Bernie Sanders and "Movement Politics"

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11. The term "unbending"

conjured up a lot of memories of people who were purists, often to the extreme, sometimes even embracing violence. That was never my style. I've wasn't one to burn everything down and rebuild from scratch, as there were many positive things I would have liked to salvage. I hated my mother's constant tired cliches, but the "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater" certainly rings true.

I remember many very spirited and intense debates late into the night, but looking back, I can see we were very young, doing what young people do. A lot of change takes place because the young will boldly go beyond the limits, but there needs to be some stability and reason in order for those changes to last. And of course the ability to compromise!