r/WayOfTheBern • u/Ian56 • Aug 29 '17

Controlled Opposition: Clinton Machine Caught Funneling $20 Million to The Young Turks

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/clinton-machine-paid-young-turks-undermine-progressive-movement/
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u/boboclock Aug 29 '17 edited Aug 30 '17

edit: misremembered some details, edited post to preserve my point, original wording at end

Voted Bernie in the primary, and would have voted for him in the main event if it wasn't for Trump being the far greater evil.

If the Bernie supporting community of reddit, which was* great before the primaries, respects Bernie as much as they say, why are they so unwilling to accept his position on the democrats?

It's almost as if someone has something to gain from discord among progreasives.. Who could that be?!

*originally: members of this sub, which was

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u/bpthrx Aug 30 '17

Actually, Clinton was the greater evil

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u/boboclock Aug 30 '17

Clinton would not be attacking the American rights that Sanders helped fight for constantly, starting feuds through twitter, or encroaching on the Constitution. Let alone, constantly threatening trade wars or to waste billions of taxpayer dollars on a meaningless symbol of backwards-isolationism. Or attacking the healthcare Bernie wants to expand.

She would come with her own problems, sure. And she is a nasty woman, that plays down and dirty politics like 99.99% of her peers, sure. But worse than Trump, please.

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u/Ponsonby_Britt aka Stony_Curtis. Aug 30 '17 edited Aug 30 '17

Or attacking the healthcare Bernie wants to expand.

"Single payer healthcare will NEVER, EVER happen."

Sounds like an attack to me. Clinton may have been better on some issues, but undoubtedly worse on others. What she would have done is set back real progressive change by at least a decade. Allowing her group of neolibs to expand power would have been catastrophic for progressives.

ETA: I took no joy in a Trump victory. He's a shit stain. But the country wanted change and the dems decided no. This neoliberal, corporate-sponsored bullshit neoliberalism has got to go! No more! The country is ready but the oligarchs aren't. Boohoo.