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Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by bdamm on Thursday May 25, 2023 @04:34PM (#36075824)
Nah; the 2016 election saw many "leftists" that were dedicated to Sanders go on to vote for Trump.
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by wk_end on Thursday May 25, 2023 @04:40PM (#36075907)
I know establishment Dems liked to whine about that, but is there any evidence that this actually happened in meaningful numbers?
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by mrguyorama on Thursday May 25, 2023 @04:49PM (#36076026)
Talk to Bernie Bros
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by WhatWorkingOn on Thursday May 25, 2023 @05:25PM (#36076446)
I and many other people I know did. I saw Sanders get snubbed and schemed against by the DNC, to the point where Hillary got the questions ahead of time. So many gaffes in this campaign between two "equal" Democratic candidates that we just don't talk about anymore.

No, I refuse to play that game and I'd rather burn the place to the ground and suffer together than walk willingly to my own execution.

Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by dekhn on Thursday May 25, 2023 @05:33PM (#36076541)
cool anecdote bernie bro
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by singleshot_ on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:07PM (#36076934)
“I think I should have more of my richer neighbors’ money and if I don’t get it I’ll vote for trump ahaha” isn’t the own that you probably think it is, but this is very illustrative nevertheless.
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by smolder on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:43PM (#36077364)
Thanks. I've never met a single person who flopped from Sanders to Trump. I can't for the life of me figure out how you'd make that leap. I thought that the stories about people doing that were mostly BS, but I guess there are a few of you out there, assuming you didn't make this account to LARP as a Bernie turned Trump voter.
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by graublau on Thursday May 25, 2023 @04:59PM (#36076152)
"Drain the swamp" leftists are separate category to DSA members and almost nonexistent post-COVID (RFK JR. maybe). Is this beyond explanation why someone would do that?
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by nonethewiser on Thursday May 25, 2023 @05:22PM (#36076397)
Sanders is Marxist?
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by kodah on Thursday May 25, 2023 @05:46PM (#36076675)
I think there's a good amount of debate in leftist circles whether Sanders is actually a global leftist or if he's just an American progressive. The two are categorically unalike, which would agree with other comments that any form of Democrat and Republican are just symbiotes attached to the same thing.
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by HPsquared on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:16PM (#36077040)
That's the "insider/outsider" thing. Trump is a rightist outsider, Bernie a leftist outsider. Both are favoured by "anti-establishment" types.
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by asdff on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:27PM (#36077182)
Trump merely coopted the fig leaf of outsider to sway voters, since he did get full support of the GOP establishment unlike Sanders.
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by graublau on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:26PM (#36078248)
How is he? Literally campaigned on turning US into EU/Scandinavia? Anti-establishment is the going currency, you could say the same for Biden's rhetoric.