Bernie Sanders: From Political Science Fiction to a Force Set to Radically Disrupt the Political Marketplace
In his article Is Bernie Sanders the ‘Star Wars’ of politics? David J Adams compares Bernie Sanders to Star Wars’ Obi Wan who awakens Luke to his own potential. Sanders is demonstrating that the common folk, the everyday working families, the farmhands in remote parts of the political galaxy, actually do have power, that they can influence the political system and bring about change, that they can liberate themselves from perceived oppressors and have the better world they want.
As with Star Wars, the Sanders’ brand, his story, taps into our deepest longings. We want to believe the promise of ‘a new hope.’ We want to believe a better world is possible. We want to believe that by uniting together as a people we can awaken a force that can defeat the dark side.
Unlike any candidate in recent memory including Obama, Bernie has ignited the imagination of possibility, of the eyes-wide-wow of ‘what if…’ What if he can win? What if this “political revolution” this “grassroots movement” is for real? The fact that an independent, self-declared, democratic socialist is on the verge of upsetting a candidate entrenched in the establishment is proof for even the most skeptical to question whether there might be something real about this thing called ‘the force.’ Perhaps “of the people, by the people, for the people” isn’t just some fairy tale notion passed down through the colonies. It’s true. All of it.
Bernie Sanders: ”This campaign is not about me, it is about you.”
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