Bernie's candidacy is just one part of what has to be done.

[Ron Green]

...Pursuing reform within the system can help, but what
is now desperately needed is transformative change
of the system itself. We are confronted with a multi-
faceted, systemic crisis born of the inability of our
current system of political economy to restore and
sustain human and natural communities. It is a sys-
tem that has become, as Elizabeth Warren has said,
rigged against us. Today, the crisis is chronic, steadily
deepening, not yet full-blown in consequence or elic-
iting an overwhelming social response. But tomor-
row may be very different given the continuing po-
litical indifference.

To deal successfully with all the challenges America
now faces, we must therefore complement reform with
at least equal efforts aimed at transformative change
to create a new operating system that routinely deliv-
ers good results for real people, the places we live, and
the planet that makes life possible. At the core of this
new operating system must be a sustaining, just, and
democratic economy—one based on new economic
thinking and driven forward by a new politics. The
goal of this new economy is to provide broadly shared
prosperity that meets human needs while preserving
nature’s diversity, ecological integrity, and beauty—in
short, a flourishing people and a flourishing nature.
That is the paradigm shift we must now seek.

http://thenextsystem.org/gettowhatsnext/?mc_cid=1eec51620a&mc_eid=a36f0f42d1


I recommend downloading and reading this report from the Next System Project. This is what electing Bernie will ignite; as he says, it's not about him, it's about enough people getting busy and getting involved. The needed changes are overwhelming, but you'll find more clear evaluation and good ideas at NSP than anywhere else. Bernie by himself won't make it happen, but with Hillary it sure ain't gonna happen.

[randys1]

1. Just go back to before Reagan...resolves 90% of our economic problems

[upaloopa]

2. Do you know why so many Dems voted for

Reagan? It was because they were pro war and against social programs that weren't working. They were voting against student unrest, and burning cities and double digit inflation. We had a misery index.
You can't go back you can only go forward.
If we make the same mistakes we made then we could get the same result.
We must make sure enough of the country agrees with you when you make change. You can't take the country kicking and screaming into a progressive utopia.

[randys1]

3. People were lied to, about Iran and hostages and so on.

They were told that the problem was taxes were too high, they werent.

Reagan committed treason to get elected

[jeff47]

5. Because Dixiecrats went home to their party.

We must make sure enough of the country agrees with you when you make change. You can't take the country kicking and screaming into a progressive utopia.

So...been unconscious for the last 6 years?

See, there's this group that calls itself the "Tea party". They actually make up a tiny fraction of the electorate, but they're currently controlling the government. To the point where one major party is utterly dysfunctional.

[Gregorian]

4. Even R's should like this. The only ones it hurts is the 1%.

And even they may fair well if transformation works in a civilized way. It's uncivilized how it is now, without any means for most people to participate in their own working environment. Like owning part of it.

[Ron Green]

6. Some might say it's too "utopian" and that human nature prevents

such a change. But I believe politics can drive culture: healthy, connected communities don't have a need for lots of guns.