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"No Kings" Protests Reflect a Crisis of Imperial Plutocracy in the US
✍️By By Michael Bradburn-Ruster
The "No Kings" protests reflect deeper systemic crises than immediate grievances over Medicaid cuts, inflation, and the Iran war. Author Michael Bradburn-Ruster argues that decades of neoliberal policy—tax breaks for the ultra-rich, union assault, corporate profit—have produced a plutocracy where elections become legal bribery and citizens mere consumers. Trump represents the apotheosis, not the origin, of this disease. Both parties serve corporate elites, and after Gaza, the Democrats' claim as "lesser evil" is suspect.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/531354/No-Kings-protests-reflect-a-crisis-of-imperial-plutocracy-in
✍️By By Michael Bradburn-Ruster
The "No Kings" protests reflect deeper systemic crises than immediate grievances over Medicaid cuts, inflation, and the Iran war. Author Michael Bradburn-Ruster argues that decades of neoliberal policy—tax breaks for the ultra-rich, union assault, corporate profit—have produced a plutocracy where elections become legal bribery and citizens mere consumers. Trump represents the apotheosis, not the origin, of this disease. Both parties serve corporate elites, and after Gaza, the Democrats' claim as "lesser evil" is suspect.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/531354/No-Kings-protests-reflect-a-crisis-of-imperial-plutocracy-in
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