Bernie Sanders has once again managed to become the star of a popular meme on the internet. However, this time, the meme is without any comments. It's merely a funny meme, and the mainstream conclusion from this is that there's no political message contained in it. However, this ignores the fact that the picture of Bernie was captured at Joe Biden's inauguration. Bernie is not merely sitting in a chair. He's attending the inauguration of a rival who many believe to have defrauded Sanders of the Democrat nomination.
Sanders is not just anybody. He's the man who could have been president, and the fact that his mere presence at the inauguration generates more excitement and good humour than the president elect himself is a clear message and an omen of things to come. It's not only the Republicans that see Joe Biden as a soulless crook. Many Democrats see him the same way.
Joe Biden is #notmypresident. However, no-one is taking to the streets. No-one is organizing into groups. The president is so soulless that he cannot even muster a proper protest. Instead, he's being ridiculed by a meme that shows his inauguration as an empty and cold affair. Going forward, Biden is going to see more of this. It will be subtle and indirect. People are turning away from politics, not in anger, but in disgust. Hardly anyone sees Joe Biden as their representative, and the consequence of this will be that all sorts of things will become difficult to keep together, including the union itself.
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By Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America - Bernie Sanders, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link
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