He reminds me a lot of HRC. We know he exists to run for president, but we know very little about what he actually stands for. We know what he’s against.
LOL. Bernie wasn’t the candidate because, brace yourself, he is/was unpopular with the general public. Hillary lost because most people are morons and cannot think for themselves.
Yeah, Bernie would have been bad for business for corpo dems, but the real reason inner party members picked HRC was to get her either up or out, then everyone in the Democratic party moves up one level.
Whether HRC won or lost, everyone below her in the pyramid would win.
Social democratic policies were also just not as popular in 2016 as they are now. In just a few weeks, a full decade will have passed since 2016.
In 2016, people more or less took American democracy for granted. The voters never knew about the danger that Trump’s ideology posed to the republic. This was following eight years of Obama, so right-wingers were thought of as fundamentally just people with bad policy ideas and not people intent on destroying democracy.
Only since then have people really started coming around to social democracy, democratic socialism, and other left-wing ideas. Over time, people have begun to realise, Bernie was right.
It really is too bad that Bernie is so old. He deserves a good retirement, but given the current political climate, he’s going to keep fighting for the working class until the bitter end.
People like him, HRC and DWS are the reason Bernie wasn’t the DNC candidate in 2016…and are why we’re in the mess we’re in right now.
Trump didn’t win in 2016, HRC lost.
They were too scared Bernie would expose their crimes and corruption, and now we’re living in the Turd Reich.
EDIT: DWC should have been DWS
He reminds me a lot of HRC. We know he exists to run for president, but we know very little about what he actually stands for. We know what he’s against.
At first glance I thought “he” was referring to Bernie and my brain started to melt.
On second read, I think you’re talking about Newsom. I hope you’re taking about Newsom.
Sadly Bernie’s brain has also started to melt. I’m a fan of the guy, but not a fan of him in the Senate any more.
LOL. Bernie wasn’t the candidate because, brace yourself, he is/was unpopular with the general public. Hillary lost because most people are morons and cannot think for themselves.
“When YOUR thing loses its because it sucks, but when MY thing loses its because everything else sucks.”
enlightened shit
There’s a whole psychology lecture contained in this comment.
The number of downvotes you received suggests to me that the general public disagrees with you.
Yeah +22 on Lemmy sucks. You got me.
20 hour old account doing nothing but tossing insults at people? Nothing of value to see here, folks. Block and move on.
Yeah, Bernie would have been bad for business for corpo dems, but the real reason inner party members picked HRC was to get her either up or out, then everyone in the Democratic party moves up one level.
Whether HRC won or lost, everyone below her in the pyramid would win.
Social democratic policies were also just not as popular in 2016 as they are now. In just a few weeks, a full decade will have passed since 2016.
In 2016, people more or less took American democracy for granted. The voters never knew about the danger that Trump’s ideology posed to the republic. This was following eight years of Obama, so right-wingers were thought of as fundamentally just people with bad policy ideas and not people intent on destroying democracy.
Only since then have people really started coming around to social democracy, democratic socialism, and other left-wing ideas. Over time, people have begun to realise, Bernie was right.
It really is too bad that Bernie is so old. He deserves a good retirement, but given the current political climate, he’s going to keep fighting for the working class until the bitter end.
Who is DWC?