2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I feel crazy seeing some of these responses to Bernie's speech. [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)what he is fighting against: corporate money in politics/govt, TPP, etc...
You have to change the framework of your thinking to understand what he's doing. This isn't about Bernie vs. Hillary, this isn't about politics as a team sport. This is about getting the Dem Party back to being the party of the people and not the party of corporations/Wall Street.
He is not looking small and petty at all if you look at it from his and his supporter's perspective. Don't look at it as an affront to Hillary, look at it as a fight for the soul of the Dem Party and a fight to save (bring it back is more like it) democracy. He's not doing any of this for himself, he didn't run for president for himself. He's doing it for the good of the country and its working citizens. Our country, the world even, simply cannot survive another four years of the same corporate friendly policies. If the TPP gets passed - which it will if Hillary is elected and not 'forced' to stand against it - that is the end of sovereign govts. That is not hyperbole. It will effectively give corporations power over govts, it will let them rule the world, literally. Thank gawd we have Bernie still bringing it up as an issue! Without him and his stances we're sunk.
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