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Did Bernie Sanders ruin the possibility for mass movements to manifest in the near future? (hexbear.net)
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Or was it Biden's victory and liberal's exhaustion with politics in a Trump-era world?

I can't help but wonder if the presence of a Democrat in the presidency just sort of pacifies liberal, left, and radical mass movements and mobilization.

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[โ€“] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and pipelined them into more revolutionary left ideologies.

It's a sad state of affairs if affordable healthcare, fair wages, and education are considered revolutionary ideas.

[โ€“] Tachanka@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"pipelining" as in they realized social democracy doesn't work because it is just crumbs from the table of the ruling class and therefore went beyond that