Yes, we are doing this all over again.
Isn’t it GREAT! I think so.
Nothing gets me going like a Bernie run does. You all notice he took it straight to the people? No big, expensive, shallow, wasteful buzz. Do you want to know why nothing gets me going like that?
Policy. Flat out.
It’s all about the issues, and all of us together getting after making it better for all Americans, not just some of them, at the expense of “those other people”, somehow.
Now, you may be wondering why I’m bothering to author a diary at the site that basically purged us last time around.
Image says it all.
Not how we win. But, let’s keep that in the family. There are better ways to have the conversations we need to have. Let’s have those conversations, not the one linked above. Frankly, doing otherwise is selfish. Not how we win.
The fact is, a majority of the people in this nation are struggling economically and that is completely unacceptable. They are in need, powerless, and all the talk of ponies, “selfish”, “entitled” are a load of bullshit, horse shit and cow shit. Our economic policy is grinding people down while generating more billionaires than ever! Inequality has it’s costs, and the growing carnage is now impossible to ignore. I am part of that carnage, and have had enough.
Fixing these is a priority problem, and progressives behind Bernie are all about millions of us working together to get our national priorities in order.
That’s how we win.
You need us. We need us, all of us. Yes, voters overlap. So many that would vote for Bernie would also vote Blue no matter Who.
And all the lectures, the fear, the blame, the shame do not matter. Priorities matter, and our kids, our loved ones, and the very least of us in this nation matter more than the club you are in, or whether you feel “those other people” may or may not be somehow qualified to participate in the political process.
Frankly, none of us are asking. r/WeAreNotAsking for more on that score (yes, another community building in progress, and I will do more too, just watch!) We get to do this, all of us, and the only effective thing is to present compelling policy people want to vote for, and they will too. Watch them come right out of the woodwork, donating their last dollar on the way!
There are way too many people unwilling to vote for for the same failed economic politics that got us here today. They are not interested in voting against Trump either. What’s the point, when it’s getting worse no matter which way that all goes?
And that begs a question:
Just what is worth what?
See, this isn’t about the minority of us who continue to live well. That does nothing for the majority suffering. Expecting that majority suffering to sign up for more of the same politics is a losing proposition, exactly why Bernie is running. Nobody else appears willing to do the hard work to drive real change. Long overdue change.
We are either going to win together, or lose together, and that is all about whether enough of us can make getting better for all Americans a priority.
That’s my priority. All of us, or nothing. That’s the deal.
An easy example is Medicare For ALL. Not some. Not more. ALL.
In my life, I’ve lost home, savings, almost lost people I love due to the ever increasing cost of health care and ever weaker insurance. I’ve had enough. The same old same old isn’t working for me, and I am rapidly reaching a point where I just don’t have all that much to lose. Over the years, I have not wanted to write that, but now I am. Worn down, just had enough.
I am all in on policy visions, that change in direction to make it better for everyone. Should that not be on the table? Willing to lose. No joke. Do not care anymore.
Go ahead and think about that. Hope you do, and I hope you understand where the priorities are forced. The lesser of greater evils does not work for me. Has not for a long time now.
And I am not alone.
You don’t have to like it. Understandable. Call it hostage taking. That is precisely what it is too.
I urge you to think about what matters most to people, and why that is. I’ve just told you why, frank, honest, real as it gets.
ONWARD
Because it’s time we put the people first. Long past time.
Let’s get this right.