Indeed, the revolution never started. You know why? Because it was just a word Sanders used. He didn’t use it (as in ever) in its correct meaning. Were we had? The correct answer is: We are had, still today.
If we want a revolution, then we must use the word in its correct meaning. The origin of the word revolution comes from learning the fact that the earth revolves around its own axis and around the sun. However, the word revolution is not used to point that out.
Rather, the word revolution is used to show the clear distinction between a Before and an After. We use the word revolution to indicate a clear break with how it was in the past, for instance, with the change in thinking, the change in acting, the change in systems.
Bernie did not use the word revolution to establish a clear break. It was s sound bite. He fully supports the system. He just wanted it his way.
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We can change our political system, today. Nothing less than the US Constitution is the help we need.
There are two things happening in light of the US Constitution. It provides powers to Fed and State level and it does not mention cities and counties by name in handing out any powers. Cities and counties, however, are pretending that they were given the same powers as Fed and State. They were not.
This matters in light of the 14th Amendment. It rules that governments cannot discriminate in their actions. They must put the better system in place, if a better system is available.
The Fed and State levels have leeway around this because of the given powers in the US Constitution. Cities and counties do not.
I believe to be correct when stating that ALL political scientists agree that proportional voting is the better system for the individual voter. It should be in place at the local level today (where we now often find just blue or just red occupying all council seats).
We can demand the change in system at the local level by holding the feet of our representatives to the fire. It is a US Constitution-given right.
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Not many people understand proportional voting. We were never taught much about it; there is very confusing language about it on English and American websites; we were not explained what makes proportional voting so much better. Our ‘supreme leaders’ did not help us understand it either — not in their own interest to do that.
Ask anyone around you to explain proportional voting, and you’ll probably don’t learn much about it. Look it up and there is much to be confused about. Perhaps the confusing language was purposefully put there, but probably because those folks really don’t get it either and focus on minute details only.
Proportional voting occurs outside our purview. We are myopic. We pretend democracy is democracy and no worries we have it already. We are the best.
Yay!
It is just taking a first step, one the US Constitution tells us should be in place already, today. But with that first step we can see for ourselves that proportional voting is indeed a much better system — for the voters. The representatives are more honest, too.
Our system has red and blue and a lot of spin. Contrast this with proportional voting: It is based on true colors only, no spin. Folks must speak their own truth. If they spin, they don’t get reelected, simple is that.
We have more than 30,000 cities, townships and counties, and we only need a handful of them to put proportional voting in place for all to see that it is indeed better.
And that brings us back to Bernie. I love the guy, but he stuck it out within the system. He used spin to entice us. He did not speak the absolute truth. He spoke the truth from within the system. He used the word revolution, but he wasn’t a revolutionary himself. He fully embraced the red-and-blue-only system. He did not have any intention to establish a clear break from the old system.
