Messy Truth<\/a>.” \u00a0(You need to scroll down to the “messy truth.”) \u00a0He makes it so clear that what we need is dialogue. \u00a0Staying on our own side of the division just makes everything worse and is not democracy. \u00a0The system in our country now is not democracy. \u00a0It has been an oligarchy \u2014 rule by the wealthy \u2014 for a long time. \u00a0Van Jones says that both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have failed the working class, that they made big mistakes and need to correct them. \u00a0He interviews an Ohio family who voted Democratic for years, voted for Obama twice, then voted for Trump. \u00a0Their reasons make perfect sense. \u00a0Thinking they are “stupid” is a big mistake.<\/p>\nWe would do much better to focus on Bernie’s vision for our country. \u00a0My notes are not exact so I have given the link to the relevant speech here. \u00a0Bernie says that we can create a democracy that works for all of us, not just the 1%,
\nwe can<\/strong> guarantee health care to all people as a right,
\nwe can<\/strong> have paid family and medical leave,
\nwe can<\/strong> make public colleges and universities tuition free,
\nwe can<\/strong> lead the world in transforming our energy system and combatting climate change,
\nwe can<\/strong> break up the large financial institutions,
\nwe can<\/strong> demand that the wealthy start paying their fair share of taxes.<\/p>\nThat will happen when millions of us stand together and create a government that works for all.<\/p>\n