Sad chapo hours
Sad chapo hours
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As much as I love the chapos, I never understood why they believed Bernie would ever move the needle. It's like they've never read basic theory.
Even if, miraculously, bernie would get elected, he'd be a lame duck at best, and only continue the trajectory of American empire, or get immediately assassinated as soon as he started fucking with the rich people's money.
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Bernie could have been a second FDR. He wasn't Lenin but he could have done a lot of good for a lot of people.
Of course now we know unfortunately our succdem grandpa is kind of a wimp. But we didn't know that in 2016.
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I highly, HIGHLY, doubt Bernie would be able to do anything. The levers of power in the western world are 100% in the hands of capital, with no real leftist movement to pose a threat to the ruling powers to influence anything.
Even back then, it was obvious for anyone who had read some basic Lenin.
Bernie's function was to coalesce all the strands of semi-leftist movements and strangle them in the crib.
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Either of those outcomes would have been wonderful radicalising moments for a ton of supporters though
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I feel this. :/
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Going back and listening to those live primary eps is real sad. Like they really were going all out and trying and caring and doing some genuinely real organizing, getting the whole crowd to sing Solidarity Forever like gd it really felt like a change was possible
I went to iowa for bernie, held a whole shit load of phone banks in chicago for him during the early primaries, and even canvassed during covid right up until he dropped.
Maybe Im a silly doomer but I really do feel like bernie was a once in a lifetime opportunity to get anything remotely different. AOC would be an "obama" type at best who promises a lot and delivers nothing.
I'll never forget how many people I called who said they were going to vote for a different primary candidate because "all the candidates agree with Bernie on his policies anyway"