Bernie Sanders has already won a much bigger prize than a presidential nomination. He and his ideas have won the support of his political rival. I have watched Hillary Clinton almost imperceptibly change her message to, for want of a better word, Sanderism. Or Bernism. For example, she has changed her $12.00 per hour minimum wage to the Bernism call of $15.00 per hour.
Sanders has created a huge and potent pressure group that will influence politics far longer than any political group winning temporary power. He has enabled an awareness of the power of people to change the status quo to something more to their benefit. This fact strikes fear to the heart of present political power structure from top to bottom; from the president down to the local dog catcher; from the 1% Walton's to the Trump Tower resident. They have reason to be terribly afraid.
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