Two ways the Bernie movement is like the Tea Party and Ten ways we are not

[Rebkeh]

I saw the suggestion that we better not "become the TP of the Left".

First I was like
Then I was like
Now, I'm all


1. Both groups distrust the current status quo, but they want the old one. We want a new one.

2. Both are angry for the same reasons, all having to do with Trickle Down Economics. They blame the wrong people, we blame the right people.

3. They want to regress to the old ways when they could prosper on the backs of the poor and poc. We want to progress to a better way where we all prosper together.

4. They want justice for themselves, we want justice for all.

5. They want an unlevel playing field, we want a level playing field.

6. Their policies are bad for the planet, ours are better for the planet.

7. They want policies that protect stolen resources. We want policies that return stolen resources.

8. They want democracy for them. We want democracy for all.

9. They want to divide the nation into parts. We want to bring the nation together.

10. They blame the government for causing our problems. We blame the government for neglecting our problems.

Okay, one two more...

We welcome them because their woes are our woes (some of us do). They reject us because we are the wrong colors, genders, religions, not religious, etc. We embrace differences between people, they reject differences. They hate, we love.

[guillaumeb]

1. And they do not understand that unless all workers share in the benefits,

no workers are safe. These Tea Party types have seen their pensions stolen, their children put into education debt, their housing values shrinking, but because the US media is so conservative, so slanted, those who rely on the corporate media are forever in the dark.

[nxylas]

2. I hope the Bernie Movement can have the same impact as the Tea Party

However wrong the Tea Party are, they have made their party's establishment afraid of them. The GOP would simply not be able to treat the Tea Party the way the Democratic Party has treated the left for the last 20 years. They need them too much.