Yep . Very obviously . Anyone with two eyes and a brain could see Bernie ' s policies didn ' t help the extreme poor , but actually helped the lower middle class . Which is why Bernie failed to get any minority votes , but did really well with young college grads . They like to package it as empathy and care for their fellow man , but what they really want is what is best for themselves . It reminds me how smug Europeans are about helping their poor , but not the Syrian Refugees . Because they obviously don ' t count as their fellow man . <| sep |> I think the answer is one of morality . Every person ought to participate in the community because they are dependent on it . I don ' t mean necessarily to be productive or creative , but simply to enrich each other ' s lives . For this reason I ' m in favor of basic income . It would give people the opportunity to focus more on community rather than protecting their own interests .