I'll Just Say It Now -- Hillary Can't Win

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186. Business and the trade unions and government made sure that American would spit on

the name "socialist" and "communist" when they tied those together in crushing the Industrial Union workers in the late 1800's, and the same with the Red Scare as they moved into the early part of the last century. You are correct, it's just a title, and that one has been linked with deep-seated fears from a long time ago. They treat them like snakes - people attack without even bothering to find out that it is not poisonous, that it is actually doing some good around your place.

Funny, though, much as the election last night, people like the ideas, love the idea. But the Democrats spent the last 6 years letting the 10 million people drop into poverty, another 20-30 million move down to near poverty, (people are STILL liquidating 401Ks to live), wanting to be petted and praised for watching as business replaced tens of millions of good paying jobs with shit jobs, and enriching banksters beyond any record ever set in this country. Then the people didn't vote for them. Whouda thought it...

The Democrats want to piss and moan about people running away from the pres - tens of millions of people think the party ran away from them - and they responded in kind last night.

But Bernie doesn't really want to run, and the doesn't want to create a third party. He wants to create a 50 state effort to overturn Citizens United and get behind a Progressive slate of ideas.

That "org", for lack of a better word, becomes several million people who demand something, they can get it.

This is imminently doable. The parties can go play their games with people's lives, and a coalition of people will be built, just like any of the old fashioned organizers or the teabaggers, who learned from them how to organize. It's a better option than working with the existing players since all they care about is helping themselves, and none of them are ever going to change.

When that group one day raises it's voice, it will get it's way. Beats every alternative I can see right now, and it actually could grow something useful.