Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Las Vegas, 2015. John Locher / Press Association. All rights reserved.In a recent letter, 50 Republican national security experts lambast Donald Trump, saying he "would be the most reckless president" in US history. Given his latest statement on the “Second Amendment people” and their right to change the government by force it seems hard to disagree. Yet the question of whether reckless and even unacceptable rhetoric in a modern ‘civilized society’ necessarily translates into political action – be it the revolutionary upheaval of the masses or bold, path breaking politics of the elites – remains.
The presidential candidate’s reminder of the American people’s right to hold the government accountable by force if necessary must surely apply to Trump himself. And, at the end of the day, one train of thought that Mr Trump’s outrageous remark might provoke is, how did it come to this that the democratically elected president, regardless of name, race or gender, once elected, appears truly accountable only to the top echelon of the ruling capitalist class.
The only real choice that the American people face in these elections is, what section of the ruling capitalist class will rule them and how the victorious section of the ruling capitalist class will be making its money to continue its domination.
