Both parties went severely against the grain of democracy to let Sanders lose the election. It was not their winning that counted, but more Sander's losing. An old man with some great ideas was a threat. Can you imagine how scared those fuckers are? With their mingling in the electoral proces, the country ended up so much worse than it already was. Politics is not for a country, not even for voters. It is about power, not money, that's the lubricant. The spit, if you like.
The problem with this thinking is that the older generation that still accounts for the majority of voters was brought up on the red scare. Russia was out to get everyone and any form of social policy including democratic socialism is anathema to everything they were ever taught.
Both parties went severely against the grain of democracy to let Sanders lose the election. It was not their winning that counted, but more Sander's losing. An old man with some great ideas was a threat. Can you imagine how scared those fuckers are? With their mingling in the electoral proces, the country ended up so much worse than it already was. Politics is not for a country, not even for voters. It is about power, not money, that's the lubricant. The spit, if you like.
I can imagine. I often wonder, how far can something bend until it breaks. In this case, a country.
The problem with this thinking is that the older generation that still accounts for the majority of voters was brought up on the red scare. Russia was out to get everyone and any form of social policy including democratic socialism is anathema to everything they were ever taught.