Hi, my name is Brandon Morse. You might recognize me from such articles as that last one you read that I wrote.

You know, we have a lot of fun here at EveryJoe.com, but today I want to talk to you about something serious.

Bernie Sanders, and the socialist advocates who support him, are social justice warriors.

I often see those who identify as “socialist,” fighting against social justice warriors. It’s an honorable thing to do, to be sure, but I’d like to draw attention to the fact that socialism is often times indistinguishable from social justice, and that’s probably because they’re one in the same.

Before minds are lost and tabs are closed, let’s look at the similarities.

For one, SJWs are highly concerned with equality of outcome. You’ve seen this in arguments such as the mythical and consistently disproved pay gap argument presented to us by feminists and the politicians that bow to them.

As we all know – or should know – by now, women are not paid less than men at all: women tend to make less simply due to differing life choices. They confuse a “pay gap” with an “earning gap.” The solution to make the earning gap equal would be to pay women more than men as a standard. This would lead to more problems than it would solve.

In order for the earning gap to be closed, a law would have to be passed that forces these businesses to pay women more. In other words, laissez faire capitalism would have to take a back seat, and socialism would have to take an effective role.

The social justice agenda cannot move without the assistance of a socialist vehicle.

“But Brandon!” says Outraged Internet Denizen. “Socialism is just a means for an SJW to accomplish his/her goals. It in itself isn’t concerned with social justice at all!”

Well, let’s really analyze your claim.

The concept that lower income earners would be better off if what belongs to others belongs to them is the same concept put forth by SJWs in regard to issues revolving around gender, sexuality or race. It’s the “I have less because I’m X, and you have more because you’re Y” mentality.

The socialist says that because the poor have less in the way of advantages, that money should be forcibly taken from one group or another and given to those who have less in order to make the playing field fair. The minimum wage hike is a very good example of this.

Those who advocate for raising the wage declare that they cannot make a living off of the very low paycheck they receive. For the most part, they’re right, though minimum wage was not meant to be a wage for one to live off of, but I digress.

They demand that companies be forced to raise their minimum wage in order for them to live more comfortably at the bottom. To make this happen, governments have to step in and throw capitalism to the gutter in order to force businesses to raise the pay of those who claim that life should be more fair. This in itself, also creates more problems.

I hope you see the parallels here. Both Ms. Pay Gap and Mr. Raise the Wage are after the same end: “Make them give me more.”

Both require a forced generosity from others in order for their causes to have any traction. This usually finds its feet in the creation of an enemy. Both the SJW and the socialist create a group of “haves” that are creating “have nots.” Both suggest that the only way to level the playing field is to punish the haves by taking what is theirs whether by social or legal pressure.

No matter how you slice it, the end goal is the same. The haves are advantaged, the have nots want those advantages, and the have nots will force the haves to give them those advantages one way or another.

Now, let’s take a look at Sanders. He does a lot of enemy-creating by painting the rich as a barrier between you and prosperity.

He says things like: “CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.”

Or how about: “Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America.”

Sanders creates an enemy out of the rich, and simultaneously creates a victim. His very platform centers around “wealth inequality.” Just read about that from his own site.

So how is Bernie Sanders much different from a Social Justice Warrior? He victimizes one class, demonizes the other and actively forces the latter to obey rules that the former doesn’t have to. How is that much different than SJW celebrity Anita Sarkeesian demonizing men in order to give feminists (not women, mind you) a better foothold in matters of everything from policy making to the entertainment industry?

If you’re supporting Sanders and you hate SJWs, then stop supporting Sanders.

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Hailing from Austin, Texas, Brandon Morse has been writing about politics and culture across many websites for the last six years, with a heavy emphasis on anti-authoritarianism. Aside from writing articles, he is also known for voice acting and authoring scripts. He is an avid gamer, dog person, and has a bad habit of making vague references to things no one has heard about or seen. Follow him at @TheBrandonMorse on Twitter.

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