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DESCRIPTION:If You’re into Bernie Sanders...\n...it’s not hard to see why.\n\nYou 
 listened and agreed when Sanders decried the outrageous and grinding 
 inequalities that mark U.S. society....\n\nYou nod when Sanders proclaims 
 the mass incarceration of Black and Latino youth to be intolerable, and 
 calls for an end to the war on drugs. And you know that Hillary Clinton and 
 all the rest were neck-deep in that horror till people began rising up. 
 Sanders talks about the need to overcome the oppression of women, gay 
 people, and immigrants, and you feel all that, too. When he attacks the 
 other candidates for having supported destructive wars against other 
 countries and people, and he calls for a different relationship to the 
 environment and goes after the fossil fuel industry—that hits you, 
 too.\n\nMore. He says “the system is rigged” in favor of the 
 super-rich. He points the finger at “Wall Street and the billionaire 
 class” and says “they can’t have it all.” He goes after “the 
 1%” and counts it a badge of honor that the bankers have never asked him 
 to give a speech, let alone throw the money at him like they do at Clinton 
 or Ted Cruz. He says that we need a revolution and that all real change 
 comes from ordinary people banding together and saying “no more.” 
 Sometimes he even talks about “socialism.” When he says “future to 
 believe in,” well, you want that, too—it’s not an exaggeration to say 
 that most of your friends are terrorized when they even think about the 
 shit going on and what the future holds. Sanders says it in a way that 
 seems direct and honest, and seems to be about uniting people and not 
 dividing them.\n\nAnd then there’s the answer: vote for 
 Sanders....\n\nNow if you think about that for a minute, you might say a 
 “just add water” shortcut approach to revolution is a bit of a 
 contradiction. And you’d be right. If you are one of those people drawn 
 to the Sanders campaign because you feel deeply that the old ways are 
 working against people and we badly need something new, then you’ve got 
 the responsibility to ask yourself whether this really IS what’s 
 needed.\n\nTo be clear: We’re not about to tell you to lower your sights, 
 or to “be realistic” in the nay-saying way that just means to go along 
 with the status quo and do what you can on the margins. You probably get 
 enough of that from the Clinton people and your parents. And we’re not 
 gonna tell you to give up your principles—we’re gonna tell you to be 
 true to the best of your convictions and to seriously dig into what it 
 would take to bring about a world in which seven billion humans could 
 flourish. To raise your sights to that.\n\nBut first we have to talk about 
 Bernie.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/11/18785165.php
SUMMARY:If You’re into Bernie Sanders... Discussion
LOCATION:Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/11/18785165.php
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