DarthMetalliCube said:
Yeah that's a shame. I don't hate Yang but that burned a lot of his credibility for me. The CNN gig raised an eyebrow for me but ugh, supporting Biden? The establishment obviously has their boy, and are going all-in for him. All I can say is good luck America lol. And I'm probably essentially burning what few bridges I have left here but.. I'm growing increasingly disillusioned with Bernie as well. His campaign has been far too passive, "Joe is my friend" (wtf?) and being silent on the DNC's obvious collusion to keep out Tulsi. Despite her backing out of a prominent position in the DNC in 2016 to back him. He hasn't returned the favor, outside of one semi-supportive tweet. Big deal.. This guy is losing me. He's just too soft, and is AGAIN going to bow down before the establishment. I feel like he just isn't strong enough to bring any real change. My list of favored politicians is growing ever thinner.. At this rate it's pretty much down to Kuscinch, Tulsi, Ron Paul, and maybe Ventura ha. The one glimmer of hope is his millions of supporters are inevitably going to conglomerate towards another politician who closely aligns with their views when Bern inevitably lets them down again. Even if it takes some years, it will happen. Bernie's movement isn't about Bernie, but his (supposed) ideals/policy. The same way that on the right, the Tea party sort of began under Palin, failed there, and eventually migrated to Trump, the same will happen with the Bernie movement on the left. Anyway whatever. Ultimately I need to just take a step back and look at the big picture, and realize this bs isn't going to really affect my life personally one way or another. Whether it's Trump or Biden, things will essentially remain the same. It's a massive and complex machine and no one man is enough to significantly move the needle. It's more political theater than anything. I was never really naive enough to believe that M4A was going to be implemented anytime soon anyway, nor full or even partial student loan forgiveness. Even if Bernie got the nom, most of his proposals would be blocked by the more moderate Dems/GOP, which frankly is most of the base. Business as usual in America regardless. |
Bernie's just a kind person in a cruel political landscape, you can't fault someone for that.
This whole primary had so many different people with so many different views but at the end of the day whoever the establishment and media props up and the elites want is who it's going to be. It's depressing to be sure but it's also optimistic in that despite all the odds (the smears, anti-Semitism, hate, etc.) someone managed to bring people from all walks of life to fight for the common good— to fight for a system that puts people over profit, and got damn near close to being the nominee. There's something truly inspiring about that.
Most of the groundwork has been done and the seeds of change have been planted and watered so in the future it will be that much easier. Of course it won't be Bernie (hopefully AOC or Nina Turner), but there will be someone to rise to the occasion and hopefully it won't be too late.
There is a lot of change we can still do, you don't have to wait every four years. Focus on local campaigns and hold your Reps accountable, so if they're not listening to their constituents (i.e. you) and only to special interests VOTE THEM OUT. Real change is hard, it starts from the bottom up and it doesn't come from any one man or woman. There's a reason Bernie made "Not me, Us!" his campaign slogan, it's because he fully knows this too.
This only invigorates me even more to work harder to enact the kind of change that benefits all people, especially those with the least.
I'll pay close attention and hold Biden accountable if he's the president just as I've held Trump accountable, as we all should.
Last edited by tsogud - on 11 March 2020 
