The Uniparty and the Era of Luigi
Over the last week, I have watched the commentaries, responses, and somehow even emojis about The Adjuster and his retribution against the United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. While the sentiment of many commenters did not shock me – I have seen the people cheer for death when those deserve it many times, I was definitely shocked by just how LARGE the outpouring of comments and replies has been. It was consistent across all platforms, across all colors of the political aisle, and really showed that US may have a minute of class consciousness left in it after all. From the people in Ben Shaprio’s YouTube comment section, to the boomers still on Facebook, a good majority of people who would normally hand-wring at such an event were ready for more heads on pikes if that is what it took to enact change.
While members that benefit from the corporatocracy have shied away from these comments, the tide is overwhelming, and something that SHOULD be paid attention to more than the throwaway comments made on the larger platforms. The people are ANGRY, and angry gets things done. While I would like to pretend that violence is not the answer, that can only be true so long as the corporations hold to the social contract, and grievances can be properly heard. Decades of deregulation and uncaring politicians have let the corporations loom large, with the average citizen having almost no chance of affecting meaningful change. Tens of thousands die every year due to lack of coverage, the housing situation is crippling the middle class and under, and things are looking to only get worse and the years go on. Both parties are to blame for this.
US Politics Shitflinging
The Democrats pretend year after year to fight for the people and the working class, but in the end all they can offer is corporation-approved answers that never want to get close to solving the issues. Kamala Harris’ campaign admitted to backing off being tough on corporations after her brother-in-law, one of Uber’s executives, asked her to. She then proceeded to spend weeks campaigning with Liz Cheyney, a politician neither Democrats nor Republicans like, despite protests from people on the ground floor of the actual campaign. In practice, her term as president would have probably been just as harmful as Trump’s will be, but in the Corporate Clean sort of way that leads people to say Brian Thompson never killed anyone. He and his company did. So long as they let corporate-democrats dictate policy, it will never truly get any better for anyone who is voting for them.
Now, I started aiming at the Democrats because I consider myself on the left, but there is more than enough blame for the Republican side of the aisle. Full deregulation is their goal, and corporations are thirsty for the chance to not even have to follow the few rules they do have. The fake Government Efficiency department headed by Elon Musk is aiming to take down the CFPB, which has only ever gone after corporations and managed to put money back in consumers hands. This department was created as a direct result of the corporate atrocities that let the financial crash of 2008 happen. The FTC has been beaten down for years, finally saw what might have been some recovery this year, and now will be staffed by someone more concerned with political revenge than proper antitrust lawsuits. Like I said earlier, not even the lip service is there.
The Era of Luigi
Because no one in power is inclined to actually resolve the root causes of the shooting and fix the systems, I think we are going to see a lot more single-target murders like this case happening very soon. As we saw with school shootings, where the problems have been handwaved away by politicians time after time, these shootings will begin to escalate. What starts as one becomes a couple every year will turn into something every month. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the ultra-rich who hurt people the most better strap the fuck in for the long haul if they don’t make changes fast. I would rather the system be resolved, and no violence have to occur, but so long as it remains broken I will continue to join the chorus of those angered by the true villains of these stories.
It definitely may be starting with Healthcare, but I do not think it will take very long to escalate out to other industries. Real Estate or large rental companies, large food companies, and multi-industry titans should definitely take note of the anger of the people. I do not think it will buy them a lot of time, but disrupting TikTok will probably buy them some time as people migrate to one or two new platforms, but I would say only about a quarter to 6 months. Even then, I’m not sure that is going to cause any impact. I think its going to make protests of the past look like a joke if it actually gets coordinated, and I hope I get to see that happen.
