The Dems loss will not cause any real self-reflection because they are filled with ambitious power seekers who believe they possess elite skills rendering self-evident their necessity to control the masses. This arrogance is so deeply embedded in their ethos that they will resort to visceral and a priori insults.They will utter these insults so frequently in the mainstream media that the repetition lends them some credibility. We live in the era of the meme after all. Former Obama adviser, social activist, CNN pundit, and meme machine Van Jones erupted on election night while at the CNN studios during their coverage. As Trump's electoral prospects abruptly and mysteriously brightened on election night, Van Jones began visualizing legions of goose-stepping nationalists delivering their toupee'd Fuhrer to the White House. His visual will be referred to hereafter as the WHITELASH. Why else he aggrieved would Trump win?
Let's see the racist voting patterns of Americans in states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Florida. In 2012 Obama won those states. But, in 2016 Trump won those states.
Those who still have enough patience to view actual empirical data will see another truth. Were those voters in the six aforementioned states racists when they voted for Obama in 2012? Were those voters guilty of a self-loathing lash against their race in 2012? If so, I should assume those voters suddenly in 2016 reconnected with their racists impulses. I don't though because I see no evidence that elites on TV possess any special gifts allowing their to understand motives of masses of voters.
With all of the opinion polls pushed on us as "news coverage" they are reductionist and reveal little about the psychological motivations of voters. There is a limit to the elites' ability to comprehend the masses' psychological motivations for voting. They create a public discourse filled with terms to explain our motivations. Of course, their coining the terminology should suggest they are uniquely qualified to assess our motivations and diagnose our troubling preferences and expressions. Bullshit. They are nothing more than a class of polished con artists who see the mass public as raw social material to be programmed into the elite's grand designs.
This historical fact never changes. Regardless how democratic our system appears to be on the surface, elites always seek to not just govern but control the masses. Why else does the U.S. concede to the NSA capturing all of our electronic communications into a perpetual net? Meanwhile the U.S. rigs primaries to deny a quasi-socialist candidate from winning the Democratic party's nomination. This is why the masses should not be lulled into silence and contentment with amusing gadgets and seeking fulfillment by living vicariously through celebrities. Benevolence and power are fleeting at best but are never sustainable.
Such arrogance and lack of self-reflection peppered with hysterical anecdotes qualifies as insightful analysis on CNN. I'm shocked!!! Van Jones failed to cite any supporting facts during his meme-generating hysteria. Such facts if reviewed would suggest a Democratic party's morphing into the more progressive sounding shills of the military industrial complex (MIC) and investment banks. Their progressive image is supposed to fool us into believing that they are not just a kinder, gentler face of a corrupt empire of drones and derivatives. Predictably, frauds like Van Jones will attribute their gal losing to their Pavlovian screams of RACISTS!!!!!
With all of the opinion polls pushed on us as "news coverage" they are reductionist and reveal little about the psychological motivations of voters. There is a limit to the elites' ability to comprehend the masses' psychological motivations for voting. They create a public discourse filled with terms to explain our motivations. Of course, their coining the terminology should suggest they are uniquely qualified to assess our motivations and diagnose our troubling preferences and expressions. Bullshit. They are nothing more than a class of polished con artists who see the mass public as raw social material to be programmed into the elite's grand designs.
This historical fact never changes. Regardless how democratic our system appears to be on the surface, elites always seek to not just govern but control the masses. Why else does the U.S. concede to the NSA capturing all of our electronic communications into a perpetual net? Meanwhile the U.S. rigs primaries to deny a quasi-socialist candidate from winning the Democratic party's nomination. This is why the masses should not be lulled into silence and contentment with amusing gadgets and seeking fulfillment by living vicariously through celebrities. Benevolence and power are fleeting at best but are never sustainable.
Such arrogance and lack of self-reflection peppered with hysterical anecdotes qualifies as insightful analysis on CNN. I'm shocked!!! Van Jones failed to cite any supporting facts during his meme-generating hysteria. Such facts if reviewed would suggest a Democratic party's morphing into the more progressive sounding shills of the military industrial complex (MIC) and investment banks. Their progressive image is supposed to fool us into believing that they are not just a kinder, gentler face of a corrupt empire of drones and derivatives. Predictably, frauds like Van Jones will attribute their gal losing to their Pavlovian screams of RACISTS!!!!!
He says the media talks about class but not race. That's not true either but what if were? Are there any legitimate reasons for focusing on class? Anyone not using tunnel vision to see the election as a gauge of the nation's capacity for bigotry can find many examples why socioeconomic class should be a central issue in this election cycle. Goldman Sachs paying Hillary over $200K to make a speech. She showcased more deference to corporate power and its interests by supporting TPP numerous times. She was still supporting the TPP in 2015 then suddenly began saying thereafter she kinda sorta opposes it? She expressed her initial enthusiasm for its massive potential:
Hillary informs an audience to avoid wasting excess energy and indignation at banks gambling on trillions of $$ of derivatives that could plunge our economy into insolvency. Sure she says the banks should be broken up if necessary but meanwhile our primary focus should remain on issues like racism and sexism. As she preached to her supporters in Nevada asking questions worthy of the most engaged social justice warriors:
Was her "gold standard of trade agreements" conceived and developed in a setting that suggests how much she and her elitists value transparency to the signatories nations' working classes? Let's see.
The degree of secrecy used in negotiating the TPP shows both Congress and the Obama Administration have little respect for the working classes:
This lack of transparency exposes Barrack "This is the most transparent administration in U.S. history" Obama as just another puppet acting and governing to the behest of corporations, while mocking any hint of serving the people. Tragically, President Obama is not the only alleged "progressive" that mocks the plight of working classes. Where was Hillary during these non-transparent episodes? She was in public serving as a prolific supporter of the TPP until 2015 when she concluded she was then opposed to it. She had no idea from 2008 until 2015 that this gold standard in the making wasn't harmful to workers, the environment, and subverted democracy by privileging corporations over citizens? And Bernie's challenge from the left who opposed the TPP had no effect on her sudden epiphany on the dangers of this trade deal? Would Van Jones and the other hysterical pundits discuss Hillary's obvious political opportunism as a factor motivating voters to support someone else?
Was Hillary's change of opinion the result of a trade deal conceived initially with progressive provisions that were eventually compromised by inserting pro-corporate goodies? No!!!! Fuck the facts man Van Jones is on a roll with that "Whitelash" meme. In fact if memes were comparable to past works of social dissent the Whitelash meme could be the 2016 echo of a "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
This TPP sets the gold standard in trade agreements to open free, transparent, fair trade, the kind of environment that has the rule of law and a level playing field,” [1]Now public figures like Hillary constantly invoke the meaningless term "transparent." In one of her three speeches to Goldman Sachs, Hillary stressed the importance of transparency:
I mean Alan Greenspan said, I didn't understand at all what they were trading. So I think its in everybody's best interest to get back to a better transparent model [2]Just a moment later lest we forget how much she values.....transparency....she reminds her audience at Goldman Sachs:
So first and foremost, more transparency, more openness, you know trying to figure out, we're all in this together how we keep this incredible economic engine in this country going. [3]
Hillary loves the word transparency but never seems to express concretely how to foster such transparency. Of course that is because she doesn't value transparency for herself when it comes to placing classified emails on private servers or regulating investment banks taking trillions of dollars of derivative positions.
Hillary informs an audience to avoid wasting excess energy and indignation at banks gambling on trillions of $$ of derivatives that could plunge our economy into insolvency. Sure she says the banks should be broken up if necessary but meanwhile our primary focus should remain on issues like racism and sexism. As she preached to her supporters in Nevada asking questions worthy of the most engaged social justice warriors:
Forget all that bullshit about flat wages, increasing economic inequality, and wealth being concentrated within fewer hands. Of course a dynamic and vibrant society can promote social and economic equality. Her speaking as though we must prioritize addressing one set of social causes over reforming the banking system is a disingenuous diversion. But, if such multitasking overwhelms us, then we should prioritize outreach to the LGBT community. U.S. banks holding over $235 trillion of derivatives deserve less attention than her making public appearances with the LGBT community. And, so what if J.P. Morgan, Citibank, and Goldman Sachs hold roughly $150 trillion of these derivatives. It is just a number. "Not everything is about an economic theory, right?" If HRC breaks up these banks for holding such high concentrations of derivatives contracts, what insensitive jingoist would welcome increased economic stability if 3rd generation feminists still feel chagrined by some form of patriarchy??? Also, if only the U.S. were less homophobic in 1999 when her spouse Bill signed into law the abolishing of the Glass-Steagall Act and Bank Holding Act, the subsequent bank-induced economic meltdown beginning in 2007 would have felt less painful. Right????????"Not everything is about an economic theory, right?" Clinton asked her audience of a few hundred activists, most of them wearing T-shirts from the unions that had promoted the rally. "If we broke up the big banks tomorrow — and I will, if they deserve it, if they pose a systemic risk, I will — would that end racism?""No!" shouted her audience."Would that end sexism?""No!""Would that end discrimination against the LGBT community?""No!""Would that make people feel more welcoming to immigrants overnight?""No!""Would that solve our problem with voting rights, and Republicans who are trying to strip them away from people of color, the elderly, and the young?""No!" [4]
Was her "gold standard of trade agreements" conceived and developed in a setting that suggests how much she and her elitists value transparency to the signatories nations' working classes? Let's see.
The degree of secrecy used in negotiating the TPP shows both Congress and the Obama Administration have little respect for the working classes:
So who can read the text of the TPP? Not you, it’s classified. Even members of Congress can only look at it one section at a time in the Capitol’s basement, without most of their staff or the ability to keep notes.But there’s an exception: if you’re part of one of 28 U.S. government-appointed trade advisory committees providing advice to the U.S. negotiators. The committees with the most access to what’s going on in the negotiations are 16 “Industry Trade Advisory Committees,” whose members include AT&T, General Electric, Apple, Dow Chemical, Nike, Walmart and the American Petroleum Institute. [5]
This lack of transparency exposes Barrack "This is the most transparent administration in U.S. history" Obama as just another puppet acting and governing to the behest of corporations, while mocking any hint of serving the people. Tragically, President Obama is not the only alleged "progressive" that mocks the plight of working classes. Where was Hillary during these non-transparent episodes? She was in public serving as a prolific supporter of the TPP until 2015 when she concluded she was then opposed to it. She had no idea from 2008 until 2015 that this gold standard in the making wasn't harmful to workers, the environment, and subverted democracy by privileging corporations over citizens? And Bernie's challenge from the left who opposed the TPP had no effect on her sudden epiphany on the dangers of this trade deal? Would Van Jones and the other hysterical pundits discuss Hillary's obvious political opportunism as a factor motivating voters to support someone else?
Was Hillary's change of opinion the result of a trade deal conceived initially with progressive provisions that were eventually compromised by inserting pro-corporate goodies? No!!!! Fuck the facts man Van Jones is on a roll with that "Whitelash" meme. In fact if memes were comparable to past works of social dissent the Whitelash meme could be the 2016 echo of a "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
Van Jones speaks of fearful Muslims in the U.S. contemplating leaving the U.S. following Trump's ride to power via the Whitelash coup. What about Hillary acknowledging in her hacked emails to Podesta that Saudi and Qatar are funding ISIS even though she hypocritically accepted contributions from both nations into the Clinton Foundation and approved weapons sales to both nations ? Should other Americans undeserving of Van Jones' accepted victim status contemplate leaving their country if such a character were elected?
What about Hillary's handling of the Honduran coup during her glorious tenure as Secretary of State? The Latinos sacrificed in Honduras suffered real blood and real pain due to Hillary's conniving to bring back the dictator whom many of the Hondurans opposed. But, who gives a shit because Trump talks about a Wall? A Wall apparently kills more people than military coups.
Those who fear being grouped in with Whitelashers will ignore the historical facts of the coup in Honduras:
But, her non-public deeds suggest support for the coup. Her relative support for his ouster or remaining in power should be irrelevant. That is for the Honduran people to decide. Well, not really if the U.S. isn't satisfied with the result. Democracy doesn't always evolve at the expense of the empire. Rather, empires stage a production casting domestic agents in the targeted nation who will promote their interests (i.e. Orange, Rose and Umbrella "Revolutions").
The empire and its operatives like Hillary Clinton in Honduras' example see democracy as a their production rather than the expression of popular sovereignty. For instance this sequence of events embodies this democracy as production diplomacy:
This "resumption of democracy" began on November 29, 2009. This resumption included the following:
This Honduran example offers insight into Clinton's willingness to usurp the will of many Honduran people, which should wake up Americans to their government's ability to inflict real harm and suffering upon defenseless people. Clinton's aiding a grand disenfranchising of many people in a Latin american country reveals ominous abuses of power much more than Trump's alleged inspired Whitelash.
Hillary said the post-coup election in Honduras was a "resumption of democratic and constitutional government." [10] Of course one candidate conspicuously missing was the deposed president Manuel Zelaya. His standing in the election would compromise Hillary's vision for Honduras:
Those who fear being grouped in with Whitelashers will ignore the historical facts of the coup in Honduras:
In the early morning of June 28 (2009), the day of the proposed opinion survey on amending the constitution, and hundred Honduran soldiers invaded Zelaya's bedroom and whisked him off to Costa Rica without even allowing him to get dressed. [6]Hillary claimed in her memoir Hard Choices that:
Certainly the region did not need another dictator, and many knew Zelaya well enough to believe the charges against him. But Zelaya had been elected by the Honduran people [...] I didn't see any choice but condemn Zelaya's ouster. [7].
But, her non-public deeds suggest support for the coup. Her relative support for his ouster or remaining in power should be irrelevant. That is for the Honduran people to decide. Well, not really if the U.S. isn't satisfied with the result. Democracy doesn't always evolve at the expense of the empire. Rather, empires stage a production casting domestic agents in the targeted nation who will promote their interests (i.e. Orange, Rose and Umbrella "Revolutions").
The empire and its operatives like Hillary Clinton in Honduras' example see democracy as a their production rather than the expression of popular sovereignty. For instance this sequence of events embodies this democracy as production diplomacy:
While Zelaya was demanding to be reinstated, Hillary sought mediation between the 'two sides': the democractically elected President-in-exile in Costa Rica and the 'temporary interim president' Roberto Micheletti, installed by the coup. In a sense, there were indeed 'two sides'. It was a quarrel between those who had violated the constitution and the man whom they accused of wanting to violate the constitution. [8]So Zelaya was sacrificed? At least Clinton's meddling created a constitutional government that at least tolerated dissent, right?
This "resumption of democracy" began on November 29, 2009. This resumption included the following:
Much of the campaigning in these 'free and fair' elections was severely inhibited by a temporary Micheletti decree suspending the very same five rights spelled out in the constitution that the golpistas had been so eager to defend: personal liberty, freedom of exrpession, freedom of movement, habeas corpus, and freedom of association. Over three thousand soldiers and police were called in to 'neutralize' members of a newly formed National Resistance Front which had called for boycott of the elections in protest against the June 29 coup. [9]
This Honduran example offers insight into Clinton's willingness to usurp the will of many Honduran people, which should wake up Americans to their government's ability to inflict real harm and suffering upon defenseless people. Clinton's aiding a grand disenfranchising of many people in a Latin american country reveals ominous abuses of power much more than Trump's alleged inspired Whitelash.
Hillary said the post-coup election in Honduras was a "resumption of democratic and constitutional government." [10] Of course one candidate conspicuously missing was the deposed president Manuel Zelaya. His standing in the election would compromise Hillary's vision for Honduras:
Our 'bottom line', as Hillary put it, 'free, fair, and democratic elections with a peaceful transfer of power.' Elections to 'render the question of Zelaya moot' were held on November 29. [11]
Hillary employs Orwellian language here by speaking of "peaceful transfer of power." Zelaya was overthrown by a coup. He was democratically elected, deposed and denied the right to run in the subsequent election. The region's nations like Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela did not recognize the election result. [12]. The weight of these nations in the region withholding recognition of the result is irrelevant when Queen Hillary declares this charade a "resumption of democratic and constitutional government."
Democracy in Honduras is a malleable construct that is subject to the whims of what serves the greater interest of Hillary's U.S. empire. But this apparent bastardizing of democracy should not trouble the conscience of social justice warriors fighting the rages of the Whitelash. They can at least take comfort knowing that no hint of Russian hacking effected the Honduras election. This example of Hillary hypocritically taking actions to legitimize a military coup was obviously deemed insignificant. Otherwise Donna Brazile would have provided questions to Hillary's campaign staff about that subject if they were scheduled to be asked during a U.S. Presidential debate broadcast on CNN.
Van Jones is not the only buffoon expressing such stupidity. He's just one glaring example of it. Exhaustive analyses of recent events show narratives far more complex than the MSM's simplistic demagoguery on full display right now.
Democracy in Honduras is a malleable construct that is subject to the whims of what serves the greater interest of Hillary's U.S. empire. But this apparent bastardizing of democracy should not trouble the conscience of social justice warriors fighting the rages of the Whitelash. They can at least take comfort knowing that no hint of Russian hacking effected the Honduras election. This example of Hillary hypocritically taking actions to legitimize a military coup was obviously deemed insignificant. Otherwise Donna Brazile would have provided questions to Hillary's campaign staff about that subject if they were scheduled to be asked during a U.S. Presidential debate broadcast on CNN.
Van Jones is not the only buffoon expressing such stupidity. He's just one glaring example of it. Exhaustive analyses of recent events show narratives far more complex than the MSM's simplistic demagoguery on full display right now.
The Democratic party will not admit it turned its back on working people, explaining why some of them voted for Trump. If the Whitelash meme doesn't fully explain why Trump won, then that gang of hysterics can fill their explanatory void by clinging to the Russian hacking fable.
Only a megalomaniac possessing a divine right of entitlement could in this election cycle respond to many critics as "deplorables". This same candidate had at her disposal the entire Democratic party to rig the primary election for her. Also, she had raised campaign funds from the MIC and investment banks, and who had most of Hollywood serve as her spoke person. Yet her message was jammed by those "deplorables." Who handed Hillary the presidential debate questions in advance? A person working for the same network CNN who employs Van "Whitelash" Jones. Most of us in the working classes don't deserve you and your enablers in the MSM. Leave us Deplorables to our worldview filled with Fake News.
This is another queue for the masses and the working classes to seek their own power and their own solutions to their problems instead of hoping to benefit from the elites' non-existent benevolence.
1. Memoli, Michael A. "Hillary once called TPP the 'gold standard.' Here's why and what she says about the trade deal now." Sept 26, 2016. The Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trade-tpp-20160926-snap-story.html
2. Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. October 24, 2013. Goldman Sachs Asset Management. AIMS Alternative Investments Symposium 2013. https://www.scribd.com/document/327688869/10242013-GS-2#from_embed
3. Ibid.
4. Weigel, Dave. "Clinton in Nevada: Not everything is about an economic theory." February 13, 2016. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/13/clinton-in-nevada-not-everything-is-about-an-economic-theory/
5. Brown, Alleen. "You Can't Read the TPP, But These Huge Corporations Can." May 12, 2015. The Intercept. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/12/cant-read-tpp-heres-huge-corporations-can/
6. Johnstone, Diana. Queen of Chaos: The Misadventures of Hillary Clinton. Counterpunch Books. P.O. Box 228, Petrolia, CA 95558. 2015. Kindle version. location 219.
7. Ibid..location 233
8. Ibid. location 241.
9. Ibid. location 257-264.
10. Ibid. location 264-71.
11. Ibid. location 257.
12. Ibid. location 264.
Only a megalomaniac possessing a divine right of entitlement could in this election cycle respond to many critics as "deplorables". This same candidate had at her disposal the entire Democratic party to rig the primary election for her. Also, she had raised campaign funds from the MIC and investment banks, and who had most of Hollywood serve as her spoke person. Yet her message was jammed by those "deplorables." Who handed Hillary the presidential debate questions in advance? A person working for the same network CNN who employs Van "Whitelash" Jones. Most of us in the working classes don't deserve you and your enablers in the MSM. Leave us Deplorables to our worldview filled with Fake News.
This is another queue for the masses and the working classes to seek their own power and their own solutions to their problems instead of hoping to benefit from the elites' non-existent benevolence.
1. Memoli, Michael A. "Hillary once called TPP the 'gold standard.' Here's why and what she says about the trade deal now." Sept 26, 2016. The Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trade-tpp-20160926-snap-story.html
2. Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. October 24, 2013. Goldman Sachs Asset Management. AIMS Alternative Investments Symposium 2013. https://www.scribd.com/document/327688869/10242013-GS-2#from_embed
3. Ibid.
4. Weigel, Dave. "Clinton in Nevada: Not everything is about an economic theory." February 13, 2016. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/13/clinton-in-nevada-not-everything-is-about-an-economic-theory/
5. Brown, Alleen. "You Can't Read the TPP, But These Huge Corporations Can." May 12, 2015. The Intercept. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/12/cant-read-tpp-heres-huge-corporations-can/
6. Johnstone, Diana. Queen of Chaos: The Misadventures of Hillary Clinton. Counterpunch Books. P.O. Box 228, Petrolia, CA 95558. 2015. Kindle version. location 219.
7. Ibid..location 233
8. Ibid. location 241.
9. Ibid. location 257-264.
10. Ibid. location 264-71.
11. Ibid. location 257.
12. Ibid. location 264.
