If only Democrats had the stones to do this.

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    NO!! Not a number! Tie it to inflation, as a proportion!! Picking a specific number is what got us in this mess in the first place

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            And if he does? Preferring a neoliberal to a fascist does not make one a neoliberal, especially if a neoliberal has a better shot at preventing a fascist from gaining office than a leftist. Bernie is a social democrat and a pragmatist, and if that’s not left enough for you than say that, but don’t get your ideologies confused.

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              Everyone has already forgotten what happened when the DNC used Bernie to try to bait and switch his voters for Hilary. We might be cooked if everyone has already forgotten this strategy doesn’t work.

              The DNC Neoliberals also funded fringe right wing campaigns to give themselves easy competition, and instead lost to them. Making them partially responsible for Trump ever gaining power, they paved the road every step of the way through fucking insane excuses that limp fuck neolibs just keep lapping up like dogs.

              I personally can’t ever vote for another Republican or Democrat again, MAYBE if an actual leftist is the democratic canidate. But IMO the only way to free ourselves is to end the Duopoly forever, there’s no baby in that bathwater.

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                without looking it up what is neoliberalism and how is it different from social democracy or, indeed, liberalism?

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                  Neoliberals are people pretending to be leftists that suck rich cock instead of representing the majority of their electorate.

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            And that neo-liberal will be the only option that has a snowball’s chance to beat Republicans.

            Sanders isn’t so starry-eyed as to undermine better in the pursuit of perfect.

            He’s been doing this a LOT longer than you.

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                We may be, but he’s still doing the smart thing instead of pushing for the impossible while allowing the terrible, because you don’t like the better.

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                  pushing for the impossible

                  You mean the bare minimum functions of a democratic society, yeah that’s pretry easy and most of europe already figured this out.

                  while allowing the terrible.

                  You are a dumb person for being fooled into accepting this.

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      Correct. Before people say “it should be $25/hr,” federal minimum wage is only matched by the poorest of states. State minimum wage increases would be warranted and implemented in states with a higher cost of living following the federal wage hike.

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        “But muh McDonald’s prices!”

        They’re already $10 a meal my dude, and Amazon is Amazon no matter where you live

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            I moved from upstate NY to eastern PA in 2020. The average fast food worker was making 50% more in upstate NY. Most prices were the same, if not within 10 cents at worst.

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        Then we make two wages, one we call minimum, the other we call living. That way it’s easy to know if a place is offering a living wage or if it’s just unimportant work.

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          Then we make two wages, one we call minimum, the other we call living.

          That way we can tell the difference between the morlocks and the eloi.

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          lol right now we do have two wages. The minimum wage… and the subminimum wage. Yes, that is a real thing! 2.13$ an hour if you make more than 30$ in tips a month.

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    Sweet. $17/hr * 40 = $680 a week * 4 = $2720 a month * 52 = $32640 all before tax. Still not enough to live on.

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    He could just as well introduce one to raise it to $17000 and a car as bonus.
    He knows it has no chance so that’s why he does it.
    The sheepdog is virtue signaling again pretending to be progressive.

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        The libs are always against war…except the current one.
        Whatever election as an ‘independent’, in the end he invariably endorses the awful dem candidate, not 3rd parties.
        Including the ghouls Hitlery, Copmala and Genocide Joe.

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            I didn’t I’m European.
            And I am very pleased he’s fucking up his own country for once and making it weaker and expediating its inevitable demise.
            It’s a gift to the world.

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                  Why do you post so much about US politics while being so ignorant about them?

                  Are you aware that Bernie Sanders is anti genocide and is one of the only US politicians bringing up legislation against providing Israel with weapons and denouncing the genocide there?

                  If there would be any US politician I would expect you to support it would be him, but you’re just talking uninformed shit. Why?

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    Ohhhh good job Bernie! I’m sure Johnson will get RIGHT on it! The House you lost will surely vote for that. And the Senate you lost will surely confirm it. And president Musk will absolutely sign it!