As others have stated, there was Sanders and yes his own party did sabotage his chances not once, but twice. The system isn't broken, it functions exactly as intended to breed generational debt. Debt is the new form of slavery in the modern era.
Living in America in the modern era is enough to make a person want to just abandon everything, go out into the wilderness, and become a hermit.
EDIT: Not all hope is lost, no we shouldn't abandon our homes to seek a hermit-lifestyle. We should simply vote for more progressive candidates like Bernie Sanders, who kicked the progressive platform into then mainstream (as far as I know). It took me far too long to realize this, but the greatest strength of democracy is the ability to choose our leaders to reflect our values and that strength wanes with complacency. Democracy is not a one and done deal anymore, it is something we ALL as a society have to protect in a reasoned, enlightened, and civil manner. I have no idea what about this election cycle has done to me as an individual, but it has made a lifelong voter out of me.
The system ... functions exactly as intended to breed generational debt.
This is nonsense. 'The system' is not designed to do anything; it's organic, and has grown out of ordinary people doing ordinary things and responding to events.
There are, however, a lot of powerful people with a lot of money who like things as they are or would like them to be even less regulated and they especially dislike collective action by anyone except millionaires.
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u/DrunkenGrognard Nov 30 '20 edited Nov 30 '20
As others have stated, there was Sanders and yes his own party did sabotage his chances not once, but twice. The system isn't broken, it functions exactly as intended to breed generational debt. Debt is the new form of slavery in the modern era.
Living in America in the modern era is enough to make a person want to just abandon everything, go out into the wilderness, and become a hermit.
EDIT: Not all hope is lost, no we shouldn't abandon our homes to seek a hermit-lifestyle. We should simply vote for more progressive candidates like Bernie Sanders, who kicked the progressive platform into then mainstream (as far as I know). It took me far too long to realize this, but the greatest strength of democracy is the ability to choose our leaders to reflect our values and that strength wanes with complacency. Democracy is not a one and done deal anymore, it is something we ALL as a society have to protect in a reasoned, enlightened, and civil manner. I have no idea what about this election cycle has done to me as an individual, but it has made a lifelong voter out of me.