Democratic Primaries

PatSeg

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24. Yes, that is what I recall

Fri Mar 13, 2020, 10:18 AM

Mar 2020

the "self-aggrandizement". I think most of them started out with admirable intentions, but somehow the egos took over, which brings us back to the many flaws of a revolution. Its interesting that some went on to lead very productive lives, working to bring about change in other more conventional ways, while others disappeared into obscurity. Abbie Hoffman was probably one of the saddest.

I can't say that I disagree with most of what they stood for, but their methods and the patriarchy of their movement never sat well with me. Extremes though initially enticing, tend to make me rather uncomfortable. I suppose it is the maternal side of me.

Nice trip down memory lane and always interesting to revisit the past from a hopefully more mature and experienced perspective. Still it truly was a fascinating time to be alive.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders and "Movement Politics" [View all] MineralMan Mar 2020 OP

I remember that time as well PatSeg Mar 2020 #1

Like Pete Buttigieg said, we're long past due for a political reset. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #2

Exactly. As Democrats, we need to stop focusing primarily on Presidents. MineralMan Mar 2020 #9

Yes PatSeg Mar 2020 #10

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. MineralMan Mar 2020 #6

The term "unbending" PatSeg Mar 2020 #11

Exactly. That was what turned me off from the movement at that time. MineralMan Mar 2020 #13

Any study of the Russian revolution PatSeg Mar 2020 #14

Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" is a pretty MineralMan Mar 2020 #16

Me too PatSeg Mar 2020 #17

I was so much older then musicman65 Mar 2020 #19

I agree Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #3

I agree with some of them, although Hayden's understanding of many MineralMan Mar 2020 #7

Just a side note here PatSeg Mar 2020 #12

Too cool! MineralMan Mar 2020 #21

He was there the day PatSeg Mar 2020 #22

I followed that trial pretty closely. MineralMan Mar 2020 #23

Yes, that is what I recall PatSeg Mar 2020 #24

Patriarchy, absolutely. MineralMan Mar 2020 #25

For a lot of young men, PatSeg Mar 2020 #33

disagree with something from that piece. wyldwolf Mar 2020 #4

You're right about that, I think, although I don't like the word "white trash" one bit. MineralMan Mar 2020 #8

Movement politics Todd79 Mar 2020 #5

Tom was a good Irishman. H2O Man Mar 2020 #15

The Establishment Didn't Destroy Bernie Sanders. He destroyed himself Gothmog Mar 2020 #18

Good article. His conspiratorial talk bothers me. I think it bothers a lot of people who want emmaverybo Mar 2020 #26

Great post. brush Mar 2020 #32

The movement described in that piece resonates for me... The Sanders movement does not Blasphemer Mar 2020 #20

I have been poor. True Blue American Mar 2020 #28

Thank you for that! True Blue American Mar 2020 #27

the democratic party has been a party of movements rampartc Mar 2020 #29

It's interesting that you mention Ralph Nader. MineralMan Mar 2020 #30

a hero to many of us of that age rampartc Mar 2020 #35

I'm of that age, as well. I do not consider Ralph Nader to be any sort of hero. MineralMan Mar 2020 #36

Agreed, his favorite phrase, "fighting the establishment" is pure '60s campus radical... brush Mar 2020 #31

As we're seeing, though, young people are not flocking to the polls MineralMan Mar 2020 #34