I'm a huge Bernie supporter, so its disheartening for me to see this kind of anti-Sanders sentiment, especially when it comes from those who should be at least political allies. Nevertheless, I think it's important to hear other perspectives, if for no other reason than to better counter them.

Meriadoc:

Okay, but what's the point of having Hillary Clinton win if she doesn't support our beliefs? It's either having a batshit crazy right-wing nutjob passing conservatives policies, or a center-right democrat with a record of right policies passing conservative policies?

Yeah, 'socialist' isn't very palatable for some Americans, but 64% of Americans identify as progressive, they just don't vote. Most don't because they're jaded and there are no true progressive candidates. Among millennials, an overwhelming majority say they would at least vote for a socialist candidate. This isn't an issue of him being unelectable because of his beliefs, it's a matter of our bloc doesn't vote because they don't see representation. If we can actually get to a way to get young people to get to the polls, he could win in a landslide without question. This is a matter of the Democratic Party being spineless as fuck and not standing for their policies or beliefs, or flat out not having them, because they want to be palatable to the center and center-right. It pulls the country further and further to the right and off the deep end.


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