Ryan Grim column

article by Krystal Kyle & Friends
Nov 06, 2024

  • MMNT@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Bernie is seen as a threat to wealthy democrats and their business interests.

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    He was literally the runner up in the Democrats last primary, he has a massively passionate following, and was one of the most pro Palestine candidates available. It’s kinda crazy how the idea wasn’t even floated.

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    14 days ago

    Yes he would have.

    The only problem is he didn’t.

    If you want to put it down to DNC hamstringing him, ok but primary after primary he didn’t win.

    I wish he had.

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      13 days ago

      In 2016 he surely did. That’s when the superdelegates were out in full force.

      In 2020 it was a much more concentrated backstage effort to hamstring his candidacy, from when they cheated the coin flip between he and Pete, orchestrated an embarrassing debate episode with CNN, and handed out favors to the more popular candidates to drop out and endorse Biden, who was never higher than 5th in popularity, only barely ahead of Mike Bloomberg.

      The Dems played dirty. They were sued in court for it and argued that it was their right, publicly.

      So, I don’t think it’s factual to pretend they ever won fair and square.

      The irony is that Sanders speaks so eloquently to workers and the poor, and he had widespread support among men, something the Dems have been losing to their detriment since 2008.

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      We definitely deserve Bernie. The rest of the world is run by Bernies. We deserve better. We all only get about 100 years on this rock, often less. We don’t deserve to put up with the slop we’ve been forced to pick between for the past 50 years.

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        A lot of the rest of the world has either been voting their Bernies away or is in the process to do so. Right wing populism is taking over many other countries as well, just look at Europe. Almost all countries here have either right wing governments or are drifting towards it at the moment.

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        The fact that we keep voting for this slop is why we don’t deserve someone as great as Bernie is, and yet he’s the man we need

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    14 days ago

    Deep Covert Social Media Propagabda Won.

    They managed to make president the most heinous person in history.

    I love Bernie, but he would not have stood a chance.

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    14 days ago

    Harris was the most identical candidate to Sanders possible in terms of voting record. By some measures she was more left of him.

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      Bernie served 18 years in the Senate and 16 in the House. Harris served 4 years in the Senate. Her voting record goes back less than one term, and it took place during the Trump administration, which means they would have been mostly symbolic votes. You can’t seriously compare that to a 34-year record of advocating for progressive legislation.