It saddens me that no one tried to make a third party with Sanders at the helm with the momentum he got in 2014/15, it should had been possible to snatch like a third of the democratic party members
Once they’d unveil actual social democratic policies, some Republican representatives would swap over. As such policies are widely favoured by the American public and has been for a few decades - Nobody is however offering them
2016 would still had been Trump, but 2020 could had been Sanders (or ideally a younger energetic 40 year old) and social democratic reforms
I think a 3rd party would have just cemented republican control of everything. Bernie knew that. It’s better to try to take over the Democratic Party with his idea. He was playing the long game. I still have hope though.
I understand MAGA managed to take over the Republican party, but you need funding. Big oligarchical levels of funding to be able to take over a primary party - It was the highway or no way
It saddens me that no one tried to make a third party with Sanders at the helm with the momentum he got in 2014/15, it should had been possible to snatch like a third of the democratic party members
Once they’d unveil actual social democratic policies, some Republican representatives would swap over. As such policies are widely favoured by the American public and has been for a few decades - Nobody is however offering them
2016 would still had been Trump, but 2020 could had been Sanders (or ideally a younger energetic 40 year old) and social democratic reforms
I think a 3rd party would have just cemented republican control of everything. Bernie knew that. It’s better to try to take over the Democratic Party with his idea. He was playing the long game. I still have hope though.
I understand MAGA managed to take over the Republican party, but you need funding. Big oligarchical levels of funding to be able to take over a primary party - It was the highway or no way