Some of us have been predicting the collapse of capitalism for 170 years. One day we’ll be right. Today? In a way, the situation transcends politics. Trump and McConnell are adopting socialist policies because there is really no alternative to the collapse of capitalism. One could argue that capitalism collapsed in 1929. The only way socialism was prevented from sweeping Europe and the U. S. was by the unleashing of the vicious fascism of Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo, precipitating World War II, which in the U. S. and elsewhere established the military “socialism” that remains in effect today. The war […]

“October Surprise” is a short story I have written as a warning for the Sanders movement against complacency. I am reprinting the first part of the story here. If you want to read the whole thing, leave your email on my blog either by subscribing or in the comments with the words October Surprise and I’ll send it to you free as a pdf file, about 19 pages. OCTOBER SURPRISE © 2020 by Henry Hitz “I’m really not political, Conner,” Zack told his best friend since kindergarten.  “I know, Zack. Just come to the rally, would you? For me?”  It […]

A Million to Milwaukee. M2M. Bernie Bros – let’s own the damn term – female and male. We will surround the Wisconsin Center. Not with a hostile thought in our hearts. We will be there to witness the transformation of American politics. To celebrate the victory – not ultimate by any means – of the working class. As boomers, we used to chant it. The people united will never be defeated. This doesn’t always appear to be true, but we might say the people united will do so much better than the people divided. We’ve glimpsed what a united movement […]

We are approaching a historic moment in our politics. Bernie Sanders is the first candidate to authentically represent the working class. To prevent him and the working class from prevailing, the ruling class has thrown a gaggle of candidates in his way with minimal success — oh, perfectly nice people (I’m no Bernie bro) but surrogates of the ruling class of billionaires. Bernie continues to surge. In a final act of desperation, the ruling class has decided to intervene directly in the form of Bloomberg, a nicer racist than Trump, with much better taste. But what an iconic struggle they […]

Much of the hesitation among many folk who essentially agree with Bernie’s politics is driven by fear of the word “socialism,” not for the policies the word represents but for the attacks against the word that will come from Trump. I think we can overcome this reluctance if we explain ourselves more fully. As Bernie has emphasized, climate change is the most important issue facing the world today. What’s causing this catastrophic climate change? It’s not you failing to bring your own bags to the supermarket. It’s capitalism. Unbridled capitalism with it’s relentless drive for profits and economic growth is […]

https://whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu/.. As Bernie draws closer to winning the whole shebang, we need to think about how we will govern. The ruling class will still be in power and will do what it can to limit Bernie’s capacity to change things. My guess is that the Rockefeller/Bloomberg (liberal) wing of the ruling class will acquiesce to his winning, even supporting him against Trump. See how the media (not Fox) — the voice of the ruling class — treats him after he wins the first 3 contests and holds his own in South Carolina. Resignation to reality will seep in, and they […]

I’m no scientist, but I do have an intuitive understanding of quantum entanglement and synchronicity, Jung’s concept of meaningful coincidence that he developed in talks with Einstein in the early 20th century. Synchronicity explains all matter of acausal phenomenon, from spirituality to magic. To experience synchronicity, I suggest visiting the  I Ching, the ancient Chinese Book of  Changes. Jung’s forward to the Wilhelm translation addresses synchronicity. The reason these coincidences work is because the reality that we experience is a collaboration between our consciousness and external stimuli. Although they might not admit it, Piaget’s and Vigotsky’s idea of constructivism derives […]

Happy New Year from the mostly real Hitz family and the fictional Blatz family A couple days before Christmas, Father gets it in his head that we are going to have a “traditional”Christmas. That doesn’t just mean turkey and plum pudding, no sir. It means we have to go cut down our own tree from the farm. And that’s not all. It also means we have to kill our own Christmas dinner. Can you believe it? And you know, once the old man makes up his mind, there’s no talking him out of it. Usually he hates things like holidays. […]