Tonight the 2 representatives of the capitalist political system will engage in the 1 and only debate of the entire election season.
The Democratic Governor, Andrew "Status" Cuomo will engage with the Republican candidate Marc Molinaro over who is best suited to represent the capitalist class in the halls of power in Albany.
I have several problems with this.
1. Only 1 debate? There are 5 different regions in NY: NY City, the Capitol Region, Northern NY, Syracuse, & WNY. I'm sure others could break it down even more. One could argue for Rochester & Binghamton to be regions as well. I am targeting major media markets. However the two listed are fair suggestions. In any event, these different regions have differences in their needs based on their economic drivers & social make up. Lenin recognized this in 1917 whe n he called for "Land, bread, & peace." One debate will not address all the differences that this state has. Not in economics. Not in race. Not in gender. Nothing.
2. Noted by their absence are the 2 minor party candidates that were present in the last 2 debates. The Green Party candidate of Howie Hawkins & the Libertarian Party candidate of Larry Sharpe. They were included in previous debates but, for some reason, are not needed this time. While I can criticize the Green Party for its defence of green/environmental capitalism and the Libertarian Party for its defence of unregulared capitalism, the greater issue that that they are being excluded from the debate for whatever reason. The electorate is being denied access to information about who is running for the offfice of governor. And if you check the corporate owned media, neither one will be mentioned. This is despite the fact that in the last gubernatorial election that the Green Party netted 175,000 votes. That is 3 times what Presidential Candidate Dr Jill Stein won in 2012 or 2016, if memory serves me correctly.
And what will they discuss? Molinaro will attack the capitalist corruption in Albany & the failures of the Buffalo Billion, etc. Ad nauseum. Yes, we are sick of it all.
And Status Cuomo will make this about President (sic & sick) Donald Trump, Molainaro's inexperience, and other Republican failures in Albany.
Neither candidate will discuss the failure of capitalism and the capitalist class in meeting the needs of the working class in this state.
Neither will discuss racism, sexism, climate change, the failure of the education system, or anything that really matters to the working class.
I will watch the discussion between the two faces of capitalism.
I'm not expecting anything great to be said.
The only thing that gives me hope is that people will wake up to the lies of capitalism & throw off the chains one day.
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