You know, I keep hearing "people won't accept that" and I don't think they will either. But here's the thing: Has that ever done America any good in the past century or so? It seems like most Americans are content with just sitting back and complaining on Facebook these days, no matter how bad it gets. I'm hoping Sanders wins too, even though I don't like some of his ways (free everything just isn't all that reasonable). In my mind, he's the best of bad options. If he doesn't win, though, I think we're just going to see some protests here and there and then it'll just all die down completely. We'll be stuck with Hillary or Trump and we'll learn to cope by making anti Trump or Hillary memes and rants. I'd like to see people "not accept it" in a way that counts, but, sadly, I just don't see that happening.
Absolutely it has.
Women's right to vote, labor laws, civil rights - those are all instances of people not accepting the status quo. And it worked. We did shit. We made shit better for our neighbors and our society.
As for the comment about Facebook, eh. I disagree. Technology has assisted in connection people worldwide and that's important. And I don't know about you, but I've actually done stuff, like donate to Sanders' campaign, opened up a dialogue about the importance of the primaries and whatnot. Assuming every person who talks on their Facebook is also not doing anything is a pretty poor generalization. But I accept that level of cynicism. It's hard to hope people are taking action.
Now "free everything" - you would be incorrect. Bernie isn't hoping to give everyone "free" stuff. He's hoping to utilize our tax dollars. It's not free. We already pay for piss poor management of social programs, including welfare, law enforcement, infrastructure, etc. He wants to streamline the system and hold wealthier individuals accountable for not paying their share of the damn pie. The middle class and lower class have been carrying this nation, paying for companies like Walmart, to subsidize shitty pay because they can't be fucked to pay their employees more than 7.40 an hour. So, no. It's not free. It never has been free. And it will not be. Healthcare, infrastructure and tuition won't be free. You're already paying for all that and not getting much out of it.
You are conflating 'free' with democratic socialism - which is understandable given the amount of misinformation out there regarding what socialism actually is.
Not that I'm complaining. This election is a total fiasco.
