2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Imagine if our civil rights champions had the same disdain for pragmatism as some BS supporters have [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)There has been frustration among a growing number of people percolating for years. It's why the number of independents have increased while the parties have shrunk, why so many people have given up to apathy and cynicism...or bought into the GOP CONservative con game.
And why Bernie -- and before him Obama -- generated so much enthusiasm, as a rejection of the status quo. Even Bill Clinton pretended to be a progressive populist as a candidate,.
And as I said above, "see no evil" is not a governing strategy that works in the long tun when problems continue to get worse.
Bernie has identified problems that everyone knows in their gut. He has articulated an underlying frustration that is necessary for constructive action.
You may disagree. But I personally would rather see us admit to the disease, rather than continue to allow seen and hidden inequities and systemic corruption to fuel underlying apathy and cynicism and the crushing of aspirations for a better government.