re: #312 HappyWarrior

Sigh indeed. Honestly, I’ve had enough of Bernie. If this guy is the left’s great hope? The left needs to seriously re-access. You can share a lot of Bernie’s values without being a dogmatic jerk about it.

Much of that is caused by not having a real left party. All we have is the center right Democrats and far right Republicans for significant parties. Without a center left, like in Europe, our left is marginalized and only the extremists get much in the way of notice. Bernie himself is fairly center left but has drawn the nuts out of the woodwork by being even something close to viable and has, I fear, come to reflect the nuts surrounding him.