America is Standing in the Way
A quick peruse of the Q&A section of the Democratic Socialists of America website reads like so many other neo-Marxist organizations. They decry capitalism as the progenitor for society’s ills and declare only an abolition of profit motives will advance human civilization forward. There is only one problem that stands in the way of a global revolution in which choose your word for it communism, democratic socialism, or bagism and that is America.
America stands alone as the antithetical to precisely the type of radical reorganization of the global economy the progressive left is calling for. When a global pandemic threatened the world, American pharmaceutical companies developed a vaccine in record time. Apple has innovated technologies and distributed across the globe which brought life changing advancements. Poverty rates around the world thanks to the inspiration of America’s economic and social values have plummeted in the last 30 years.
The last decade in America there has been a renewed attempt by actors on the left to strip the country of the values upon which it was founded mainly within the bill of rights. The extreme left does not only hate the bill of rights but wants to rip up the entire constitution. They cannot stand the fact there are protections for individuals to do things the left does not like.
The left hates gun rights, free speech, and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. The left would love to jail people for their opinions, confiscate guns, and they would really love to regulate and/or abolish Christian churches. They claim to be the champion of minorities but in a trick of language modify by adding “ethnic” and “religious” minorities.
The dirty secret the left will not tell you is that framers of the constitution were very concerned with the rights of minorities. Not just those of certain minorities but of all minorities including the ultimate minority: the individual. Minorities that result from economic differences according to the left should not enjoy the same protections as the masses.
The people on the streets with the pitchforks were being mobilized against the rich ruling class ever since the Russian Revolution. We remember the occupy wall street movement which has morphed into antifa. When Bernice Sanders showed up in the presidential race of 2016 the far left who has failed with their economic messaging hijacked his populist movement and injected it with critical theory.
Marxism in the America moved from the debates at think tanks, bong smoke filled college dorm rooms, and MSNBC into mainstream culture. Here where a band of useful idiots of actors, musicians, and artists picked up the mantle of the charge of racism everywhere. One of the most insidious acts was to redefine anyone who disagrees with radical leftists as racists.
The equity debate has run afoul with the US constitution. The constitution prohibits congress from enacting hate speech laws. The constitution has separated powers so that simple majorities could not change sweeping laws without large support. More importantly there is a legal system that is going to be increasingly necessary to protect the laws under assault by the left.
The radical left knows they cannot overthrow the American constitution rapidly. However, they feel if they can band together enough people across the world to support the abolition of capitalism that is their strength. However, no amount of shaming Americans as racists will change their support of the American way. America is the firewall that will prevent the world from horrific system of governance derived from Marxism.