Tonight I went to a place that was supposed to have a Sanders Revolution event. bernie sanders has energized so many people and the momentum of millions of people flocking to a future we can truly believe in has meant that things are going on that have not yet been codified or sorted out. This event seems to be much the same. Apart for the several people I met there, most of my friends had not event heard of the event. In fact, in a town of just over 100K people, there seemed to be several addresses given at which to meet up. My guess is that the one that appeared briefly on my Google search was one of the places where people actually gathered to develop strategy and come to consensus on next steps for organizing and working for positive change.
Between the false leads that I got for where to go and the seduction of thinking that we were actually being given good information when it was perhaps just a web of lies, I ended up thinking that there art agents behind the scenes trying to stop real change from occurring.
Go figure.
There there hundreds, perhaps thousands of Bernie Sanders supporters who are veering toward Jill Stein. Not just because the Green Party platform looks almost identical to what Bernie Sanders has been saying for the last thirty years, but because the De3mocratic Party has exhibited the very anti-democratic behavior that has led us to be a nation ruled by the oligarchy. In essence, the young, idealistic, first time voters have been shown that their voices do not count. along with them, more experienced voters have been told the same thing. The hundreds of old timers, who have been voting for decades have been shown that fact as well, but our cynicism is perhaps much more developed than the new slate of eligible voters who have given up on party politics. Perhaps the worst thing about the Greens is that they use the term "party" in their name.
The two major parties have access to billions of dollars. The Greens are luck if they have a few hundred thousand dollars. luckily this election is not about how much funding people have, but about the future of our nation. In that respect, the Greens and the Honorable bernie sanders are the only ones with a valid plan. Ironically, there have been far too few who were willing to speak truth to power, butr that is rapidly changing. The thousands of people standing up for the right to clean water are a good indicator tha0t the time has come to reject the policies that have threatened our health and well-being for decades.
The time has come to say good bye to all those "representatives" who are just mouthpieces for corporations. we have become enamored with the idea of real change, but now it is time to stand up and fight for it.
Between the false leads that I got for where to go and the seduction of thinking that we were actually being given good information when it was perhaps just a web of lies, I ended up thinking that there art agents behind the scenes trying to stop real change from occurring.
Go figure.
There there hundreds, perhaps thousands of Bernie Sanders supporters who are veering toward Jill Stein. Not just because the Green Party platform looks almost identical to what Bernie Sanders has been saying for the last thirty years, but because the De3mocratic Party has exhibited the very anti-democratic behavior that has led us to be a nation ruled by the oligarchy. In essence, the young, idealistic, first time voters have been shown that their voices do not count. along with them, more experienced voters have been told the same thing. The hundreds of old timers, who have been voting for decades have been shown that fact as well, but our cynicism is perhaps much more developed than the new slate of eligible voters who have given up on party politics. Perhaps the worst thing about the Greens is that they use the term "party" in their name.
The two major parties have access to billions of dollars. The Greens are luck if they have a few hundred thousand dollars. luckily this election is not about how much funding people have, but about the future of our nation. In that respect, the Greens and the Honorable bernie sanders are the only ones with a valid plan. Ironically, there have been far too few who were willing to speak truth to power, butr that is rapidly changing. The thousands of people standing up for the right to clean water are a good indicator tha0t the time has come to reject the policies that have threatened our health and well-being for decades.
The time has come to say good bye to all those "representatives" who are just mouthpieces for corporations. we have become enamored with the idea of real change, but now it is time to stand up and fight for it.
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