How does this get accomplished? Bernie tried to promote a bunch of pro-worker/pro-labor policies, but clearly that didn't work. I also think all of the "Right Wing populist" stuff is phony and not actually true.

So what is the actual answer?

  • D61 [any]
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    3 years ago

    So, Bernie go to be the "good guy" but not the "practical guy" when he was running for president.

    Remember all the framing of Bernie's policies as "pie in the sky" or "everybody gets a free pony"? Yup, Bernie got to be the nice uncle that lets you stay up late to watch movies past bed time and looks the other way when he sees you sneaking cookies before dinner. But he didn't get to be the serious responsible adult.

    Having a large block of Dem party members who would actually stick to an agenda and vote as a block for pro worker policies would make it much harder to paint Bernie with the "he's a nice guy but impractical" brush. There would be more people so it would make those policies harder to paint as "pie in the sky" by media and detractors. Having a disciplined voting block who would actually make demands of other legislators and punish them for not failing to meet those demands could give the impression that there would be a reason to keep voting for those representatives.