I honestly have no faith anymore in getting out of this without a civil war. Historically, this kind of wealth inequality, this kind of polarization, this kind of technological shift- Well, there’s only a couple places that kind of situation can go.
Your argument is the exact same one that has been used on everything from the Protestant Reformation to the American Revolution to ending slavery to women’s rights to reforming healthcare.
Bernie supporters by and large have a very good understanding of how politics work: Shooting black teenagers dead in the street for shoplifting, transvaginal ultrasounds for rape victims who want an abortion, denying queer couples their marriage license, and Donald motherfucking Trump being elected president are exactly how politics work in this country.
The difference is that we deem those workings to be unacceptable, and understand that the people who benefit from those problems are not going to be the ones to solve them.
