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[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

It wasn't just Debbie, she just took the fall, it was the democratic party doing what's best for the democratic party. Bernie wanted to tear down Super PACs, better to lose than to let him win and ruin that money. I think we forget that even when one side is likely to be drastically better for us, that doesn't mean that either side is always necessarily good.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Oh I’m certain there’s plenty of corruption in even the most altruistic facets of politics. You’re right that she took the fall, but I also read plenty of concerns from other members of the DNC that challenged her firm stance against Bernie. To your point though, she wasn’t likely acting alone.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

I think more democracy is better. Which post 2016 the Democrats did make the primary more democratic. Sanders still lost fair and square both times. Even in 2016 Sanders didn't face anything substantially different than Obama did in 2008. By rights the Democrat party doesn't have to let anyone run as a Democrat either. If they feared him they didn't have to let him run. Hell, till the 1970s they didn't even hold primaries as we recognize them. So your claims don't really make sense.

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