If Americans were offered a genuine alternative to the neoliberal system of economics for that for the last 40 years has put corporate profits before their health and well-being, I think that they would take it.
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They were offered something better in 2016...and again in 2020 and both times were too afraid to take the leap ...that and the corporate machine manipulated the outcome
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Replying to @Globalfrog1
I don’t think people were too afraid to take the leap; as you said, they were denied the chance to vote for him. All the polls said Bernie would have beaten Trump.

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I agree the corporate machine denied them the chance, but ultimately its up to the voter to get informed and pull the lever ....they were informed (certainly in 2016) and simply didn't turn up in enough numbers... Its all about education, and you certainly provide this ...
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If the DNC had kept their fingers off the scale in the 2016 primary, I don’t know if Hillary or Bernie would have won it. But either way, people would have felt it was a fair election, they would have shown up to vote for the winner, and Trump would never have been president.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @Globalfrog1
The wave of American progressives led by Bernie in 2020 was stronger than the wave of 2016 and a historic opportunity for real change for the better. I supported Bernie's campaign by the hour in 2019. The shock of his waiver to the Dems Corporates on Mar 15, 2019 is unforgettable