And of course, we talk so little about China, even though it is still anything but a free society even as it grows more powerful.
And the “sexist double standard” mentioned in the title is that Bernie can look like he just woke up because he is a man, while a woman politician can’t do that.
They’re self-absorbed and think the world owes them a living, and ignorant and think other people should and can pay for it.....
“”Socialism” has never been a dirty word for the current cohort of youth, who either didn’t live through the Cold War or don’t remember it.”
I can’t even describe the revulsion I feel when I think of Communism and Socialism. Systems of oppression have been my enemy since I was old enough to comprehend them. My younger sister feels the same way. Unfortunately, we’re the exceptions to the rule.
Female politicians - at least if they want to be taken seriously on a national stage - cannot be unkempt and unfiltered, hair mussed and voice raised. ... They can't be too quiet or too loud, too emotional or too cold, too meek or too aggressive, and so on.
Oh good grief Washington Post, give it a rest. Cankles is a blight on America. Stop making excuses for her.
Millenials scare me, as much as I like many of them. They really don't grasp how awful socialism is. And as Maha Rushi pointed out on the radio last week to an ignorant young skull of mush, Scandanavia is beginning to wake up to the unsustainability of its system.
“Socialism” has never been a dirty word for the current cohort of youth, who either didn’t live through the Cold War or don’t remember it......”
Don’t have to go very far to find the “dirty word” in Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba, etc. if the MSM whores would report it .... wouldn’t be so appealing then!
Where’s the picture of that guy from the fifties rubbing his forehead - “Geez, not this sh** again.”?
I agree that many young people probably see socialism as a feature not a bug. The government-run schools have been lying about socialism for 50 years. But I will also give young people some benefit of the doubt and assume that much of their attraction to Sanders is that they know enough about Hillary Clinton to know that she is lying scum, bought and paid for, and her husband is a rapist.
Why are so many young’uns feeling the Bern?
no school loans to pay back
free housing
free food free
money from the rich
no need to work
Funny how the times change in the 60’s hippy days to have a young uns follow and old man like sanders was unheard of no matter what he was giving away
Socialism fails in countries where the population is diverse (like those in Latin America) where it quickly degenerates into a zero sum battle for government stolen goodies.
If full-throated socialism ever came to the US it would be more like Venezuela than Norway or Sweden.
On one of the debates when it was suggested what if it’s not Clinton but Sanders one of the Republican’s on the platform, I don’t remember who, said something to the effect of Sanders can’t win. Could never get elected.
Underestimating. I think he most certainly can. I think they are foolish to ignore this candidate.
I’ll take the Robinson clause for 100 Alex ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C1BCAgu2I8&list=RDhnP72uUt_pU&index=37
“Why are so many young’uns feeling the Bern? “
Could it be they are only reflecting what they learn in the public school system??
Polls that I have heard about indicate that a significant percentage of millenials support the idea of socialism.
I heard a news blurb today that said that something like 90% of people think that America should tax the rich more.
I don’t see how this can be combatted without some life altering event (like a Greater Depression).
Great, noob voters embrace the philosophy of hitler and thus his deserved fate.
The thing I can’t figure out about Bernie Sanders is why in the world would a Jewish guy want to be elected Santa Claus?
