Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumWhat we are up against is the way many people define socialism.
The following is a quote from 1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion 1998 by Morgan Llwelyn. The character Mary is a good looking young woman who is really into clothes and appearance. Ned finds here very attractive even though he is very political and Mary is not. James Connolly is an historic person who was an Irish socialist labor organizer. Now read how Mary describes Connolly and replace it with Bernie Sanders and Mary with any unthinking person in your circle of acquaintances. This is how a whole lot of unthinking people see socialism.
"Connolly's nothing but a socialist," Mary said petulantly. "My mother says socialists want to take the money away from everyone how has any. I think that''s stupid. Where would the jobs come from if there were no rich people anymore? We would all be dreadfully poor then, and no one would have any nice things."
Ned couldn't help laughing, "I don't think you've quite grasped the principles of socialism, Mary."
(She replied), "I don't care. It's tiresome."
To Ned's surprise, Eliza (Mary's friend) said, "That's the trouble with you, Mary Cosgrave. You aren't interested in ideas, only in things."
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Totalitarianism .
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)The response you get is along the lines of, "I don't care. It's tiresome."
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)xfundy
(5,105 posts)Even though socialist countries are doing fine, our collective kneejerk action is to be against them because the reptilian parts of our brains throws up a red flag.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Well done, TexasProgresive!
djean111
(14,255 posts)quite a lot. Another fun thing - picking a narrow and dated definition of "Populism" and pretending that is what it means today.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)All the public works, the national parks and other public lands, libraries, freeways, public schools. The list is long and is what makes our country such a great place to live.
Bernie, as a democratic socialist, will make sure our government continues and improves upon the best parts of government.
He will have the Green vote, the education vote, the anti-war vote ... the parent votes, the better government vote.... the list is long and getting longer everyday.
Stand up for socialism... it's what's good for you!