Robert Reich on the Netroots Nation event

[MellowDem]

38. If the divide...

is caused by the opinion that one policy/subject isn't being focused on enough (even if the position of the politician is in agreement with those objecting to the lack of priority), then the solution is just to focus on that issue more until people are satisfied.

But that's the problem with some aspects of democracies. Politicians aren't incentivized to address or spend much time on the issues of the people with the least power and population because that's not what wins elections.

I'm a Bernie supporter, so I hope he decides to spend more time on the issues brought up by BLM, because it's needed. I really appreciate his stances and views on other policies because he seems to be the only candidate who has really progressive views on a number of subjects, and so I hope he goes beyond just having the views and incorporates the issues of the less powerful more into his campaign. Honestly, it's not generally considered a winning strategy, but neither is running without corporate support, but I support him for trying to showcase how the system is broken, which you can't do so effectively when utilizing the same system for your own benefit.

BLM is doing what they need to in order to gain political power in our pretty messed up system. You will be ignored unless you can make some noise. We've seen this with other issues before, LGBT is a recent example, where Democratic politicians minimized and even fought against equal rights (including Bill Clinton and even Obama) because it was politically expedient.