Singer Feels the Bern

Peter Singer probably feels the Bern. Or atleast more so than Donald Trump, Hilary Cinton, Ted Cruz, or umm, err, uhh Ben Carson. Now Bernie Sanders is not as radical as Singer and more focused on domestic issues than global issues, but their ideologies are not that different.

Singer's ideals are wonderful and logical. His ideas are ideal, but, unfortunately, highly improbable. This unconscious lack of morality present as the backbone of capitalism is what drives American consumerism, and therefore the economy. What prompts people to buy and sell out $200 Yeezy boosts is the same thing that keeps our economy afloat. So instead of saving people world wide who they have no way to see the clear benefits, they will spend on themselves to feel the benefit.

Bernie Sanders has similar ideas to limit the excess of America and give so that all people have their necessities. Sanders points out the many flaws of wealth distribution within America such as that the Unted States has the highest childhood poverty of any developed nation, the top one tenth of a percent almost owns as much wealth as the bottom ninety percent, and that the United States has more wealth and income inequality than any other major developed country (Bernie Sanders).

I believe that Sanders should be elected president. I do not think he will be able to pass any major legislation as the self proclaimed Democratic Socialist will have a lot of opposition in the Congress. Yet if Sanders was eected president, he will bring many important topics to the forefront of politics that should be discussed like the wealth inequality present in America and how to fix these (like more taxation or tightening of tax laws). In our current world, it will be near impossible to achieve the social and economic morality Singer observed, but maybe with enough awareness, one day we could so that all have life's neccessities.