Dysfunction of Existing Institutions Apparent
November 8, 2020. Protests continue in Detroit,
Michigan.
The U.S. elections have revealed for the entire
world to see the extent to which the so-called
democratic institutions in the U.S. are unable to
sort out conflicts within the ruling class or give
the appearance of a legitimate election which
confers the consent of the governed.
The election dispute among the rulers continues
to play out on a number of fronts. Trump persists
in saying he won and that illegal votes are being
counted. Biden is proceeding as president-elect.
Some are backing Trump's many lawsuits in several
states, while also calling on him to concede. The
Wall Street Journal was representative of
this position. "If Mr. Biden has 270 Electoral
College votes at the end of the counting and
litigation, President Trump will have a decision
to make. We hope in that event he would concede
gracefully," the newspaper wrote.
The Republican head of the Senate, Mitch
McConnell, has said Trump has every right to use
litigation to challenge the results, as have
others. Meanwhile, local Republican election
officials, in Georgia, for example, have defended
their work and said the vote count is valid.
Similar stands are being taken by local and state
officials in all the states currently under
dispute. These include Georgia, Pennsylvania,
Michigan, Arizona and Nevada. Other Republicans
have called for Trump to stop the lawsuits, saying
they are unlikely to change the outcome. Pursuing
them undermines "the institutions at the
foundation" of the country, they say. This is a
major concern for the ruling class as a whole,
because it undermines their authority to govern
and use force against the people, which is already
widely questioned.
November 7, 2020. Rally in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Twelve lawsuits have been dismissed at the local
or state level. Others being pursued, such as in
Pennsylvania and Michigan, are calling on the
courts to block certification of the vote based on
irregularities with state election law. Other
lawsuits are still being prepared. Lawyers are
expressing concerns that the cases are meant to
discredit the vote, rather than secure an accurate
vote count. The potential for Supreme Court
intervention remains ever present, which would
only further discredit the election.
What is evident for all to see is that the
disputes among the factions of the rich vying for the power of the
presidency have not been resolved and there is little hope that they
will be resolved. While Biden has been declared the winner by the
monopoly media, it is apparent that he does not enjoy broad support.
There are various reports that about half of Biden's votes were not for
him, but against Trump. It is Trump's loss that many are celebrating.
In some of the states currently under dispute,
about 40,000 people who voted chose not to cast a
vote for president. In Georgia, Biden is ahead by
10,502 votes; in Arizona by 16,985 votes, in
Nevada by 34,283 votes. There are also an
estimated 80 million eligible voters who did not
vote. That number reaches about 100 million if
those blocked from voting -- such as prisoners and
immigrants -- are counted. There is also
suppression of the vote using various requirements
to register, closing polling stations,
insufficient hours, etc. All of this contributes
to evidence indicating that Biden's vote is only a
small portion of the electorate, about 25 per
cent. Furthermore, of that number, only about 12
per cent actually voted for him as opposed to
against Trump.
 In this way, the
emphasis placed on Biden getting the largest
number of votes covers up the fraud of elections
of the world's allegedly "indispensable nation."
According to Biden, "the people of this nation
have spoken" and "delivered us a clear victory."
This also serves to cover up that votes for
candidates the people did not select and that do
not represent them in no way reflect their
concerns and interests. Certainly, the votes cast
do not confer a "mandate" to continue to implement
the war economy and war government of the U.S.
which the ruling class requires of every
president.
The new direction the people of the United States
demand for their country is to have a peace
economy and an anti-war government. The election
results in fact reveal that the election process
and selection of Biden by the ruling class has in
no way diverted the broad movement of the people
for justice, equality and the affirmation of the
rights of all.
November 8, 2020. Washington DC, the fight for
rights continues.
This article was published in
Volume 50 Number 44 - November 14, 2020
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Dysfunction of Existing Institutions Apparent
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