The Fire Next Time

A river of wealth runs through this country. But a carefully
cultivated set of dams, aqueducts, pumps and sluices has been
constructed to channel that wealth uphill to the 1% who have taken the
reins of what used to be our democracy.

Think tanks funded by billionaires have fostered this ideology of
greed. Politicians have happily colluded with their wealthy donors
while failing to understand the consequences of starving the masses of
the benefits of their own productivity and labor.

Desperate people responded to these outrages badly. They voted in a
racist incompetent who spoke to their troubles but then worsened
them.

Unless the incoming administration takes down the pumps and sluices
(by raising the minimum wage and guaranteeing a decent life for all)
we will see a return to rabid nationalism and faux populism; this time
by someone sharp and determined enough to take us all the way to the
authoritaranism we have just narrowly avoided.