All the democratic candidates see this. The American people see this. Most men in the working class-almost all men, and the so called middle see this. While I appreciate this as a valid reflection of what most of us know, it seems more of an attempt to divide women from support of her male democratic opponents and at the same time make her appear to be listening to the people. But these clearly sexist tactics of avoiding the real perpetrators of most of the misery of the vast majority of low wages and economic misery in this country and around the entire world.
How does her willingness to throw some crumbs to the most obvious sufferers threaten the 1 percent? It does not threaten them and only helps continue the control of banks , corporations, Wall Street, and the billionaires over the economies here and around the world.
We have big problems within the country and unless we elect a leader willing to take on that control group, we play along the margins while they continue to reduce the overall welfare of the people here at home and around the world.
Support of her husbands NAFTA, her support of TPP, her non-support of Warren's Glass Steagall, and unwillingness to break up the megabanks shows us who she works for and it ain't us. We do not ned some crummy charity for our people, we need a return of democracy wherein the people decide what is fair and right.
This country was won by the blood of the poor from England, a country by a king and the very rich nobility, very large merchants, and banks. King Charles served them because he too was indebted to them for huge sums of money and to continue his rule by restraining the serfs and lower classes.
At the end of the constitutional convention, Benjamin Franklin said they had given the people a democracy and it was up to them to keep it. An old man at that time, Benjamin had passed the time when he saw accumulation of personal wealth and power as a proper motivator, but he recognized that so many of the other delegates sought these things above all others, he was warning us of the struggle with those enemies of democracy within our own country.
These same kind of enemies, the seekers of vast wealth, now made up of banks, billionaires, Wall Street, large Corporations, have turned this country into an oligarchy through their control of law, control of politicians, control of main stream media (being replaced by the more democratic - so far internet), and purchase or persuasion of candidates and office holders at the highest levels to deny or restrain efforts to help the people in any way which might reduce their inability to continue to receive almost all the wealth generated by the working man beyond what is required to keep him able to keep working. Sorry about the long sentence but I wanted to make sure that those lovers of cognitive dissonance had no place to hide from the truth .
An old coal miner, when they used mules in the mines, was told to make sure they kept the mule safe.
When he asked about his own safety, he was told that they could replace him easily but mules cost money. This love of money over people produced these low paid jobs that the women who Hillary is apparently supporting in her speech. But her speech and her refusal to fight those who overwhelm our democracy cause so many Americans to want an alternative that they feel is on their side. In short they want democracy. They know it is a grass roots struggle and they know it will not be easy but they become enthused by the crowds of Bernie Sanders, her words and history, and know she is just too much like Bill, for their taste. The progressives on many levels feel betrayed by the meekness of Obama, while we liked his unifying message of Hope, we want someone with a direct call out of the enemies of our democracy, and a plan to do something about it. Hillary with her appeals to blunt many of the evils of society, and yes we really need to do that, offers no strategic change. With her in office,
no structural improvements would even be attempted. We will still have both parties maintaining the charade of superiority while they both continue to work for those who seek to increase their vast wealth. To make it clear as Franklin Roosevelt said they can no longer come in the front door of the White House and he welcomes their hatred. I am sure Bernie would say the same thing, Hillary apparently already let them in, judging by her donors, her projected money totals for her campaign, and even now by her positions on larger economic matters. Clearly she can try to buy votes by pandering to affected groups and removing some of the discrimination through legal changes or executive orders as Obama is now doing but hopefully we can do better by a direct weakening of the enemies of our democracy using grass roots uprisings to get what our people need- a return to a democracy. Hillary may be qualified for the job but gives no evidence of inspirational leadership. Bernie is us and what we the people want. Hillary is continuation of the control by the oligarchy, providing just enough that we continue as good obedient contributors to their vast wealth.
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