How to MAGA

S.L. Kanthan

As usual, we largely agree with the author on his diagnosis of what ails America. But on his therapeutic formula, we emphatically disagree with his recommendation that Americans should go back for more helpings of Christianity.  The US is already a country historically poisoned by high levels of fanatical religiosity—mostly of the Judeo-Christian variety. Deeply embedded in the country's DNA, official US Christendom —both Catholic and Protestant—has endorsed virtually all US wars, no matter how sanguinary and perfidious. Further, these faiths' visceral anti-communism has wrecked even mild efforts to give the country a foundation of economic justice and political civility. Thus, the US is still the only major "first world" nation without universal healthcare, saddled with a stunningly devious ruling-class that has naturally evolved into a scandalous form of thinly veiled totalitarian oligarchy. If anything, Americans need to detach themselves from so much smug religiosity of one kind or another—especially the fundamentalist know-nothing kind that has now even given us Christofascism—and start thinking for themselves. As for "saviours", we desperately need less Trumps, and less Obamas, and more Carl Sagans in our culture. And one more thing: the world hardly needs to see "America great" again. That's a supremacist/exceptionalist/imperialist meme that hardly belongs in a prescription to morally rescue a country like America, with a horrid and depraved imperialist history that needs atoning for instead of exuberant celebration. Leave that for the charlatans in our culture, which of course, abound.

Transcript:

How to make America great again? The phrase MAGA implicitly admits that America is NOT great anymore. Okay, that’s a good start, because you cannot solve a problem if you live in denial.

There are two ways to make America great: (1) To DO certain things, and (2) To STOP doing certain things.

It’s like if you want to lose weight, you should eat lots of whole foods, but you should also avoid junk food.

So, in this short video, let me explain four ideologies that America should get rid of to become great:

Neoliberalism, Imperialism, Globalism and Wokeism.

Neoliberalism is unrestrained and unregulated capitalism. This led to the de-industrialization of the economy over the last 40+ years. Manufacturing was shipped abroad and replaced by money-printing, debt and a giant casino known as Wall Street.

Next: Imperialism. Stop the perpetual wars. Defang the military industrial complex. And create a new diplomatic architecture for a multipolar world by working with China, Russia, Iran etc.

Then, disavow globalism, which destroys sovereignty, culture and identity of nations. Globalism is also about mind control through censorship and propaganda. So, stop the blob.

Finally, reverse much of the wokeism that has poisoned American society since the 1950s. Go back to Christianity, family values, and traditions.

S.L. Kanthan