I dunno, maybe we should have just torn it down and started over?

Is the Country Worth Remodeling, Or Should We Burn It Down and Start Over?

Apparently, a lot of people have come to the conclusion that our country is way past the need for a major remodel; it’s a tear-down.

When we elected Donald Trump, we weren’t choosing a contractor who was going to fix things up. We hired a wrecking crew.

And that is why large numbers of Americans favor Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders and in some cases both.

Don’t get me wrong; I love Bernie Sanders and loathe Trump. But they do share one quality, and that is that they are both seen as someone willing to burn everything down. And that explains how two such diametrically opposed candidates enjoy support, in some cases, from the same individuals.

It makes no sense that one person could like both Trump and Bernie if you assume voters are intelligent people who carefully weigh the policies of candidates. But most Trump supporters cannot enumerate any actual Trump policies they favor. They will say they like him because he “tells it like it is” although he certainly doesn’t. They like him because he’s willing to completely ignore every political and social norm.

I happen to agree with a lot of Bernie’s views, but I’m concerned that he couldn’t make effective change, working as he would be in institutions that are entrenched…