When you've lost, and when the DNC is committed to marching people to the polls in a pandemic the longer you hold out, what would a stand accomplish besides literally killing people?
The question here is similar: what might realistically be gained, and how much suffering would the attempt cause?
those would also cause him to become a spent force, politically. The man has had a long career and the reason he has is because he capitulates when he needs to. You may not like it, but you can go support all the other leftist politicians who didn't and don't have careers anymore instead
if I thought bernie suicide bombing the DNC to no affect would advance the cause of the working class I'd be right on board with you but seeing as we're still getting gains from his advocacy I'd say him not having done that years ago was a good thing, as now
Running as an independent wouldn't have won. It's highly likely it would have spawned decades of bitterness towards the left, too -- look how long Ralph Nader was used to browbeat spoiler candidates.
Sometimes there are no good options. That's what losing gets you.
the shit was rigged from the start. i love the guy but if he couldn't see that it was rigged he's fuckin blind. if he wanted to actually have an impact on how things are he should have endorsed a third party, and when people blamed him for trump's victory he should have said "fuck yeah we did that, and if you don't move left we'll do it again."
When you've lost, and when the DNC is committed to marching people to the polls in a pandemic the longer you hold out, what would a stand accomplish besides literally killing people?
The question here is similar: what might realistically be gained, and how much suffering would the attempt cause?
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Aren't there "sore loser laws" that prevent this sort of thing?
those would also cause him to become a spent force, politically. The man has had a long career and the reason he has is because he capitulates when he needs to. You may not like it, but you can go support all the other leftist politicians who didn't and don't have careers anymore instead
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Why would I care more about Bernie's career than the trajectory of towards power for the working class lmao
if I thought bernie suicide bombing the DNC to no affect would advance the cause of the working class I'd be right on board with you but seeing as we're still getting gains from his advocacy I'd say him not having done that years ago was a good thing, as now
Running as an independent wouldn't have won. It's highly likely it would have spawned decades of bitterness towards the left, too -- look how long Ralph Nader was used to browbeat spoiler candidates.
Sometimes there are no good options. That's what losing gets you.
Death to Neoliberals tbh
the shit was rigged from the start. i love the guy but if he couldn't see that it was rigged he's fuckin blind. if he wanted to actually have an impact on how things are he should have endorsed a third party, and when people blamed him for trump's victory he should have said "fuck yeah we did that, and if you don't move left we'll do it again."
He could have, at the very least, not continued campaigning for Biden after the fact.
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This comment is why the left sucks.