Debs Arises From The Dead!
1. I have admitted to being a dyed in the wool pessimist. For some time I have prophesied the demise of this noble experiment in self government, America, and the victory of the dark forces. The handwriting has been on the wall for some time.
Months ago I concluded that the advance of evil will be in the form of this election, or one soon after, as there is no other Trump ready to fight with equal vigor. And before the demise of the Supreme Court Justice who should never have been promoted to that seat, I concluded that between gaining another textualist justice and the re-election of Trump, I would choose the former as that success would last decades longer.
2. Now….as far as history rhyming, as Twain supposedly said: the champion of socialism of an earlier time was Eugene Victor Debs. Intriguing that today is the birthday of Debs. And that he ran for President just years before what appears to be the victory of socialism.
“Eugene V. Debs, in full Eugene Victor Debs, (born November 5, 1855, Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.—died October 20, 1926, Elmhurst, Illinois), labour organizer and Socialist Party candidate for U.S. president five times between 1900 and 1920.
…Debs was deeply influenced by his broad reading—including the works of Karl Marx—and grew increasingly critical of traditional political and economic concepts, especially capitalism….he led the establishment of the Socialist Party of America. Debs was the party’s presidential candidate in 1900 but received only 96,000 votes, a total he raised to 400,000 in 1904. In 1905 he helped found the Industrial Workers of the World,…” Eugene V. Debs | Biography & Facts
3. For government school grads following along at home, communist John Dewey, who has influenced American school children more than any other individual, it was Dewey who convinced the Socialist Party to change their name to "Liberal," allowing the clueless to imagine that they were supporting the classical liberals who created this county, rather than the iteration of Karl Marx's acolytes called the Democrats.
My view has been that every society and civilization has a sell-by date, and we may have reached ours.
1. I have admitted to being a dyed in the wool pessimist. For some time I have prophesied the demise of this noble experiment in self government, America, and the victory of the dark forces. The handwriting has been on the wall for some time.
Months ago I concluded that the advance of evil will be in the form of this election, or one soon after, as there is no other Trump ready to fight with equal vigor. And before the demise of the Supreme Court Justice who should never have been promoted to that seat, I concluded that between gaining another textualist justice and the re-election of Trump, I would choose the former as that success would last decades longer.
2. Now….as far as history rhyming, as Twain supposedly said: the champion of socialism of an earlier time was Eugene Victor Debs. Intriguing that today is the birthday of Debs. And that he ran for President just years before what appears to be the victory of socialism.
“Eugene V. Debs, in full Eugene Victor Debs, (born November 5, 1855, Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.—died October 20, 1926, Elmhurst, Illinois), labour organizer and Socialist Party candidate for U.S. president five times between 1900 and 1920.
…Debs was deeply influenced by his broad reading—including the works of Karl Marx—and grew increasingly critical of traditional political and economic concepts, especially capitalism….he led the establishment of the Socialist Party of America. Debs was the party’s presidential candidate in 1900 but received only 96,000 votes, a total he raised to 400,000 in 1904. In 1905 he helped found the Industrial Workers of the World,…” Eugene V. Debs | Biography & Facts
3. For government school grads following along at home, communist John Dewey, who has influenced American school children more than any other individual, it was Dewey who convinced the Socialist Party to change their name to "Liberal," allowing the clueless to imagine that they were supporting the classical liberals who created this county, rather than the iteration of Karl Marx's acolytes called the Democrats.
My view has been that every society and civilization has a sell-by date, and we may have reached ours.