I forget who it was who said that Bernie had reached the point where he was popular enough to successfully get a seat at the table but not enough to get away with kicking it over And he's got a lot of people who'd settle for nothing less than that, which is a problemhttps://twitter.com/jowrotethis/status/1235090751865761792 …
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And the "political revolution" to follow All the centrist Democrats get primaried out of office, all the Republicans get overthrown once the red districts rediscover their sense of class consciousness, before ten years are up we have our brand new society
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If you seriously believed this was going to happen, then yes, any centrist Dem telling Bernie "Let's cut a deal" is a Mephistopheles trying to trick you into killing the revolution before it starts But in the real world, that might be the only way he takes office at all
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Arthur I think you're wrong on this. Trump came in as a deeply reviled nominee with no party trust and few allies, assumed office with a senate absolutely misaligned to his weird goals, and thanks to building a very loud (FAR from majority) movement he's conquered the entire GOP.
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The Democrats and the Republicans aren't symmetrical, opposite parties though
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