@hightor,
This conversation reminds me of a lengthy argument here about the possibility of Barak Obama being elected. Several members were up in arms, stating that it was quite evident that the US was not going to elevate a black man to the presidency based on the fact that they had not yet done it.
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Meanwhile, $15. minimum wage is now a reality for several businesses when it was a pipe dream before Bernie started championing it around the country. Hillary Clinton and her mouthpieces promised that Medicare For All “will never happen,” yet almost the entire field of democrats has adopted this plank in their campaign platform—or at least try hard to make it seem as though they have, but the miraculous one for me is campaign finance reform.
In my LIFE, I’ve never seen candidates fueling political campaigns on donations
by voters. This very recent phenomenon is now de rigueur for the party and a point of serious contention for progressives.
These are sweeping changes to business as usual for democrats, driven by Bernie Sanders and progressives.
Another edit—Bernie has continually called out the prison for profit system and is using his popularity to bring awareness to the modern slavery that is the US incarceration process. We ensnare black and brown people in the system intentionally, perpetrate an ungodly bail system to keep them, and profit from their slave labor—enriching lawmakers who orchestrated and maintain this system. Bernie will stop it. All you need is someone willing to go against these corrupt machines. He’s the only one who has the integrity + the balls.
