2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why would any liberal support Hillary over Bernie? [View all]raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)As usual, one of the candidates will be considered a safer bet for happy days for corporations and those who will gain and one who stands for living in reality.
Reality, as we well know, is a bummer. Especially these days. Has there ever been a time when the bummers were larger? Not in my small mind.
I mean, just the knowledge alone that everyday we are one the same trajectory equals ever hastening extinction for virtually every species on earth (and yes that includes cuddly kitties and puppy dogs as well as salamanders, slugs and slithery snakes) including quite possibly ourselves. I mean, come on. Heavy brah.
Has there ever been a time when more money was spent ignoring bummers and creating a false reality for one class over all others?
Slave away for corporate desires all day in exchange for lots of lovely money, flick on the local Fox affiliate and see all the news they feel you need to know, watch a squirrel water ski, catch up on Netflix or read a Book of the Month selection, rinse, lather, repeat.
And then those same people will wonder why things don't get better?
Perhaps not until the Grim Reaper himself raps upon the door will anything sharp enough cut through the imaginary world they dwell in and let them fully realize the scope of their works.