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“I will be damned if I’m going to give another nickel to the Netanyahu government” - Bernie Sanders (www.thenation.com)

submitted 8 months ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[-] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 213 points 8 months ago

Imagine if we had elected this beautiful bastard back in 2016.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 41 points 8 months ago

Imagine if Gore won.

[-] dwemthy@lemdro.id 43 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

*if Gore's win wasn't stolen by the supreme court

[-] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago

I seethed for months over this. Months.

Boomers wonder why the younger generations seem to 'hate america'.

Well it's because of bullshit like this. Repugnicunts have hijacked democracy and its roots are in Nixon and we have been forced to grow up under the lie that we are free and represented by our politicians.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Democrats did exactly the same to Bernie in 2016. Leaked emails confirm that the DNC actively conspired against Sanders.

And then Hillary was such a bad candidate that Trump won. Thank the DNC for that one.

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Similar deal here in the UK with Corbyn, except he was already leader of the party. Destroyed by his own kind. Most politicians accept that the only way into office is to gain control of an existing party. I'm glad for Americans that Bernie Sanders still seems to have some mainstream credibility. Jeremy Corbyn was attacked so hard from all vested interests on all fronts that he has almost become a tragic meme, despite how exceptional he was/is as a figurehead.

[-] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago

That was my first ever presidential election vote, I was so excited to see someone with legit interest in saving the environment, full of hope for a new future. I remember how giddy it felt to step into the booth.

I lived in florida then, the entire state was thrown out by a legit conspiracy.

And it's jaded my vision of politics ever since.

[-] Scavenger_Solardaddy@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Full of invasive species, Florida man, woman, fucking craziness all around with zero hope. I'm glad i wasn't born there.

[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 24 points 8 months ago

One can dream

[-] TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

World would be so much better off

[-] dRLY@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago

Too bad he was vocally pro-Israel and anti-Palestinian liberation up until now. Ready to blindly believe the lies about the 40 babies, and somehow that Israel is allowed continued support every year with our money. Dude has lost all my support ever since bowing to Dems both times and not fighting. He allowed Dems to get what they wanted and all of us are assholes for not fucking around about withholding votes. Bernie got people excited about real change, and then allowed the very establishment we need removed to bring it to a hard stop (like always). Fuck him and his masters that enabled Israel's decades and decades of planned genocide started with the colonization of Palestine by Zionists! He is just doing what all the Dems do, good quotes/speeches and nothing changed.

[-] homura1650@lemm.ee 30 points 8 months ago

What more do you want him to do? Politics moves on the margins, and Sanders is now and for as long as I can remember been one of the most Israel critical politicians both in terms of rhetoric and voting history. He is not a king; he is 1% of 1 chamber of the legislative branch of a country that has a lot of issues to deal with.