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uran10 said:

On top of all of this, I also believe that there is a 0% chance of Joe Biden winning the presidency, aka beating Trump. His record is the embodiment of everything Trump ran against in 2016 and if you guys think he wont pull that fake populist thing again, you're crazy. He's already doing it on twitter by calling out the DNC planning on cheating Bernie in 2020.

Let me say this again, the only thing that can beat a fake right wing populist is a real Left Wing Populist.

Can it, though? That sort of dynamic quite didn't work out in Australia and the UK recently... or France and Germany, and most of Eastern Europe. Also, Russia and Japan. The examples I could mention go on and on. Of course, each country has its own set or rules, but do they completely escape from what's happening in the international political context?

Bernie has its own set of hurdles to overcome as the nominee. For once, kiss Florida goodbye and pray for the Rust Belt to deliver. Secondly, to pitch a good economy against a true democratic socialist who admits he'll increase middle-class taxes sounds exactly like what Trump would want if he's not running against a moderate. He isn't decrying injustice against Bernie because he wants him to fail after all.

I think some people underestimate the appeal of inertia in politics - how many people in the middle believe, right or wrong, that they need just a little something to change in their lives for things to be fine.

Edit - the same thing applies for all the White hillbillies who would despite any initiative about infrastructure or education in the rural areas and want only someone to deal with the nasy immigrants or own the libs or whatever.