As the United States heads into the 2020 Democratic
Presidential Primaries, most if not all polls are pointing to a Bernie Sanders
victory in a number of them; starting with Iowa.
And like four years earlier, there is already a sense of
dread in many progressives. We’ve been down this road before.
I could dig up all posts I did about all the ways the
Establishment moved to cheat Sanders at every turn, and at every primary. I was
there in my own state of Washington and watched and saw how the caucuses were run
and how despite an overwhelming number of Sanders supporters, those in charge took every opportunity to siphon off votes and hand them to Hillary Clinton and
her campaign.
And we know the Establishment has been running a great scam
on the American public for over 100+ years. What scam is that? It’s the one
where they present an illusion of choice to voter in the form of two ‘options’.
Which of course aren’t forward options at all.
- One is all about marching people in step and keeping things
as they are
- The other is all about marching people backwards to roll
things back to make it easier for the Establishment to steal and plunder even
more easily.
None of this bodes well – or does it?
I think Establishment has some serious problems to contend
with. They are really worried about the prospect of Sanders.
After all, that’s what the following has been about –
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Running as many candidates in the Democratic
primaries to siphon off as many votes from Sanders
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The DNC has stacked many of the committees in
favor of the Establishment.
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There are also stories out about the enacted
rule of the SuperDelegates stepping in on a 2nd ballot is quietly
being changed so that it can happen on the 1st.
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Giving a billionaire access to the debate stage
via bribes, and forgoing the need to have a minimum number of individual donors.
- Create a fake impeachment process knowing Trump will get acquitted as a way to slow down Sanders' momentum by hanging his vote in such a case against him.
But all of this spells doom for this wing of the establishment,
regarding of what fixing and cheating they do for the primaries, regardless of
whether they think losing to Trump is preferable to Sanders winning.
Why?
Well to begin with, the popular turn out for Sanders (based
largely on his policies and platform) will kick-start the political revolution
he hinted at back in 2016. And as Sanders continues to poll high and win
primaries and delegates, so will that revolution turn into a movement; a movement
that will be based on progressive values. I suspect that Sanders willing in 2020
will turn this into a full-fledged movement that will drive the progressive
progress needed into a Sanders Administration.
It’s this movement the Establishment is afraid of, because while
they’ve been successful at slowing it down and curtailing it, I don’t think they
can stop it now.
If they choose to cheat Sanders again in 2020 like in 2016,
I suspect that movement will not only walk away from the Democratic Party, but
will eventually turn itself into a new political party. And with the momentum
of Sanders and his popularity of his platform behind them, so will all the
votes, support, and money will go in time to this new party.
Such a party would eventually attract enough support such that
the two-party scam alluded to earlier would fall apart, as it would become
visible and obvious to everyone. Those two elements of the scam would be forced
to merge into one and take on the new party, and with the momentum and policy
demands behind them, would eventually convince the American voter to come onboard.
And in time, that would mean the end to Establishment control.
What they are mulling over now is, how can they curtail,
even channel such a movement so that it can not work in lockstep with a Sanders
Administration. How far they are willing
to go, will depend on the outcome of the primaries.
We’ll see.
