Cornel West: America Is A Failed Social Experiment, Neoliberal Wing Of Democratic Party Must Be Fought

Real Clear Politics ^ | May 29, 2020 | Ian Schwartz

[C19fan]

Dr. Cornel West said on Friday we are witnessing the failed social experiment that is the United States of America in the protests and riots that have followed the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. West told CNN host Anderson Cooper that what is going on is rebellion to a failed capitalist economy that does not protect the people. West, a professor, denounced the neoliberal wing of the Democratic party that is all about "black faces in high places" but not actual change. The professor remarked even those black faces often lose legitimacy because they ingriatiate themselves into the establishment neo-liberal Democratic party.

[C19fan]

Safely from whatever Ivy League school he is now collecting checks from. West is basically agreeing with Neo-Confederates and like.

[dfwgator]

Well at least he’s right about the Democratic Party.

[Texas Eagle]

Yo, Cornel, Minneapolis is not "America". Oakland is "America". Atlanta is not "America". Baltimore is not "America".

Need I go on?

[SES1066]

I remember ever so many of the implicit and explicit reasons to elect Obama and this is the REFUTATION OF IT ALL, far too late and far too LEFT!

[Skywise]

Wait - I thought the riots were about a cop killing a black man?

Now you’re telling me it’s failed capitalism because the protesters are looting the NCAA hall of fame and stealing sports paraphernalia?

[Texas Eagle]

West, a professor, denounced the neoliberal wing of the Democratic party that is all about "black faces in high places" but not actual change.

He got that part right. The only change they've brought about is for the worst.

[SES1066]

Oakland is "America"

Smile, this is why FR NEEDS an edit function!

[Vision]

Cornel West is a fool.

[Texas Eagle]

Thanks for correcting that. One of these days I'm going to use that "preview" button and see what that's all about.

But it is not this day.

[VanDeKoik]

Biden is seriously wishing now that he should have just let Bernie won.

[Dr. Ursus]

West is a buffoon and pimps off liberal guilt!

[ClearCase_guy]

rebellion to a failed capitalist economy that does not protect the people

I don't think the facts are all in, and people seem to have different views, but obviously the rabble-rousers believe that a bad cop killed a guy who was handcuffed.

And this is evidence of a failed capitalist economy, how, exactly?

Or is Cornel West just really talking word salad as usual? Can we bring in the patriarchy? Hegemony? Maxian praxis? Any other super cool words?

[allendale]

Spot on. West is arguing that there can be no reasonable unifying consensus and that ultimately armed separatism is necessary in a “multi racial” society.

[jacknhoo]

Come out of your delusion, Cornel. What’s failed is Marxism.

[rktman]

Just goes to show how much a doctorate is worth.

[mjp]

we are witnessing the failed social experiment that is the United States of America

The opposite of the America of the founders is irrationalism, emotionalism, altruism, collectivism, statism, socialism,and force. But that is the utopia of lefturd loons.

[a little elbow grease]

"West has called the US a "racist patriarchal" nation where white supremacy continues to define everyday life. "White America", he writes, "has been historically weak-willed in ensuring racial justice and has continued to resist fully accepting the humanity of blacks." This has resulted, he says, in the creation of many "degraded and oppressed people hungry for identity, meaning, and self-worth."

West attributes most of the black community's problems to "existential angst derived from the lived experience of ontological wounds and emotional scars inflicted by white supremacist beliefs and images permeating U.S. society and culture."

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Presently Cornel, "most of the black community's problems ...... and angst is derived from the experience and emotional scars inflicted by THE DEMOCRAT PLANTATION.

[captain_dave]

Yes, FR Needs an EDIT function.

[jagusafr]

“Never let a crisis go to waste”...

[VeniVidiVici]

Hey Cornhole West: move to Liberia and engage your “social experiment”.