Since Donald Trump’s election, his opposition party hasn’t acted much like one. The same cannot be said of Bernie Sanders, who hit the road this weekend in red states in an effort to stoke pushback to Trump’s slash-and-burn plutocratic governance.
“Trumpism is not going to be defeated by inside-the-Beltway politicians,” he said.
Trump is a symptom, not a cause. Of course his rhetoric and abrasive disregard for the law has emboldened others to be more direct in their hate, but if Trump were to die today these problems wouldn’t just magically disappear.
Thats the problem; there’s a lot of people who aren’t thinking the same things that Bernie says. Those people give Trump his power. He’s nothing without a backing.
There’s a lot of politicians and corporate media who aren’t thinking the same things Bernie says. There are a lot of people – including quite a few who currently support Trump – who would be thinking the same things Bernie says, if they became aware of the possibility.
That scares the fuck out of both the Republicans and the corporatist Democrats, though, which is why even though Bernie draws huge crowds he gets such little media airtime.
Trump is a symptom, not a cause. Of course his rhetoric and abrasive disregard for the law has emboldened others to be more direct in their hate, but if Trump were to die today these problems wouldn’t just magically disappear.
Thats the problem; there’s a lot of people who aren’t thinking the same things that Bernie says. Those people give Trump his power. He’s nothing without a backing.
There’s a lot of politicians and corporate media who aren’t thinking the same things Bernie says. There are a lot of people – including quite a few who currently support Trump – who would be thinking the same things Bernie says, if they became aware of the possibility.
That scares the fuck out of both the Republicans and the corporatist Democrats, though, which is why even though Bernie draws huge crowds he gets such little media airtime.