2016 Postmortem
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Are we truly experiencing a political revolution of some sort ?
djean111
(14,255 posts)MuseRider
(34,109 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Women and minorities are standing up in towns all across this country. We aren't taking it anymore. We are fighting like hell. It is revolutionary. There is currently no such thing as equal representation in this country. We are changing that with every election and becoming more aggressive in our demands. I'm extremely proud of the efforts of groups like BLM and what they are doing. Taking over the political process on the dem side.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511518764
spin
(17,493 posts)Hopefully we all can agree on that.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)armed uprising. This kind of conflation makes DU truly suck. Thank you.
spin
(17,493 posts)We now live in an oligarchy but the voters are beginning to wake up.
A government of the people, by the people and for the people is far superior to a government of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. Hopefully we can return to a well functioning representative democracy with the rule of law for all in a peaceful manner.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)how many major revolutions or movements began with a single politician's effort to win office?
None.
Svafa
(594 posts)has been fomenting since at least the Occupy Movement. Sanders has harnessed and channeled that into a campaign. But this is about more than just Sanders. Even if he does not succeed in securing the nomination, this is FAR from over. We're not going away.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Svafa
(594 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Svafa
(594 posts)NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)dinkytron
(568 posts)Campaign Finance Reform. Universal Health Care. Living Wage. It's a hell of a platform and its a long time coming.
kentuck
(111,097 posts)Or is it building for the next stage? I am all for peaceful revolution. When enough people march - when enough people speak up - there is no need for violence. Never.
MineralMan
(146,309 posts)You know, the one where Twitter was where the election took place.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)as those who do not wish to see.
MineralMan
(146,309 posts)I prefer to simply look away. But then, I'm looking at something else, aren't I.
Stay visual, my friend.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)This is not Ralph Nader, as many H. Clinton supporters want to believe. People are pissed. I am pissed. The "American dream" is dead. Our justice system, economy and government are broken. If we collectively do not make changes, we will see a meltdown of our economy and society.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)... others including HRC and people in the Sanders camp (the less racially diverse coalition) is acting out according to how people who have ceded power in the past acted out.