Is the government shutdown that we have been experiencing a complete failure of both the Republicans and Democrats, or is it an inevitable conclusion of two capitalist powers vying for power? The government will open again, one party will bend the knee, and then the next crisis will happen; this we know. But what we also know is that this is the nature of capitalist governments.

The Republicans’ main objective for decades has been the destruction of all social welfare programs.These hard-won concessions from the capitalist powers were won by the working class. Of course, the capitalist class also wants to be an American aristocracy, hence the rise of the No Kings movement.