Dialectical Materialism

Karl Marx (1875)

Not to condone anything, but there is something wrong in the USA just as there was in Germany attendant upon the rise of Hitler. It's easy to blame MAGA Republicanism. Yet that's only a symptom of something else--is it inflation, jobs or the border? Everything is ultimately a symptom of everything else. For instance joblessness leads to tariffs which upends the balance of trade. The balance of trade is exacerbated by the plethora of unskilled workers in countries like China. There is no denying a phenomenon. You can't kill an idea as is the case with radical movements like ISIS and Hamas. Is this an argument for a tragic view of existence? Maybe rather a philosophic one. Neoliberalism may prevail in the current election simply because the threat Trump poses to Constitutionalism is so great. However, there is a historical process going on. Dialectical materialism produced Communism. What is the synthesis that will result from opposing historical forces in today's world?

read "Francis Levy's Divine Comedy," Exquisite Corpse

and listen to "Duke of Earl by Gene Chandler