2016 Postmortem

Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts) Sun Apr 17, 2016, 10:40 AM Apr 2016

Why the Contest Between Hillary and Bernie Is Such a Big Deal for the Future of Our Economy

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/why-contest-between-hillary-and-bernie-such-big-deal-future-our-economy

Only one candidate is challenging our economy's 40-year neo-liberal dystopia.

Tension are flaring as the New York primary approaches. The candidates are getting tough with each other and their supporters are getting even tougher.

But is the fighting really that warranted? Is there something at stake that runs deeper than personality differences, the first women president, Clinton fatigue, or pie-in-the-sky Bernie? Since both candidates are so much better than the Republican crazies, does it really matter all that much whether Hillary or Bernie gets the nod? Yes, it matters.

We are witnessing the first campaign since 1933 that directly challenges the essential features of our economy. We are now living through a 40-year neo-liberal dystopia. Finally it is under assault. Any objective observer would note that Hillary operates within that neo-liberal order while Bernie is its attacker.

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The US Middle-class AND democracy cannot survive the neocon status quo. We change now, or......