Sunday, July 21, 2019

Working Class Heroes

Labor fight roils Bernie Sanders [Socialist-VT] campaign, as workers demand the $15 hourly pay the candidate has proposed for employees nationwide 

and

Democratic socialist Julia Salazar dipped into massive trust fund during campaign

I have known a few clergy who have fancied themselves as socialist, and it was noticeable how often they came from the privileged class.

[Long-time readers of The Coracle know that I have an animus towards socialists as they are the only ideologues who have actively tried to kill me.  Not with words or ideas, but with guns and a machete.  Machete Guy was particularly tenacious, I recall.  I'm trying prayerfully to reconcile it, but I confess it is challenging.]