Bernie Sanders son Levi has announced that he is running for Congress in the first district of New Hampshire. Levi Sanders says that his goal is to help the "working class" for whom he has "struggled" for nearly 20 years. Sanders becomes the seventh Democrat to enter the primary to replace the current representative who is retiring.
There must be a Democrat playbook somewhere that tells candidates to claim to "fight" for people. Sanders changed that to "struggle" instead, but he threw in the good Socialist term of "working class". You see, in the Sanders' world view, Americans are divided into classes. He has accepted the old Marxist view of European society where the family into which one was born determined much of the course of one's life. The son of a duke was always upper class, even if he was impoverished. The daughter of a tailor was always lower class, no matter if she gained an education an became a doctor. America, however, was always the place where one could be anything one wanted and rise to any level in society. That all depended on one's hard work, talent and some luck. That was what made the USA different than the old world. For Sanders and his fellow socialists, however, the Marxist construct of the class system gets imposed upon American life even though it really is inapplicable for the most part.
It will be interesting to see if Levi Sanders can leverage his "upper class" political background into becoming the Democrat candidate. With seven or more Democrats in the field, it won't take many votes to win the nomination. With his exalted political father, Levi starts out with a notoriety that puts him at the front in this battle.
I do wonder, however, about one thing. We know that in 2016, the Russians worked to help Bernie Sanders in his battle with Hillary Clinton. Recent details on the Russians' campaign have emerged which make this clear. (No, I am not saying that Bernie colluded with the Russians. So far as has been determined, no American candidates (not even Trump) did that.) I do wonder, however, if the Russians will mount a campaign to help Bernie's son in this new effort. We will have to watch closely for signs of Russian interference.
There must be a Democrat playbook somewhere that tells candidates to claim to "fight" for people. Sanders changed that to "struggle" instead, but he threw in the good Socialist term of "working class". You see, in the Sanders' world view, Americans are divided into classes. He has accepted the old Marxist view of European society where the family into which one was born determined much of the course of one's life. The son of a duke was always upper class, even if he was impoverished. The daughter of a tailor was always lower class, no matter if she gained an education an became a doctor. America, however, was always the place where one could be anything one wanted and rise to any level in society. That all depended on one's hard work, talent and some luck. That was what made the USA different than the old world. For Sanders and his fellow socialists, however, the Marxist construct of the class system gets imposed upon American life even though it really is inapplicable for the most part.
It will be interesting to see if Levi Sanders can leverage his "upper class" political background into becoming the Democrat candidate. With seven or more Democrats in the field, it won't take many votes to win the nomination. With his exalted political father, Levi starts out with a notoriety that puts him at the front in this battle.
I do wonder, however, about one thing. We know that in 2016, the Russians worked to help Bernie Sanders in his battle with Hillary Clinton. Recent details on the Russians' campaign have emerged which make this clear. (No, I am not saying that Bernie colluded with the Russians. So far as has been determined, no American candidates (not even Trump) did that.) I do wonder, however, if the Russians will mount a campaign to help Bernie's son in this new effort. We will have to watch closely for signs of Russian interference.
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