I sorta hear where you’re coming from but I think for most people, someone getting out there and shooting someone is a million times more ballsy and proactive than we’ll ever be. Agreed that it was misguided/naive though. I think it’s hard to know what will actually bring about the much needed change.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 days ago
I’ll take one more Bernie Sanders over a million idiots with guns.
forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Bernie Sanders is well loved, but also extremely old, and doesn’t seem to have passed the torch to the next generation of like minded politicians.
TheFogan@programming.dev 1 day ago
I mean what would you call AOC, and Mandami, there’s no torch, Bernie is 1 of 100 senators. He’s never tried to sell himself as some special perfect person. Isn’t any time he endorses someone that passing the torch. He doesn’t have to step down to have an air apparent. I’m sure if someone with good ideas went to run in vermont he’d probably step down for it. but right now the game is national, and he’s playing it on a national level.
forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Young.
(Sorry. Had to.)
An 84 year old shouldn’t be in that position no matter how they outwardly appear. He’s doing a fine job but he could be doing a better job helping to build more "1 in 100"s to make a change.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 day ago
Well he has endorsed a lot of people over the years, actually went on tour after the 2024 election ended to get people across the USA more involved in politics at every level and vowing to support then in the midterms.
I follow him on YouTube and he does A LOT of rallies. They seem pretty cool, they always have some local musicians play a few songs before he goes on.
forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Why is he still in his seat when he’s well past retirement age? Why doesn’t he have a successor? He’s 84.
RBG was 87 when she died, and she held onto that position long enough to have a Republican appoint her replacement.
I like Bernie but I’m concerned why he hasn’t passed the touch.