2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "the Sanders campaign is simply pulling numbers out of the air." [View all]kaleckim
(651 posts)You have a horrible view of democracy, and how democracies should function. I will say though, Stalin would greatly appreciate your view on what people in power do. No need for the opinions of the peasants. In a democratic system, those in power should be directly responsible to the people they govern. That requires active participation by citizens and the ability to challenge those in power when need to. Countries as diverse as Switzerland, Venezuela and Uruguay have public referendums, for example, which allow the citizens to overturn government policy and to directly recall officials. I am not saying we'll have that here, but actual democracy, not the corrupt system we have and you seem to love, requires active participation by the populace. When you lack that entirely, you tend to see a corrupt system cement itself around corrupt politicians, and the system becomes increasingly inequitable.
Sanders wouldn't be a damn "protest leader" and you don't seem to have any idea at all about historical, fundamental change has happened. I think you are the perfect embodiment of what your party has become, an elitist, out of touch, corrupt mess, and I don't want anything to do with it. Neither does an increasing percentage of the public.
As I said, you are probably relatively well off and could give a damn about the poor and working people. You got yours, tell hell with everyone else. 40 years ago you'd be a Republican.