trying to wrap my head around why everything in the US is turned into a political battle--from the most trivial culture war stuff to major national crises such as the response to COVID-19. Is it a Gramscian thing where a ruling class in crisis is unable to maintain ideological hegemony?

  • DecolonizeCatan [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    that...actually makes a lot of sense. Is it fair to say that Trump represents manufacturing capital and the Dems represent finance capital?

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      matt goes into this on the vlogs, how goldwater was an avatar of small holders and petit bourgeois with domestic/nationalist concerns and how after decades that wing has finally taken over the GOP and the loser (internationalist finance capital) has taken over the dems

      EDIT: good one he talks about it in is Vibes at Midnight starting around 10 minutes in