People the age of Bernie voted against him, en masse.
That’s what really gets me.
People who mostly have had a good –or simpler time on earth, are hoarding the shit out of resources, power, wealth, even though they know how much we’re dealing with. Despite knowing how much it destroys our agency. It’s really sad.
They do not give a fuck. If they did, Bernie’s policies would have been integrated into the DNC’s plan a while ago.
That’s a huge flaw in our hope for a better world because those older people are going to live for a long time. I did the math once, that’s the next eleven presidential elections where boomers will vote AND out-vote everyone. The next forty years or so. Yeah. Because those old people will become more soulless with time (Palpatine Syndrom), we’re not in the best position to change things through politics.
We’ll have to do better. Keep talking to those local, older people. The ones we know. The ones we can convince if we try a bit more. We need them to change, for them to change their peers and on. It’s not too late, I believe.
The entire world can switch in a few weeks. We know that now, don’t we.
Keep the fire.