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So-called socialist Bernie Sanders urges left to back President Biden for reelection
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
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Did you think Bernie was going to support Trump?
False dichotomy. You don't need to support Trump to oppose warmonger Biden and the Democratic Party.
This is what happens when US ~~democracy~~ fascism only allows its slaves to choose between the modern day equivalent of Hitler and Mussolini.
And we can't even tell which one is Hitler and which one is Mussolini.
Except it isn't, because this is literally what FPTP enforces, especially with just two large parties. You must vote "against" what you hate least, lest they win the election.
The American electoral system enforces mediocrity.
There aren't two parties, there is only one corporate uniparty. Hence no matter who wins the same warmongering, imperialist, neoliberal, anti-worker policies continue.
And I detest them both equally. 'Smiling' foxes on one side, and slavering wolves on the other.
whoever wins, we lose. wasting energy on either of them is a fool's errand.
Hello, go fuck yourself.
It would be great if he went full joker mode and used all of his media appearances to call for the immediate violent overthrow of the US government, but I don't think he's going to make that turn.
He could have, at the bare minimum, used the leverage he had coming out of the primaries to try to affect the democrats platform to some degree. It would have been a drop in the bucket honestly, but the bucket is bone dry. Instead he just spat on everyone who supported him and threw everything in behind Biden of all people.
His message may have been one part of my early radicalization process, and I am thankful for that, but he's never truly cared about anything except funneling stray liberals who have been just a bit too left for the party's liking.
I was surprised he was still alive