<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><p><font size="5">And here we are. If Trump is the darkest pit, a year in, I see little serious effort to get past it. I guess we’ll see if Oprah’s self-marketing regimen helps 200,000 deported Salvadorians get ahead in 2020. Otherwise, the Democrat’s ‘Better Deal’ lacks even Trump’s hot-air. As for the Right, any serious White Nationalist should look to a more-prescient Black Nationalist like Malcolm X, than to a suited jack-ass who says he wouldn’t want a poor person (you) running the economy. In Malcolm’s words:</font></p><blockquote><p><font size="5">We must understand the politics of our community and we must know what politics is supposed to produce. We must know what part politics play in our lives. And until we become politically mature we will always be mislead, lead astray, or deceived or maneuvered into supporting someone politically who doesn’t have the good of our community at heart.</font></p><p><font size="5">…Anytime you throw your weight behind a political party that controls two-thirds of the government, and that Party can’t keep the promise that it made to you during election time, and you’re dumb enough to walk around continuing to identify yourself with that Party, you’re not only a chump, but you’re a traitor to your race.</font></p><p><font size="5">As for the Left, (and less-astray Right) we can substitute ‘race’ for virtually any word in our lexicon and the same remains true.</font></p><p><font size="5">…Anytime you throw your weight behind a political party that controls two-thirds of the government, and that Party can’t keep the promise that it made to you during election time, and you’re dumb enough to walk around continuing to identify yourself with that Party, you’re not only a chump, but you’re a traitor to your ___. (<em>Ballot Or Bullet</em>, 1964)</font></p><p><a class="enhancr_card_8602549310" href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/02/02/lets-not-make-this-about-identity-but-about-power/">Let’s Not Make This About Identity, But About Power</a><font size="5"></font></p><div><br></div><div class="ydp77ec17b3yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp77ec17b3yahoo-link-enhancr-not-allow-cover ydp77ec17b3ymail-preserve-class ydp77ec17b3ymail-preserve-style" id="ydp77ec17b3enhancr_card_8602549310" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Segoe UI, Arial, sans-serif;" contenteditable="false" data-size="MEDIUM" data-type="YENHANCER" data-url="https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/02/02/lets-not-make-this-about-identity-but-about-power/"><a class="ydp77ec17b3yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important;" href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/02/02/lets-not-make-this-about-identity-but-about-power/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><table class="ydp77ec17b3card-wrapper ydp77ec17b3yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table width="100%" class="ydp77ec17b3card ydp77ec17b3yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="ydp77ec17b3card-info ydp77ec17b3yahoo-ignore-table" style="border-radius: 0px 0px 2px 2px; width: 100%; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; border-top-color: rgb(224, 228, 233); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; position: relative; z-index: 2; max-width: 400px; background-size: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px;"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Segoe UI, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0;"><h2 class="ydp77ec17b3card-title" style="font-size:14px;line-height:19px;margin:0 0 6px 0;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Segoe UI, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;color:#26282a;">Let’s Not Make This About Identity, But About Power</h2><p class="ydp77ec17b3card-description" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0px;color:#979ba7;word-break:break-word;">“If triangles made a god they would give it three sides.” -Montaigne A forgiving way (the liberal way) to defin...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p><br></p></blockquote><font size="5"></font><br></div></div></body></html>