2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Let me know how this "harass Black people into voting for Sanders" campaign is working for y'all [View all]sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)about these issues, I start seeing things a bit differently:
There are (at least on the left) three big movements in the
country right now.
1) A movement for economic justice
2) A new Civil Rights movement
3) A movement concerning Climate Change
#3 is probably the smallest one, because it demands
tremendous sacrifice from all of us.
#2 is and has been long overdue, but is demanding
the PTB to make changes, which are unfortunately
not welcome in some quarters.
#1 is a thorn in even democratic circles.
All three come at the same time and find their defenders
and in some cases their candidates. The problem seems
to be that supporters of anyone of these movements are
fighting each other for 1st place on the agenda.
Since that is causing friction, there are fights.
I don't know what will come from this, but it does
not look promising, imho.