On what issue is Hillary better than Bernie?

[Armstead]

121. A reasonable point

And my response is that if we totally base everything we do on trying to attract the same money and give them the same favors, what is the point of having more than one political party?

My version of "reality" is that there is the possibility that if enough people were mobilized (including businesses who are not using campaign money as a form of extortion) it would be possible.

And if you boil it down to very conservative numbers-- Say 32 million people -- 10 percent of the population -- gave $1 to a candidate/party, that would be $32 million. Start multiplying that by multiples of whatever combination of $5 or $10 or even $100....that's a shitload of money. Of course, that would require those people believing they have a valid reason to donate even such a small amount. That's where a candidate who they see as being on their side and advocating for their interests comes in.

Maybe Bernie would not be that candidate. Maybe not. Perhaps Hillary could pull that off. Maybe someone waiting in the wings. Dunno.

But my point is that as long as everything we do is limited bu the limited straightjacket that the wealthy and powerful, and the political hacks, want to impose on what candidates are chosen and what they say and do, we might as well stop pretending we live in anything but a feudal Oligarchy and just drink and watch baseball.

So why the hell not try to even CONSIDER alternatives to the crooked rules of the road, and prefabricated definitions limitations and definitions of what is "acceptable" and "practical" to even begin to make real reform possible?

Obviously you may -- do -- disagree. But it's condescending and boring to dismiss such ideas out of hand -- or even steps in that direction --as the only way to deal with "reality."