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Hortense's avatar

Fire is fire. A controlled fire can help clear out the underbrush. An out of control fire burns down the forest, with no guarantee that the forest will grow back. Something else might grow back. It's the "let's burn it all down, with no thinking, crowd" that I find particularly dangerous, regardless of why they want to burn it down.

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Reldas's avatar

Bernie Sanders is a genuine patriot who has loved and served this country faithfully for decades. No scandals. No drama. A truly dedicated public servant and just a good human being.

Bernie would actually drain the swamp. The Oligarchs of this country would never allow it. They prefer to own their politicians like JD Vance and Clarence Thomas.

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Hortense's avatar

Yep. As you said before, some people fear Bernie more than Trump. I think some of this is due to people feeling like they are losing out and admire/want those who fight to keep their own stuff and maybe take someone else's. These guys might think that they will somehow benefit from proximity to these takers. Low/no concept of the common good.

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Art Kleiner's avatar

Bernie destroyed his own prospects by not joining the Democratic Party. You canтАЩt expect to be nominated as president of a rowboat if you wonтАЩt get inside the boat.

If he had joined the party heтАЩd have been president.

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Hortense's avatar

Yep.

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Art Kleiner's avatar

I mean leader of a rowboat.

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Kim M Murphy's avatar

IтАЩve never voted for Bernie but to include him in a paragraph with Trump is ludicrous.

Bernie helped move the US a little to the left, and thatтАЩs ok. I canтАЩt imagine thinking itтАЩs acceptable for people to earn $7.25/hour while working FT and trying to raise a family. Paying some attention to the climate is a worthwhile endeavor. And corporations are the devil.

I donтАЩt know how much longer weтАЩll have him. I hope itтАЩs a long time. HeтАЩs a treasure.

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