Bernie Sanders In A Nutshell

[BaggerofTea]

paraphrasing: want to see an america where young black americans will be able to walk down the street without being harassed, attacked etc by police

"jobs and education, not jail and incarceration" that slogan

If black folks don't vote for Bernie Sanders, we deserve what we get

 

[JahFocus CS]

my dad immediately dropped this comparison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan

They are somewhat superficially similar in their populist-style rhetoric and positions, but Sanders is at least a progressive. Bryan never took a real stand against white supremacy and offered up only lukewarm opposition to American imperialism.

Not to mention Bryan's impassioned anti-evolution efforts

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

If democrats don't vote for Bernie Sanders, we deserve what we get

fixed

 

[BaggerofTea]

my dad immediately dropped this comparison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan

Superb comparison

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

If we get another bought and paid for banker president

please vote for bernie brehs and spread the word to your friends and family

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

They are somewhat superficially similar in their populist-style rhetoric and positions, but Sanders is at least a progressive. Bryan never took a real stand against white supremacy and offered up only lukewarm opposition to American imperialism.

he was referring moreso to his oratory/stumping and overall message. but i disagree with your point about imperialism (mildly). bryan was about income shifts and was a pacifist. in terms of social politics/science, i completely agree with you. not to completely excuse bryan, but being against evolution in the late 1800's and early 1900's isnt really something worth criticizing him over

 

[JahFocus CS]

he was referring moreso to his oratory/stumping and overall message. but i disagree with your point about imperialism (mildly). bryan was about income shifts and was a pacifist. in terms of social politics/science, i completely agree with you. not to completely excuse bryan, but being against evolution in the late 1800's and early 1900's isnt really something worth criticizing him over

I get the comparison, that's why I pointed out the similarity in populist-style rhetoric. I ain't mad at the comparison He may be closer to Bryan than he is to his supposed idol, Eugene Debs.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

I get the comparison, that's why I pointed out the similarity in populist-style rhetoric. I ain't mad at the comparison He may be closer to Bryan than he is to his supposed idol, Eugene Debs.

he dropped the comparison a second after bernie finished his speech in a text to me. he is an animal in regards to political history

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Re:Anti-Evolution/Imperialism.

From his wiki:

Bryan kept busy in 1913-1915, negotiating 28 treaties that promised arbitration of disputes before war broke out between the signatory countries and the United States. He made several attempts to negotiate a treaty with Germany, but ultimately was never able to succeed. The agreements, known officially as "Treaties for the Advancement of Peace," set up procedures for conciliation rather than for arbitration.[36] In September 1914 he wrote President Wilson urging mediation in the World War that had just begun in Europe, with the U.S. as the largest neutral:


It is not likely that either side will win so complete a victory as to be able to dictate terms, and if either side does win such a victory it will probably mean preparation for another war. It would seem better to look for a more rational basis for peace.[37]

Bryan tried to yoke the American credit to the Entente, saying "money is the worst of all contrabands because it commands everything else" but eventually yielded. He also pointed out that by traveling on British vessels "an American citizen can, by putting his own business above his regard for this country, assume for his own advantage unnecessary risks and thus involve his country in international complications" [38] Wilson's demands for "strict accountability for any infringement of [American] rights, intentional or incidental" after the sinking of the Lusitania troubled Bryan, who counseled an “evenhanded policy.”[39] Bryan resigned in June 1915, protesting “… why be so shocked by the drowning of a few people, if there is to be no objection to starving a nation.”[40]

Despite their differences, Bryan campaigned as a private citizen for Wilson's reelection in 1916. When war was declared in April 1917, Bryan wrote Wilson, "Believing it to be the duty of the citizen to bear his part of the burden of war and his share of the peril, I hereby tender my services to the Government. Please enroll me as a private whenever I am needed and assign me to any work that I can do."[41] Wilson, however, did not allow the 57-year-old Bryan to rejoin the military, and did not offer him any wartime role.

He resigned and wanted to enroll in the army. damn.

in terms of his anti-evolution:

Bryan opposed the theory of evolution for two reasons. First, he believed that what he considered a materialistic account of the descent of man through evolution undermined the Bible. Second, he saw Darwinism applied to society as a great evil force in the world promoting hatred and conflicts, especially the World War.[51]

In his famous Chautauqua lecture, "The Prince of Peace," (1909) Bryan warned that the theory of evolution could undermine the foundations of morality. He concluded, "while I do not accept the Darwinian theory I shall not quarrel with you about it," and, evoking, the design argument, he said "I have a right to assume, and I prefer to assume, a Designer back of the design— a Creator back of the creation."...

Bryan also read The Science of Power (1918) by British social theorist Benjamin Kidd, which credited the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche with German nationalism, materialism, and militarism, which in turn was the outworking of the social Darwinian hypothesis...

According to historian Ronald L. Numbers, Bryan was not nearly as much of a fundamentalist as many modern-day creationists. Instead he is more accurately described as a "day-age creationist". Numbers says Bryan, "not only read the Mosaic "days" as geological "ages" but allowed for the possibility of organic evolution—so long as it did not impinge on the supernatural origin of Adam and Eve."

Seems pretty rational for an anti-darwinism stance in that time period to be honest with you

 

[Mowgli]

Bernie has no royal ties.

No way he's winning

Tried to tell y'all

Take the coli over a year to catch up to common sense.

In the end Bernie proved to be a bytch and endorsed a rigged candidate that was out to destroy him nefore he got off the ground to protect himself.

But he probably knew all that from the beginning. Y'ALL gone learn.

 

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