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We all know what that means- Have some more pallets of bricks delivered from Home Depot to 3rd and Main.What has happened now is that the Republican Party has been ‘Trump-ified,'" West said. "It has become the neofascist wing of the ruling class field tied to the financialized version of a predatory capitalism, with Wall Street in the driver's seat and the Pentagon militarism still hidden and concealed."
West also said he believes the Democratic Party fetishizes identity politics, arguing that this distract politicians from addressing some of the most pressing concerns of America’s working class, which he believes will persist under the Biden administration.
“[Identity politics are] presented [by the Democratic Party] as this progressive, cutting-edge tool to make the class hierarchy and the imperial hierarchy more colorful with all the talk about diversity and inclusion,” West said. “It makes it seem like they are on the cutting edge because they are concerned about everybody in life, which is not the case.”
West said that the Democratic Party serves to protect members of corporate America over the country’s working class, noting the Obama administration’s failure to address white collar crime after the 2008 financial crisis as one example.
“[The Democratic Party is not] committed to eradicating poverty, not committed to ending the mass incarceration regime, not committed to making sure workers are treated with dignity and making sure their voices at the workplace, or a transformation of the role of Wall Street,” West said.
To effect change, Reed said progressives must channel their frustration with the apolitical system into grassroots, community organizing, and that change will only result from “connections and alliances formed through the course of struggle on the ground."