Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are wildly different, but weirdly alike.

Sanders was a wild-haired radical who became a white-haired “Democratic socialist” and is roiling the Democratic establishment.

Trump was a weird-haired excess symbol who became a reality TV star and is running roughshod over the Republican establishment.

Both are buoyed by blue-collar voters who feel screwed by the political and economic establishment. Both promise a political revolution. Both make big promises.

Trump will build a wall, stop ISIS and make America great again. We’ll win so much we’ll get tired of winning.

Sanders will give us good jobs at a living wage, equal pay for women, college for all, health care for all and a retirement where we can relax and enjoy our grandchildren.

Trump will crack down on the hedge fund boys, and Sanders will break up the big banks.

Both of them grow out of the continued fallout from the Great (Bush) Recession that began in 2008.

Just as Great Depression of the ‘30s shaped – and sometimes warped – our parents and grandparents, the Great Recession today is shaping us, shaking up both parties and reshaping our politics.

There’s no telling where this leads.