The Pitiful Small-Mindedness of the Press

 The press and media of America continue their adventure in amorality and callousness.    Wherever they can eek out some complaint about Joe Biden -- no matter how petty -- they are willing to do so.  Not all practitioners of the trade of the bon voyeur fall prey to this evil spirit, but many do.  

Worst is the unspoken desire to preserve the identity of the Old G.O.P. -- an identity which has mostly been lost now to the vapors of time -- as a new breed of sycophancy has emerged to dominate the old party of Lincoln.  Thus we have in today's Washington Post an article about the subject of immigration as being suddenly a new topic to be taken up by Republicans as they seek to re-take the Senate.  The re-acquiring of the Senate gavel is a task in and of itself a difficult one as the landscape might just as well favor Democrats after we get fully through President Biden's new New Deal.  (What better term than this one can we come up with?)  

Meantime, "Onward and Downward" seems to be the cry of the press and media, as they trudge along, plying their trade weighed down by the wares of a long ago cynicism and arrogance.  

 

American Recovery Act Won't Stop Capitalism's Death Spiral: Salon

Salon  magazine says the country's newly-minted recovery act will not stop capitalism's descent into a permanent abyss.  This fairly astonishing headline has appeared on < Salon.com >.  Never to my knowledge has such a phrase been used by any major media outlet predicting the ultimate demise of the profit system.

And yet, here we have it --the truth.  According to Salon, our long-lasting and perpetual ruin-er of the economy -- the profit system, a.k.a capitalism --  is doomed.  I agree.  But to see this in its fullness requires a fuller study, not currently available on this blog.

But what a hopeful trend!  My only great regret is that the process will not likely be short, and certainly not painless.

But the feeling seems to be getting stronger that America can and must do better than an economy based primarily on the needs of those who already have so much -- with everyone else getting even less.   

 

Nevertheless, the Profit System is in a Death Spiral

 

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Note to Reader:  One reason for the recent break here at The Musical Patriot has been the dearth of articles of suitable depth and pertinence to inform the discussion here.    Articles with quite pathetic criticisms of the brand-new Biden administration ("He's boring!") have failed to rise to the level of seriousness, to say the least.  The advantage of this is that blogs like this can fill the void and contribute in a healthy and helpful way.  If this blag can do that,even to a limited extent, I shall be gratified. 

A Late-Winter Vacation

 The Musical Patriot on Break

The Musical Patriot has been on a late-season break and will resume posting very soon.