Bernie Sanders’s Revolutionary Roots Were Nurtured in ’60s Vermont

New York Times ^ | July 3, 2015 | By SARAH LYALL

[Brad from Tennessee]

BURLINGTON, Vt. — When he came to Vermont in the late 1960s to help plan the upending of the old social order, the future presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought with him the belief that the United States was starkly divided into two groups: the establishment and the revolutionaries. He was a revolutionary.

“The Revolution Is Life Versus Death,” in fact, was the title of an article he wrote for The Vermont Freeman, an alternative, authority-challenging newspaper published for a few years back then. The piece began with an apocalyptically alarmist account of the unbearable horror of having an office job in New York City, of being among “the mass of hot dazed humanity heading uptown for the 9-5,” sentenced to endless days of “moron work, monotonous work.”

“The years come and go,” Mr. Sanders wrote, in all apparent seriousness. “Suicide, nervous breakdown, cancer, sexual deadness, heart attack, alcoholism, senility at 50. Slow death, fast death. DEATH.”

[Vaduz]

Revolutionary = Owned and not knowing it

[Don Corleone]

Bernie Sanders’s Revolutionary Roots Were Nurtured in ’60s Vermont

Well he sure didn't get them in Arizona.

[skeeter]

The NYT thinks leftist socialists is still revolutionary.

[jimwatx]

Well the only 2 good things I can think about Bernie is that he’s cool with people having guns and didn’t like the bank bailouts. Actually I guess he’s also against TTP so make that 3. But his other views of things stink.

[skeeter]

socialism

[NormsRevenge]

A crude vulgar old radical from Vt.?

The Dems best hope?

Oh joy.

[Graybeard58]

he’s cool with people having guns

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Vermont is a gun owning state, he had to have a pro gun stance to get elected and reelected there. Watch him start to veer leftward as a national candidate.

[grania]

Let's look at Bernie Sanders, the man and his life. I'd contend that he's the Democrat's flawed possible savior of the US.

The political class is complicit in the destruction of the US. They're mostly soulless sellouts who have no clue about what a principle or core belief is. Why not Sanders vs Trump? At least they both believe in something.

[jimwatx]

Vermont is a gun owning state, he had to have a pro gun stance to get elected and reelected there. Watch him start to veer leftward as a national candidate.

Yes and I suspect that you are right, I was just being semi-facetious in my post.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Bernie Sanders is a dime store populist and snake oil salesman. Constantly spouting populist generalities that are in reality pure socialism and calculated class warfare.

His “pro gun” claims logically have to be lies because 2A is the antithesis of everything else he stands for. In order to institute what he espouses one would first want to abolish the capability of the citizenry to oppose tyranny.

[ClearCase_guy]

Indeed. Democrats like Obama have been clearly pushing for the destruction (fundamental change) of America -- but they still say, "We support the middle class, we will give you tax cuts, we will make America strong." They do nothing of the kind, but they have the slogans down pretty well.

Bernie Sanders? I think he'd be willing to tout the proletarian revolution, and a 5-year plan to hang all of the bourgeoisie.

At least he'd be honest about his beliefs.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Bernie is also pro Veteran. He is starting to appeal to the working American, whereas Hillary is losing her glitter. Too many people are seeing her for what she really is. She only represents $$$$$ coming into her. Kinda Like Eva Peron.

[jimwatx]

I doubt Trump believes in anything except his over inflated ego, but I guess the same could be said for most politicians except they are a bit less obvious about their thing.

[jimwatx]

I do like the fact that he is giving Hillary a hard time, I despise that witch with a passion you can’t believe.

[x1stcav]

Bernie Sanders’s Revolutionary Roots Were Nurtured in ’60s Vermont

So were Hitlerie's radical roots nurtured in the 60's.

But Bernie aged better.

I know that's a catty remark not worthy of this august forum but I really despise the b!tch.

[grania]

We're speaking on two different levels. I believe the nation is lost, or nearly so. I'm looking at Sanders and Trump as maybe people who can get US citizens thinking about what has to change. Both are people who've led full lives and have not sold out.

This is about salvation; we're way past being saved by the political class.

[jimwatx]

Why not Sanders vs Trump? At least they both believe in something.

I know what you're saying, the establishment pols are so bought out that people are getting sick of things. It's about time.

[SES1066]

The takeover of New England by the socialist left is probably something that will be written up by historians over the next century. There was a book from my younger days about a very sexually liberated college called “The Harrad Experiment” (1973 - Robert Rimmer) where I vaguely remember a discussion about taking over a state government to implement the new social liberation. Somehow I think Vermont became what the book was dreaming of. Patrick Leahy, Jim ‘Jumping’ Jeffords and Bernie Sanders - wow!

[Mears]

Vermont is the “coffee table book” of the states.

Looks terrific,very glossy, but is completely different than the rest of the “books”.

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