2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Who would ever want to ask our young people to scale back their dreams and goals? [View all]Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)start that fire again and as luck would have it, he is a true believer and the rarest of animals (an honest politician).
The people are angry and hungry enough and he is honest enough that people believe in him and his sincerity. He can be the spark and our leader at the top, but as you remember from back then it will take other leaders everywhere fanning the flames of truth until the truth itself carries us to some more victories like were won back in the day.
There will have to be more mass gatherings and protests (especially outside the doors of the purchased politicians standing n the way of fairness for the majority. There wil have to be those among us willing to run for offices large amd small and the rest of us supporting them all.
It must not end on election day as it did with Obama (I remember seeing that incredible army gathered together during his initial inauguration). He had assemble the beginnings of our army but then dismissed them to disperse in the wind.
This time, they will disperse in groups with tasks in hand, some he will call on us to perform, others our other self chosen leaders will call us into action on. It will be bloodless (at least on our part or it will be doomed) but it will be relentless and stubborn and always true to unchanging principles because it will be mirrored on the stubbornness, the honesty, and the courage of an honorable older politician from Vermont that was not afraid, ever, to stand up vocally "or sit in stubbornly" for what he was convinced was right, his conviction is easy to emulate because it is not based on an ever changing set of windsock faux principles but rather on unchanging and axiomatic truths.
The next generation deserves their fight, and it is our duty to help them get it started because we have seen how it works and that it does work in the past. We will not be there when many of their battles are won, we are not as long for this world, but by Goddess we can help them get their own ball rolling!
I am glad you are with us 100%, we will all be needed!