February 20, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" - The American two-party
system has always been an electoral front to conceal
the reality of how big money buys U.S. politics. Now
with media tycoon Mike Bloomberg entering the
presidential race, U.S. “democracy” can be seen for
what it is: it’s all about big money duking it out.
Political parties are now manifestly irrelevant.
With an estimated personal wealth of $60 billion,
Bloomberg is reckoned to be one of the richest men
in the U.S. He is vying for the presidency in
November’s elections against White House incumbent
Donald Trump – a billionaire real estate magnate
before he was elected in 2016.
Trump’s earlier promises to be a “man of the
people” are a cruel joke. He’s done nothing to drain
the swamp of corruption in U.S. establishment
politics. With his
pardonning of white collar criminals this week,
one can say Trump is refilling the swamp. But what
else to expect from a billionaire oligarch whose
White House tenure is just another crony dimension
of his family business?
It would be rather fitting if Bloomberg ends up
getting the nomination as the Democratic Party
candidate to run against Trump, the Republican
candidate. Then it would be merely two billionaires
going head-to-head, and in that way cutting out the
bothersome window-dressing of political parties
seemingly competing. It was always big money from
oligarchs and corporations that poured into the
American two-party system to determine the winner.
So why bother pretending there is a party
competition and all that jazz, when we can just have
the fat cats with the money standing in the ballot?
U.S. democracy is moribund. Arguably it has been
that atrophied way for a long time. It’s rather
devolved more into a dystopian contest between
super-rich individuals who try to win votes by
outspending each other. American politics has truly
descended into a dark dungeon akin to Gotham City of
Batman movies. Only there is no mysterious superhero
to save the masses held captive by the oligarchs.
It’s only a matter of time when the formal casting
of votes will eventually be deemed superfluous in
the exercise of power over the people.
