i just don't understand how he got to the point where he could have actually had some kind of impact on shit and didn't seize the fucking opportunity. all he had to do was run third party, and even if he fucking lost we'd still have a viable third party.
He is an institutionalist. Caucusing with Senate Dems gave him power, he can't then go about dismantling the very institution that got him to that point. He wanted to destroy the party without getting his hands dirty, but he should have just gone full bore and wrecked it. Of course the party was going to pull out all the stops. Hollow careerism replaced ideology, elected Dems don't believe in anything except themselves, so when Sanders comes along they see an existential threat to the party because they think 'I am the party!'.
i just don't understand how he got to the point where he could have actually had some kind of impact on shit and didn't seize the fucking opportunity. all he had to do was run third party, and even if he fucking lost we'd still have a viable third party.
Because he saw what they did to Paul Wellstone.
then why try in the first place
Because if he has a strong enough of a movement he can maybe get not Paul Wellstone'd.
not a chance. you're gonna get killed if you actually make the change. and he's in his 70s. he kinda flaked with the game on the line.
He is an institutionalist. Caucusing with Senate Dems gave him power, he can't then go about dismantling the very institution that got him to that point. He wanted to destroy the party without getting his hands dirty, but he should have just gone full bore and wrecked it. Of course the party was going to pull out all the stops. Hollow careerism replaced ideology, elected Dems don't believe in anything except themselves, so when Sanders comes along they see an existential threat to the party because they think 'I am the party!'.