I kinda agree with Christman's take. Bernie's presidency was always destined to be a "failure" in terms of passing legislation. There's just too many bulwarks and safeguards in place to prevent the kind of revolutionary reform he wanted and he never had the kind of control of the party he would have needed to override them.
The big hail Mary hope of Bernie's presidency is that if he had won: the combination of him being stymied from pursuing those policies combined with his willingness to burn bridges and make his case to the public and encourage and help lead strike action (potentially resulting in his assassination if you're that pilled) might have done a speed run on forcing a party realignment.
I kinda agree with Christman’s take. Bernie’s presidency was always destined to be a “failure” in terms of passing legislation. There’s just too many bulwarks and safeguards in place to prevent the kind of revolutionary reform he wanted and he never had the kind of control of the party he would have needed to override them.
Ok but executive actions alone could help millions.
Hot take: if a left-winger ever actually became president and really started going wild with his pen you'd suddenly see all those supposed safeguards and checks on power kick in immediately.
I kinda agree with Christman's take. Bernie's presidency was always destined to be a "failure" in terms of passing legislation. There's just too many bulwarks and safeguards in place to prevent the kind of revolutionary reform he wanted and he never had the kind of control of the party he would have needed to override them.
The big hail Mary hope of Bernie's presidency is that if he had won: the combination of him being stymied from pursuing those policies combined with his willingness to burn bridges and make his case to the public and encourage and help lead strike action (potentially resulting in his assassination if you're that pilled) might have done a speed run on forcing a party realignment.
Instead: turns out there's no shortcuts.
Ok but executive actions alone could help millions.
Maybe....
Hot take: if a left-winger ever actually became president and really started going wild with his pen you'd suddenly see all those supposed safeguards and checks on power kick in immediately.
The parliamentarian’s shock troops would storm the Oval Office