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The Velveteen Ocelot

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3. Bernie's "revolution" is the fever dream of privileged young people,
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:05 AM
Apr 2020

mostly men and mostly white, and, like so many movements that can exist only in theory, it relies on the absolute certainty of its proponents that they, and only they, are correct. There can be no other way to repair the failures of society than their way. No compromise is permitted; any compromise is incontrovertible evidence that the alleged compromiser has sold out to The Establishment. And The Establishment is anyone other than the revolutionaries themselves. This position has not changed since the '60s, when the Socialist Workers' Party recruited small groups of privileged white boys on college campuses who mostly engaged in pleasuring themselves, ideologically speaking, with Trotskyist slogans. Women were allowed to participate, too, by making coffee and running the mimeograph machine - as long as they stayed quiet and allowed groping. Most of these proto-bros grew up and figured out the bullshit, but Bernie just soldiered on for the ensuing forty years, banging his New Left drum and naming post offices in Vermont. At last a new crop of idealistic, rigid, bubble-dwelling young ideologues has made him their cult leader, and neither can give up the other even though The Revolution still isn't going anywhere.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Quite True, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #1
I was disappointed, Sir, to see a related post in this forum disappear. MineralMan Apr 2020 #2
I Have Gone Through Motions Of Appeal, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #6
I Hope for a Successful Outcome. MineralMan Apr 2020 #7
Bernie's "revolution" is the fever dream of privileged young people, The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #3
Indeed. It also ignores the fact that people can and do vote MineralMan Apr 2020 #5
They want the benefit without the effort. TwilightZone Apr 2020 #4
A coalition must be made up of people who share an idea, MineralMan Apr 2020 #8
Agreed. TwilightZone Apr 2020 #9
Senator Sanders has to use that sort of appeal to maintain the MineralMan Apr 2020 #10
Those who call for revolutions are no better than those who wanted to sacrifice granny for stocks KitSileya Apr 2020 #11
Thank you for adding your cogent thoughts to the thread! MineralMan Apr 2020 #12
Yeah ... armchair revolutionaries la-trucker Apr 2020 #13
Also they happen in response to tyrants treestar Apr 2020 #14
usually the first wave of revolutionaires end up offed by the second wave nt msongs Apr 2020 #15
For my 60,000th post I was hoping to say something profound (as one does), but... Hekate Apr 2020 #16
It Owes To a Common Misreading Of Human Nature, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #17
Bernie Sanders never met a literal revolution LostOne4Ever Apr 2020 #18
How would one meet a revolution? MineralMan Apr 2020 #19
Good catch LostOne4Ever Apr 2020 #20
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