My Vote for Bernie Sanders

A vote for change

The climate crisis is not only the single greatest challenge facing our country; it is also our single greatest opportunity to build a more just and equitable future, but we must act immediately. (Bernie Sanders)

In voting for Bernie Sanders, I am voting for radical change. A vote for a moderate democrat will not make a radical change. It will simply mean that the democrats are slightly ahead in the balance of power.

We are a nation of fearful people. There is corruption, greed, and materialism on all sides. The Democrats fear the Republicans and vice versa. When we go to the polls we vote, not for a person, not for a party, but because we are fearful. We are fearful of poverty, hunger, discrimination, and hate. We are afraid the world will come to an end. Some of us vote; not for the candidate we prefer, but for the candidate most likely to win.

As long as we live in fear, we will not win. The system is broken. If Bernie does not beat Trump, then I think the pot just isn’t hot enough yet. If Trump wins, so be it. Four more years, perhaps then the pot will be hot enough for a radical change. In the long run, a so/so vote for a moderate is just a so/so vote. The patterns will repeat until we get beneath the issues. I honestly don’t think Sanders will go deep enough, but he may at least, save us from immediate environmental disaster.

How do we address greed and corruption? By getting to the fear behind it. Why are we frightened? Why do we want more and more power, more and more stuff? Truth. We have lost our connection to the eternal. Call it God, call it the universe. Whatever & I don’t know. I simply know I haven’t got it. I have been taught, as we all have, that the answer lies in consumption. But, since it’s not there, I keep looking, keep consuming.

Let’s drop the pot before it gets too late!