Pardon my crappy phone link, but I recommend opening this song in another tab while reading this, if possible.
https://youtu.be/QhOG42ADtGo
I don’t usually write here, but this is something I thought very much worth sharing.
The outpouring of energy, creativity and optimism the Bernie Sanders supporters are generating on my social media feed is kind of out of this world. There’s a Bernie Sanders Air Jordan silhouette. People are making a lot of their own really sweet fashion campaign art and t-shirts and buttons. They don’t seem to think they’re going to lose. It’s not that I think Sanders will get the nomination, but these are mostly people I know and not all of them are what I would call super political types. More than that, though, I think the aging Democratic party has no idea what’s going on in the younger third of the population.
A friend of mine tossed up the album art where this song is from that you are hopefully listening to on her Instagram. She said it fit her mood she was so pumped Bernie had carried Minnesota. This is a thirty something mom, and she’s not that unusual. If you’re in your 60s, this song might be hard to listen to. My friend might have been dancing with her toddler.
From what I can see, the vast majority of people under 45 are solidly with Bernie Sanders. It’s kind of shocking, really. I think it has to do with Elizabeth Warren. When she went on the Daily Show, she changed things. There is now such a fundamental critique of the status quo that is so common among Millennials (and quite a few Gen Xers, not that anyone seems to notice) that it is going to get Bernie Sanders elected Vice President. Because this is not a joke, or a fluke. A lot of people are very serious about this, if in a fun loving sort of way.
And another thing, in another 8 years, this country is going to be very, very different politically.
