Why do Democratic presidential candidates keep talking about "beating" Trump in 2020? There is a reason, but it is not obvious. Please stay with me.
I just heard another Democratic presidential candidate saying he was the best one to defeat Donald Trump. The man (Trump) has just been impeached. As such he could be removed from office. Why, then, does a presidential candidate feel it pertinent to talk about "beating" Trump?
The reason lies in our media set-up. We have a corporatized media, one which is more interested ultimately in the bottom line than they are in the country. That means it is essential to be able to work with the "winner," even if he or she wins illegitimately.
With gigantic amounts of money corrupting the political process in 2016, D. Trump certainly did not win fair and square. Imagine if Hillary Clinton had lost the vote by some three million votes, yet was announced the winner. Can you imagine the howls of protest coming from the Trump Twitter feed and all the Republican minions?! The sound would have been deafening! And yet Trump was declared the winner.
So here we are. The media, more interested in its bottom line, is okay with corruption -- as long as they can stay in business and tell "the story." But at what price? What price are we prepared to pay for maintaining the media status quo?
We must remember that the media is part of the profit system. This is the way big business is done in America, we say. And yet it has not always been so, though the foundations were laid centuries ago.
Now, however, the survival of democracy and of the human race are at stake. With rising population and global warming we must act quickly in any event. If the profit system must be set aside in order to secure our future, so be it. There is no mention of it in the Constitution, and surely America needs foundational change -- now more than ever.
I just heard another Democratic presidential candidate saying he was the best one to defeat Donald Trump. The man (Trump) has just been impeached. As such he could be removed from office. Why, then, does a presidential candidate feel it pertinent to talk about "beating" Trump?
The reason lies in our media set-up. We have a corporatized media, one which is more interested ultimately in the bottom line than they are in the country. That means it is essential to be able to work with the "winner," even if he or she wins illegitimately.
With gigantic amounts of money corrupting the political process in 2016, D. Trump certainly did not win fair and square. Imagine if Hillary Clinton had lost the vote by some three million votes, yet was announced the winner. Can you imagine the howls of protest coming from the Trump Twitter feed and all the Republican minions?! The sound would have been deafening! And yet Trump was declared the winner.
So here we are. The media, more interested in its bottom line, is okay with corruption -- as long as they can stay in business and tell "the story." But at what price? What price are we prepared to pay for maintaining the media status quo?
We must remember that the media is part of the profit system. This is the way big business is done in America, we say. And yet it has not always been so, though the foundations were laid centuries ago.
Now, however, the survival of democracy and of the human race are at stake. With rising population and global warming we must act quickly in any event. If the profit system must be set aside in order to secure our future, so be it. There is no mention of it in the Constitution, and surely America needs foundational change -- now more than ever.
