John Chuckman
POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY CAITLIN JOHNSTONE IN CONSORTIUM NEWS
“COVID-19: The Craziest Things About America Highlighted by this Virus
“The corporate cronyism of America’s political system has been highlighted with a massive kleptocratic bailout”
In revolutions, a common factor is the elites' lack of response to wider social/economic problems.
This was definitely true of the French and Russian revolutions.
It should perhaps be noted what has arisen in America before the current crisis, and that is the immense divide between the "one-percent" and the great mass of the population.
The divide has arisen through things like a tax system which puts no responsibility on the super-privileged, while, at the same time, a great deal of the government's activities serve those same people - eg, the Pentagon/security complex and the empire abroad that it is designed to serve.
Many aspects of that structure are not stable, and they now are to be put under great stress.
I think all bets are off as to the ultimate outcome.
America's domestic future might well be very different than many would have assumed just a short time ago.
And that goes for its international arrangements too.
