Nothing about Bernie is "revolutionary"

[NCProgressive]

It is basically tax the rich people and create a bazillion programs to take the deficit up to some $70 trillion.

It has previously been described as "class warfare" and it is nothing new.

The free college tuition and education debt relief was great to get the students to rallies (which were ALWAYS held on or near a campus) but it failed to attract working people who either have never been to college or have paid off their student debts already.

Those are divisive policies.

Medicare for all (or a single payer system) was championed by Ted Kennedy since the 60's.

Obama proposed the environmental policy and he even called it a "green new deal"

[Thekaspervote]

1. Thank you!! A voice of sanity

[Faux pas]

2. Was your post

really necessary? It's not unifying at all. Would old Joe approve?

[amuse bouche]

3. Sanders surrogates do not want unification

Krystal Ball, says she will leave the ballot blank. The rest are no better

[Bluepinky]

4. I agree.

All these posts knocking down Sanders isn’t unifying or necessary.

[NCProgressive]

6. I am just exposing Sanders' policy positions

in order to let his devotees know that he is not some gifted messiah who can perform miracles.

[msongs]

8. last time I checked bernie is still running for the nomination against joe biden nt

[Faux pas]

10. What I don't get

is why nobody can knock biden but, Bernie is fair game. When's the coronation?

[LanternWaste]

19. You may knock anyone you wish.

You may also pretend it's limited to only the supporters of one candidate. You can also pretend discussion is weighted by fiat. As long as you realize it's all pretense on your end, and it ain't doing you any good at all.



"When's the coronation?"
This being an example of the civility, unity and outreach you guys have been harping on since Sanders began plummeting in the polls?

[Bluepinky]

20. I know, I don't get it either. It's maddening.

[Demsrule86]

17. When he stops attacking our presumptive nominee and party, I am sure they will go away.

[HarlanPepper]

11. Old Joe?

Bernie is older.

[Demsrule86]

16. If Sanders wanted unity, he would have conceded...can't have it both ways.

[KayF]

7. that's good because revolutionary would mean millions of deaths

i understand that Bernie's revolution means literal revolution

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287646103

[NCProgressive]

9. There is no such thing as a "liberal" revolution

In any event, the revolution is over. Everyone, please go back to your seats, fold your tray tables, make your seat upright, turn off your electronic devices and stow away any personal belongings. We are now going to land in reality.

[Demsrule86]

18. The revolution is cancelled.

[HarlanPepper]

12. It's always just been empty rhetoric and pie in the sky

Well, except for the post offices.

[MineralMan]

13. Bernie's "Revolution" ended sometime in the 1970s.

I remember it. It just sort of fizzled out after the US left Vietnam. Everyone went home and got on with their lives.

Many of us remember it. A few still want to keep it going. Bernie's in that group. Now, there is a new generation that has become enamored of some sort of "revolution," sort of like we were back then.

Ain't happening. Didn't happen then. Won't happen now. What does happen is a list improvements in some areas.

[NCProgressive]

14. It continues in his head though

[MineralMan]

15. Yes, it does. Many of us like to reminisce about those times.

However, most of us realizes that it was the things that changed that are important, not the "revolution" itself.

Civil Rights
Women's Rights
Reproductive Rights
LGBTQTIA Rights
Legal Weed (it's here in many states)
The Death of Disco
Other stuff.

There were good changes that came from it. There's still much to do, but change is slow to happen and even slower to be noticed.

Bernie is stuck in the past, and is still talking like it is still the late 1960s. Things have moved on from those days.

[Scurrilous]

21. He called it revolution out of force of habit. Plus it made him look cool to the youth.

Who thought it looked cool to join a revolution, but not to vote, and now they're fucked.