Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday accused the Democratic Party of largely ignoring the priorities of the working class and pointed to that as the biggest reason for why it lost control of th…

Summary

Bernie Sanders criticizes the Democratic Party for neglecting the working class, leading to their recent election losses.

He highlights issues like economic inequality, job displacement, healthcare costs, and foreign policy as key concerns for the American people.

Sanders questions whether the Democratic leadership will address these issues or remain beholden to big money interests.

  • untorquer@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    50/50 on that one. It’s just as likely they keep an opposition party to keep up appearances as many dictators do and have sham elections.

      • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
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        7 days ago

        If we’re talking about a distinction without a difference then we can admit that America is a one-party state that only pretends to be a two-party system.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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          7 days ago

          No, sorry, I can’t admit that Hillary Clinton would have picked the same sort of SCOTUS justices that Trump picked, the ones that did things like end legal abortion nationwide.

          I also can’t admit that Trump would have appointed Lena Khan to any sort of powerful economic position.

          And I certainly can’t admit that Republicans had an infrastructure program considering they had four years to come up with one and never did.

          • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
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            7 days ago

            But you have to admit that RBG didn’t step down during Obama’s term, that they let Republicans keep Merrick Garland out of the SC and gave them that seat, that they didn’t put Roe v. Wade into law during any of the chances they had to do so.

            Admit that they were excited about Cheney and Bush’s kids giving an endorsement and never even bothered putting Sanders on stage at a campaign rally.

            Admit that their presidential candidate underperformed the abortion-legalizing state ballot measures in every state that had one.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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              7 days ago

              See my edit:

              Edit: If you want to say that the U.S. has two major political parties, one is center-right and the other is far right, I won’t disagree. But that’s a different issue.

              You telling me what I need to admit has nothing to do with your initial claim that it has only pretended to be a two party system. Do not move the goalposts.