On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 03:06 PM, <sartes...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Constitutionality is of no concern to the reactionary bourgeoisie.
I fully agree that the reactionary bourgeoisie is not wedded in principle to constitutional principles or institutions (aka bourgeois democracy), though we might be in disagreement as to whether it has already adopted Bonapartism or fascism as its preferred model, which was the subject of my previous comment. And let's not limit ourselves to the reactionary bourgeoisie. Capitalists of all political stripes are inclined to switch between parties in defence of their own interests which is why value the option to do so through the present constitutional arrangements. We’ve just seen striking evidence of this in the exodus of Musk, Zuckerberg, and other tech barons from the Democrats to the Republicans in pursuit of promised tax breaks and the deregulation of crypto and AI. As you know, the propertied classes have only reluctantly surrendered power to a single authority above them when their rule has been threatened from below. Apart from the big bourgeoisie as a whole having no interest at the present time in abolition of the two-party system, it ahould be noted that it's ironically the Republican right rather than the Democrats which is presenting itself as the strongest defenders of "The Constitution" - with good reason since it has gained control of all three branches of government. I’m sure we’re also in agreement that so long as the working class and its allies have the opportunity to defend and advance their interests through the electoral system, even a badly compromised one such as in the US, they should continue to do so together with engaging in strikes, demonstrations, and other mass expressions of their democratic rights. Hopefully, we'll see workers of both parties move in this direction and beyond as the Trumpists continue to implement their reactionary agenda, and become for the first time in our political lifetime transformed from a class in itself to a class for itself. I'm confident we're in agreement on this point as well. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35032): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35032 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/111004330/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
