882 Is Mr. Bernie Sanders, runners-up to Hillary Clinton for Democratic Presidential Candidature, turning Pro-Trumper?

Is Mr. Bernie Sanders, runners-up to Hillary Clinton for Democratic Presidential Candidature, turning into Pro-Trumper? Ans: It appears so. See this link: Click here to go to http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/bernie-sanders-can-work-with-trump-233532, an study how Mr. Sanders is eager to bend and kneel!. Prima facie it may appear that, losing-rivals in contests ought to co-operate with winners, and extend their helping hand in furthering the goals of the subject matter of the Competition, such as a "A Company, A Political Party, A Nation" or anything similar. But should there not be limits for such co-operation? Else, if the losers join the winners, what will happen to the innocent supporters, sympathizers, voters, writers, etc. who stood behind the losing campaigners? Are the supporters, sympathizers, voters, writers, media, workers, fools? In case of bourgeoisie politicians and parties, since all the parties and politicians have same or similar philosophies, such drastic shifts become understandable. But, this cannot be done in case of (self-proclaimed) Socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders.

"... I don’t think it makes sense to say, ‘No, we’re not gonna work in any way in any form with the Trump administration. ..."

"...Trump has talked appropriately about a collapsing infrastructure: our roads, bridges and water systems. If he is prepared to work with us on rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure and creating millions of jobs and doing it in a way that doesn’t privatize our infrastructure or give tax breaks to billionaires, yes, let’s work together . ..."

"...If he is prepared to work with us on a trade policy which works for the American worker and not just the CEO of large multinational corporations, let’s work together on those areas ..."

"...There will be no compromise on bigotry... There can be no compromise there, There can be no compromise, in my view, on protecting American democracy, working against voter suppression that many Republican governors are trying to bring about, and in my view there can’t be any compromise on climate change. ..."

ybrao-a-donkey's views which are not intended to be imposed on others:

I know I day-dream. Mr. Bernie Sanders also seem to day-dream, when he imposes some conditions on Mr. Donald Trump (see the above conditions). Is Mr. Sanders over-estimating himself? Does Mr. Trump need Sanders' support? Even if he needs, will he care to obtain the support, by melting down his own well-published convictions, fancies, announcements, whims, what not? Even if Trump is ready to compromise, will his Republican supporters, Business and Industrialist supporters, allow it?

Socialism is not just a question of some Allocations of funds for Infrastructure , or some modification of Trade Policies. The scope and spectrum of Socialism is too vast, and is un-compromise-able. If an American Socialist President could not be elected in 2016, he-she can be elected in 2020 or 2024. Four years period is too short a time, in histories of Nations. Ordinarily, there will not be any need to compromise.

QUALITY OF VOTERS AND QUALITY OF MPs REALLY MATTER

What determines the future of a Nation is the quality of its voters, and the quality of MPs they elect. In the interregnum between two elections, what genuine Socialists can do, will be-- to strive to improve the quality of voters, and the candidates they vote for.

Question: Why the quality of voters and MPs, is so important?

Ans: Introducing and implementing True Total Socialism, is not going to be as easy as Demonetizing a Nation's currency, or pushing Nations into skirmishes, battles and wars. When an effort is made to introduce true total socialism, even Civil Wars which may have an intensity greater than the Civil War which Abraham Lincoln fought, may arise/result. Without good quality citizens, and citizens' representatives, Socialism will fail a la the Bolshevik Revolution 1917. Anyway, a Self-proclaimed Socialist, expecting much from a hardcore Capitalist like Mr. Donald Trump, will be a wild goose chase. It will be like a thirsty person trying to quench his thirst, while running to capture water from a mirage.

There is a beautiful Telugu language verse to express this idea:

Poet Vemana, महा कवि वेमन. 15th Century A.D. Book: Vemana Satakam. वेमन शतकं. వేమన శతకం. Verse in Roman Script:

goDDuTAvu pituka kunDa kom pOyinA
panDla nUDa tannu, pAla niDadu
lObhi vAni naDuga lAbhambu lEdayA
viSva dAbhi rAma vinura vEma.

Hindi script:
गॊड्ड टावु पितुक कुंड कॊंपोयिना
पंड्ल नुड तन्नु पाल निडदु
लोभि वानि नडुग लोभंबु लेदया
विश्व दाभिराम विनुर वेम.

In Telugu script: గొడ్డు టావు పితుక కుండ కొంపోయినా
పండ్ల నూడ తన్ను పాల నిడదు
లోభి వాని నడుగ లాభంబు లేదయా
విశ్వదాభిరామ వినుర వేమ.

Englsh Gist: If we take a pot, and approach a barren-cow to milk it, it will kick us in such a way that we lose our teeth. But it will not yield any milk. This simile is used to justify the moral taught in the third line of the verse: There is no use of approaching and begging a miser (for loan or for financial help). A miser will not help.

Vemana wrote thousands of great verses in Telugu language. They convey not only ethics and morals, but they also communicate spiritual, mystical, renunciation-al (vairAgya) messages, most of which are secular. They are not religious prayers. About 5000 of such verses, in Telugu script are now available for download on internet. Late C.P. Brown, who worked for the East India Company in India, in 19th Century, translated many of them into English prose. PDF version of Brown's prose translation is available on Internet. One can google.

To continue. सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది.