I love the posters in this sub- every one of you is like family to me.

Today, in our sub, I found a post about how Jane Sanders has suggested Bernie will likely run again in 2020. While some of the comments were more subdued, most were excited and enthusiastic.

But it’s time to take off the blinders that have been holding Progressives back- and the truth is, you’re a smart set of folks, and I know you know it, you just aren’t willing yet (and that’s OK, but hear me out).

Because yes, Bernie is better than many, because he says things they won’t, and because he stated the truth fearlessly so many times during his run, that millions of Americans-myself included- have come to see the ugly truth about our government.

So, yes, he is better.

But he’s not good enough.

I don’t know why Bernie caved and allowed our primary votes, which gave him a majority in almost every primary, to go uncounted. Or why he went on to endorse the very person who caused our voices to go unheard. I don’t know why he never breathed a word of the fraud, because it wasn’t perpetrated on him, but on US, nor why he didn’t stay in the race through the convention as he said he would.

I don’t know why he stays silent when Democratic leaders cough up hairball Tom Perez simply to prevent Ellison (who is also STILL not close to good enough) from the position that Ellison should have had, nor why he would subsequently travel the country with said Hairball (but I admit that he sure does make TP look like the low-life he is in comparison).

I don’t know why he goes on Legacy Media, when we all know their entire agenda is to lie as much as possible to us. And I really, really, really don’t know why he would agree that there was Russian interference in the General Election when we all know there isn’t a shred of tangible evidence of it- and he’s done so more than once.

And I won’t conjecture.

But this blind faith we carry must end. If Bernie is not purposefully sheep-dogging us back to the “Do-Nothing” Dems, isn’t he functionally? Don't all of his solutions require the “Take the Fall” Dems, whose entire position in Congress is to simply suck so much that the other guys win every time? Even though we haven’t even voted for them?

WotB Family, we deserve better than good enough. We deserve better than “better.”

The only way this can be repaired moving forward is:

Permanent Dismantling of the corporate Deep State and criminal charges for each member

All new paper ballot elections for literally every elected official

Rollback of all Lobbyist and Corporate-written legislation for 27 years (maybe more)

A new oversight body with strict and substantial powers over governmental agencies and employees, but very little power (if any)over individual citizens

Others you may suggest?

This is not in the offing from Bernie- not even close. It’s well past time for us to demand what we deserve. Why do we continue to be satisfied with the crumbs of issues like health care and minimum wage while ignoring the entire loaf of systemic corruption that got us to this point in the first place, and of which we know Bernie is a part?

Why-WHY did we reject Clinton and Obama incrementalism with our votes only to roll over and accept it for the revolution (the real one-not Bernie’s)?

Why do we continue to argue the same minutiae while nothing ever really changes and feel like we got somewhere when Congress didn’t “take away” the pharma handout ACA (and it wasn’t even Progressives who did that- it was the Kochs- as we see with the new bill)!!

We have everything going for us right now. We have the numbers. We have the momentum, and we have the rest of the world watching and hoping we step up and fight this.

So, if Bernie decides to step up, be our leader, and enact the changes above, GREAT! And if not, then family, we can love him for opening our eyes, and we can appreciate what he did and what he does, but we absolutely cannot compromise where this is concerned. If he’s not prepared to lead us, then someone else will. Take off those blinders so you can see who it may be.