the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Sep 2, 2024
J.D. Vance, prior to becoming a U.S. Senator from Ohio and 2024 Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, wrote about his roots in Appalachian Kentucky and growing up in Middletown, Ohio. Plant closings, economic decline and job loss, poverty, his mother’s addiction and being raised by his maternal grandparents were influences in his early life. These same influences affected many people and communities as part of the bigger picture.
He describes his inexperience with things that weren’t a part of his upbringing as a working-class kid such as filling out a college admission application. He got a lot of help along his way from people who reached out to help him and believed in him.
He graduated from college and Yale Law School. He is a U.S. Marine veteran. He has a wife and children. Education, career, family. It looks like the “American Dream”. An individual success story.
He could have chosen to use his education and life experiences to help others who are struggling with the same things that he faced as a young person. But instead, he chose to align himself with the ruling class, the millionaires and billionaires. He does their bidding to enrich them and himself. He proved to be a fraud and a disappointment.