this is who aught to be president. our two 'choices' are a clear case of no choice; 

in just over three brief minutes, Vivek Ramaswamy delivered what might be the most incisive explanation of the forces shaping the 2024 election and what Americans are truly facing.

"You hear a lot of fellow Republicans refer to Kamala Harris as a far-left ideologue or a Marxist or a communist. You won't generally hear me levelling that critique against her because I think it gives her too much credit."

"Kamala Harris isn't ideological particularly. I think last night [the debate] demonstrated this too."

Ramaswamy argues that the real adversary is not a singular candidate, but rather a pervasive interconnected system;

"We're not even up against a candidate. We're up against a machine. It's a perverted upside down version, hellish version of the San Antonio Spurs under Gregg Popovich or something like that in the sphere of American politics."

"You could replace the individual person who's playing in the position, but it's the machine that ultimately achieves its objective, and that's what's really going on in this race."

"This isn't about Republicans vs. Democrats. Not quite. It's not about Black vs. White. It's not about man vs. woman. The media, the powers that be will try to train you. Divide and conquer. Pit groups against one another. Identity politics. Vote bank politics. Don't fall for that trick."

According to Ramaswamy, the true divide is between the managerial class and everyday citizens..........more......