“If You Believe That Bernie Should Be the Nominee, You Don’t Believe In Democracy” [View all]

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Last edited Sat May 21, 2016, 09:44 AM - Edit history (1)

Sanders lost--He and his camp and followers do NOT like the rules that others need to follow during the Primary-so he sues, screams, demeans a respected CA Senator Boxer by calling her a B**ch, encourages his fans to boo Hillary, etc etc.


“If You Believe That Bernie Should Be the Nominee, You Don’t Believe In Democracy”  https://medium.com/soapbox-dc/why-bernie-lost-and-why-his-supporters-need-to-face-reality-a61deb84104e#.yy216yyix … #p2 #uniteblue #BernieLostme




http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-05-20/sanders-won-t-be-fooled-again-by-democracy

May 20, 2016 2:21 PM EDT
By
Francis Wilkinson



...........As Jaime Fuller wrote:

Sanders voters have also been selectively frustrated about the many confusing primary rules. They have not railed against caucuses, which tend to feature extremely low turnout and are so long that many people with inflexible work hours or busy lives are unable to take part. Of course, Sanders has done exceedingly well in caucuses. Using “rigged” is a political act as much as the politics the phrase seeks to call out.

Of course, when the system is corrupt, you are not obligated to honor its rules. And when your opponent is morally compromised and doctrinally wrong, you have a duty to prevent her from gaining power at the expense of your more perfect, far-reaching vision. Or you do if you value socialism more than you trust democracy.

Sanders has taken pains to stress that he is a Democratic Socialist, distinguishing himself from the unsavory henchmen of Moscow and Beijing. His primary campaign has been unhindered by the kind of red-baiting that would envelop, and overwhelm, him in a general election, when his youthful associations with less democratic strains of socialism would become a staple of Republican advertising.

It's likely that in a general election, the agents of capitalism would indeed join forces to crush Sanders. His campaign, which has sparked a fire but not a revolution, would be exposed as just the latest socialist mirage on the American landscape.

In the Democratic primary, Sanders has been spared all that. He hasn't won. But he hasn't completely lost, either. He's just been required, once again, to wait. It's not capitalism, however, that has deferred his dream of socialism with American characteristics. It's democracy.