Of course, it's easier to believe that if, like Sarandon et. al., you don't actually have to live in the village.

Of course, it did not work, because rather than priming the electorate for revolution under Bernie Sanders, the American people are seeking competence and rule of law under Biden. Nonetheless, folks like Cornell West and Susan Sarandon will double down in calling for an end to the Democratic party as an obstacle to revolution. Afterall, if the lives of Americans improve under Joe Biden, they may not desire the radical revolution that Bernie is hoping to sell.

https://www.beaconjournal.com/akron/editorial/cass-r-sunstein-trump-disrupts-so-did-marx

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during Reagan vs. Carter.

"Reagan will drive home to everyone the need for a revolution. His election will lead to a massive swing to the left."

And I hope we all remember how that ended up.

Marxism-Leninism is a failed ideology and in our modern context near useless as any sort of political roadmap.

It's as dated as pure Freudian analysis. It might have been cutting edge in 1910, but no longer.

...to continue to campaign regardless of the results of the elections. It is no accident that Bernie surrounds himself with people whose goal is to undermine and replace the Democratic party. If Bernie does not win, then they will want to make sure that Trump wins in order to sharpen the contradictions in order to bring about revolution. Here is Susan Sarandon on Colbert describing the silver lining of a Trump presidency:

https://www.thewrap.com/susan-sarandon-slammed-on-twitter-for-seeing-a-silver-lining-in-trump-presidency/

She won't be denied access to health care because of this administration's policies or court appointments.

She won't see her children put into cages.

She won't go hungry because of cuts in Food Stamps.

She won't be denied a quality education because of cuts in funding.

She won't be turned away at the voting booth because of the color of her skin (nor is she likely to be the target of violence for the same reason).

It astounds me how people can be so callous, so hard hearted in the name of ideology, and then claim they're doing this for the public good.

...will be fine during a Trump Presidency. Of course, the 99 percent will continue to suffer while Bernie and company chase their dreams of revolution, because god forbid that somewhat competent takes the Presidency.

"The master's tools cannot dismantle the master's house."

In other words such "revolutionaries" do not believe in change from within the system, but that the system must be destroyed and rebuilt in the new Marxist model. Therefore, their goal is actually to accelerate bad conditions to precipitate the "revolution."

Of course, historically, that means people guillotined in public squares or lined up against walls and shot, regardless of the good intentions on going in.

Germany in the 1930s being a prime example. The communists decried the more moderate Social Democrats as "Social Fascists" and saw the advent of Hitler as a positive step on the road to a workers' paradise.

We make ridicule right wing evangelicals who almost seem giddy at the idea of chaos and supporting Israel unconditionally under the idea that it will bring about the return of christ or alternatively the rapture. Yet, there is this similar idea among certain members of the "left" who oppose incremental improvements in people's lives thinking that this only delays the revolution that will be needed to sow the seeds of post-capitalist utopia. In either case, left or right, you have folks almost cheerleading the increase in suffering thinking that this sets the stage for either the rapture or a socialist utopia.

https://www.vox.com/2017/12/12/16761540/jerusalem-israel-embassy-palestinians-trump-evangelicals

It will continue on for a long time to come.

Hey all of you that don’t like us, you’re free to go, and don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!! Go F’ng form your own party!!!

People are on to him.

The problem is that we now know we cannot trust Bernie. Last time, Democrats tried to appease him. The party offered up seats on the platform committee to him, including a seat for Cornell West. Yet, despite being included and having a substantial say, these same surrogates then proceeded to support Jill Stein and campaign against the Democratic nominee.



Now, Bernie is doing the exact same thing demanding concessions even though he signed a pledge to support the DNC nominee. Don't fall for it. That would be disrespectful of the other nominees and just encourage similar behavior in the future. If Bernie wants to support Trump in order sharpen the contradictions and prove once again that he is not telling the truth, then so be it.

The true tell will be in Bernie's campaign surrogates. I am sure Bernie will go through the motions of supporting the Democratic nominee, but do his surrogates once again support Trump or Jill Stein? This will show that their main purpose is to destroy the Democratic party.

Dumping the Democratic Party will make it easier for Trump to win and declare himself President for life
As we have see , the Senate and Supreme Court will go along with that

I believe he knows he can't win a General election. His existence relies on resentment of the traditional party. He and his cohorts are a bunch of resentful people who are too lazy to put in the work of building or expanding their Dem Socialist Party so they want to destroy our party. I expected them to turn vicious once it dawned on them that they would not have the most delegates when our candidates got out so quickly to keep him from achieving that goal. Warren wants no part of Bernie and who can blame her.

once the presumptive nominee is apparent (if it isn't already) to let them know that we don't want a repeat of the special concessions given to Sanders at the 2016 Convention this time around. He does not merit them on the basis of electoral support this year. All of the previous candidates should have a role to play at the convention, but he should not be privileged above the rest. The only reason he seems to be staying in the race after he has lost a pathway to the nomination is to give the illusion that he somehow was a close second and is a sort of "vice-winner." He is not.

Stick to baseball!

From Bull Durham to Bull Shit.

...Bernie is going to continue to run and attack Biden because he does not want the Democratic party to win the Presidency. That is why he surrounds himself with folks like Susan Sarandon, Cornell West, etc., who have long history of attacking the Democratic party, Under their logic, if you don't surrender to their revolutionary demands, then hopefully people suffer more so that the conditions for revolution are ripe.

They are the left wing version of deplorables--and probably even more dangerous.

The only workable response is to shun them.