Donald
Trump attacked the British NHS by using neoliberal propaganda of the
worst type:
The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working. Dems want to greatly raise taxes for really bad and non-personal medical care. No thanks!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 5, 2018
For this
outrageously false statement, he got a firepower of response from
both the British Left and Right because people actually protesting
for a better, stronger NHS under public control.
Trump
adopted the classic neoliberal narratives that doesn't work anymore,
simply because people, especially in the US, experience the
disastrous consequences of frenzy privatizations, especially in the
healthcare sector.
What
does this tell us about Donnie?
Simply,
that this is just another evidence of his devotion to the neoliberal
regime. In other words, that he is just a reserve, a choice of
necessity for the establishment. A demagogue who put the costume of
patriotism to attract millions of Americans who got sick of the
classic mainstream politicians.
Yet,
perhaps the most important question would be: why did Donnie choose
this moment to attack one of the most successful national healthcare
systems worldwide?
The most
probable answer could be related with the discussion
about healthcare that took place on Jan 23, 2018
at the National Town Hall in Washington, through which, Bernie
Sanders bypassed the corporate media to bring on the table one of the
most serious issues for millions of Americans: healthcare as a right
for all.
We
should probably thank Donald Trump for this reaction because it gives
us another strong indication that the establishment narratives and
means of propaganda continuously losing ground against the
progressive onslaught.
Furthermore,
healthcare in the motherlands of neoliberalism is one of the most
crucial battlefields that will determine whether the progressive
ideas will eventually prevail against its dark successor: corporate
neofeudalism. A synchronization
of Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn in power, with all that popular
support, would be probably decisive for the final outcome of this
battle.
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