by Hugo Dionísio, Strategic Culture:
Immigration, abortion, wokism, the Ukrainian war, eternal wars, reindustrialization and protectionism. With the exception of abortion and Wokism (identitarianism), which are matters concerned with each one’s conscience rather than about structural policy, they all represent, in some way, some of the most brutal consequences of neoliberalism in the U.S., and are among the major causes of Kamala’s defeat and Trump’s victory.
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Deindustrialization, blamed by Trump as one of the major causes of America’s loss of power, happened as a direct result of the financialization of the economy (accelerated by Republican Nixon) making the Wall Street casino business the economic engine of the USA. Without industry came the deterioration of real power resolved through the creation of eternal conflicts. Eternal wars take a heavy toll on the Western economy (also in Europe) and hamper public investment in infrastructure and other social necessities. The loot they make possible for Blackrock, Monsanto, Golden Sachs and others does not go back to the American people, but to the accumulation of a few.
As a way of diverting attention, frightening and anesthetizing the masses, Russophobia, the Cold War and identitarianism are being revived, causing social atomization and the fracturing of social movements that could consistently and coherently challenge this situation. The result is a humane feeling of instability and precariousness about all aspects of life.
Trump has emerged as the solution that will fulfill the aspiration for stability and a certain “normality” in customs, the economy, work and the family. Kamala has never been free from the accusation that she wants to keep untouched the factors that cause this social breakdown.
Trump’s announced victory shows that Biden’s economic “successes” were not recognized by the population. The oligarchic gains never reached the pockets of working people. The Democratic Party refused to acknowledge this fact, and in doing so guaranteed Trump’s victory.
Having explained the cause, we now need to establish its constituents, which I will list at random:
- The role of eternal wars
Trump has used this banner masterfully, capitalizing on factors such as the fear of a world war, the opacity of the military-industrial complex, its lack of control over spending and the fact that it operates beyond democratic rules, without auditing, scrutiny or the need to justify spending.
NATO’s more than predictable defeat in Ukraine brings with it another novelty, which is a certain discrediting of the mythical – but never proven – U.S. military capacity. Trump presented himself as the candidate who would solve the eternal conflicts, freeing the American people from this burden, but at the same time recovering the lost military mysticism. A kind of nationalism typical of empires that are on its way to an end.
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