Bernie Sanders is finally number 1!

[zonkers]

77. As I read your post, I am hunkered down in a tiny, furnished Manhattan sublet

doing laundry in the bathtub, rationing food I hope lasts another week of quarantine. I dread going to the market. I am also fantasizing that I might barter the 150 rolls of toilet paper just found in a closet, for some needed items but doubt it. Been here three months, one month beyond my expected tenancy and will probably be here a few more months at least. Fortunately, the unit is not in demand, the wifi is fast and there is direct tv. Though in the epicenter of the pandemic, I am thankful to have this sanctuary and that the sirens are wailing with less frequency than a few days ago. It has become a regular thing here at 7 PM for everyone to open their windows and let out a collective flash-mob cheer for all the front liners, the EMS workers, doctors, nurses. It's moving stuff. New Yorkers are good at this sort of thing To think this city endured 9/11 and now this. Wow. Anyway, I have no doubt that this situation is framing my take on things and understandably so.

Off the top of my head, your idea of restoring decency as a campaign platform is noble but it feels naive, too vague and too little for me to wholeheartedly support. I would love to feel good about putting all my chips on this evolved and high minded notion but I don't think I could. It feels too civil and vague in the face of the dark forces we face. When I ponder the extent of the damage done by his administration, both known and unknown and factor in the possibility of other currently unknown impacting variables along with the speed at which things generally move, today, it feels like the the only possible solution going forward, if one even exists -- to be proactive instead of reactive, is a radical and dynamic agenda. I think these motherfuckers need to be nailed the cross and destroyed. We need to be pricks and I just don't see that coming from a Biden Administration. We have to take our country back from the Russians, the Murdochs, the Trumps and Wall Street. They have packed the courts with conservative judges. It all just sucks And I don't think the radical change we need can happen incrementally as wil be the case with a Biden presidency.

As far as Bernie goes, he is not my guy but I defend him and his supporters whom I have a soft spot for. Anecdotally, have seen three friends of mine whom I never in a million years expected ever expected be politically engaged become just that. All because of Bernie. He resontes One is a construction worker. Another is a union electrician. Another is a teacher. Regular people.. They don't know each other. They have sent him money regularly, drips and drabs ( I think they still do) and it's just kind of amazing to watch this transformation. And yes, they will all vote for Biden but I am sure they not thrilled to. They always remind of of the Thoreau quote "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation".