Democratic Primaries

The people who die in revolutions are the marginalized, the women, children, people with disabilities, the abjectly poor. The 'Our Revolution' types have no problems with that - breaking a few eggs to make the omelet, as it were. It is the same mindset as those who want to stop social distancing and get people back to work because they are worried about their stocks.

The great irony? The greatest irony? No welfare state was ever founded on a revolution. I live in one of those countries so touted by these types - Norway. Norway's welfare state was founded, not on armed uprisings or the killing of the 1%, it was founded on trust. The trust the citizens had to each other - that they believed, and believe, that other citizens wouldn't cheat the system. The trust that the citizens had to the system - that it is as fair as we can make it. And most importantly, it is founded on the trust the citizens have to the government. The trust that the politicians, regardless of party label, are all working for the good of society - that while we disagree on the methods, the goal is the same.

Now, apply that to the two major parties of the US. Apply that to the Our Revolution types who hate Democrats more than they hate Trump. Apply that to Senator Sanders, who champions this cause, yet refuses to acknowledge that racism has fundamentally broken American society, and until that is fixed, no welfare program will be possible, because the majority of white Americans would rather go without than let African Americans have acrumble.