Why do you say that? I could perhaps be convinced, but at this point I don't see any reason to think that.
Bernie Sanders is a self-described socialist. His ideals dont align with the prevailing american values. It actually reminds me of how Kerry lost to Bush in the early 2000s largely because of his support for gay rights.
That's not exactly true. I recall an article in the Washington Post explaining that his propositions are actually supported by majority of Americans. Sanders is not a real socialist, he's just a New Deal Democrat.
The issue is that most of America isn't represented when it comes time to vote, only a small subset of people do, and those who do are not going to be voting for Sanders when it comes time to choose which Democrat to get behind.
Just because you told all the socialists in the USA that we're unpatriotic traitors and should shut the hell up, doesn't mean we stopped actually existing. And now we've got a candidate who stands for our views.
The Democrats obviously support socialized medicine, socialized education, wealth redistribution via high taxes, and significant regulation of private enterprise.
To me, that is the same as socialism, except perhaps in minor technicalities of implementation, which are relatively unimportant.
For instance, maybe a "true socialist" would favor the state owning enterprises, rather than massive tax-and-regulate, but to me, that is not an important difference.
Hence, as a rule of thumb, I consider all Democrats to be socialists.
So, I don't think Hillary or Obama is much different from Sanders, except that he is more bold and open and labels himself differently.
I am genuinely interested in your views on this. I'm not going to change your mind on politics, you're not going to change mine, that is not my goal here.
