attitudes about the financial inequity in general and (2) Bernie's maturity level allowed him to see that the climate for major change was ready to be acted upon by large numbers of Americans who were in need of legitimate leader they could trust.
A "wave was building naturally". Bernie defined it. Thousands if Americans , especially the young, recognized recogized the "call" and enthusiastically joined a rising tide of political change.
The wild-eyed,irrational Republicans and the cowardly, money grabbing established Democrats had driven Democracy to a level of corrupt dysfunction, too weak to manage their own affairs, let alone
reign in the unbridled Capitalist who were making out like the "termite bandits" feasting on "rotten wood", bribing politicians, rigging elections and amassing obscene amounts of wealth.
In order to be successful, this Revolution must gain control of the Presidency, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, the governorship and a much larger portion of local leaders.
The unconstitutional gerrymandering must end. The one person one vote should become the norm.
"The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was—in the Commission's view—honest, equitable, and balanced. The FCC eliminated the Doctrine in 1987, and in August 2011 the FCC formally removed the language that implemented the Doctrine." The Fairness Doctrine must be restored. The propaganda powers of the past has to end. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine
This Revolution has the potential to succeed without the violence that characterized the French Revolution. The power of the ballot would and should be sufficient. Humans have dangerous, primitive flaws that have led us to the precipice of annihilation. Yet, we also have virtues that could allow us to recognize our mistakes and correct enough them to allow the life of Earth's flora and fauna to thrive for thousands of years and maybe more. The recklessness of the past could become History's warning signs that teach us to avoid making the same mistakes.
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