Bernie Sanders is the most popular politician in the US

ttystikk

ttystikk

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Saying Bernie Sanders is America's most popular politician is like asking a bunch of vegetarians who their favorite butcher is.

It's to the point where the first reaction most Americans have a visceral negative reaction first and then only afterward can they think about the subject with any concentration.

That's no way to run a railroad- unless of course you don't want anyone else choosing your butcher.
 
Christianiadelic

Christianiadelic

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It will be interesting to see if the Democrats can become a progressive party and - if not - whether an eligible alternative may be construed. It's going down in the US! Obviously the majority of Americans are progressive (or support progressive politics such as universal healthcare) and both the Democrats and the GOP are gravely out of touch with the population.
I am befuddled with the American democracy: only 50 per cent of the electorate voted on election day, yet millions of people took to the streets to protest in the following days - close to one per cent of the population. Danes never take to the streets in that fashion, although 80-90 per cent of the population vote on election day. You seem to have a very lively democracy, even if you don't score high on participation in formal democratic institutions (e.g. voting). I'm intrigued.
 
Unclebaldrick

Unclebaldrick

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Christianiadelic said:
It will be interesting to see if the Democrats can become a progressive party and - if not - whether an eligible alternative may be construed. It's going down in the US! Obviously the majority of Americans are progressive (or support progressive politics such as universal healthcare) and both the Democrats and the GOP are gravely out of touch with the population.
I am befuddled with the American democracy: only 50 per cent of the electorate voted on election day, yet millions of people took to the streets to protest in the following days - close to one per cent of the population. Danes never take to the streets in that fashion, although 80-90 per cent of the population vote on election day. You seem to have a very lively democracy, even if you don't score high on participation in formal democratic institutions (e.g. voting). I'm intrigued.
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I think if you really dig into it you will be less intrigued. People here might be progressive but the minute somebody slaps the label "socialism" on something they will recoil in horror. We are not very deep or thoughtful. Mostly we are fearful, selfish, sanctimonious and short sighted. We, as a people, are not very smart, not very educated and not very engaged in the world. So you can see, despite immigration, that the true nature of America pretty much stays the same from one generation to another.

Just go hang out at the cruise ship dock and see for yourself.
 
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schuylaar

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Unclebaldrick said:
I think if you really dig into it you will be less intrigued. People here might be progressive but the minute somebody slaps the label "socialism" on something they will recoil in horror. We are not very deep or thoughtful. Mostly we are fearful, selfish, sanctimonious and short sighted. We, as a people, are not very smart, not very educated and not very engaged in the world. So you can see, despite immigration, that the true nature of America pretty much stays the same from one generation to another.

Just go hang out at the cruise ship dock and see for yourself.
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Correction: some of us recoil in horror over the mention of socialism and SOME of us embrace it.
 
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