My comment to a predictable article in the New York Times:
If Sanders had the clear path to majority position earlier projected by some, Biden would not withdraw. He would go to the convention with the hope of winning on the second ballot.
Bernie should do that exact same thing. He got into trouble with many supporters last time for withdrawing before the Convention. It did not look good for the Democratic Party either.
All this pressure by the media for an early withdrawal of a popular candidate highlights the worst aspects of US politics. The establishment wants people to sit down and shut up. We get that. That's not democracy, it's oligarchy.
This is not just about Bernie. This is about a movement. Bernie should not be pressured into resigning, and he does not even have the authority, on his own say so, to capitulate.
The Oligarchy understand this. They don't want movements. They want to kill movements, except for the right wing Movement Conservatism that serves as the most advantageous front for their interests.
If Sanders had the clear path to majority position earlier projected by some, Biden would not withdraw. He would go to the convention with the hope of winning on the second ballot.
Bernie should do that exact same thing. He got into trouble with many supporters last time for withdrawing before the Convention. It did not look good for the Democratic Party either.
All this pressure by the media for an early withdrawal of a popular candidate highlights the worst aspects of US politics. The establishment wants people to sit down and shut up. We get that. That's not democracy, it's oligarchy.
This is not just about Bernie. This is about a movement. Bernie should not be pressured into resigning, and he does not even have the authority, on his own say so, to capitulate.
The Oligarchy understand this. They don't want movements. They want to kill movements, except for the right wing Movement Conservatism that serves as the most advantageous front for their interests.
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Operating the candidate selection like a Smoke Filled Room (as DNC argued in court they had a perfect right to do, in 2016) does not encourage people to regard such selection process as legitimate and worth supporting on the grounds that it represents the result of a Democratic Process, even if not the candidate they might have preferred. Such hamfistedness encourages defection. Many are already opining in great variety that was the plan all along. Why? Because the Deep State Actually Prefers Trump to Democratic Party Candidates. The animosity is paper thin, designed to deceive people into believing the opposite.
Operating the candidate selection like a Smoke Filled Room (as DNC argued in court they had a perfect right to do, in 2016) does not encourage people to regard such selection process as legitimate and worth supporting on the grounds that it represents the result of a Democratic Process, even if not the candidate they might have preferred. Such hamfistedness encourages defection. Many are already opining in great variety that was the plan all along. Why? Because the Deep State Actually Prefers Trump to Democratic Party Candidates. The animosity is paper thin, designed to deceive people into believing the opposite.
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