Sadly, the very same claims Trump used to validate proof of a strong economy are exactly the same as those made by Biden today.
Between the number of unemployed (not on unemployment), and those who are employed who cannot afford to pay for home, food, and family… without two jobs or several roommates… and refusal to adequately tax the millionaires and up; will also bring us closer to a collapse.
The Bolsheviks only gained power from the former Romanov loyalists after the February Revolution. Which was not organized like an Antifa or Oathkeeper riot but was the slaughter of hungry rioters when tensions broke from the starving, unemployed masses.
I don’t really fear militias or political activists. I fear the tension of the rising homeless problem. Slaughtering them or letting them perish may very well sign our death sentence as a free country.
It was the power vacuum that gave rise to Communists, not loyalty to political causes. It was poor leadership that lead to desperation and violent repercussions of the imperial Russia, their government, and military. As well as unpopular wars that only drove their economy to the ground.
People often speak of brown coats in the period leading up to Nazi Germany with constant vigilance of the next rise in fascist dictatorship. However, it was the February Revolution that caused governments and monarchies to relent in a neeful shift of economic interests toward social interests. Socialist-like programs in many countries were suddenly introduced to prevent such an extreme reaction from their own people.
In the midst of our economic turmoil and an utter disdain for these kinds of social programs could just as well hasten our fall into communism.
Perhaps these culture wars being fanned to life out by both Republicans and Democrats is some kind temporary deterrent that we do not in someway turn on the government but each other so that those in power may take their money and run.
Still, it amuses me that Republicans unwittingly prove Karl Marx right that socialism IS inevitable by being so vehement against any social program as a slippery slope toward the very thing they wish to avoid. And yet, without these programs we may very well see our own version of the February Revolution
I honestly do not think our problem is social security nor social medicine, but rather our inability to prioritize our spending to incentivize not just real economic growth but ensure the public’s prosperity.
