Like I can imagine him enthusiastically siding with protesters could have either turned all centrist off, or perhaps galvanized the population into rabid support. There'd be actual optimism in the air. There'd be a groundswell and a gameplan.
Or chuds might have felt extra threatened and started accelerationist, captial murder sprees.
Covid? RBG? Post office? West coast fires?
I think Corbyn has shown us that if by some chance a lefty does come to lead a nominally "big tent" liberal-to-left party, the right wing of that big tent would be happy to burn it down with them in it so long as it hurts the left too.
yep, Corbyn was the canary for us in that way. No doubt in my mind you'd have Nancy Pelosi on TV saying things like "Of course I support the nominee... but we must be wary of embracing a different kind of Dangerous Radicalism" and that sort of passive aggressive stuff.
yes hello, im calling from the abyssal zone neighborhood grill, mariana trench location, again, could you please come pick up the bar you left here? we cant just keep this thing here forever!
Tbh I don't think it'd even be that dramatic. With what we now know about his character he'd probably make some weak statement about opposing the status quo while asking protestors go respect private property and turn both sides off.
When people think "what happens if my workplace shuts down or I get sick?" there would have at least been someone there giving a real fucking answer.
Feeling pretty good honestly. Been really mild, and quarantine is literally nothing to me since I was already pretty reclusive and careful about like, not getting my coughs and sneezes everywhere. Hopefully it clears up with nobody else here catching it.
If a non-corporate candidate ever wins the democratic primary they'll commit suicide by shooting themselves multiple times in the back of the head and will pledge their support to the most corporate candidate in their suicide note.
The protests may not have gone on as long/as disruptive if people believed there was someone who would lead and confront these issues, though Bernie's "cops need more money and training" response would have gone over like a lead balloon.
The party would not unite behind him, so it would be up to his supporters to recruit a bigger pool of supporters. I really do think the Democrats would rather lose with Biden than win with Bernie.
I don't know if chuds actually know the difference politically between Biden and Sanders, they smear Biden like a socialist anyway, not sure if they'd have to do anything differently for Bernie.
In conclusion, this country is too stupid and evil to ever get good things.
Bernie would have tempered his rhetoric. He would be siding with the Dems you hate right now. His presidency would have been largely just one giant lame duck session. There's not much a nominee can do before they're elected other than give opinions. He would also have to continue working in the Senate so his positions would be the exact same as now.
The downvotes lol, must have really rustled some jimmies with your last post.
I'm curious who he'd have picked for VP. The DNC at gunpoint would have probably forced someone like Susan Rice.
I'm running in a local election as a Democrat (yes, fuck me) and some Democrats are running a write-in candidate against me. I'm not saying I'm Bernie, but I have little doubt that a third-party neoliberal would have run a campaign against him that would have plastered every single screen with advertising 24/7.
Who care? I thought this site hated idealists, and "wot if a different guy won, tho" sure seems like idealism.
