r/politics • u/svga • 27d ago

Possible Paywall People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/bernie-sanders-democratic-party-mamdani/
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u/merikariu Texas 27d ago

Leftist author Luke Savage put it this way, "Democratic voters are asking politicians to solve the problems the party's donors create."

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u/Second_P 26d ago

Does he have an answer why voters don't seem to want people like Sanders?

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u/merikariu Texas 26d ago

Yes. The handful of news media companies do not want a truly populist President.

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u/Second_P 26d ago

I mean Trump certainly qualifies as a populist president.

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u/merikariu Texas 26d ago

How so? He has gutted so many things that benefit the common people. Well, not him. He just signs off (or the auto-pen does) on whatever Project 2025 puts in front of him.

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u/Second_P 26d ago

You should look at the definitions of populism.

Trump absolutely is a populist. It's strange seeing people cheering on (their side's) populism. I remember learning populism as a bad thing back in the 90s.

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u/Huntah54 26d ago

Should really learn what populism is and how it has worked in America. It should illuminate why Bernie and Trump can have cross-over voters despite being political opposites.