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I want to say that Engels predicted that Americans would radicalize once it became impossible for large numbers of them to purchase a house / land. We’re nearing that point. (Although some are able to immigrate to other countries and drive up property values there.) Faith in “our democracy” is lower than it’s been in decades (I think), inequality is at depression levels, polarization is at civil war levels, we are hopefully nearing another 2020-style explosion. Doing something drastic, like canceling the next presidential election, could provoke a civil war to “restore democracy” that would hopefully turn into a communist revolution 😈
But large portions of the bourgeoisie really have to feel like they’re fucked without trump in order for them to cancel elections. My guess is that they’re still okay with handing the hot potato (surrendering to Iran, paying them $200 billion) over to the democrats.