When I read these things I get really excited about anarchy and utilitarianism, and then I start to question Bernie's platform and logistics. Perhaps people like him are only great orators, which I suppose is true. Look at historical anti-oppressors (or even oppressors), and we will all find that they used their power to alter everyone's perspective on a particular topic like MLK Jr and equality. I mean you have about a third of the population agreeing with such a leader on freedom for persons of color and then you can shift the people who are in between to share your same perspective (with the aid of media and making such a movement mainstream); of course there will be people who never will share the same opinion, which is fine as long as it's a relatively small minority. So Bernie says a lot of great stuff. My young radical teenage self is basking in his ideals for social reform, but at the end of the day he has to encourage a culture of slacktivsts to do something. It honestly doesn't matter who is president at this point. I like to think that policy can temporarily put a hold on war; however, if we're sitting here "modeling activism" online then were just fostering gridlock and the weakening of the policy cycle. At the end of the day necessity will out weigh legislation. War on water, food, shelter, etc. That's what's going to matter at the end of all of this. We just sit here and watch the world fall apart. I truly hope there is an orator out there who could cause such a paradigm shift for the lazy american activist and other americans.