• MataVatnik@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Democratic party sidelined Bernie and constantly sabotaged efforts to pass legislative reform that would benefit workers and the people. They were never an opposition party to authoritarian rule, they were part of the corporate regime that sometimes made concessions, and it was only when the constituents threw and absolute shit fit.

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      8 hours ago

      Outside of the DNC fuckery around Bernie’s 2016 run, he still didn’t win enough primaries.

      Yes, be mad at the DNC for that, but Bernie wasn’t a shoo-in by any stretch - he literally didn’t win enough votes from Democrats in the primaries.

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        1 hour ago

        I forgot which primary, but conservative democrats formed a coalition where everyone but Biden withdrew, forcing Bernie to split the vote with another progressive candidate .