For a specific example of what I’m talking about, these Bernie tweets from 2016 are a good example of his approach — it’s not a policy disagreement on a topic of race or gender, but a different stance on a question of symbolism that people have strong feelings about. pic.twitter.com/3hf8vriJ2W

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 1, 2019

“Symbolism”.

Actual tangible rights, the active dismissal of said rights, and the blind eye toward said dismissals are ‘symbolism’, even as they prevent vast parts of the population from actually benefiting from the advancement of ‘material concerns’.

Just….fuck all of this. Fuck absolutely all of this. And god help me just how many Bernie Bros are out of the woodworks to cheer this on.

We’re getting absolutely ratfucked next year and it’s not even a question it seems.