Bernwashing and American corporatocracy
by Tara Paras
If tweets, shares and hashtags are any indication, then there’s no
doubt that Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has managed to
capture a huge chunk of 2016’s millennial voting block. Voters have
lapped up Sanders’ promises of mandating high-paying jobs, rallying
against overseas outsourcing and ending the Drug War. His solution: a
renewed sense of socialism in America, and of course, wealth
redistribution.
The problem, however, is that no matter how appealing Sanders’ proposals may sound, his ideas are flawed.
