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Democrats Appear Paralyzed. Bernie Sanders Is Not. (jacobin.com)

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“Trumpism is not going to be defeated by inside-the-Beltway politicians,” he said.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

none of the people critiquing Bernie have offered up a tangible suggestion for what Bernie should be doing instead, rather just pointing out how ineffective they feel Bernie is.

People reacting to activism, in a nutshell.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Defense mechanism

That way they feel less bad about doing nothing themselves