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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22940159

Bernie Sanders caused a stir last week, when the independent senator from Vermont and two-time contender for the Democratic presidential nomination sent a post-election email to his progressive supporters across the country. In it, he argued that the Democrats suffered politically in 2024 at least in part because they ran a campaign that focused on “protecting the status quo and tinkering around the edges.”

In contrast, said Sanders, “Trump and the Republicans campaigned on change and on smashing the existing order.” Yes, he explained, “the ‘change’ that Republicans will bring about will make a bad situation worse, and a society of gross inequality even more unequal, more unjust and more bigoted.”

Despite that the reality of the threat they posed, Trump and the Republicans still won a narrow popular-vote victory for the presidency, along with control of the US House. That result has inspired an intense debate over the future direction not just of the Democratic Party but of the country. And the senator from Vermont is in the thick of it.

In his email, Sanders, a member of the Senate Democratic Caucus who campaigned in states across the country this fall for Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic ticket, asked a blunt question: “Will the Democratic leadership learn the lessons of their defeat and create a party that stands with the working class and is prepared to take on the enormously powerful special interests that dominate our economy, our media and our political life?”

His answer: “Highly unlikely. They are much too wedded to the billionaires and corporate interests that fund their campaigns.”

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[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 70 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I hate how this is the one man talking sense, and the DNC reviles him for it.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The problem is that it makes sense to us, the average Americans who would benefit from such things. But not to the elites who will be required to cede some amount of wealth, power and influence in the interest of such things.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like half of Lemmy is part of that elite, seeing as they prefer to lose another election than to even try for a third party push

[–] agamemnonymous 4 points 3 weeks ago

I think that's part of his point

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The DNC made some great retorts to his comments about Harris losing the election, though.

After Sanders stated the DNC "abandoned working class people" they were right to point out Biden has been the most pro-working-class president of Sanders lifetime on policies and protections, and that Harris proposed policies would have dramatically changed the lives of many of the poorest working americans.

I don't think either side, Sanders and the DNC, is wrong about this issue, I think Harris campaigned to attract right wing voters and lost her base of support as a result.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

I said this here before: https://lemmy.ca/post/32815441/12768827 and stand by it. I think it would be beneficial to you guys