Skip to main content

Ο σοσιαλισμός δεν είναι πια απαγορευμένη λέξη στις ΗΠΑ

 Αλέξανδρος Ζέρβας

Μέρος 1ο

Πριν από λίγες βδομάδες, ο Μπιλ Γκέιτς, σε συνέντευξη του στο CNBC, διατύπωσε την εκτίμηση ότι η μαζική κι ενθουσιώδης υποστήριξη που παρατηρείται από μεγάλα τμήματα της αμερικάνικης κοινωνίας απέναντι σε «σοσιαλιστικών καταβολών» πολιτικούς, όπως ο Μπέρνι Σάντερς  και η Αλεξάνδρα Οκάσιο-Κορτέζ, δεν θα έπρεπε απαραίτητα να προκαλεί πολύ έντονη ανησυχία στις οικονομικές ελίτ.

Ανέφερε δε,  κατά τη δική του οπτική, ότι ο εν λόγω «σοσιαλισμός» έδειχνε απλά πως υπάρχουν αρκετοί Αμερικάνοι που θέλουν φορολόγηση  του μεγάλου πλούτου, χωρίς να σημαίνει αυτό πως επιθυμούν και την κατάργηση του καπιταλισμού. Σημείωνε δε πως ακόμη κι ο ίδιος, ο δεύτερος πλουσιότερος άνθρωπος στις ΗΠΑ, θα έβλεπε θετικά την προοδευτική μεταρρύθμιση του φόρου εισοδήματος (σε δικαιότερη βάση) αλλά και την αύξηση του φόρου μεγάλης κληρονομίας (τον οποίο ειρήσθω εν παρόδω η κυβέρνηση Τραμπ έχει μειώσει σε μηδενικά επίπεδα).

Από τη μεριά του, ο τρίτος πλουσιότερος άνθρωπος στις ΗΠΑ, ο Γουόρεν Μπάφετ, έχει κατ’ επανάληψη ασκήσει εντονότατη κριτική στις ανισότητες που παράγει το αμερικάνικο φορολογικό σύστημα, βάσει του οποίου ο ίδιος έχει φτάσει στο σημείο να πληρώνει αναλογικά μικρότερο φόρο από την οικιακή του βοηθό ή τη ρεσεψιονίστ του.

Σύμφωνα με τη Monde Dipomatique, η συγκεκριμένη φαινομενική «διαταραχή συνείδησης» εκ μέρους του εύπορου κόσμου μπορεί να μη φαντάζει σε πολλούς ως κάτι το καινούργιο, έχει όμως αξιοσημείωτα διαφορετικά χαρακτηριστικά της παραδοσιακά χαρακτηριστικά της χριστιανικής φιλανθρωπίας. Κι αυτό γιατί εμπεριέχει ένα είδος πραγματικής ανησυχίας που ενυπάρχει μεταξύ ενός τμήματος των υπερ-πλουσίων των ΗΠΑ για τα επίχειρα των κοινωνικών ανισοτήτων στη χώρα.

Παράλληλα όμως σύμφωνα με το άρθρο, οι εν λόγω δηλώσεις φέρνουν στην επιφάνεια όχι μόνο μια εκδήλωση καλών προθέσεων αλλά και ένα πιο ριζοσπαστικό πολιτικό πλαίσιο. Κι αυτό γιατί πολιτικοί όπως ο Σάντερς, η Οκάσιο-Κορτέζ, αλλά και οι πολιτικοί σύμμαχοί τους, που αυτοπροσδιορίζονται ως «δημοκρατικοί σοσιαλιστές», δεν αναλώνονται σε παραδοσιακά αιτήματα, όπως η εθνικοποίηση των βασικών τομέων της αμερικανικής οικονομίας. Αντίθετα, η μεγάλη αποδοχή που συνάντησε η καμπάνια του Σάντερς στις προκριματικές για το χρίσμα των Δημοκρατικών στις προεδρικές του 2016, είχε κυρίως να κάνει με την έντονη κριτική  που άσκησε στα υπέρογκα δίδακτρα των αμερικάνικων πανεπιστημίων, αλλά το αστρονομικό κόστος της υγειονομικής περίθαλψης. Κι αν το ύψος των διδάκτρων αποτελεί  μόνιμη πηγή άγχους για τα μεσαία  αλλά και τα ανώτερα μεσαία στρώματα, το εξωφρενικό κόστος της υγειονομικής περίθαλψης στην πραγματικότητα αφορά τους πάντες εκτός από τους πιο πλούσιους.

Πηγή:


[2] [3] [4]

Σχετικά:




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

F-35s & AI Chips: How MBS Outplayed Washington & Beijing

GVS Deep Dive  Saudi Arabia just secured two of the most powerful assets in modern geopolitics: the U.S. F-35 stealth fighter and tens of thousands of Nvidia’s most advanced AI chips. Washington hoped this would pull Riyadh firmly back into the American orbit. But the outcome is something neither side fully expected: Mohammad bin Salman outplayed both Washington and Beijing — and used the great-power rivalry to his advantage.
Post a Comment
Read more

Greece, Palestine & Zionism: FPTV Reports from Athens

Free Palestine TV   Laith Marouf & Rabih Ghannam travel to Athens, Greece, and take a walking tour with local activists Evan Katsounis and Maria Kosmidi, to discover the rich history of anti-Zionist and anti-Fascist actions in the city, as well as the current Zionist incursion into the property sector and the counter actions directed at the presence of these War Criminals on the streets of the city. 
Post a Comment
Read more

Trump BLEW IT: Israel, Candace Owens & Epstein BURY MAGA (But Not How You Think)

Danny Haiphong   Trump has bent the knee to Israel for the last time. Patrick Henningsen exposes his horrid record and all the elements that has led to his rapidly coming collapse. 
Post a Comment
Read more

Trump RUINED: Israel First Lies & Economic Freefall Just ENDED MAGA

Danny Haiphong   Tucker Carlson isn't the only journalist breaking with Trump. In this video, Patrick Henningsen goes scorched earth on Trump's massive betrayal of what he promised his "MAGA" base and blows the lid off how his massive lies serve as a cover up for a much bigger structural problem in America's 'Israel First' political system, what Tucker and major voices in elite MAGA won't tell you.  
Post a Comment
Read more

Capitalism & Genocide - Yanis Varoufakis Speech at the Gaza Tribunal, 23rd October 2025, Istanbul

Yanis Varoufakis   On 23rd October, Yanis Varoufakis testified in front of the Jury of Conscience in the context of the Gaza Tribunal. His speech focused on the economic forces underpinning the genocide of the Palestinian people. In particular, he spoke on the manner in which capitalist dynamics have historically fuelled the white settler colonial project and, more recently, how the accumulation of a new form of capital - which he calls cloud capital - has accelerated, deepened and amplified the economic forces powering and propelling the machinery of genocide. 
Post a Comment
Read more

Varoufakis: IT technologies will overthrow Capitalism

globinfo freexchange The former Greek Minister of Finance, Yanis Varoufakis, ended his recent speech on the Future of Capitalism, at the New School, New York, with some interesting remarks. As he said: The world we live in, is increasingly rudderless, in a constant slow burning recession, while at the very same time, the increasing concentration in the IT sector is creating the new technologies that will do that which the Left has failed to do: overthrow Capitalism. It is really very simple. The moment machines pass the Turing test properly, and you pick up the phone and you do not know whether the person you are talking to is a human being or a machine ˙ the moment we are going to have 3D printers operating as public utilities - you can send any blueprint to it and it can print from one pin to a motorcycle, or to a car - the moment that this happens, we have not just a process of Schumpeterian creative destruction, but we have a process where economies of sc...
2 comments
Read more

Racing Extinction

suggested by failedevolution.blogspot 18th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Scientists predict that humanity’s footprint on the planet may cause the loss of 50% of all species by the end of the century. They believe we have entered the sixth major extinction in Earth’s history, following the fifth great extinction which took out the dinosaurs. Our era is called the Anthropocene, or “Age of Man,” because evidence shows that humanity has sparked a cataclysmic change of the world’s natural environment and animal life. Yet, we are the only ones who can stop the change we have created. The Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS), the group behind the Academy Award-winning film The Cove, is back with a new groundbreaking documentary. Joined by new innovators, this highly charged, impassioned collective of activists brings a voice to the thousands of species teetering on the very edge of life. The director has crafted an ambitious mission to clearly and artfu...
Post a Comment
Read more

Trump Welcomes Syrian Leader & “REFORMED” TERRORIST To White House!

The Jimmy Dore Show   President Donald Trump is planning a White House welcome for Syria’s new president, former al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, who was installed after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. Jimmy Dore argues that the U.S. and its allies, including Israel, have long funded extremist groups such as ISIS and al-Qaeda to serve foreign policy interests in the Middle East, so the embrace of al-Sharaa makes sense, even if it might confuse anyone who thought we took seriously the so-called “War on Terror.” He and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger contrast Trump’s willingness to meet with alleged terrorists to his refusal to engage in dialogue with leaders like Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, accusing U.S. policy of hypocrisy and imperialism.  
Post a Comment
Read more

A response to misinformation on Nicaragua: it was a coup, not a ‘massacre’

There is so much misinformation in mainstream corporate media about recent events in Nicaragua that it is a pity that Mary Ellsberg’s article for Pulse has added to it with a seemingly leftish critique. Ellsberg claims that recent articles, including from this website, often “ paint a picture of the crisis in Nicaragua that is dangerously misleading. ” Unfortunately, her own article does just that. It looks at the situation entirely from the perspective of those opposing Daniel Ortega’s government while whitewashing their malevolent behavior and downplaying the levels of US support they have relied on. Her piece is an incomplete depiction of what is happening on the ground, ignoring many salient facts that have come to light and which have been outdated by recent events. The following is a brief response to Ellsberg’s main points from someone who lives in Nicaragua and has observed the situation directly and intimately: https://grayzoneproject.com/2018/08/15/a-res...
Post a Comment
Read more

Maduro's opening to China

“ Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said he hopes Venezuela will use bilateral financing mechanisms and channel more funds to the areas of energy, mining, agriculture and industry while meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.” “ Financing mechanisms between the two countries total more than 50 billion U.S. dollars, according to Venezuelan experts. Financing mechanisms, including the China-Venezuela Fund, have provided financial support for some 256 projects. China and Venezuela upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership during Xi's visit to Venezuela in 2014, opening a new chapter in bilateral ties.” “ During their meeting, Xi called on the two sides to push bilateral ties to a higher-level. China supports Venezuela's efforts in restructuring its economy and establishing a manufacturing economic model, he said. Xi suggested the two countries push forward cooperation in the fields of oil exploration, infrastru...
Post a Comment
Read more