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Sanders Slams 'Big Money Interests' and Consultants That Control Democratic Party After Loss to Trump
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Unfortunately, Bernie fought tooth and nail for this status quo over the last 4 years. I agree with the sentiment, the Dems have to go, but Bernie is acting as a sheepdog.
Or he's a pragmatist who is concerned with both harm reduction and the likely reality that the only takeaway that Democrats will ever have from losing an election to someone right wing is that Democrats need to go even further to the right to win.
If leftists give the impression that nothing will ever be good enough for them then
I personally believe that if the Democrats had taken on a progressive populist anti-genocide platform they would have won the election handsomely, but I am left with no way to empirically prove that to anyone because so many leftists opt out of voting entirely.
I think a lot of people are irrationally scared of "socialism" and "handouts". If a party was like "we're going to take some of the ultra wealthy's stuff and use it to build free housing, health care, transit, and public spaces" they'd be like "no that's communism I'd rather live in a box eating lead paint than get a government handout"