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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Bernie would have whooped trump in 2016. Shame the dnc decided to change the rules the day of to avoid a split ticket or God forbid, supporting the actually viable candidate.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

Bernie would have whooped trump in 2016. Shame the dnc decided to change the rules the day of to avoid a split ticket or God forbid, supporting the actually viable candidate.

DNC/DCCC isn't exactly in the business of winning elections. If it comes between winning an election and BAU (they'd rather have a republican they can 'work' with), they pick BAU. They'll happily (and have) fund Republicans over Progressives.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sanders, God love him, was not going to be electable. Had they run him, Trump would have picked up the whole of the big fat moderate lump in the middle of the bell curve.

Exactly like Boris Johnson did when he ran against Jeremy Corbyn. The capitalists simply won't allow socialists to win in this environment.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sanders, God love him, was not going to be electable. Had they run him, Trump would have picked up the whole of the big fat moderate lump in the middle of the bell curve.

This is simply false, and the same consistent misunderstanding of real politic that keeps the DNC on the struggle bus.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

By the same logic Trump would not have been considered viable. See how that played out.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Sanders, God love him, was not going to be electable.

Literally every single poll says otherwise. We'll never know for certain, but there's much more evidence to support a Sanders victory than a Sanders loss, and claiming that Trump would have picked up enough moderates to win is baseless speculation.