Bob,
If I think about it, my whole life has involved compromise. I imagine that's
true for everyone. It's certainly been true for me in relation to political
choices. I look at what is available, and I try to make a reasonable choice.
So it has always been obvious to me that Bernie Sanders is not where I am in
terms of foreign policy. He did move somewhat to the left during his
campaign, influenced, no doubt, by his young supporters. But many of his
statements in relation to foreign policy made no sense at all. Still, to me
it seemed obvious that hs is honest and commited, and that he talks about
economic issues that the Democratic Party keeps wanting to sweep under the
rug. Yes, people want change. But they want safety and security, also. If
you look at history, there have always been brave people, willing to risk a
lot for what they believed. But they are in the minority. That's why there
were always union scabs. Some people wanted to eat more than they wanted to
work toward a more secure future.
Miriam
Miriam
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Interview with Socialist Action's presidential candidate, Jeff Mackler
Hi Miriam,
While I agree with a good bit of what Mackler has to say here, I sincerely
believe that Sanders was and is working to better the lives of the bottom 50
percent of income earners. I agree with you that Sanders believes that
working within the system is the best way to win some real change. But I
think we were all pretty sure that sanders would throw his support to
Clinton in the end.
Also, Sanders support for much of our current foreign policy does not fit in
well with the change he says he wants.
Seems to me, the bottom line is how much change do we want and what are we
prepared to risk to implement such change? No doubt that the two parties in
power now will fight tooth and nail to hold onto that power in the face of
any others no matter what their party. I believe that if, let's say, Jill
Stein or Alyson Kennedy were ever able to mount a serious threat to the
establishment, we'd see some mighty ugly behavior and possibly violence
perpetrated by the leadership of both parties against that threat. Until and
unless we can reverse the Cittizens VS. United decision, I don't think we'll
see the kind of change that you and I might like.
Bob Hachey
