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?

  • L183R4L [any]
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    3 years ago

    "Chose" is doing a ton of work here. Canvassing for Bernie, I heard so much outlandish shit about what he was going to do or how it was going to negatively impact them (almost exclusively working class people living in some not great areas) personally. If elections were somehow fair and only facts were given to the voters AND it was made readily available and easily understandable and Bernie still lost then yeah the voters chose this, but there were innumerable instances of Democrats, Republicans, and the media at large (samepicture.jpg) straight up lying about what would happen under a Bernie presidency that I'd be surprised if 1/10th of registered Democrats could tell you the actual difference between Bernie and Joe Biden

    • MathVelazquez [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      The majority of voters in the 2020 South Carolina primary thought that Biden was pro medicare for all. The media really does control elections.