They were only able to because of the way he went about it. He could have simply ordered the Department of Education to immediately forgive the loans and erase any record of the debt, and dared the SCOTUS to order him to create new debts (which he could simply ignore).

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Part of not being a dictator is not acting like it, you aren’t going to find a good person acting that way

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

You're not going to find a good person who puts following rules written to benefit the capitalist class above freeing people from crippling debt.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 41 minutes ago

Maybe you should hang around left wingers more

Being an evil person to get rid of evil just makes another evil person, you can believe you are good until you die but can you believe the person who comes after you will be?

MLK jr and Gandhi bettered life for their people without violence

[–] taxiiiii@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Probably, but I'd only believe that there is really nothing to be done once I see someone actually left-leaning attempt everything in their toolbox.

I believe Sanders would have tried to change as much as possible in the US. I also believe that he would have failed regarding a lot of things. Would have really liked to see him try though.