U.S. Elections of 2024: Duel of Two Bourgeois Parties

The entire global public has been drawn into the spectacle of the 2024 American elections, holding their breath as they await the final episode of this high-profile political drama. The significance of the American elections lies in their strikingly clear and vivid display of bourgeois reformism. The global importance of these elections is about a worldwide economic redistribution—a battle of monopolist “families,” not a contest for the American people’s votes. The essence of these elections lies in the profound crisis of bourgeois parties and the remarkable force with which their decay is revealed. American elections are not a battle over national, social interests; they are not a struggle for the protection of America’s working people, nor for solving social issues of the laboring American public. They are not a struggle to defend the interests of the majority, who daily mint the “gold coin” on a national scale, held in the hands of American “trusts.” American elections are a battle for the interests (private, not public) of these “trusts”—the term used in America for capitalist alliances.

In all countries today, bourgeois parties are in power (differing only in form and name), meaning parties that stand on the principles of capitalism. In America, these are the two bourgeois parties that have been distinguished here for half a century—since the Civil War over slavery from 1860 to 1865—by remarkable durability and strength. The party of the former slaveholders is the so-called “Democratic Party.” The party of capitalists that once supported the liberation of the enslaved developed into the “Republican Party.

Back then, during the era of the Civil War and the struggle over slavery, these parties fought not so much for the liberation of the enslaved as for the economic interests of different bourgeois groups. The “Democrats” represented the interests of the slave-owning South, while the “Republicans” represented the interests of the Northern bourgeoisie, who were invested in market expansion and the consolidation of power. After the liberation of the enslaved, the difference between the two parties gradually diminished. The struggle between these parties was mainly over the question of higher or lower customs tariffs, holding little significance for the masses. The people were deceived, distracted from their pressing interests by flashy and meaningless duels of the two bourgeois parties. Since then, this system has merely changed its decorations, retaining its main purpose—to keep the working masses in subjugation and prevent independent class movements.

This so-called “two-party system,” still ruling in America and England today, is one of the most powerful means to prevent the rise of any other force within the state, particularly the rise of an independent workers’ party.

The old bourgeois parties (“Democratic” and “Republican”) always appeal to the past, to the era of emancipation of the enslaved. Only now, this tool has been taken up by the former slaveholders themselves, the so-called “Democrats.” This juggling with migrants and the national question has long been one of the main instruments in deceiving the masses.

At first glance, U.S. elections may appear as a battle of ideas and programs, a struggle for a bright future. Generally, for over a century, all programs of these two bourgeois parties have always been directed toward the future. But the question is, a future for whom and by whom? For whom will these two bourgeois parties, of which one must be chosen, build this bright future? Is it for the workers, comprising hundreds of millions of creators (taxpayers) who generate the country’s capital, or for the wealthy, comprising tens of thousands of privileged families (preferential taxpayers or entirely exempt from taxes due to family heritage)?

A “bright future” means power for the group of capital that will use it (power) to shape the future policies of the country. Thus, American elections promise a future for capital, more precisely, for the “trusts,” or representatives of these “trusts”—alliances of capitalists.

Behind the facade of democratic slogans lies a harsh reality: a system long transformed into an instrument that supports the power of capital. The electoral process in the U.S. is nothing more than a theatrical performance with the goal of maintaining bourgeois control, keeping representatives of the working class away from true governance.

In a situation of widespread extreme disillusionment and political apathy, the party bosses of both parties seek out a suitable candidate for the upcoming presidential elections. It matters not what things or people are in reality but how they are perceived; the selection of a leader is based on comparing the height, width, and symmetry of the shadow they cast, the brightness and photogenic appeal of the image they project. To win the elections, one must choose the person who casts the most imposing shadow, who carries the most appealing image, as it is precisely the shadow, the image, that brings emotional preference to the people.

Thus, the country is ruled by “abstract shadows,” “images,” and the choice is based not on ideas but on emotions. To achieve the goal, any means is acceptable!

Modern American elections are accompanied by powerful support from the media, which works to maintain the illusion of a democratic process. Newspaper journalism and social media set the overall tone for the elections. The largest media giants, funded by the same corporations that sponsor politicians, create artificial images of candidates, shaping the “right” perception among voters. Criticism or questions that could undermine the candidates’ positions are simply silenced, and the media becomes yet another tool for manipulating mass consciousness in the interest of capital.

While the spectacle of the two bourgeois parties’ struggle unfolds on screen, the real economic situation for the majority of Americans remains unchanged or even worsens. Despite candidates’ promises of social reforms and protection of the common person’s interests, economic inequality only grows. The bourgeoisie, which controls the activities of both parties (the “Democratic” and “Republican”), continues to amass wealth, while the working class faces unchanging or even deteriorating living conditions. Democracy, in its true sense, has long ceased to exist in America, having given way to a tool of oppression and exploitation.

At first glance, it may seem that the American working class is unaware of this very illusion of “democratic” elections, that it is entirely enchanted by the hallucinogen of electoral spectacles and immersed in the promises of candidates. It might appear that the American working class is so naive that it does not realize that its true interests are represented by neither party, and all of this might suggest complete helplessness of the working class in the face of the bourgeoisie. But this is far from true… The American working class not only sees but feels in its very skin that the promises of party politicians and candidates are empty words. To an outsider, it might appear that the American working class is not at all fighting against class inequality, but this, too, is far from true.

One of the most significant signs was the emergence of protest movements at the largest enterprises such as Amazon, Starbucks, General Motors, Boeing, and so on. Yet, the media makes every effort to conceal these events so as not to tarnish the image of a particular candidate in the grand show known as the “American Election Campaign.” These worker strikes signal that laborers are no longer willing to tolerate exploitative conditions and are demanding fair working terms. These protests may be only small first steps, but they already show that the American working class is capable of organizing and resisting and that workers understand that the two-party system, represented by Harris and Trump, is incapable of solving their problems, merely concealing the true state of affairs.

Funding. Who Really Stands Behind the Candidates?

Ladies and gentlemen!
When it comes to presidential elections in the United States, it’s crucial to understand that behind each candidate are powerful interest groups and large corporations financing their campaigns. Kamala Harris, representing the Democratic Party, and Donald Trump, running for the Republicans, receive substantial financial support from various industries and companies that are not aiming to improve conditions for citizens but to retain their influence and protect their interests. The true power of American elections lies not in the people’s votes but in the millions (people’s money!) poured into election campaigns to steer the outcomes.

In the 2024 election, key financial support for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump comes from influential dynasties and the largest American corporations, each striving not just to back their candidate but to ensure a political course favorable to their business interests. This campaign is a clash of capitalist elites, with each candidate representing the interests of specific dynasties and corporations seeking profit in the current economic and geopolitical landscape.

Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party candidate, has received significant donations from corporations like Google, Amazon, Apple, and Meta (Facebook). These tech giants see her as a guarantee that antitrust laws will remain lenient, allowing them to maintain market dominance and avoid strict regulation.

Harris is also backed by the financial interests of the Morgans, supported by the largest U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs. In 2024 alone, JPMorgan and its associated entities invested approximately $20 million in Harris’s campaign. These funds aim to secure a policy favorable to the financial sector, free from harsh restrictions on investment and credit operations. The Morgans are actively promoting the liberalization of financial markets in China to gain greater influence over the largest developing economy in the world. Support from organizations like the Center for American Progress and the Democratic Reform Society is also linked to the interests of financial capital and their long-term goals of preserving their influence on state policy.

On the other hand, Donald Trump, representing the Republican Party, enjoys the backing of energy and industrial corporations like ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Lockheed Martin. The oil corporations have contributed more than $30 million to his campaign, hoping that Trump will continue his policy of supporting American oil industries and easing environmental regulations, which would allow them to expand extraction and minimize operational costs.

The Rockefellers, whose interests are focused on the energy sector, have supported Trump’s campaign with over $15 million through related entities and companies to ensure that environmental standards don’t impact their business. In China, the Rockefellers see a vast market for their energy companies, and their strategy involves controlling traditional resources to strengthen the U.S. position in the energy sector and counter China’s initiatives in alternative energy development. Their support of Trump is a bet on a tough stance toward China, including tariffs and restrictions on Chinese companies, to limit their competition with American oil giants.

The DuPonts, with interests in the chemical and defense industries, prefer to support both campaigns to ensure influence over the defense budget and access to government contracts. The DuPonts have invested around $10 million in Harris’s campaign and approximately $8 million in Trump’s. Their main goal is to maintain a presence in Asian markets, where their chemical products and defense technologies are in demand. The DuPonts worry that increased U.S. pressure on China could cut off access to important supplies and partnerships, so they support candidates who may ease these tensions.

The Mellons, connected to banking and industry, represent classic American conservatism, supporting those who promise minimal government intervention in business. Their interest lies in low taxes and deregulation, allowing large banks and industrialists to operate with maximum freedom. The Mellons contributed about $12 million to Trump’s campaign, aiming to promote deregulation and reduce corporate taxes, and see Trump as someone who will strengthen the position of big capital and decrease the role of government in business regulation. Nevertheless, the Mellons also made smaller contributions to Harris’s campaign to protect their interests should she prevail.

China, one of the largest markets in the world, is viewed by American dynasties as a primary arena for the struggle for economic dominance. For the Morgans, this is an opportunity to establish financial control through investments and influence over local markets, requiring a more diplomatic approach and advantageous partnerships that Harris, with her diplomatic platform, can offer.

For the Rockefellers, China poses a challenge in the energy sector. Their support of Trump is tied to a hardline policy against Chinese influence in the global economy, particularly in resources and technology. Tariff policies aimed at weakening China’s position and strengthening American corporations have become a core strategy for Trump, supported by oil magnates.

The DuPonts and Mellons also rely on access to the Chinese market. The DuPonts are interested in maintaining trade relations that provide for the export of chemical products and access to rare-earth materials. The Mellons, like the Morgans, seek financial ties with Chinese partners but prefer that China doesn’t become a serious threat to American banks.

The Role of Ordinary Citizens: The Illusion of Choice

But what role do ordinary workers and farmers play in this game?

Ordinary Americans, whether workers or farmers, are merely instruments in the hands of large corporations. Both candidates promise support and reforms, creating the illusion that their interests will be protected. However, in reality, their role is reduced to casting votes to legitimize a system where power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of a narrow elite circle.

Farmers and workers, fearful of socialism and afraid of losing their “independence,” have long since been deprived of it. They fail to notice how the capital of the Morgans, Rockefellers, DuPonts, and Mellons dictates the conditions that prevent both farmers and workers from escaping debt, low wages, and corporate dominance. This fear of socialism and the so-called “tyrannical socialist state” is merely a product of long-standing propaganda, aimed at keeping them from seeing the true nature of their position.

Thus, while farmers and workers continue to pin their hopes on the bourgeois reforms promised by the candidates, they only support the very system that oppresses them. Their fear of socialism is a fear constructed by capital’s propaganda, designed to prevent real struggles for their rights and independence. As long as they cling to the false promises issued by politicians beholden to capital, their situation will not change. It’s evident above that over half of America’s capital belongs to, or is subject to, the two trusts of Rockefeller and Morgan! No more than 40,000 families, comprising these two trusts, are the rulers of 345.4 million American wage slaves. Clearly, in the presence of these modern slaveholders, all “reforms” are a hollow deception. Trump and Harris are both knowingly hired by billionaire tricksters to preach this deception.

The elections in the U.S. are not a choice between two parties but a struggle among a few capital dynasties for control over the country’s political course. The Morgans, Rockefellers, DuPonts, and Mellons are the ones who truly determine the outcome of the elections. Under the guise of a democratic process, election campaigns give them the opportunity to entrench their influence and direct policy in the interests of their capital.

Elections are elections, but presidents are placed by the Morgans and Rockefellers. The role of ordinary citizens, whether workers or farmers, is reduced to supporting the illusion of choice created by capital. Only by recognizing this reality can the people abandon false hopes for change through elections and begin the struggle for true liberation, for a society where power and resources belong to the entire people, not a narrow elite.

In capitalist countries, the productive forces are in the hands of capitalists who have no interest in producing for the benefit of the working masses… Changes aimed at the people’s welfare face fierce resistance from the bourgeoisie, for whom any attempt to redistribute property is a threat to their existence.

Bourgeois politicians who would dare to take property from capitalists and redistribute it in favor of workers would immediately face harsh opposition from the bourgeoisie, for whom property is an inviolable law. In a bourgeois state, roads, factories, and all major enterprises are in the hands of capitalists. Even if any leader were to consider changing this arrangement, they would quickly be put in their place, reminded that power belongs to capital, not to the people.

Bourgeois democracy is a cover for the dictatorship of capital. Political figures in capitalist countries are forced to follow the interests of big business and the financial oligarchy that controls both politics and the economy. Their power depends on allegiance to the interests of capital, not on the people’s needs. Today, the majority of workers continue to be captivated by Kamala Harris’s slogans. Wonderful! Yet, as shown above, American workers—representatives of the proletariat and free laborers—are slowly but surely beginning to wake up. They will greet the success of either Harris or Trump with irony, knowing that nothing significant will change in their lives except an increase in exploitation and oppression. Although today thousands of workers are organizing strikes, even these thousands of striking workers are feared by the bourgeoisie and capitalists like fire—this is evident in every speech by Trump, and it’s also clear in every speech by Harris (as she only mentions the middle class, meaning the petty bourgeoisie, but not the working class).

Today it’s thousands; tomorrow, tens or hundreds of thousands; and the day after tomorrow, millions of American workers will see that your promises, dear candidates, are mere deceptions, as millions across America already feel that they are not only unprepared to live as they did before but that living as before is impossible.

Author of the Article
Catherine Kirelina
Publisher: Eastern Post, London. Date: November 3^rd, 2024