Thread by @jkishore

Most notable about the soporific #Debates2020 is that is being conducted as if this is a normal election, that it is not being held under conditions of a massive breakdown of political institutions of American capitalism. What is the reality? 1/

The president of the United States is actively conspiring to foment right-wing violence and override the results of the elections, depending on his position in the White House and control over the apparatus of the state. 2/

A pandemic that has killed more than 210k people in the United States, as a result of the criminal policies of the entire ruling class, with neither party proposing anything besides the continuation of the back-to-work and back-to-school campaign. 3/

A social crisis that is without precedent in American history, mass unemployment and poverty. The ruling class has handed trillions to itself--with the support of both parties--and is preparing austerity on a scale that will be catastrophic. 4/

The preparation by American imperialism for global conflict, with Harris and the Democrats seizing every opportunity to demand more aggressive action against Russia. Both parties support the massive buildup of the US war machine. 5/

The breakdown of what remains of democratic institutions, under the pressure of unending war and massive social inequality. Epitomized in the show trial of Julian Assange in the UK, spearheaded by the Democrats and implemented by Trump. 6/

Underlying everything, the massive growth of social anger. The role of the Democrats, a party of Wall Street and the military, is to suppress all popular opposition to the Trump administration, to keep the unprecedented crisis within the state entirely within the state itself. 7/

The SEP & our campaign are building a socialist political leadership in the working class. The issues workers face cannot be resolved through electoral means. The focus must be on the expansion and unification of the class struggle into a political movement against capitalism. 8/