After The Election

THE ABSURD TIMES

It seems fairly certain now that we will be rid of the reactionary and oppressive forces of greed that are the trademark of the present Republican Party. In other words, its own contradictions have caused it to crumble.
Its rise started with Nixon, of all people, and his focus on "ordinary people." Democrats in the south had abandoned the party in favor of the Republicans because of its whiteness. Many of the working class elsewhere abandoned the Democratic party because of the "hippies" and their lifestyle and reaction to the Vietnam war. The "HardHats" became "Reagen Republicans." Bush the Decider was the born again Christian. All of this was used to garner votes in support of corporatization, big business, and a pro-billionaire agenda.
That agenda led to jobs being lost, houses being foreclosed, and so on (who is going to buy the mass-produced stuff if they all have no income?)
Coming full circle, now an African-American will be the President and an example of racial equality. All the so-called neo-conservativism, and neo-liberalism, has failed. Pragmatism will begin to take its place and dissent with rest with what I hereby designate as Neo-Bohemianism. A future article will take this theme up.