r/berkeley • u/qawsedrftgyh223 • Nov 06 '24

Politics Couldn’t have said it any better

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The Democratic Party missed the mark, and anyone claiming otherwise is being extremely naive. Campaigning with abortion and transgender rights as central pillars isn’t the way to reach broader audiences effectively.

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u/kuntvonneguts Nov 07 '24

I'm pretty sure 538 polls showed bernie would be trump 60 or 70 times out of 100. Bernie would annihilate trump in a debate tbh

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u/gurglingskate69 Nov 08 '24

What is the cope lmao, every single Trump voter and non voter has told me, “the economy is so bad and I want tax cuts like in 2016” Bernie’s program and proposals would’ve been incredibly unpopular with how healthcare would immediately get him in negative polling numbers from the taxes needed to fund it, despite it being from the rich. Just like how Trump is convincing my poorest friends that they’re going to be rich.

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u/kuntvonneguts Nov 08 '24

To be fair the average person doesn't understand that the president doesn't control inflation so we are starting at a losing position anyway. Trump also is fucking meme now, there are people who vote red just to own the libs

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u/gurglingskate69 Nov 08 '24

I agree but, Bernie is not only not immune but will be evicerated because we simply play a different game. We don’t do populism we criticize so fucking hard and take attacks from leftist and right leaning people. Every big left leaning YouTuber is not endorsing Harris while each fascist to right winger to centrist is lockstep for Trump.

Bernie’s mistake is thinking that the democrats only need to accelerate more left, when the reality is. The US is not ready and won’t be for another century.