Please, thisSanders won't speak publicly tonight.. Hopefully that means he drops out by the end of the week. Lets get in GE mode.
Please, thisSanders won't speak publicly tonight.. Hopefully that means he drops out by the end of the week. Lets get in GE mode.
hey what do you think is the cause of the difference in performance sanders had in early states (IA, NH, NV) with the results weve had since super tuesday?
Fox News and right wing media correctly identified her as a future threat to their party and started laying down the foundation for decades of smears against her.Irrational is putting it mildly. It's borderline pathological.
There wasn't voter suppression (no not even with that line in Michigan. This is the first year same day registration was done and early voting was open since January 25.)maybe we shouldn't be victim blaming the victims of voter suppression
maybe we shouldn't be victim blaming the victims of voter suppression
Illinois is Obama Nation
Fuck this country dude. This was our last chance. Here's to more deportations, more people dying because of no health care, more people drowning in debt, more racial injustices being ignored, more wars killing brown people in other countries. But at least white liberals will be happy. My disdain for whites, specifically white people who pretend to be allies grows everyday.
IT'S NOT HYPERBOLE. WE LITERALLY HAD ELECTIONS IN 2018 THAT PROVED IT'S NOT.The idea that there is a HUGE appetite to vote Trump feels like hyperbole. Go to middle america, or any conservative town/city/suburb. They might not be as vocal about it, but there are a TON of Trump supporters.
America likes a show.
maybe we shouldn't be victim blaming the victims of voter suppression
did you see those lines?Ok, so hang on. The youth vote is historically terrible and now it's terrible again but this time it's only due to voter suppression? Based on what information?
Michigan is one of the key swing states in November. If you dont vote Biden in November you are handing Trump the election.Bernie being crushed in my State of Michigan just makes me lose faith in my State. And there was nothing even left to begin with.
I wonder if ill even be motivated when November comes along.
Sanders was not only very competitive if not outright winning in the AA vote in the first three states (including Nevada) but was polling very well with the AA vote nationally and in the states he lost tonight not so long ago. Any other theories? Surely this isn't hardAA vote.
And younger voters not voting.
Everything else is a distant 3rd. Including endorsements.
Great post, fully agreed with everything. <3FOR EVERYONE UPSET ABOUT BERNIE
It's okay to be upset. Be frustrated and angry. Get that anger out tonight, and then channel it into something better tomorrow. You're angry because you noticed something was deeply wrong with America, and the rest of the world, and you feel like you came this close to potentially solving it, and fell short. That's okay. Now it's time to get back out there.
Bernie Sanders didn't invent socialism. He awoke millions of people to the horrible truth about the world, but he's just one man following in the footsteps of those who came before him. This is a collective effort, one in which the downtrodden across America and the rest of the world will need to unite and work together. Bernie woke millions of us up, and we're not going back to sleep. Or at least, I'm not. Are you?
Get angry tonight, and then get active tomorrow. Here are some things to consider doing:
1. Find other like-minded people in your local area and start organizing. People you met through the Sanders campaign, your local DSA, etc. Get to know your local community. Figure out what issues you can start working on today at the local level.
2. Support the efforts of unions and other organized labor in your area, when possible.
3. Promote and run candidates for local office. Maybe even run yourself! America has a disease that infects it to the root, and so we need to start at the root, which is not the White House. When your local community comes to view its socialist legislators as good, helpful people, they will spread the word. If you choose to run for a higher office than local government, you'll probably be forced into running as a Democrat. That's fine. We will co-opt them from within. It's already starting, in Congressional districts around the country.
4. Educate yourself on history. Read books about socialism, Communism, Marxism, anarchism, etc. Read theory from older time periods, and the thoughts of modern scholars and diverse thinkers (i.e. not just white dudes). The Socialism OT here on ERA has a lot of resources. The education system and media in your country have brainwashed you and lied to you for your entire life. You need to start over from scratch.
5. Promote your values. Unlike the empty suits in Washington, we have a system of values that guides our principles and our political goals. Inform your friends, family, coworkers, anyone that might listen. Make it clear that your beliefs are based on what is good and just, not that you want free weed or whatever stereotype they have about socialists.
This fight is not over. It's not even close to over. This fight has been going on for a very long time, since long before any of us were born. It wasn't going to end with this election even if Bernie Sanders won. Get mad, then get active.
Your livelihood and your future have been stolen from you. Go out and do something productive about it.
For same day registration? The first time it's been allowed in Michigan primaries.
It doesn't talk about where parentless children will be held espically on an influx like 2014 nor does supporting alternatives mean halting/changing current operationsThe last one is directly about an alternative to those detention centers in the first place.
I suggest checking out the recent IL polling.
Completely...sometimes I wonder when people bring her up as next progressive candidate for president if people realize that in order to pass progressive legislation...you have to win. AOC as great as she is for the party...is never going to win a national contest...
3h + wait time to cast a vote is not acceptable in a democracy
Sanders was not only very competitive if not outright winning in the AA vote in the first three states (including Nevada) but was polling very well with the AA vote nationally and in the states he lost tonight not so long ago. Any other theories? Surely this isn't hard
Ok, so hang on. The youth vote is historically terrible and now it's terrible again but this time it's only due to voter suppression? Based on what information?
3h + wait time to cast a vote is not acceptable in a democracy
Seriously. Like trying to get progressives in the House or the goddamn Senate.
Fox News and right wing media correctly identified her as a future threat to their party and started laying down the foundation for decades of smears against her.
Remember that one time she had a fun music video in college? Crazy socialist.
3h + wait time to cast a vote is not acceptable in a democracy
This. This. This...and honestly with Biden at top of ticket, the senate is actually in play.You really want to enact progressive change? Biden will be a rubber stamp for whatever a Dem congress passes if the Senate flips. So get Biden in, Trump out, and get progressives in congress, and Republicans out. Very simple, just requires more than tweets to help out.
Because the country likes the other democrat more than your democrat?
Those are probably same day registrations in which case yes a long wait on election day is to be expected.3h + wait time to cast a vote is not acceptable in a democracy
Ok, so hang on. The youth vote is historically terrible and now it's terrible again but this time it's only due to voter suppression? Based on what information?
Young people are more susceptible to voter suppression than African Americans?
Oh, shit. I forgot we don't live in a country where young people aren't working incredibly long hours, lacking transportation to voting locations, or lacking fund for child care.There wasn't voter suppression (no not even with that line in Michigan. This is the first year same day registration was done and early voting was open since January 25.)
Irrational is putting it mildly. It's borderline pathological.
FOR EVERYONE UPSET ABOUT BERNIE
It's okay to be upset. Be frustrated and angry. Get that anger out tonight, and then channel it into something better tomorrow. You're angry because you noticed something was deeply wrong with America, and the rest of the world, and you feel like you came this close to potentially solving it, and fell short. That's okay. Now it's time to get back out there.
Bernie Sanders didn't invent socialism. He awoke millions of people to the horrible truth about the world, but he's just one man following in the footsteps of those who came before him. This is a collective effort, one in which the downtrodden across America and the rest of the world will need to unite and work together. Bernie woke millions of us up, and we're not going back to sleep. Or at least, I'm not. Are you?
Get angry tonight, and then get active tomorrow. Here are some things to consider doing:
1. Find other like-minded people in your local area and start organizing. People you met through the Sanders campaign, your local DSA, etc. Get to know your local community. Figure out what issues you can start working on today at the local level.
2. Support the efforts of unions and other organized labor in your area, when possible.
3. Promote and run candidates for local office. Maybe even run yourself! America has a disease that infects it to the root, and so we need to start at the root, which is not the White House. When your local community comes to view its socialist legislators as good, helpful people, they will spread the word. If you choose to run for a higher office than local government, you'll probably be forced into running as a Democrat. That's fine. We will co-opt them from within. It's already starting, in Congressional districts around the country.
4. Educate yourself on history. Read books about socialism, Communism, Marxism, anarchism, etc. Read theory from older time periods, and the thoughts of modern scholars and diverse thinkers (i.e. not just white dudes). The Socialism OT here on ERA has a lot of resources. The education system and media in your country have brainwashed you and lied to you for your entire life. You need to start over from scratch.
5. Promote your values. Unlike the empty suits in Washington, we have a system of values that guides our principles and our political goals. Inform your friends, family, coworkers, anyone that might listen. Make it clear that your beliefs are based on what is good and just, not that you want free weed or whatever stereotype they have about socialists.
This fight is not over. It's not even close to over. This fight has been going on for a very long time, since long before any of us were born. It wasn't going to end with this election even if Bernie Sanders won. Get mad, then get active.
Your livelihood and your future have been stolen from you. Go out and do something productive about it.
Oh, shit. I forgot we don't live in a country where young people aren't working incredibly long hours, lacking transportation to voting locations, or lacking fund for child care.
Older voters can come out because they can afford to. Saying a lack of youth vote is solely due to laziness is fucking dumb.
Oh, shit. I forgot we don't live in a country where young people aren't working incredibly long hours, lacking transportation to voting locations, or lacking fund for child care.
Older voters can come out because they can afford to. Saying a lack of youth vote is solely due to laziness is fucking dumb.
You really want to enact progressive change? Biden will be a rubber stamp for whatever a Dem congress passes if the Senate flips. So get Biden in, Trump out, and get progressives in congress, and Republicans out. Very simple, just requires more than tweets to help out.
Seriously. Like trying to get progressives in the House or the goddamn Senate.
This is not it.
No because our political and economic system is completely incapable of adapting to our rapidly changing world. Part of this is due to political polarization, and part of this is due to the fact that our constitution is piece of shit that is designed to prevent necessary change. Even if Bernie won the presidency we would still be heading towards an inevitable collapse. The advantage of a Bernie presidency would not have been things like M4A or free college (those things would not have passed), but it would have given us an opportunity to build class consciousness and solidarity for whatever comes after the end of the American experiment.
That's on a college campus so transportation isn't really a good excuse. They also have early voting and a whole host of stuff. It's an issue of apathy more than anything else.Oh, shit. I forgot we don't live in a country where young people aren't working incredibly long hours, lacking transportation to voting locations, or lacking fund for child care.
Older voters can come out because they can afford to. Saying a lack of youth vote is solely due to laziness is fucking dumb.