• okamiueru@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Sanders sure seemed to have the right mindset for most important issues. Would have loved to have seen that alternate reality in 2016.

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      1 year ago

      It just shows how much the system is rigged. Less likeable and less popular Hillary sabotaged his campaign allowing trump to win. Even if Bernie did win and started making positive change I wouldn’t be surprised if he got whacked like JFK.

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        1 year ago

        Unfortunately, I don’t think that Bernie would have been able to make as much of an impact as he wanted. Congress is more responsible for long term changes than the president and Bernie’s ideals are left of most of the Democratic party, so I don’t think they would have been as cooperative as he/we would have liked.

        Also, if he was elected, we still would have elected the oldest president ever. I’d rather our government wasn’t a retirement home.

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        1 year ago

        Unless we get enough legislators that share Sanders’ positions, him being president is a waste.

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          Except that’s not going to happen because the corporate lobbyists that fund most winning campaigns for both parties would never allow it.

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            This is why Lenin calls liberal democracy the best possible shell for capitalism - a single or small group of people can’t change the system. The power is split up enough that capitalism stays in power, but concentrated enough that capital can control it.

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        1 year ago

        I frankly consider him just another fraudulent sheepdog. He’s tailor-made to round up burgeoning defectors to lasso them back under the Big Tent­™ what with the origin story his supporters peddle around about his involvement in the Civil Rights movement.