I think Bernie Sanders owes the near success of his presidential campaign to the Republican party. When the Republican's started calling every social program they didn't like socialist, a lot of young people said "okay, socialism sounds cool".
You could probably make an argument that a lot of the modern progressive/socialist movement's …
I think Bernie Sanders owes the near success of his presidential campaign to the Republican party. When the Republican's started calling every social program they didn't like socialist, a lot of young people said "okay, socialism sounds cool".
You could probably make an argument that a lot of the modern progressive/socialist movement's appeal among young people can be traced back to the Obama era Republicans calling everything socialist, knee-caping the recovery from the 2009 crash, and shutting the government down repeatedly for funsies.
I think Bernie Sanders owes the near success of his presidential campaign to the Republican party. When the Republican's started calling every social program they didn't like socialist, a lot of young people said "okay, socialism sounds cool".
You could probably make an argument that a lot of the modern progressive/socialist movement's appeal among young people can be traced back to the Obama era Republicans calling everything socialist, knee-caping the recovery from the 2009 crash, and shutting the government down repeatedly for funsies.
I've often thought this.