corruption in government.  This seems a reason the Presidency seems to have become quasi-dictatorial and protects personal interests over national security.   An example is the threats of military and/or policy aggression toward Russia over the Ukraine.  Adherence to the US Constitution would make this a non issue for our 3 branches of government, in order that the US government can function for We The People.
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———————–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!
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.