Technology is developed not in a systematic, forward-looking way to make life easier, but mostly as weapons of war for destruction. The different parts of the political system have regional struggles between the core and periphery rather than cooperation. Turning specifically to Yankeedom, it is a deeply stratified class system in which the ruling class controls the major resources and the lower classes are granted just enough resources to make it to the next day. In fact, nobody’s driving, yet they imagine they are steering and governing. ![]() Applying the words “governing” and “steering” to politics in human societies, the sad truth is that with the possible exception of hunting and gathering and simple horticultural societies, agricultural state civilizations and industrial capitalist societies do not govern their populations, they rule them. We have oligarchies struggling for power, but part of their power should not be defined as steering. No subsystems are left floating on their own, freely determining their own direction. These subsystems are integrated and monitored for feedback about the system’s past behavior and fed forward, anticipating where the system is going. It is the grand central station in which all subsystems of the body meet. In cybernetics, to govern is likened to a heart in the human body. In other words, deliberative political bodies ask themselves big sociopolitical questions like – “where have we been based on past practice and where are we going, based on future plans?” Steering is something like the word “governing”. One of the root meanings of the word “politics” is to steer. Though I don’t make a case for socialism, I will say that our choices are either fascism or socialism. Thirdly, fascism is already here and it will continue even if Trump loses the election. Yankeedom is collapsing and it will continue to collapse regardless of who wins this “election”. My claim is that both Yankee political parties have already demonstrated for the last 40 years they are incapable of managing to reconstruct or repair deep ecological, infrastructural and structural problems that are engulfing us right now. Secondly, this article does not tell anyone whether or not to vote or which party to vote for. I am, however, cynical that any capitalist party can keep Yankeedom from collapsing. ![]() Up yours.”įirst of all, I am not cynical in general. I can’t believe any radical news site would even publish this article. If Trump wins there will be blood on your hands. How can you be so apathetic at a time like this? We have to get Trump out of office or we will have fascism. Noam Chomsky thinks this is the most important election in U.S history. ![]() A cynical radical leftist who is so out of touch that you would jeopardize losing the elections to Trump out of some purity. The best lack all conviction, while the worst Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Share on Telegram Share on Reddit Share on Email Image courtesy Hermit
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