Community vs Narcissism
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Hillary's pursuit of bonafides over the years has put her in the direct line of fire. She is complicit in some of the worst economic and social malfeasance in the last two decades. She has made lucrative backroom deals with international players in exchange for personal donations to her campaign. You should ignore all of that because Hillary can LEAD. But where she leads should be entirely up to her. Just trust her. It's her turn and she's tired of waiting.
Ever notice how many time Hillary says "I" in her press statements? You should be SO impressed with her accomplishments, but she has no interest in you except what you can do for her, classic narcissism. Many younger people see the presumptuous "me first" generation as a source of the strain on equal opportunities for generations after. Boomers can't understand. Never mind that the economy is in the tank and student debt is soaring. They got theirs. Even though they claim to have once cared about peace and justice now that they are in charge, you getting yours is not their concern. They'll just lecture you about working harder, even though many have never submitted a resume in a specific format and had to consider how it would look online.
The talk shows get told who to tell you to love, but people under 25 generally don't watch TV. If they knew who either Gloria Steinem or Madeline Albright were from 30 to 40 years ago, as of this week they sure don't care. Who actually thought their terrible sound bytes were still relevant? Bet Gloria Steinem or Madeline Albright did. Bet the talk shows did. Who were they supposed to convince? Social media and social activism override all the corporate driven white noise.
The thing that these old fogies don't seem to realize is access to communication turns power from a focused funnel to a diffused web. And by keeping everyone poor and disenfrancised, the generations after them became less dependent on their "leaders" and more reliant on community. So instead of the cult of personality "me" generation, it is now the "we" generation. The leaderless Occupy and Black Lives Matter movement sprung up as community revulsion to the hubris of supposed leaders that did not include us in their idea of the United States of America until it came time to pay their salaries or fight their wars.
This is a phenomena that Bernie's 30 years of actual community service was made for. He has remained consistent in his view even when the camera wasn't looking. He talks about America and he means everybody. He looks around rather than expecting you to look up. He is the kind of leader we need.
I don't care if he is not a woman. I do care that he is not another narcissist. Whether he is wearing pants or a girdle is completely up to him. 
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Me? I'm old enough to remember Margaret Thatcher. I hear she was a woman too. How'd that work out?
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Damn that's good.
And accurate! 
That is a very nice piece of writing. My favorite part was:
That sums her up better than the reams of articles I've read about her here and elsewhere on the web. Good job.
