2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Supporters: Why Does Any Good News for Bernie Trigger Such Outrage? [View all]2banon
(7,321 posts)Hillary supporters seem to believe that "elections" is the sole definition of democracy.
"Elections do not a democracy make." someone once said a very long time ago, but somehow that knowledge has been lost and forgotten.
The corporate media was allowed to redefine the meaning of this process and a number of generations grew up misinformed, no thanks to self serving politicians who seem to prefer an ignorant electorate, and never bothers to make the point.
Though casting one's vote has a very significant role in self expression, it's only one component of engagement in any genuine democracy.
None the less, it is the ultimate act of self expression, and that cannot be understated not should it ever be undermined.
Hillary supporters are engaging in undermining the process by insisting on calling the election results in advance of election day in California.
I see it as a form of psychological voter suppression, but fortunately it doesn't seem to be working in California to the extent it would easily have in the past.
Regardless of this primary season election result, from everything I'm seeing unfolding before my eyes for the first in my entire adult life a genuine political revolution is actually unfolding
Not completed by a long shot, but the birth of the movement is flowering and I'm overjoyed beyond measure to finally see it happening in my lifetime.