Trump’s Lead Grows After Debate, Controversy

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sc94597 said:

Leadified said:

What an odd appeal to the American left. I am not an American but I briefed myself on his policies and to me he seems more like a bizarre social democrat, nothing special in any case. A bit of a stretch for him to claim he is a socialist but who am I to stop him. I think these labels have lost their meanings and are now just buzzwords to appeal to certain voterbases.

He actually is a democratic socialist. They believe in the incremental transition to socialism through democracy. Social Democracy is just one step to socialism for Bernie. Europe already took that step, while the U.S has been doing it more slowly because it has a warfare state to maintain which eats up its welfare state. But I am sure Sanders would be right with socialists if the U.S currently was as socially democratic as Europe.

That's possible although I think a hypothetical President Sanders would have a hard time taking that step (same difference if he were an anarcho-communist or whatever really). Credit for being open about it at least, he wouldn't be ousted by the media for being a secret socialist or something.