It's interesting because the idpolwhatever thread has a discussion about how Marx is usually taken as pushing for revolution rather than long-term change, and Sanders seems like one of the revolutionary interpretation folks.
As I've said, I like the stuff he was going on about a lot more than Clinton, I like Bill more than Hillary, he works the southern drawl charm-your-panties-off thing very well, he's sleazy but likeable anyways.
Hillary was clearly going to be the nominee after a certain point, though, and all the "he's pushing for leverage" arguments you can find don't change that he's helping divide and weaken the opposition to Trump. Berners need to get over it, there won't be a magical socialist revolution this year, I know, I'm bummed too, but hurting Hillary is literally helping Trump at this point, isn't it?
I'm not sure there is any overlap between "undecided about Hillary" and "fuck yeah, Emperor Trump" voters, but I'm pretty sure there are a lot of "may as well vote for Johnson or M. Mouse" voters in the former chunk.
Someone who actually cared about stopping Trump would have endorsed four months ago and taken the fall for fuckups like this.
This would be a fair enough reason for Bernie to fall in line like a good little democrat, but I hope you realize it's also a incredibly sad and fucked up reason. "We don't matter. The important point is that we stop the other guy. Any one who's not with us supports trump."
The sad fact is, it's not inaccurate. But at the same time it's so fucked up that refusing to go along with it is, I feel at least, worth the price. At least sometimes.
One guaranteed seat on the Supreme Court, with two possible openings in the next few years is worth how much, I wonder?
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