By Steven Jonas
This column is the fourth and final one in this
series. Last week's dealt with some of
the overarching problems that need to be worked through as the Resistance
develops and gathers force. This one
presents some specifics on some of the large set of tasks that need to be
undertaken, if this "Repeal and Replace" movement is to be successful.
1. The enemy,
in the current struggle against Trumpite functional
fascism, must be clearly identified.
It is the Trumpite/Repub. party. Indeed,
especially as some of the old-line Repubs. leave the Party, it must be very
firmly tied to Trump. "Trump's base" that
is always being talked about in terms of "Trump must listen to his base" is the
Republican Party base. They are not
separate. They are not different. Any so-called "centrist" or "center-rightist"
Republicans who remain where they are, are Trumpite Enablers, as were the
Center and traditional Right-wing Parties in Nazi Germany.
2. Addressing
Trump himself: the focus must be on his policies and their outcomes, not his
personality, his ignorance, his stupidity (as so-labeled by senior cabinet
members), his sexually-predatorial nature, his personal racism, his eating
habits, his TV-watching habits, and so on and so forth. Those are all part of the "Aura of Trump"
which proves so useful to him and his facilitators, as distractions from what
he is really doing in terms of policy and programs. As to why the economically dominant sector of
the ruling class and their lackeys in the Congress are so satisfied with him,
even though he might not have been their first choice to be President --- in
terms of the primary goals of those in power who did get him elected, tax cuts for
the rich and massive de-regulation in the arenas of the environment (including
global warming), labor, industry, food, agriculture, health, and etc., (or as Steve Bannon calls it, the
"deconstruction of the administrative state"), he has had an outstanding first
year.
3. The adaptation
of the Trump/Repubs. to Religious Authoritarianism, for political purposes , must be recognized and dealt with.
Pence, specifically, is a Dominionist . That must be brought out into
the open. The negative consequences for
both the conventionally religious and the non-religious alike must be revealed
(if I may use that term) and dealt with.
In dealing with matters like abortion- and LGBTQ- rights the battle must
move beyond "fairness," "privacy," and "non-discrimination in the public square"
(all valid arguments to be sure) to the matters of religious dogmatism, religious
authoritarianism, and state-sponsored/protected religion.
It must
be understood, and explained, over and over again, that race and racism are
invented concepts (invented during the early period of European/African Slavery
in order to justify its existence). They
were invented as tools of exploitation of the non-slave working class, and
still are: very much so in
the United States. This must be
explained to the working class, over-and-over again. Oddly enough, it was Bill Clinton, at the
beginning of his first Presidential campaign, who put very well :
"For 12 years, the Republicans have tried to divide
us, race against race' Mr. Clinton said.
'Here in the shadow of this great building, all of us, we know all about race- baiting. They've used that old tool on us for
decades now. And I want to tell you one thing:
I understand that tactic, and I will not let them get away with it in 1992."
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Source: OpEdNews
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