2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders: A Man with A Hammer, Who Sees Nails Everywhere [View all]PatrickforO
(14,572 posts)The global neoliberal capitalist model is unsustainable as it is and poses not only an economic threat but an existential one to all humankind.
The billionaire class is responsible for much of the decay in our society; certainly since the Powell memo in 1971, we've 'enjoyed' an ever-growing, ever-more-powerful right wing propaganda machine that has all of us mistrusting and even hating one another. I've been watching on here as these divide-and-conquer memes roll out.
You are wrong. If we work to propel more people into the middle class, and implement policies to keep that middle class strong and growing and make it possible to actually get ahead with hard work, then we will remove much of the incentive for racism. I agree with Bernie. Until we do something about the wealth inequality and the corruption we face in our government because of it, everything else is moot; if the elites still hold the power they do now, we won't be able to get shit done by way of ending racism, homophobia, xenophobia and other elements of 'decay.'