Dementia Joe; the sh!t-show continues...

You’d think the embarrassing spectacle playing out in America’s “Democracy Theatre” would prompt more Americans to question to what extent they actually have a democracy. After the 90 minute cringe-fest Joe put on in the Trump debate, he had a softball “redemption interview” with CNN’s George Stephanopoulos the other night. Joe assured the American people he was doing his goodest work, and was firmly on top of his running-the-world gig. According to multiple reports across the spectrum of America’s legacy news platforms, the Dem party megadonors are soiling their bespoke trousers. They are calling emergency meetings in a too-late attempt to contain the damage. When their boy is doing his goodest work while things are clearly going out of control, they’ve got cause for concern. Before you know it, there’s gonna be way more than the deplorables calling out the Emperor’s nudity. While the stupefied American public is slow to clue in, imagine what this clown show looks like to all those Global South countries Uncle Sam keeps wooing into Pax America. Why would anyone adopt America’s model of democracy, which boils down to the rule of megadonors? The choice between Trump and Biden is a choice between two candidates approved by the megadonors. In Canada, we consider ourselves above the venal money-saturated politics we see south of the border. But think about it; are we any different? Sure, we have a multi-party democracy, but those parties, to the extent they have any profile in our national media, all draw their campaign funds from a very narrow deep-pocketed base. That’s why every single Canadian parliamentarian can see genocide in Xinjiang, but none of them can see genocide in Gaza.