Here is my perspective. Progressives are principled and end up being right on most issues. Conservatives have been had. We were caught in an ideological trap. Conservatives have some decent core principles centered around fair play but the game has been rigged and conservatives have ended up trying to defend the ultra rich. While that could work for a while those days have long since passed. There is no more defense that can be made if you are a logical person.
Many on the right have also been caught in the manipulation game. You have seen it Social Media posts hot button bullshit memes that are designed my marketing firms and run by staffers. This election cycle is waking up many on the right to the shallowness of some core issues and Trump has exposed an ugly underbelly that you guys claimed was there and we were in denial. Then you bring on one of the phoniest cats to ever run for office. Ted Cruz. A champion of conservative causes ends up being a tool of the Establishment.
Once you allow all that to sink in then you listen to Bernie talk at the Brooking's Institute or at Georgetown and what you deduce is here is a principled person who espouses logical solutions to deal with the inherent unfairness in our current system. Then his foreign policy positions are dead on compared to the carpet bombing Isis to oblivion Cruz crap. I could go on and on but my friends are listening. This is why I am excited!!! You guys have lead this revolution. We get that. It is yours to lead. We are the ones who were wrong and were duped. Good leaders make good followers. Now is the time to follow on our end and join with you to take our country back. Does this make sense? I think the biggest selling points are these for now and that once we have a true democratic system we can honestly and earnestly debate the real issues like adults.
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