“Trumpism is not going to be defeated by inside-the-Beltway politicians,” he said.
He’s also an 83 year old white man, and we learned with Biden that the democrats don’t like that.
I don’t think he has a huge base of people asking him to run for president again. Even being a Bernie bro, I know his chance for that passed back in 2020. Hopefully, we as a society will be ready for the next person who takes up the fight.
Between the two, I like Sanders more…but I want to see AOC on the ballot, not him. And I won’t pretend it’s not ageism - I am so tired of old people running the country.
If AOC was president, Sanders would surely get an important role and continue to do great work. The presidency is a LOT of work, it ages you fast.
Oh look. Age suddenly matters again now that we’re talking about an old progressive.
Biden won because he wasn’t progressive in the slightest. It’s a sad truth.
If you can’t see the cognitive differences between these two then… You might be Joe Biden.
Bernie has been mobilized to do what he always does: re-direct activist energy into the Democratic Party so they can snuff it out (and bring in donations).
He is actively working against progress, while pretending to work for it.
Ascribing malice to Bernie is a very dubious (read: wrong) claim, but unfortunately in terms of results that’s basically what’s happening. Working within the two-party system is never going to produce material results.
Then you should look up footage of how Bernie treats people to his left, and attacks activists for asking him why he’s not keeping his promises.
This dude is 100% right.
It may not be why Bernie does it but it’s why they allow him to exist. He is a pressure release valve so people angry enough to do something can follow him instead of Luigi.
Then, when the primaries are rigged against him the DNC leadership can say look, you lost fair and square! voters don’t want progress and continue serving the rich.
Meanwhile, liberals, progressives, leftists, and everything not pro fascists blame each other for losing an election that was stolen.
https://electiontruthalliance.org/clark-county%2C-nv
https://www.kkoh.com/2025/01/21/nv-sos-launches-investigations-into-election-fraud/
Around 3/4ths of theft in this country is wage theft by corporations that will never be punished. They steal trillions from us while we would be jailed for a loaf of bread in some jurisdictions.
Inflation paired with wage suppression is class warfare in a battle of attrition. Liberals that refuse to raise taxes on corporations or wages for workers just legitimize exploitation.
The perma stun proceeds as planned
well that is Bernie’s role.
Act the part full of piss and vinegar and eventually tell you to vote for the fimal corporate dem.
Don’t get mad at Bernie because the people won’t act. He can say the most correct, moral and ethical things imaginable; it doesn’t mean shit until people stand up and fight for it.
And since we’re considering roles, what’s yours? To piss on any and every semblance of progress because it doesn’t meet your exact moral criteria? lol
Come on, he’s almost gone. I admire him, but it’s sad to watch.