trying to wrap my head around why everything in the US is turned into a political battle--from the most trivial culture war stuff to major national crises such as the response to COVID-19. Is it a Gramscian thing where a ruling class in crisis is unable to maintain ideological hegemony?
even if that's the case, Trump's decision was still hotly criticized by the liberal elite. The NYT and all the think-tank people seem to agree that the national government should have led the pandemic response--and they surely represent the business class as well. It just seems crazy to me that whether or not the US government should lead a pandemic response has become a part of the political debate rather than a point of assumed agreement among the different factions of US capitalists. I can't imagine this debate happening during Bush or Obama.
I'm positive if Obama attempted to take command of this federally, he'd be accused by rightists of making some kind of elaborate power grab.
Bush as well? or any of the other preceding neoliberals? Is this really business as usual in US politics?
No, I mean Obama specifically. The accusations would come from the right.
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