2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why I DON'T support Bernie for President [View all]ymetca
(1,182 posts)I'd vote for Bernie or Hillary (or "Marty" , as they at least provide lip-service to the plight of the huddled masses. Maybe a bone or two, here and there, sometimes .. a scrap, perhaps, might fall from the Fabulous Feast to which I'm never invited.
But my sneaking suspicion is this is precisely what is expected of me --another futile vote for something that can never be-- Equality. That always seems to be something which must be taken, not demanded. The Great Pyramids of the status quo have to be pounded into dust first. Mob rule is the only rule, ultimately.
This is why it takes 130,000+ people in 45 states to make the trillion-dollar-and-counting ("Oh, we're just getting started!" F-35.
We all argue over pennies while wheel-barrows full of gold are rolling out the back door.