1/I've been thinking back on the Bernie movement this week. And I felt it was time for a retrospective.
So let's talk about that movement, and what it was, and how it changed our country, and how it failed to change our country.
noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-bernie-m…
So let's talk about that movement, and what it was, and how it changed our country, and how it failed to change our country.
noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-bernie-m…
3/And even the "centrist" Biden is putting forward the boldest, most progressive legislative agenda since...LBJ?
washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
4/So although Bernie lost the election, he seems to have moved the Overton Window to the left -- exactly as he and many of his supporters hoped.
5/It's important that we understand how radical Bernie really was -- at least, in his 2020 campaign.
Many of his proposals went far beyond Europe's policies. Even in Europe, Bernie would be solidly leftist. In America, he was truly radical.
Many of his proposals went far beyond Europe's policies. Even in Europe, Bernie would be solidly leftist. In America, he was truly radical.
6/Radical policy programs rarely win at the ballot box. And Bernie had to have known this. But sometimes, radical programs force the center-left to move leftward. And Bernie did accomplish this!
7/Of course, Bernie doesn't deserve sole credit for this. The country was long overdue for a leftward economic shift. And the COVID-19 pandemic, Donald Trump's failures, and Elizabeth Warren all had something to do with it too.
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