It’s good to know that the daughter of two academics, one a Tamil Brahmin and the other a Marixt economist, is just Middle-Class Kamala.
But now the last echo of the Kennedy mystique, RFK Jr., has plumped for Trump, after releasing a screed in which he accused the Democrats of being meanie jelly-beanies.
But I wonder if the main contribution from RFK Jr. will be to help mainstream three “conspiracy theories.”
(What is a conspiracy theory? I don’t know. But it is something dark and threatening, rather like “far-Right” extremists.)
Conspiracy Theory One is “our children’s health and chronic disease in general.” Says RFK Jr.:
Two-thirds of American adults and children suffer from chronic health issues… In America, 74% of Americans are now overweight or obese, and 50% of our children… Today, one out of every three kids who walks through [a typical pediatrician’s] office door is diabetic or pre-diabetic[.]
You tell me: is this a conspiracy theory or just a routine failure of the managerial administrative state that runs our health care system?
Conspiracy Theory Two is the Ukraine war. RFK Jr.:
Ukraine War began in 2014 when U.S. agencies overthrew the democratically elected government of Ukraine and installed a handpicked pro-Western government that launched a deadly civil war against ethnic Russians in Ukraine.
Is he allowed to say that?
In 2019, America walked away from a peace treaty, the Minsk Agreement, that had been negotiated between Russia and Ukraine by European nations. And then, in April of 2022, we wanted the war.
Did you know that NPR CEO Katherine Maher was active in the color revolutions of the early 21st century? Meaning that she came from the Intelligence Community — to lord it over National Public Radio.
Conspiracy Theory Three is Democratic Party lawfare. RFK Jr.:
In the name of saving democracy, the Democratic Party set itself to dismantling it; lacking confidence… that its candidate could win in a fair election at the voting booth, the DNC waged continual legal warfare against both President Trump and myself.
Hey, Nance! Is this a “far Right” extremist conspiracy theory, or what!
On Conspiracy Theory One on health, RFK Jr. blames “ultra processed food” and “toxic chemicals.” Could be. Of course, I have assumed for years that whatever the current narrative on food, the opposite is true. Fat is bad? Must be time to crank up on butter consumption. Meat bad? Grill me a steak! Food pyramid? I say invert it.
Christopher Chantrill @chrischantrill runs the go-to site on US government finances, usgovernmentspending.com. Also get his American Manifesto and his Road to the Middle Class.
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