"Feel the Bern" or "Get Berned?"

Today I read an article posted on International Viewpoint about the Bernie Sanders "phenomenon."

Ok.  Socialism is finally getting a discussion.  Actually, Northern European social democracy is getting a discussion.

I plan to develop this further in another post - Bernie Sanders is far from a socialist.  He advocates for a friendlier face on capitalism.  He is, at best, a reformer or a progressive.

He does raise some good points (single payer health care, breaking up the banks, and other reforms),  but these, for real socialists, are only starting points,.  For Bernie, they are the end.

And we must remember - Bernie said that if he does not win the nomination,  he would support the Democrat (capitalist) that did.  How does a socialist do this? In good conscience?

At the end on the article - the writer puts in a plug for Dr. Jill Stein and the Green Party.  Again, more reformers.  The Green Party wants to put an environmentally friendly face on capitalism.  It can not be done.  How does one destroy the earth in an environmentally friendly way?  (They can make their profits in an environmentally friendly way.  Right. As if.....)  Again, just trying to put make-up on the face of capitalism in order to make it look pretty.

Neither Bernie Sanders or the Green Party are truly socialist.  They have good talking points,  but their end all goal is only the start of the conversation for people who are serious about socialism.

I will develop a better critique in a later post.

The article I am typing about:  Millions Are “Feeling the Bern,” but What’s Next?

Check out the Socialist Action web site for articles  on Bernie Sanders.