"Why Bernie vs. Hillary Matters More Than People Think"

[Ninga]

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"....Sanders and Clinton represent two very different ideologies. Each of these ideologies wants control of the Democratic Party so that this party’s resources can be used to advance a different conception of what a good society looks like."


The full article posted at the link demonstrates why history matters now, more than ever. It is exactly this kind of article that draws me to the validity of Bernie Sanders.

I look forward to reading the responses and thoughts about what this author has to say about how and why Democrats have evolved away from the true liberal policies of FDR and LBJ.


http://benjaminstudebaker.com/2016/02/05/why-bernie-vs-hillary-matters-more-than-people-think/

[peacebird]

1. Excellent! Tweeted!

[JudyM]

2. Great overview - thanks for posting! Nt

[Ninga]

3. This article is a starting place to begin to understand the evolution of what it means

to be a liberal. No takers, huh?

[Ninga]

4. And then there is this.....

http://benjaminstudebaker.com/2016/02/10/why-bernie-sanders-is-more-electable-than-people-think/

[UglyGreed]

5. Thank you for the link

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Very true! For me, it's about how things are accomplished as much as what is accomplished.

[LongTomH]

7. It's a battle for the soul of the Democratic party............

.........do we go back to the pro-worker, strong middle class policies of FDR, Truman, JFK, LBJ, or do we continue in the neo-liberal policies of the Reagan / Clinton era?

[pberq]

8. Bernie is running to take the Democratic Party back

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/benjamin-studebaker/bernie-vs-hillary-matters-more-than-people-think_b_9209940.html

. . .The Democratic Party, which was once the party that saw economic inequality and poverty as the core causes of economic instability, now sees inequality and poverty as largely irrelevant.

Instead of eliminating inequality and poverty to fuel the capitalist system and produce strong economic growth, establishment democrats now largely agree with establishment republicans that the problem is a lack of support for business investment.

So Bernie Sanders is not merely running to attempt to implement a set of idealistic policies that a Republican-controlled Congress is likely to block. He is running to take the Democratic Party back from an establishment that ignores the fundamental systemic economic problems that lead to wage stagnation and economic crisis.

[chervilant]

9. This is trending again on social media.

I have to wonder why this article got so little response on DU. Further, since I have almost all the Hi11ary group on my IL, I don't know if any of them weighed in here, or in the other OP featuring this article.

Is there any way you can repost this? Update it, possibly?

[chervilant]

10. Also, THIS from the article:

This can only happen if democrats recognize that Bernie Sanders is not just a slightly more left-wing fellow traveler of Clinton’s. This is not a contest to see who will lead the democrats, it’s a contest to see what kind of party the democrats are going to be in the coming decades, what ideology and what interests, causes, and issues the Democratic Party will prioritize. This makes it far more important than any other recent primary election.

(emphasis mine...)