Bad News Bernies

Last night I went to my first meeting of Columbia SC People for Bernie. There were six of us. I was the youngest, and I'm...not young. Every time someone mentioned young people, everyone looked over at me. Which is great, because I know young people. I can even provide a wrangler. We planned a picnic next Sunday, so if you're going to be in the Southeast, y'all come! Info in comments.

I looked around the room and I thought about the Koch brothers vowing to drop nearly a billion on this race, and all the other billionaires who will spend nearly as much. We're just three aging lady hippies, a middle-aged Black guy, an elderly feminist, and an underemployed dreamer. Over at A$$hole Central they're having catered lunches and secretaries bringing them coffee. They've got high tech equipment like copy machines. They aren't discussing which copy place is half a cent cheaper. What can we ordinary people do against such money and power?

I believe the answer is, EVERYTHING. I think we can change the world. I'm laughing as I write this, because this is a very discredited idea, but I do believe it to the core of my being. As Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small group of slightly messed up people can change the world." (I don't have time for Google right now.) That lady said it was the ONLY thing that can change the world, and she didn't even know about the Internet! THIS IS GONNA BE EASY! We've got plenty of small groups of pissed-off people! People who have been damaged by Republican policies are extremely thick on the ground these days.

Many people have lost hope, even within progressive communities.  I hear it regularly, and I always tell the person that I know we are going to prevail, because we are on the side of truth. I point out that there's more of us, and that more of us are young. Conservatives are dying off, but they've created a huge underclass of young, diverse people, and all of those people are liberals, even if they don't know it. The conservatives are flailing about in disarray. We could probably elect Miss Piggy at this point, as long as she wasn't a Republican, given how their candidates are polling.

Let's take this opportunity to push for real change in our society. Let's give the people what they want and what they need. Let's reach out to our coworkers and neighbors and acquaintances with love and information and voter registration cards. Join me in working to elect Bernie Sanders for President!