I was completely lost.
I thought the problems in our world were a complex set of variables of which I really had no control that related to financial markets and economic issues of which smarter minds were entrusted to figure it out.
I knew we had a broken system and I thought it was simply due to Republicans obstructing common sense policies. Never in my wildest dreams, (yes I plead naive, ignorant, whatever you want to call me) did I think it had to do with anything other than which political party was in control as to why there were so many problems in our society.
Then Bernie woke me up, that the problems were systemically and irrevocably related to that age-old problem of corruption and cronyism. Damn! Fooled again!
The message: our problems were due to the pure greed of the gleeful sticky hands of 1 percent of Americans, or even 1/10th of 1 percent rigging the system to their advantage.
I needed a brick to hit me over the head.
Here comes the brick:
A rigged economy. Transfer of wealth over the last 40 years from the middle class to the top 1/10th of 1 percent. Financial interests buying elections to ensure their interests are prioritized: financial markets, fossil fuel industries, prisons, insurance and pharmaceutical companies , and weaponry-for-war industries crowding out basic human rights like health care, college education, clean air and water, good jobs, a livable wage, and not getting into endless war.
Brick landing on my head! Bam! Ouch!
Wow, did that wake me up. That’s it. Message received. Thank you Bernie.
What other message do people want to hear? Is it really more complex than pure greed? So hit this message over and over Bernie, I don’t care how simplistic it may seem to some of us, I know that one by one, we will wake up until there are enough of us to remove the sticky fingers of the 1/10th of 1 percent out of that exclusive pie fest.
And, sticky fingers should not be in charge of righting this ship.
No it is not more complex than that. Really.
You are brilliant Bernie. Your nimble campaign with its disciplined messaging, supreme confidence in that message (truth wins out), and fundraising prowess from ordinary citizens to broadcast your message loudly and clearly already proves your brilliance. You do not have to prove anything else to me Bernie. I’m in!
Thank you for finding me Bernie. You woke up me to the hard truth, and now the truth will set me and all of us free.
No matter how many times you say this message over and over, Bernie, you will never lose me. In fact, you only strengthen my resolve, our resolve.
I stand with you, Bernie. We stand with you, Bernie.