• @MJKee9@lemmy.world
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    711 months ago

    Unless we get enough legislators that share Sanders’ positions, him being president is a waste.

    • QueerCommie
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      1211 months ago

      Except that’s not going to happen because the corporate lobbyists that fund most winning campaigns for both parties would never allow it.

      • @juchenecromancer@lemmygrad.ml
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        1511 months ago

        This is why Lenin calls liberal democracy the best possible shell for capitalism - a single or small group of people can’t change the system. The power is split up enough that capitalism stays in power, but concentrated enough that capital can control it.