Progressives, now is the time to unite behind Bernie Sanders.

[DanTex]

Inequality has been soaring for decades. Worker pay has barely risen since 1980, even though productivity and GDP have increased greatly. Union rights have been steadily been chipped away. And the climate is reaching a point of no return. And yet, right now, we have a historic opportunity to elect the most progressive president in decades, and begin to reverse all that. The best opportunity in my lifetime.

With ST tomorrow, we're getting to the delegate-heavy states where the Democratic nominee will be determined. And it is becoming clear that it will come down to Bernie versus Biden. Which, for practical purposes, means that a vote for anyone but Bernie is effectively a vote for Biden.

Biden is a fine person, a million times better than Trump, but the unfortunate truth is that he is a slightly weaker version of Hillary Clinton, who I supported enthusiastically in 2016. And trying the same thing and expecting different results, we cannot risk another four years of Trump. Biden's weaknesses have been apparent on the campaign trail and in the debates. And this is with the media largely behind him, he hasn't taken much incoming, it is difficult to imagine him holding up in the face of the full Trump onslaught.

At the same time, Bernie has held up and risen with every attack against him. He's been called communist and his campaign compared to the Nazi invasion of France. And on policy, particularly on climate, we don't have time for incrementalism. Returning to the pre-Trump status quo won't cut it. This isn't about unicorns, it's about science. The planet doesn't care what centrist pundits say, it's a matter of the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Bernie Sanders is not only the best candidate to defeat Trump, he's also the only one with an agenda bold enough to curb the climate disaster, to guarantee healthcare to all Americans, and to reverse the decades-long economic losses that the working class has ceded to the corporate elite.

Yes, I understand that Bernie isn't popular in certain circles, including DU. And I'm about to get attacked from all angles for this post. But spreading Bernie's message is especially important in places like this. Talk to your friends and neighbors, not just the ones who support Bernie, but the ones who don't. The vast majority of Democrats support Bernie's policy agenda, top to bottom. The main hesitation is that, after decades of watching the nation slip to the right and the wealthy taking more and more of the economic gains, people stop believing that a progressive transformation of society is possible.

Well, it is possible. It can happen, if we vote for it. Right now. In the end, it's not the pundits, or the corporations, it's the voters who decide. This is the best opportunity we've had in my lifetime for real progressive change. And it starts tomorrow. Remember FDR's words: we have nothing to fear but fear itself. Bernie has shown tremendous courage fighting against the odds to get us to this point. Now it's up to us. Let's do it!