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Did Bernie Sanders ruin the possibility for mass movements to manifest in the near future? (hexbear.net)
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Or was it Biden's victory and liberal's exhaustion with politics in a Trump-era world?

I can't help but wonder if the presence of a Democrat in the presidency just sort of pacifies liberal, left, and radical mass movements and mobilization.

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[โ€“] daisy@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

His primary loss in 2016 really drove home the fact that the US political establishment would never tolerate even the milquetoast of socdems achieving high office.

[โ€“] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Henry Wallace and McCarthy faced this before him. Libs still act like their precious elections are the key to achieving real progress. They'll never learn.