Bernie Sanders is and was a charlatan. I feel sorry for the people who supported him and were betrayed--twice--and who continue to see him as some sort of savior. He is nothing of the kind. Neither was Obama. I watched the African-American population of Oakland, California surge with hope and then experience the dashing of all that hope.…
Bernie Sanders is and was a charlatan. I feel sorry for the people who supported him and were betrayed--twice--and who continue to see him as some sort of savior. He is nothing of the kind. Neither was Obama. I watched the African-American population of Oakland, California surge with hope and then experience the dashing of all that hope. It was an immense betrayal. But I have not voted for a Democrat since 1992 and now only vote for the Socialist Equality Party.
I've voted Green and Socialist whenever they are on the ballot but I must say that I've come to the conclusion that voting doesn't change a thing. Most of the time I feel hopeless about our country and the world in general but then I see what the people in Chili have done. Time will tell although at 72 I doubt that I'm around to see it.
I agree that voting in the faux "democracy" has no fundamental effect.
Hedges says it perfectly: It is impossible to vote against the interests of Goldman Sachs, the fossil fuel industry or Raytheon, no matter which party is in office.
In a time when we watch species go extinct every day and the world roll toward nuclear suicide, anger and pessimism are apt emotions but doing what we can do now is all we can do.
I wouldn't say that Sanders is a "charlatan." Instead, he lacks integrity and guts to do the things that he believes in. For example, when Clinton and the Democratic Party stole the 2016 nomination from him, he told Chris Hedges and others that he wouldn't run as a 3d party candidate because he didn't want to end up a pariah like Ralph Nader. By the 2020 campaign Sanders had become just like the Democrats, hiring corporate scum to run his presidential campaign.
He's not a socialist, he's a reformer, that's why I used that word -- he's being misleading. Your analysis captures his true identity quite adequately.
Sanders votes for the arms deliveries to Ukraine and bashes China, a genuine socialist country-- rather than blaming American capitalists for "offshoring" manufacturing jobs, with no strategy to re-train or otherwise assist the displaced.
Here's the epitome of "The Squad"
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she's thinking of getting rid of her Tesla after her Twitter feud with Elon Musk
The genuine left -- effectively crushed by decades of Reed-baiting and suppression -- is in the process of resurrection, but is still very weak and vulnerable.
FBI stages COINTELPRO-like raid on Black socialist group, alleges Russian government connection
I was speaking about the past but I totally agree that Sanders and the rest are not the answer. I don't support any of them after they all voted for the war machine.
Bernie Sanders is and was a charlatan. I feel sorry for the people who supported him and were betrayed--twice--and who continue to see him as some sort of savior. He is nothing of the kind. Neither was Obama. I watched the African-American population of Oakland, California surge with hope and then experience the dashing of all that hope. It was an immense betrayal. But I have not voted for a Democrat since 1992 and now only vote for the Socialist Equality Party.
I've voted Green and Socialist whenever they are on the ballot but I must say that I've come to the conclusion that voting doesn't change a thing. Most of the time I feel hopeless about our country and the world in general but then I see what the people in Chili have done. Time will tell although at 72 I doubt that I'm around to see it.
I agree that voting in the faux "democracy" has no fundamental effect.
Hedges says it perfectly: It is impossible to vote against the interests of Goldman Sachs, the fossil fuel industry or Raytheon, no matter which party is in office.
In a time when we watch species go extinct every day and the world roll toward nuclear suicide, anger and pessimism are apt emotions but doing what we can do now is all we can do.
I wouldn't say that Sanders is a "charlatan." Instead, he lacks integrity and guts to do the things that he believes in. For example, when Clinton and the Democratic Party stole the 2016 nomination from him, he told Chris Hedges and others that he wouldn't run as a 3d party candidate because he didn't want to end up a pariah like Ralph Nader. By the 2020 campaign Sanders had become just like the Democrats, hiring corporate scum to run his presidential campaign.
He's not a socialist, he's a reformer, that's why I used that word -- he's being misleading. Your analysis captures his true identity quite adequately.
Spot ON.
Sanders votes for the arms deliveries to Ukraine and bashes China, a genuine socialist country-- rather than blaming American capitalists for "offshoring" manufacturing jobs, with no strategy to re-train or otherwise assist the displaced.
Here's the epitome of "The Squad"
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she's thinking of getting rid of her Tesla after her Twitter feud with Elon Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-says-shes-131945450.html
The genuine left -- effectively crushed by decades of Reed-baiting and suppression -- is in the process of resurrection, but is still very weak and vulnerable.
FBI stages COINTELPRO-like raid on Black socialist group, alleges Russian government connection
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/fbi-stages-cointelpro-like-raid-on-black-socialist-group-alleges-russian-government-connection/
I was speaking about the past but I totally agree that Sanders and the rest are not the answer. I don't support any of them after they all voted for the war machine.