Reply #85: we may already be there

[William Z. Foster]

This crisis is plenty monumental. People are stunned, not apathetic. They are fearful, not complacent.

If we were hoping for people to "wake up" before things got out of control, it is already too late for that. We are in a downward spiral and the pace of our descent is increasing. I think most people realize this - it is rare that I talk to anyone who doesn't. They lack a contextual framework, an accurate analysis, they hear no coherent narrative. That is our job, and we have so far failed, we have been missing in action. (By "us" I mean the writers, readers and thinkers interested in and involved in politics.) We are the ones who have been searching for an easier path, for a way to "work within the system," we are the ones who have been saying "if we just elect this or that politician" or "if we just take this or that action" that then the system will work and all will be fine. That makes us the main apologists for the system, not truly critics or opponents of the system.

The government will never "realize it." Don't look there for help.

The wealthy are retreating and building walls to protect themselves from the barbarian hordes, yes.