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America must not surrender its Democratic values | Bernie Sanders (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There's not a whole hell of a lot that's new here, but it's important to remember that if you're not recognizing the country we've known, colonialist and imperialist as it's been over the years, you're not alone.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

None of what is available to us is good. I would prefer a Bernie over a Trump anyday sure but someone like Bernie would simply be killed if they tried to affect profits too much. Never let them convince you that electing the better guy is a solution to systemic issues. Things might get marginally better for US citizens with the slightly less bad guy but our elected representatives are beholden to the capitalists, not the other way around. Once that guy is gone it will continue to get worse because the people who have real power are the ones who control the economy.