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John, you refer to the ruling class, but I don’t think you seem to understand what that means. The ruling class means exactly what it says, it rules, absolutely. There may be divisions within it, and clearly there are disagreements that are discussed behind closed doors. But I believe you are woefully naive to believe that the ruling class does not control, entirely, the policy of the Democrat and Republican parties. To be honest, I question your honesty because you are promoting the idea that this contrived difference between those two bourgeois parties is real and that ergo, by voting “democracy” is being exercised because it will make a difference who is elected. Do you really believe that the results of this “election” were not pre-selected? I think it is pretty clear that by hook or by crook, the ruling class is transitioning the west (and quite possibly the entire) world to a centralized, one world government ruled by a largely monolithic, unbelievably powerful and wealthy, ruling class. All the rest is largely Kabuki theater to achieve that goal (along with significant depopulation, of course, but that is another story). In order to achieve that transition as peacefully (i.e. creating as little mess as possible) as possible, the ruling class is using this Kabuki theater to convince the American public (i.e., the working class) that the present form of government does not work and needs to be replaced. What better figures to use to do that than to have a megalomaniac gangster figure vs. a demented gangster figure?

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Questioning my honesty… ouch, that’s below the belt, Tom.

All the years of media smears and disinformation, lawfare and faked criminal cases, and assassination attempts against Trump — you really think that’s all “kabuki theater”? Yes, there’s a ruling class that has unwritten rules and solidarity due to common financial interests. But never in American history have we ever seen anything like Donald Trump.

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