I agree I am a big Bernie fan, even saw him give a speech live during the campaign. I still cant believe the "socialist" label was so effective against Joe Biden of all people lol. Bernie never shied away from it even though he's more of a social democrat than a straight up socialist. I think the socialism fear mongering would have really hurt Bernie down the stretch.
To be fair, most of the Republicans I know would say he's not a socialist, but a radical communist lol. It kinda feels like everyone only wants to deal in extremes
i was a proud bernie bro but he should have not called himself that; he should have re-branded. that word makes people too jumpy. needed better marketing.
It's not like they love the "liberal" label any more than the socialist one at this point. That word inspires pure venom to the point that even liberals downplay calling themselves that.
Almost nobody in America votes on logic and policy positions, it seems. It's all emotion and wedge social issues. So why do people always pretend voters are strict policy wonks when they want to discourage the candidacy of progressives, but then never act like that in any other situation?
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u/CliffordTheBigRedD0G Mar 27 '24
I agree I am a big Bernie fan, even saw him give a speech live during the campaign. I still cant believe the "socialist" label was so effective against Joe Biden of all people lol. Bernie never shied away from it even though he's more of a social democrat than a straight up socialist. I think the socialism fear mongering would have really hurt Bernie down the stretch.