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Democrats Appear Paralyzed. Bernie Sanders Is Not. (jacobin.com)

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“Trumpism is not going to be defeated by inside-the-Beltway politicians,” he said.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml -4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Bernie lines up all the people who thought of leaving the Democrats and prevents them from organizing around an alternative.

Then when the next election comes Bernie tells them to unconditionally vote Democrat because they have no other choice.

Pied Piper Sanders.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

So then we vote in the next milqtoast neolib who doesn't meaningfully improve things in enough time to stop people from voting R again?

We need a leftist party and as long as the Neolibs are in control of the Democrats they will never allow that to happen.