• ElectricMonk [she/her,undecided]
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    4 years ago

    Obama 2.0

    That’s not giving enough credit, Obama didn’t campaign on anything as radical (for septics) as Medicare For All, free college, Green New deal, actually taxing the rich etc

    • Coca_Cola_but_Commie [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I agree. Not that it matters, but if anything Bernie was an FDR 2.0. The reestablishment of the welfare state (which, compared to the amount of money the capitalist class has really is a small concession) in order to save liberal democracy from fascism/destabilization/socialist-primacy-in-the-remaing-three-quarters-of-the-21st-century (save my people, Xi, I beg you).

      Assuming Bernie could've made good on any of his plans.

    • RandomWords [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      obama ran on a pretty progressive platform actually, he just didn't deliver like anything he promised. he ran on cutting emissions by 80% by 2050, regulating corporations, public option, raising minimum wage...

      he just never did any of it.

      • blobjim [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Except Obama is a CIA asset, and Bernie is an actual socialist.

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Maybe at some point, but not now. He's just one of the few who didn't have their humanity ground to pulp by the machine. He would have listened to the machine if he got into power, maybe putting up resistance and getting us some concessions here and there, but he was never a solution.