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Ok. Then I was explaining why it's not a "weird take." Because, you know... History.
It may not have been a weird take in the early 20th century. It's a weird take now.
It's literally an equivalent scenario.
Ah, of course. America's communist party should be trying to form a coalition government in Parliament this year. Literally equivalent.
Essentially, yes. Bernie Sanders caucuses with the DNC.
He does this because - it may surprise you to hear, but it's true - America does not have a parliamentary system of government. Here, everybody left-of-nazi is forced to pretend like they are all members of the same party. If America's system de facto allowed for more than two parties, then the progressive party could actually choose whether or not to form a coalition with the centrists, conditional on policy concessions. Since we do not, the centrists offer is "we get what we want or else you get nazis." Then make the progressives out to be the bad guys if they call the bluff, which isn't a bluff, because the centrists today genuinely would prefer 4 years of nazis over conceding anything to progressives.
So, exactly like the top level comment described. Weird take.
I'm just gonna not go down this particular propaganda bullshit rabbit hole again.
You're absolutely right: dismissing anything you don't want to hear as "propaganda bullshit" is a much easier way of having a discussion than participating.
Never mind, this just isn't worth my time.
OK, stranger.
Bernie isn't a socialist, social Democrat, it Democratic socialist, nor is any member of the squad.