<div dir="ltr">Thank you Alan for a great article! Chris Hedges has been saying much the same for years about American democracy that the kleptocrats have captured the government and democracy is more illusion than reality. This was evident both times when the Democrats did everything in their power to destroy Bernie Sanders' campaign. His rallies were energetic, noisy, and exciting with lots of hopeful young people making Clinton's and Biden's look like "Night of the Living Dead". They had an exciting candidate who offered meaningful change but spurned him in order to preserve the status quo. Regrettably, I agree with Hedge's things are only going to get much worse as the empire unravels.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="2">Greg</font></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 4:34 PM Allan Baker via craic <<a href="mailto:craic@lists.integralshift.ca">craic@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
<a href="https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/why-the-united-states-is-becoming-ungovernable" target="_blank">https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/why-the-united-states-is-becoming-ungovernable</a>
<div><br></div><div>This is an insightful article about the”State of the Union” in America. Good analysis of what is, and possible results. She writes:</div><div><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:ff-meta-serif-web-pro-n5,ff-meta-serif-web-pro,Georgia,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Since Democrats and Republicans act on behalf of essentially the same interests in office, the two-party system is a misnomer. Changes remain marginal and never threaten the status quo. The Democrats’ long record of betraying the hopes they arouse in campaigns is unlikely to be broken. Their claims to inclusivity, protection of workers, and defending civil and human rights were forged decades ago and today constitute a dwindling reserve of popular legitimacy as Democrats in office, like the Republicans, focus on neoliberal legislative and executive agendas set by those who bankroll them.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:ff-meta-serif-web-pro-n5,ff-meta-serif-web-pro,Georgia,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#111111" face="ff-meta-serif-web-pro-n5, ff-meta-serif-web-pro, Georgia, serif">Get out a cup of hot chocolate, and read on …..</font></span></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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