Lol that shit was wild.
I remember when they were all standing behind podiums on TV and instead pushing back against Bernie being like "Yo y don't we have healthcare" they just criticized the bigger evil instead to make themselves look progressive in comparison.
Where have we seen that before?
Lmao check this shit Politico was putting out: Politico: Thank you, Mike Bloomberg, for rescuing the debate
Why am I talking about the 2020 Primary? Because for me this was the moment I stopped believing in western electoralism. The way both Corbyn and Sanders were treated by their own parties for such mild leftism proved to me without a shadow of a doubt that both major parties are so interested in maintaining capitalism that they would do anything to crush even moderate progressives and leftists from straying too far from the right.
I'd always had my suspicions, but that's when it fully cemented to me that "Oh, the west isn't a democracy, whoever gets to run is completely decided by the two major parties that are both capitalist extremists. Even minor good things will never happen while they still exist to kill it before it hatches."
my parents lived through 2020, nodded along at everything I said then, and all it took was watching some Bill Maher and now they don't seem to remember any of that shit
The US ruling class has mastered the art of controlling it's people through propaganda
Tbf if you have any sort of financial comfort in burgerland you don't WANT to have to see the truth. Bill Maher just gave them permission to look away