There seem to be very few radicals who view themselves as extreme. As far as they are concerned they are the ‘enlightened ones’ who see beyond the shadows on the cave wall. It is everybody else that is in the dark. The question is one of perspective.
However Sanders is not a fool. You don’t survive this long playing the system if you were. He knows that he has to be careful as he is trying to sell these ‘ideas’ in a country that has a political center of gravity that veers to the right.
Source: The Mercury News
So his strategy is to soft sell the poison pill under the guise of a benevolent and caring Democratic Socialism. Who doesn’t like Democracy? This is a game plan that he can live by. Collectivist political radicalism, since the days of Rousseau, is all about the will to power. The playing field and modus operandi is a means to an end. Sanders is a disciple of such thinking.
Sometimes though it does slip out. The Far Left has a history of going off the deep end. Bernie Sanders’s Pro-Sandinista Past Is a Problem and Bernie Sanders: 2020 hopeful explains Cuban leader Castro's success, criticizes Reagan in resurfaced interview.
Yes even the uber liberal Slate occasionally recognizes this. Sanders’ Soft Spot for Latin American Tyrants Is a Problem
However Sanders knows where he is headed. He is on a mission to fundamentally alter the system and he loathes capitalism. Those who believe that he is acting as a modern day FDR, with the bigger picture of saving the market system in his heart, are deluding themselves. Sanders Distinguishes Himself From Warren by Noting That She Has Said 'I Am a Capitalist to My Bones'
Read his writing. Look at his history. Follow his career. Sander’s politics is all about the forced redistribution of wealth to fit an OUGHT. Discover the Networks | Bernie Sanders
He is and has always been a man of the Far Left but if he campaigns under that platform he would be another Eugene Debs or Norman Thomas. Historical footnotes at best.
Devious as this is, his methodology makes complete sense from a practical perspective. Even if he personally fails at the ballot box his impact has helped drive the Democratic Party from a seemingly liberal institution, to a woke chamber of virtue signalling progressives each trying to outdo themselves with their various menus of destructive policies.
Source: Rob.Rogers.com
Come what may Sanders will go down in history as the man who transformed the party of JFK into a battering ram for socialist collectivism. Even in defeat he can celebrate victory. Who needs an armed revolution when you can offload historically failed policies to an electorate that is seemingly ignorant of its failures elsewhere? Rand Paul: Why Bernie Sanders’ socialism hurts the poor as much as the rich and The Eye-Popping Cost of Medicare for All.
This is the Sanders legacy.
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