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In reply to the discussion: New head of Our Revolution Nina Turner on Unity with DEMS!! [View all]pandr32
(11,562 posts)We live here in Hawaii and Bernie was a huge hit here. Many people (surprised the hell out of me) did not vote for Hillary during the general and this is a blue state. Of course, a lot of Dems did, but there are still people here talking about "the revolution" as though it is still on.
Last night we were with a group of prominent people in Hilo enjoying some pupus and beers outside on the lanai of a restaurant and the owner had joined us--a woman and very well known and liked here in Hilo. The issues of the travel ban, Trump, politics, etc. came up and I was flabbergasted to hear that a few at the gathering went from supporting Bernie to voting for Trump, and a few decided "to hell with it" and didn't vote after Hillary Clinton won the nomination because "what's the point?", and a few voted for Stein. "Feel the Bern" signs can still be seen as you drive around.
To make a long story short the restaurant owner, with echoes of agreement from almost everyone there, explained to us that "both Democrats and Republicans are no different--both pander to corporate interests and power" and that "the revolution is not about the left vs right, but the top vs the bottom." She also explained that this is the only way forward and it will happen--"the revolution is happening." This was coming from a rather wealthy perspective as well, so I can only assume that the top percentile being described includes billionaires and corporate stooges--not wealthy business owners who like to write their own rules.
Since we were guests and relatively new to the area I kicked my spouse under the table to keep quiet and explained in the car headed home that we have to pick our fights carefully and as these people get to know us more we can get our views out there as we socialize with them separately, but not in a whole group where we were hopelessly outnumbered--like last night--while the beer was flowing.