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Bernie Sanders and AOC’s Rallies Can Become a Mass Movement (jacobin.com)

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[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Liberals are reactionaries who wish to return to a former status quo. Leftists wish to move forward to a better status quo. They want opposing things.

Bernie & AOC, while more progressive than most liberals, are still liberals.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

who wish to return to a former status quo.

That sounds more like conservatives to me.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Exactly. Liberals and conservatives are two sides of the same coin. They simply disagree about what status quo to return to, and who is acceptable to exploit.

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Bernie is a self avowed Socialist

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

By his own words, he is not. He is a democratic socialist. He beliefs in reform of capitalism, rather than moving to a better system entirely.