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[ravenkings]

Bernie is wrong. He has always been wrong and is still wrong. The flaw in his theory is what he deems the “wealthy elite” versus what everyday Americans consider them to be. Voters don’t see all billionaires as the elites. They see college-educated liberals on the coasts, some of whom are billionaires, as elites.

Bernie-style populism didn’t land because billionaires figured out long ago they could undermine it by being socially right-wing, and the working class would forgive their wealth and privilege. That’s why this same demographic is willing to make it rain for grifters like Joel Osteen and Pat Robertson. That’s why they worship the wealthiest man on the planet like a God and consider him some real-life Tony Stark. People dismissed Donald Trump as a shameless attention-hungry New York oligarch until he called Mexicans rapists. Then he shot up to the top of the GOP primary polls. The working class didn’t think much of Elon Musk until he said “pronouns suck.” Then he became their hero. A scion of working-class Pennsylvania lost his US Senate seat last week to a hedge fund manager from Connecticut. West Virginia elected their richest man to the Senate after electing him governor – as a Democrat and later a Republican. Ohio tossed out their longtime Democratic senator, known for his strong support of labor rights, for – literally, no joke – a used-car salesman.

You can’t tell me the working class in America thinks being a billionaire alone is what makes one a “wealthy elite.” There are significant factors at play here Bernie is either oblivious to or purposely ignorant of.

In college, a professor once told me that Communism never succeeded in the United States because we are too religious and proud as a country. Religion, traditions, and culture were never widely discredited the way they were in Europe and Asia, where the clergy and nobility kept the bourgeoisie in figurative chains for centuries. The relative ease of social mobility made America unique compared to its Western counterparts. Historically, American progressivism has been focused on expanding social mobility ��� initially limited to only white men – to identity groups who had been denied it at the start: blacks, women, and immigrants. We have done it, with various amounts of success. While it may seem counterintuitive, Americans pride themselves in being the nation that pioneered the idea that wealth and status can be achieved through ingenuity and hard work and not just based on a lucky roll of the genetic dice, as it was in the Old World. It doesn’t mean we don’t have generational wealth in our country; we do, but since it isn’t the sole way to achieve wealth and power, we don’t care nearly as much about destroying all of it. Further, we will happily endorse it if the oligarchs and the aristocrats vow to promote and protect the social values we care about and the social hierarchy that benefits us.

It’s one of the reasons I believe Bernie could never beat Trump. If you ask working-class people what they want: an anti-immigrant, anti-intellectual billionaire or a Vermont socialist backed by kids from Harvard and UC Berkeley who hate our traditions and customs, the working class will always back the billionaire.

–Nick Rafter, "Bernie Sanders Can Take a Seat"

[maureen2musings]

Oregon waterfall

throughdarkforests

[petitworld]

San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA by Austin Pedersen

[motziedapul]

"I know people in Palestine are being tortured, bombed and slaughtered, I just don't want to see it" is an unforgivable statement, and yet too many people, Americans in particular, are comfortable with saying it. Especially given that, apart from Israel, this is America's genocide. 70%.

If you aren't protesting this, if you aren't even showing a sliver of care, then no. You don't get to pretend you're a good person.

[scrapblring]

Burney Falls

[roselaylas-blog]

Can I be your personal cum dump ??

[mysharona1987]

[ahmed0khalil]

For the fourth time in a row, the United States has used its veto power to back Israeli occupation, turning a blind eye to the voices calling for justice and an end to the ongoing genocide against our people. They had the chance, even once, to stand on the side of right and stop this injustice, but instead, they chose to support aggression and oppression.

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[godisarepublican]

[dontforgetukraine]

A rally held in Washington DC next to the White House to commemorate the 1000th day since russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Many thanks to Ukraine Rally DC for organizing the rally along side Razom for Ukraine and United Help Ukraine.

[vintagepromotions]

Cover of the menu at the Fountain Room, Hotel Pennsylvania (1922).

[direthorn]

I generally understand the sentiment behind these kinds of statements but I really need people to stop pretending Palestine was on the ballot. It was not. Everybody in power in this evil country wants the genocide to continue. They are all complicit. Being afraid of Trump does not mean we need to whitewash someone who was 110% going to continue to have the U.S. throw their full weight behind Israel, just like the sitting president has.

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[germanpostwarmodern]

Cal Cotton Plant (1959) in Bakersfield, CA, USA, by Whitney Biggar. Photo by Julius Shulman.

[ravenkings]

i do truly think a lot of these dumbasses voted for trump bc they thought he was going to send them free money

[girlactionfigure]

Today, @SenSanders stood on the Senate floor and lied to the American people.

He said Israel is intentionally starving civilians in Gaza, pointing to the picture behind him — promoted by Hamas propaganda outlet Al Jazeera — as evidence.

The truth?? The boy in the picture, Fadi, has cystic fibrosis and requires advanced medical support. Israel facilitated his exit from Gaza to a US hospital where he received the care he needed.

Israel is surging more aid into Gaza than international organizations are able to handle. There is currently a backlog of ~850 trucks worth of aid inside Gaza waiting to be distributed.

Sanders also accused Israel of preventing a ceasefire/hostage deal when the US has reiterated time and time again that it is Hamas, not Israel, that has rejected offer after offer after offer.

So why is @SenSanders peddling lies to the Senate and to the American public?

Withholding weapons from Israel won’t help reach a ceasefire any faster, and it won’t help bring the hostages home. It will only endanger Israel’s security while emboldening the Iranian regime and its proxies, who have sworn not only to destroy Israel but to destroy the US as well.