Donald Trump Is A Capitalist

Donald Trump is a capitalist. I want you to remember that. Not only is he a capitalist, he has been more or less the poster boy for capitalism for pretty much my adult life, and I am no longer young. His books are best sellers, his TV show popular, and women (allegedly) let him grab them by the *****.

Donald Trump is a capitalist and we are living in a capitalist society, whatever lies capitalists may spread in order to toss the blame of their failures or misdeeds onto someone else. We are living in a capitalist society and the more we live in a capitalist society, the more capitalists will try to make you believe we are living in a socialist society in order to create a scapegoat, a villain the benevolent capitalists long to vanquish were they not so besieged by powerful and evil forces. Such is the message given by the media, which is utterly controlled by capitalists, although often the capitalist-owned media tells the story that the mainstream media is part of a socialist conspiracy. Capitalist advertising pays for programming that does not contradict the capitalist view of the world. It’s not lying or deception, it’s what capitalists call advertising and marketing.

The story is that socialists are secretly pushing a socialist agenda in The United States. Somehow these secret socialists have acquired vast amounts of power. The proof of this sinister socialist secret society is that an occasional woman with a lot of children manages to take advantage of government programs. When a corporation or a rich man does the same—that is to say, on the rare occasion when one is caught and brought to public attention—we again blame the socialists, although the logic somehow escapes me. Something about crony capitalism. Apparently when a capitalist does something wrong (and is caught), he becomes a socialist. It's all very confusing, the important thing to remember is that it’s the socialists’ fault.

Donald Trump is not a socialist. I want you to keep that in mind. Because the official story is to blame the socialists and Donald Trump is not a socialist. Not only is he not a socialist, but he has a congress that is Republican, that party that is so very fond of blaming everything that goes wrong on socialists. The judiciary too is now in the hands of the Republicans, as well as a majority of the governors’ offices and state houses. It seems that everything is Republican controlled nowadays, however the Republicans try to spin it.

So there is no longer any possible reason to blame whatever happens from here on out on socialists. We have reached the promised land, the propaganda machine has achieved its ultimate goal. Probably too well, as it turns out, as now the capitalists have no one to blame for what happens from here on out.

You see, for decades now, the forces that run our country have been busy performing a balancing act between Republicans and Democrats. With each in an approximate state of balance, blame could be assigned to either party according to which news sources you trusted and we could all agree to hate the other without upsetting the applecart. But something went horribly wrong in this last presidential election: the chosen candidate—running against a sexist, ignorant, narcissistic, orange, offensive opponent—somehow could not even muster up the votes to beat such a malodorous opponent. The game has become so unlikeable that we, the voters of the United States of America, chose to jump on a live hand grenade rather than surrender to the alternative. Yes, you may say that Hillary Clinton actually received millions more votes than Donald Trump, but who would not win millions more votes than such a sexist, ignorant, narcissistic, orange, offensive opponent?

Honestly, you have to be a pretty bad candidate to lose to Trump. Could you imagine Trump running against Eisenhower? Against Teddy Roosevelt? Lincoln? No, Trump could only exist in the pig pen that is today’s environment.

And that environment is a capitalist one. Let me review: Capitalist president, pro-capitalist congress, a Supreme court that recognizes corporations as humans, governors who want to privatize schools, media paid for by capitalists. Check, check, check, check, check, and checkmate.

Whatever happens until the next election when the powered elite are able to bring back the illusion of balance by installing more pro-capitalist Democrats in congress, let the blame rest solely on the shoulders of the capitalists. There is no other power structure strong enough to use as a scapegoat.

You cannot blame the loss of civility on socialists, cannot blame the loss of Christian values on anyone other than yourselves. Look at who you voted for. He is the epitome of all that is uncivil and immoral. This man, whose value is judged by his (perceived) net worth rather than the content of his character, is the very paradigm of capitalism.

Let the illusion of the superiority of the capitalist fall away. Let us dismiss once and for all the idea that if a man is intelligent and earnest that he is also wealthy. Let us admit that the opposite is also false, that if a man is wealthy he must be in possession of positive human attributes.

Do not forget that Donald Trump is a model of the capitalist. The traits he exhibits—the inability to tell the truth, the constant need for self-aggrandizement, the inability to ever satiate his desire for more, the unwillingness to share either wealth or the limelight—are traits that go hand in hand with capitalism. I’m not saying all capitalists are like Trump, I’m just stating that a capitalist eco-system is a welcoming one for some of the worst traits humans can have.

For decades the forces of capitalism have been marching forward. Not content with the lion’s share of the wealth of the nation or the world we all inhabit, they have been intent on total domination. They have been marching regardless of whether a Democrat or a Republican has been president, but they have been doing so somewhat stealthily. They now no longer have that luxury. There is nowhere left for them to hide, no non-capitalist edifice large enough to provide cover. The makeup is off, the puppet show over. They now stand naked before us. This then, is the face of capitalism exposed.

Is this who we want educating our children? Is this who we want to take care of our environment? Do we want the capitalist deciding what books we read? Because if so The Donald will be on the cover of every one of them.

Do we want the concerns of capitalists to be the only ones expressed when it comes to what should be dumped in our lakes and streams? Do we really want capitalists to decide who should get healthcare and who should die? Do we trust them to insure worker’s get their fair share? Do we expect them to guide us into an enlightened future? We must decide these questions, because the capitalists are quite content to go it alone, confident that they are the wisest and most capable of all. Their proof is in their wealth. Just remember that Donald Trump is a capitalist.