tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post5570243857126186517..comments2023-09-02T03:31:42.724-07:00Comments on Timeless: The future battle about #IncomeInequality, #ClimateChange and #HumanRights Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10923273274730877029noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-38716340350644172742015-08-02T04:35:27.071-07:002015-08-02T04:35:27.071-07:00Hi Marie,
I think this is a very good analysis of...Hi Marie, <br />I think this is a very good analysis of the present situation. I personally would want the US going even more in a socialistic direction, which is impossible with both candidates. Even though Bernie Sanders calls himself a socialist, he's not coming close. Socialism doesn't start where Bernie is: top down. Socialism starts bottom up. As long as there is not a grassroots movement that starts vocalizing what people need and start getting support from other grassroots people, enough to form their own political force that chooses their own political candidates, it is not real socialism. Look at what Kshama Sawant is doing in Seattle. She comes from a grassroots movement and has been building that movement and that's why she was chosen so overwhelmingly into the city council of Seattle. Her policies are derived from the community that supports her.<br />Or look at Jill Stein. Her policies are even more socialistically defined, although I'm not sure how she got her base.<br />I'[m convinced that the US is not ripe yet for real socialistic policies and that for now the best chance to get a president that would not ruin the SCOTUS for a generation, Bernie Sanders is the best you can do right now. Hillary is definitely out of the question, because she's bought and paid for by Wall Street.<br />So, though I don't agree with you completely, I still think that you wrote down a valuable analysis of the present situation. Thanks for that.<br />LydiaLydia Beerensnoreply@blogger.com