Thanks Bernie, But We Got it From Here.

We tried the political revolution. It’s time for more.

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As I’ve said before on multiple occasions, thinking about what happened to the campaign of Bernie Sanders still stings. But whether it be the rapid spread of a global pandemic that has left over one hundred thousand people dead and forty million unemployed with little to no economic relief from the government, or the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police department that sparked nationwide mass protests, there hasn’t exactly been much time to process any of what this year has thrown at us.

That being said, one thing certainly appears clear: George Floyd’s murder was the tipping point. The widespread pain and anger that has spilled out to the streets stems from far more than the murder of one man by one officer or one police department. This is the direct result of decades upon decades of injustice, brutality at the hands of the police and the state, and economic inequality going largely ignored and unheard by the powers that be here in the United States. For weeks now, I’ve been wondering what the catalyst would be for the American people in the midst of a crisis the likes of which we haven’t seen in modern history. The death of George Floyd was it, and understandably so.