I think that based on Bernie's platform, we should come up with easy, well, talking points to start educating. I almost want a postcard that I can hand out to interested people I talk to. I would be willing to chip in to help design it and pay for the printing (which if we made a lot, the cost of shipping would be more than the cards.) I think we should make our own grassroots movement to start before the billions of dollars gets thrown at this thing. The Clinton and Bush machines are already gearing up.
I, thankfully have a rather easy job as I don't know any Republicans. But even here on DU it is difficult to educate Democrats that what Bernie is talking about ARE Democratic values. They are in fact, the things we need to achieve in order to save the middle and lower class. That he is actually mapping out a vision for what this country needs and where it needs to go, something glaringly absent from the Obama administration.
I think it will be an uphill battle as politics has turned into personality & entertainment. Others are afraid to take a chance because the awful Republican might win. And I think young people in particular are rightly cynical about politics. They grew up getting screwed by indentured servitude to their student loans and low paying jobs at the end of it. They don't understand that this country was and can be different. They thought that Obama would change things, and they believed his promises, but things didn't change and now they're just berated for wanting a pony.
I'm not talking about converting Republicans, though there are some that might be. I'm talking about finally, at long last, benefiting the base. I don't have all the answers, but I am willing to help. I am leaving this country soon to live abroad, and looking forward to it, but it breaks my heart to see so many people suffer.
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