I'm not an American """"""socialist"""""" as you can see from my reply to OP, but criticizing Bernie is dumb. Socdems in Europe were criticized because they were opportunists who diverted people from actual existing and viable communist parties, as well as diverting people from radical union action.
In the US, there are no viable communist parties, and no large-scale radical unions, so criticizing Bernie from that angle is meaningless. We can't criticize Bernie for stealing voters from non-existent third parties.
that feels like a chicken and the egg problem. There are no viable leftist parties because the Democratic party has shepherd dogs leading us back to centrist candidates. Two elections in a row, we had Bernie, 2024 we’ll have AOC. If we worked our ass off starting now, we could have a viable party by 2024.
because bernie rebranded socialism as the mildest form of social democracy.
I'm not an American """"""socialist"""""" as you can see from my reply to OP, but criticizing Bernie is dumb. Socdems in Europe were criticized because they were opportunists who diverted people from actual existing and viable communist parties, as well as diverting people from radical union action.
In the US, there are no viable communist parties, and no large-scale radical unions, so criticizing Bernie from that angle is meaningless. We can't criticize Bernie for stealing voters from non-existent third parties.
that feels like a chicken and the egg problem. There are no viable leftist parties because the Democratic party has shepherd dogs leading us back to centrist candidates. Two elections in a row, we had Bernie, 2024 we’ll have AOC. If we worked our ass off starting now, we could have a viable party by 2024.
That’s the spirit!