...if Bernie loses it will not be an establishment conspiracy. Most people just don’t agree w/him or don’t feel he can win. And you can’t shame them into changing their minds on either. You have to demo electability w/turnout not just promise it. That’s how politics works.
And no he couldn’t win as a 3d party candidate...He would just ensure (or others like him) a GOP win every time. Some folks really don’t understand the American public & think most are progressive left like us — they aren’t. Only people in left bubbles think that shit. Wake up
And do not waste my time or your Twitter fingers saying “but this survey right here shows most ARE progressive.” That’s abstract. In elections the other side paints your free health care as a handout to “those people” and white folks follow them off a cliff. Real world...
We have to build support for left policy and it takes time, daily organizing and narrative crafting, not Magic Grandpa with crazy hands and amplitude...
Fact is folks are progressive on some things, far less on others. Most people aren’t that ideological. And they don’t trust people who are. That hurts us on the left too. And white progressivism typically extends only until white folks realize POC benefit equally or more
