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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum"Why young people don't like contrived politicians awash in donor money, privilege and connections."
May 04, 2016
Why Millennials Love Bernie Sanders
byCenk Uygur
Why do millennials like Bernie Sanders so much? I love that this is a mystery to Washington. Its the authenticity, stupid. You cant fake a 40 year record. This is a generation that grew up in a time when entertainment and media is based on authenticity and not the fakeness of television. Like Diogenes, when millennials went on their pursuit to find the one honest man in politics, it was obvious that man was Bernie Sanders.
The older generation grew up on blow-dried anchors, plastic politicians, and an ocean of pretense. Realness seems unvarnished and unpolished to them. Bernie Sanders is a man not of his time, but of this time. He was authentic and uncombed before any YouTube star thought to make that concept cool.
Millennials are also a massively progressive generation. Frank Luntz, the top conservative pollster, says this generation is so liberal it should frighten political leaders. Sanders is as progressive as they are, but not because he crafted a slick political message to appeal to the younger generation. Its because he is a true progressive who believed in these principles even when they were horribly out of fashion. He fought for them not out of expediency but out of conviction. Thats the thing about authenticity you cant fake it.
Are we seriously asking why young people dont like the contrived politicians who are awash in donor money, privilege, and connections? Thats obvious. Whats not obvious is how older generations got so used to that pulp. They got used to news actors reading carefully-produced, establishment-engineered scripts. They got used to the unctuous career politicians that design their message to the voters while they vote with the donors. Running to the left or right during the primaries and then to the center during the general election isnt savvy, its phony.
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http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/05/04/why-millennials-love-bernie-sanders
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"Why young people don't like contrived politicians awash in donor money, privilege and connections." (Original Post)
imagine2015
May 2016
OP
Sanders outspent Clinton 2 to 1 he spent big money on a marketing and no message
uponit7771
May 2016
#2
Could you rephrase that? It seem garbled and I couldn't make any sense out of it.
imagine2015
May 2016
#8
FREE stuff. that's why. of course TYT is a spokesperson for the sanders campaign so what else would
msongs
May 2016
#9
He is a progressive and speaks for progressives. Who speaks for Hillary? The Koch Bros?
rhett o rick
May 2016
#10
haikugal
(6,476 posts)1. Tell em Cenk! K&R!!
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)2. Sanders outspent Clinton 2 to 1 he spent big money on a marketing and no message
imagine2015
(2,054 posts)3. How much did Hillary's super Pac's spend and her campaign committee's?
You counted them all, right?
Or are you just making stuff up as you go along?
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)5. Just as much as Sanders
imagine2015
(2,054 posts)7. Do you have any hard data to back up your claim with credible links?
snot
(10,520 posts)4. He outspent her only if you disregard spending by her PACs.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)6. Not his? Of course not cause #SandersSoSanctified
imagine2015
(2,054 posts)8. Could you rephrase that? It seem garbled and I couldn't make any sense out of it.
Thanks
msongs
(67,394 posts)9. FREE stuff. that's why. of course TYT is a spokesperson for the sanders campaign so what else would
he say?
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)10. He is a progressive and speaks for progressives. Who speaks for Hillary? The Koch Bros?
Funny you would echo the free stuff bullcrap. Sanders never said anything was free. He said that he would like to see the Super Rich and Powerful pay for college educations. Now Hillary is on board for helping with college expenses but she wants the working class to pay via taxes. I see why you side with the big corporations and have such derision against the working class.
pansypoo53219
(20,969 posts)11. FREE TEEVEE COVERAGE.
only trump or hillary on the teevee gnewz.
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)12. K&r