Susan Sarandon Explains The Positives for Progressives of President Trump

[DanTex]

78. Pointing out Dems' flaws doesn't change the fact that Republicans are worse.

There's really no getting around that.

Sarandon's argument is based on a false apocalyptic view of the US where things are so bad, they can't really get any worse. It's the argument "would you rather die of cancer or AIDS." We heard it also from Cornel West, from Jill Stein, and from Bernie or Busters here on DU last year. And it's stupid. Even with Trump, things could still get a lot worse. We could turn into Somalia, for example, that would be worse.

And things are now worse, with Trump, then they were before. Not in some theoretical distant future, but right now, there is more suffering than there would have been if Hillary had been elected. In fact, the first day any Republican assumes office, they reinstate the global gag rule cutting off funds to women's health NGOs. Right there, things get worse. And that's just the start.

So whatever theory Susan Sarandon has in mind with her "make things explode to bring on the revolution" thing, in reality what it means is more suffering for more people. And, yeah, I'm sure in her mind she actually believes that the suffering will result in a revolution and then some kind of utopia.

But I'm also pretty sure that she would probably feel differently about it if she was the one doing the suffering, as opposed to having other people suffer for her theory.