When you grow up during the Bush Administration and Obama runs for president when you're 16, you actually trust a politician. You know you're not supposed to, but Hope and Change. He's going to make all of this better, you think, with your stupid teenage brain. Then you become an adult in Obama's America and you see life get harder for everyone you know while the media tries to convince you things are as good as ever.
Bernie Sanders appears and starts making enough sense for you to find yourself trusting another politician. And yeah, his ideas are good, but he gets burned by the media, loses the primary, flips for his party, endorses a platform that embodies none of the priorities of his supporters, and then gets blamed for splitting the vote anyway. Twice. You resolve never to trust another politician. Entrenched interests have total control over the electoral process. Republicans and Democrats will both roll over when it's convenient. Electoralism doesn’t work.
You're disillusioned with the lies of the ruling class, but it's not just you. Thousands of people are learning how to use the internet to organize direct action. Class solidarity is waking up. It's a long road ahead, but it looks like hope and change are on the horizon for real this time.
^I’m here right now. Anyone know what happens next in the political optimism arc?
make connections and comrades and support them/benefit from their support. Find ways to support socialist, pro union, and other leftist groups. Grow food and work on mutual aid. Be a kind person. We are in this together. and we can make a better future!
When you grow up during the Bush Administration and Obama runs for president when you're 16, you actually trust a politician. You know you're not supposed to, but Hope and Change. He's going to make all of this better, you think, with your stupid teenage brain. Then you become an adult in Obama's America and you see life get harder for everyone you know while the media tries to convince you things are as good as ever.
Bernie Sanders appears and starts making enough sense for you to find yourself trusting another politician. And yeah, his ideas are good, but he gets burned by the media, loses the primary, flips for his party, endorses a platform that embodies none of the priorities of his supporters, and then gets blamed for splitting the vote anyway. Twice. You resolve never to trust another politician. Entrenched interests have total control over the electoral process. Republicans and Democrats will both roll over when it's convenient. Electoralism doesn’t work.
You're disillusioned with the lies of the ruling class, but it's not just you. Thousands of people are learning how to use the internet to organize direct action. Class solidarity is waking up. It's a long road ahead, but it looks like hope and change are on the horizon for real this time.
^I’m here right now. Anyone know what happens next in the political optimism arc?
make connections and comrades and support them/benefit from their support. Find ways to support socialist, pro union, and other leftist groups. Grow food and work on mutual aid. Be a kind person. We are in this together. and we can make a better future!
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