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Lorien

(31,935 posts)
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 04:55 AM Feb 2016

The first of my multi-millionaire friends just switched to Bernie!

I have a handful of friends who are multi-millionaires. Most are in the film industry, but this one is a woman who owns a posh organic cosmetics company. She was on the Hillary bandwagon until yesterday, when she posted "Ok, I've listened to Bernie for a while now and I agree with everything he's said. He seems genuine too. I was ready for Hillary, but now I'm officially feeling the Bern!"

Keep sharing those videos and articles. Keep the message positive, and even some of the one percenters will come around! Now on to a friend who works in the financial district in NYC and is still on the fence....(I think i'm one of the poorest people she knows, lol)!

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The first of my multi-millionaire friends just switched to Bernie! (Original Post) Lorien Feb 2016 OP
Cool! I turned a "pragmatic liberal" from Hillary to Bernie and he turned his socially liberal merrily Feb 2016 #1
Awesome! I have a Libertarian friend who is all in for Bernie too Lorien Feb 2016 #2
our friends in gated communities are building safe rooms olddots Feb 2016 #3
They are victims as much as us sometimes nolabels Feb 2016 #4

merrily

(45,251 posts)
1. Cool! I turned a "pragmatic liberal" from Hillary to Bernie and he turned his socially liberal
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 05:27 AM
Feb 2016

Libertarian business partner. Both of them have bank, especially his partner. Now, my friend is trying to turn his parents.

I also turned a "I love Bernie, but don't want another McGovern scenario." Then she turned everyone she works with. LOVE IT!

Lorien

(31,935 posts)
2. Awesome! I have a Libertarian friend who is all in for Bernie too
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 05:37 AM
Feb 2016

My doctor's NP switched from Independent to Dem so she could vote for Bernie in our Primaries, and she got her life long Republican parents to switch as well! I always tell people that if they don't like Bernie, then they don't KNOW Bernie! That was exactly the case for the cosmetic's company owner; once she really listened to him, she got it!

nolabels

(13,133 posts)
4. They are victims as much as us sometimes
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 07:27 AM
Feb 2016

Some are infested with the idea that the angry hoards want everything that they have and will stop for nothing to get it.

The real problem is hoarding and taking finished production out of the loop. The only alternative other them hoarders giving it up to keep the flow, is governments forcing them to give it up with taxes.

That's not a structure problem, that's an education problem

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