We could have had Bernie. I can’t even imagine how different so many things would have been…
We weren’t allowed to have him, some rich people would have slightly less money.
That’s the fun part. You can’t. They have had studies since the '70s that show that if they’d pay everyone a thriving wage, they’d be even richer than they are. Funny thing, when the working class has disposable income we buy shit. They are no longer interested in their net worth. The new high score is how many people they can kill with needless suffering before we realize that scarcity actually disappeared in the '70s, and everyone should be living their best life, and we decide to kill them back.
They’d actually have more money. They’ve had studies since the mid '70s that proved that if they’d just pay everyone a thriving wage, they would be richer than they are. This makes perfect sense when you realize that the entire system is designed to funnel money up to them.
Cruelty is the point. They aren’t going for the high score of net worth, or bank account numbers. They are going for a literal body count. They’re intentionally causing needless suffering, because they know we passed the point of scarcity in the '70s, so once we finally fix this shit no human, or animal that we interact with, will needlessly suffer ever again. They are intentionally trying to destroy the climate so they can keep their power, and continue needless human suffering.
I don’t know about that, there isn’t much of a point to it. I understand the idea of keeping the poors poor so they need to work. I get the idea of greed blinding them to the concept that higher wages = more money to buy their products, but I never understand the argument of evil for the sake of evil.
Those people exist, but not in any number that should have a visible affect on our society. I think it’s more about blind greed and power hungry people.
Sanders lost by over 1000 delegates or around ~3,700,000 out of ~30,000,000 total voters.
He lost pretty heavily in most populous states.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries
I’m aware of the results. Are you aware of super delegates and how they skewed the reporting? Many people were discouraged from even voting because the polls showed Hillary with a commanding lead before the public voting even began. The DNC pushed Hillary through because they felt it was “her turn”. Idk about anyone else but I felt completely disenfranchised by their actions during those primaries.
I voted for Sanders in the 2016 primary, but at this point I think he would have been destroyed, McGovern-style, if he’d been the nominee either time. He never had to face a truly negative campaign in the primaries and there’s no telling how he would have fared if Republicans (and some Democrats!) really twisted the knife with stuff like “the rape essay”, his employment history, his association with socialism, etc. We made out so much better with a moderate-seeming guy like Biden who managed to secure most of what Sanders would have been realistically able to pass while giving it a nice centrist sheen.
The polls at the time showed him doing better against Trump than Hillary, given that he would bring out the progressive vote along with the usual dem vote. Which is why him getting railroaded out by the “her turn” group was such a blatant travesty. And why I blame them for Trump getting elected.
People forget that there was a sizable “Bernie or Trump” crowd as well. Essentially people that just want ANY change from the permanent status-quo we’ve had for the last 30-40 years.
… the same progressive votes that got him to be the nominee? Wait… He won my state. Doesn’t mean shit if others weren’t on board.
Bernie being pro-cat even though they can’t vote is very in character, standing up for the maginalized
My cat when it sees me opening the fridge: I am once again asking for your salami support.
This is my cat anytime I’m in the kitchen. She thinks that the sole purpose of that entire space is to store her food.
I remember how much this pleased me at the height of Bernie’s campaign. :(
Salami seems awfully salty for cats
They can get hydration out of ocean water. Little sadistic fuckers have really good kidneys. I doubt a small amount of salami will harm them.
That’s because wild cats get a lot of their water from their food, and they don’t like drinking from stagnant water. Most people only feed their cats dry food and use a water bowl.
When I first got a water fountain for mine, I had to start cleaning the litter box twice as often. They also won’t drink out of it if the water isn’t running.
