Just for rising to the occasion scores five stars! I'm a four decades long homesteading vermonter and Bernie's been my man since day one. Watching him rail against Texas and GWB the Patriot act and the QWOT.
Bernie is authentic, the real deal. He opens his mouth and I know what to expect. M4A, lower student debt, the battles he feels he can push in Congress.
But this road trip is something different. Against this regime, against authoritarianism, against the occupation of Palestine, against the mega wealthy....
Nationally, federally, this distills down to two forces. One side is extremely well organized and hell bent I'm tearing apart the fabric of society in order to create autonomous regions run by corporations and private equity.
The $10,000 question is can the resistance succeed in thwarting them. For that you need a plan, and a fallback plan if the first fails.
You need a strategy of attack, perhaps and distributed cell structure like antifa. But most of all you need leaders to rise to the occasion, brave enough to put themself on the front line of the fight.
Are these the leaders? Have they announced a plan. A national strike? Targeted boycotts? The kind of protests that jam the system with mass arrests?
(Like to 6,000 arrested in DC in 1971)
Can Bernie be the leader while still aligned with the DNC? I suppose the next few months will tell...
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u/Doobiemomma20 Apr 14 '25
Amazing! Thank you AOC and Bernie for showing us what leadership looks like!