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{"168619":{"id":"168619","parent":"168497","time":"1581005340","url":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/168619","source":"http:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/news\/2020\/02\/06\/myth-incompetence-dnc-scandals-feature-not-bug\/","category":"USA","title":"The Myth of Incompetence: Dnc Scandals Are a Feature, Not a Bug","catalog-images":"\/","image":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/img\/","hub":"newsnet","url-explicit":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/art\/the-myth-of-incompetence-dnc-scandals-are-a-feature-not-a-bug","admin":"newsnet","views":"458","priority":"3","length":"10105","lang":"en","content":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ci\u003ECaitlin JOHNSTONE\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-arobase\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Ecaityjohnstone\/dnc-completely-loses-public-trust-in-its-primary-process-on-very-first-day-8939d5d91561\"\u003EIowa\u003C\/a\u003E caucus scandal has continued to get more egregious by the hour, with new revelations routinely pouring in about extremely suspicious manipulations taking place which all just so happen to disadvantage the campaign of Bernie Sanders in the first Democratic electoral contest of 2020. By the time you read this article, there will likely have been more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the failure of an \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/02\/04\/iowa-caucus-app-shadow-acronym\"\u003Eextremely shady app developed by vocally anti-Sanders establishment insiders\u003C\/a\u003E which reportedly was \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/tXaYB#selection-3519.76-3519.175\"\u003Eliterally altering vote count numbers\u003C\/a\u003E after they were entered, Black Hawk County supervisor Chris Schwartz \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VoteChrisSchwartz\/posts\/2227934807513078?__xts__[0]=68.ARB_LmGwbfYEsDn7OMSlnLvXxn1NyA4O3uE_lGsBSV2iktbcsJIiwPRXsxVtf_NiI2dkJlnFmfNMl2MwNcoEdbKJYayqkwXR6OAmYyAtOWLDAPmOL6Zc_Lx2AnXgo00LnYKzrsIIALkzLV0oPuA9ifAe58bubJq28wdk3hOmVfOw050njuV8xg492yZE-hpe9S-JG7Ap_CpjuX3rjhdelgAq6N1Z-x8HTqx5m5lgNkeqIweaG4HEIKi3BxU52mfHVMr0V7I2Gyq-AzYUTfCKFZrnnNlK0z7p-IHe04F1Uc2KeFCMpjRdf-hzo0028-Sr5PQ6yZY_hjiXNIq-nuvu36GX&__tn__=-R\"\u003Eshared the election results in his county on Facebook\u003C\/a\u003E so the public could have some idea of what's going on as the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/elections\/presidential\/caucus\/2020\/02\/05\/iowa-democratic-party-reports-iowa-caucus-results-with-errors\/4672474002\"\u003Eslowly trickles out the results\u003C\/a\u003E of the caucuses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(1225167351617712128)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESanders supporters \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/lib*crusher\/status\/1225167351617712128_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E quickly highlighted the fact\u003C\/a\u003E that the IDP's reported numbers for Black Hawk County were wildly different from those reported by Schwartz, with votes \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/blysx\/status\/1225199595241607169_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E taken from Sanders\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nate*Cohn\/status\/1225168116994445312_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E given to minor fringe candidates\u003C\/a\u003E Deval Patrick and Tom Steyer. The IDP then \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/iowademocrats\/status\/1225170253778444291_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E announced\u003C\/a\u003E that it would be making \"a minor correction to the last batch of results\", which just so happened to be in Black Hawk County and just so happened to \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/SchwartzForIowa\/status\/1225177618485522432_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E give Sanders back some votes\u003C\/a\u003E (but still \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/lib*crusher\/status\/1225180108253691906_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E remains different\u003C\/a\u003E from that reported by Schwartz).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt's probable that this only happened as a result of one Black Hawk County supervisor taking to social media to report the vote tallies for this one particular county. What about all the Iowa locations where this did \u003Ci\u003Enot\u003C\/i\u003Ehappen and local Democratic Party officials \u003Ci\u003Edidn't\u003C\/i\u003E report their numbers on social media? Does anyone actually believe that the one instance where the IDP got caught is the one instance in which such vote tampering occurred?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat would be a very silly belief to hold, in my opinion. It would be like a store clerk discovering that a can of beans is completely rotten, then going ahead and putting the rest of the pallet on the shelf under the assumption that the other cans are fine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother of the countless revelations hemorrhaging from this fustercluck is a \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/CWagz314\/status\/1225189198761811969_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E report from CNN\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/02\/05\/dnc-taking-over-accounting-results-in-iowa-after-botched-caucus-report\"\u003EThe New York Post\u003C\/a\u003E that the DNC, not the IDP, is \"running the show\" in managing the Iowa caucus scandal. This means that this Democratic presidential primary scandal is being managed by the same committee which \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-arobase\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Ecaityjohnstone\/the-dnc-fraud-lawsuit-has-been-dismissed-dismiss-the-democratic-party-7413e4de0b43\"\u003Eorchestrated\u003C\/a\u003E the last Democratic presidential primary scandal, and that the campaign being victimized by this scandal, that of Bernie Sanders, is the same in both cases.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis would be the same DNC whose chairperson, Tom Perez, recently stacked its nominating committee with dozens of odious alt-centrist establishment insiders who are ideologically opposed to Sanders in every meaningful way.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez has nominated dozens of lobbyists, corporate consultants, think tank board members, and former officials linked to the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton to serve on the Democratic National Convention (DNC) nominating committee this July,\" Kevin Gosztola \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2020\/01\/27\/dnc-perez-regime-change-agents-israel-lobbyists-wall-street-rig-game-bernie\"\u003Ereported for Grayzone\u003C\/a\u003E last month. \"Many of Perez's \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/kgosztola\/status\/1221167638254161920_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E nominees\u003C\/a\u003E are vocal opponents of Senator Bernie Sanders and spoke out against his campaign when he challenged Hillary Clinton for the nomination in 2016.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(1225188260101705728)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs these scandalous revelations continue to emerge I don't see anyone online expressing surprise that the Democratic establishment is once again stacking the deck against Sanders, but I do see some people expressing surprise that they are being so brazen about it. Which is perfectly understandable; if this party wants to screw over progressive voters, you'd expect that they'd at least try to hide it a little bit so they don't alienate their progressive base before November.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe flaw in this expectation is its premise that Democratic Party elites care if their party wins in November. They do not.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPut yourself in the shoes of one of the leading movers and shakers within the Democratic Party for a minute. Pretend you're getting a nice paycheck, pretend you're getting great healthcare benefits, pretend you get plenty of prestige and exclusive access and invitations to classy parties. And pretend you're the type of person who's willing to manipulate and deceive and kiss up and kick down and do whatever it takes to get to the top of such a structure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow ask yourself, if you were such a person in such a situation, would you care if voters pick Donald Trump or Pete Buttigeig in November? Would it affect your cushy lifestyle in any way whatsoever? Would you lose your job, your prestige or your influence? No party elites lost those things in 2016. Why would you expect this time to be any different?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut you might be at risk of losing your cushy lifestyle if a forcefully anti-elitist progressive movement gets off the ground and takes control of your party. So you'd stand everything to gain by doing everything you can to prevent that from happening, and, because you don't care if Trump gets re-elected, you'd stand absolutely nothing to lose.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese people do not care if Trump gets re-elected, because they lose nothing if he does. The only people who stand anything to lose are the ordinary citizens who are suffering under a corrupt status quo of soul-crushing neoliberalism and increasing authoritarianism, many of whom currently support Sanders. Democratic Party elites are perfectly happy to keep shrieking about Russia for another four years while making sure that the status quo which rewards their manipulative behavior remains intact, and ensuring that they never wind up like those poor suckers out there who are suffering from poverty and lack of healthcare.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd everything I just said is equally true of the media class who are currently working in conjunction with the DNC's shenanigans to \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/how-corporate-media-make-pete-look-like-hes-winning\"\u003Espin Pete Buttigeig as the clear winner\u003C\/a\u003E of the party's first presidential electoral contest. They enjoy all the same perks, and move in many of the same circles, as Democratic Party elites, and it's all \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-arobase\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Ecaityjohnstone\/mass-medias-phony-freakout-over-bernie-s-wapo-criticism-is-backfiring-f97d9c6272f8\"\u003Econditioned\u003C\/a\u003E on their protection of the status quo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(1225223108216475649)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI keep seeing the word \"incompetence\" thrown around. \"Gosh these Democratic Party leaders are so incompetent!\", they say. \"How can anyone be so bad at their job?\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWell, they are not bad at their job. They are very, very good at their job. It's just that their job isn't what most people assume it is.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir job is not to win elections and garner public support, their job is to ensure the perpetuation of the status quo which rewards them so handsomely for their malignant behavior. Toward this end they are not incompetent at all. They know exactly what they're doing, and they're doing it well.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey are extremely competent. Depraved, certainly. Sociopathic, possibly. But not incompetent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey're happy to make their nefariousness look like incompetence though, whenever they can get away with it. Any manipulator worth their salt always will be. If they can make their planned, deliberate acts of sabotage look like innocent little oopsies, they'll gladly do so. But you learn in life that whenever you see someone making a lot of \"mistakes\" which just so happen to benefit them every time, you're dealing with manipulation, not incompetence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat do the bad guys say in the movies when they order someone's murder? They say \"Make it look like an accident.\" If it's an accident you've got no trouble. You won't be seen for what you are.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut of course it's no accident, and anyone with clear eyes and good intentions sees this. If you see someone working hard to make you believe that it's incompetence, you are dealing with someone who is invested in maintaining the status quo in some way. You are being manipulated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe system isn't broken. It's working exactly the way it's intended to work. It ain't a bug, it's a feature. And that feature will remain in operation until the entire sick system is torn down and replaced with something healthy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/the-myth-of-incompetence-dnc-scandals-are-a-feature-not-a-bug-4f264352d4f7\"\u003Emedium.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/news\/2020\/02\/06\/myth-incompetence-dnc-scandals-feature-not-bug\/\"\u003Estrategic-culture.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","_links":{"parent_art":[{"title":"Campagne pr\u00e9sidentielle am\u00e9ricaine : les primaires d\u00e9mocrates tournent au fiasco","url":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/apicom\/id:168497,json:1"}],"related_art":[{"title":"La direction du Parti d\u00e9mocrate sabote son caucus dans l'\u00c9tat d'Iowa","url":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/apicom\/id:168586,json:1"}]}}}