Bernie and Guns

[JDPriestly]

51. I would put it this way: we need to teach people to share.

Nobody gets to have it all. Not even if they are strong enough to take it all.

We have to share.

Should slaves have "compromised" with their masters?

I don't think that would have resulted in anything approaching justice.

Compromise comes about when those compromising respect each others' points of view.

There is an excellent book on this called "Nonviolent Communication."

The problem in our government today is that one side, the Republicans, have the view that their ideas are ordained by God and that to compromise is to betray God and the way God would have them act.

That's crazy, but it does not allow for compromise.

We see the same philosophy with the Muslim fanatics in the Middle East.

And, always, this religious fanaticism that does not permit compromise is associated with a power structure that benefits from the fanaticism and the resistance to compromise.

If President Obama, moderate, thoughtful. rational and caring person that he is, has not been able to reach compromise with the Republicans that allows for a budget and a way forward that insures a better life for all Americans, then who can?

For the Republicans and their wealthy donors and the fools that hang on every word Fox News utters, compromise is a dirty word.

That 1/3 that refuses to share, those who complain to be pro-life but who refuse to pay a few dollars more for their health insurance so that everyone can go to a doctor when they need to -- that 1/3 needs to be learn to share. And if they do, we probably won't have nearly the terrorism in the world. That goes for people in all countries although the specific framing of the issues may differ from country to country.

We have to learn to share more with each other.