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FormerHoagie t1_j82ta15 wrote

The vast majority of the left were never going to support Sanders. He did a lot to raise awareness, and still does, but most people don’t want radical change. Maybe because nothing works out like you expect it will. People with great jobs and healthcare plans didn’t want the same healthcare as the poors. That’s the crux of if. They also expect the police to protect their neighborhoods but aren’t really concerned about who gets shot in North Philadelphia. Sanders was an affront to White Privilege. If you think your love of his socialist views is going to make a difference, you are wrong. 100% of Republicans and 70% of Democrats are not on that train, or they will jump before it reaches the station. Americans just don’t like to be equal, even when they are poor.

Even if by some miracle he became President. Congress would not have supported his plans. Newsflash, the president really doesn’t have that much power. His agenda wouldn’t have been passed.

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psilosophist t1_j83q7i8 wrote

Who are you defining as “the left” here? Or rather what’s your definition of “left”? Like actual anti capitalists or just run of the mill “socially liberal, economically conservative” liberals?

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FormerHoagie t1_j87b85p wrote

Yep…all in the same tent. I’ve yet to meet an anti-capitalist who wasn’t socially liberal but that’s anecdotal I suppose.

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MRichards18 t1_j849inm wrote

Very in-the-box thinking, just like you’re told.

There was a reason the DNC didn’t want Bernie to win and it wasn’t simply “because he wasn’t going to win.” They were afraid of how he’d shake up the norms and halt their corporate ties. In hindsight, since Hilldawg lost, maybe they should have let him have a go and bad orange man would have never been in office.

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FormerHoagie t1_j87de77 wrote

Clinton won the key primary states. California, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida and Texas. Clinton was a bad candidate but the numbers were still in her favor and she was most likely to win. Not a DNC conspiracy to prevent Sanders.

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pleeplious t1_j88x4y9 wrote

It most definitely was a conspiracy. Did you read the emails sent from Donna brazielle

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pleeplious t1_j88xi29 wrote

So many predictions. Jesus. Look at Zelensky for example. No one could have predicted this for his presidency. We have absolutely no way to know how a Bernie presidency would play out. What I do know is that Hillary wasn’t the right candidate because she LOST TO DONALD TRUMP. That’s how bad she was.

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magicmurph t1_j899tv7 wrote

Bernie 1000% would have won in a landslide, it's no question. It's not even up for debate, it's fully accepted.

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