Trump’s Lead Grows After Debate, Controversy

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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.

I like that he is honest about his beliefs (even though I strongly disagree with his economic positions) and find his positions on the military and civil liberties to be decent, but not as strong as some other political persons. 

If you want an example of the far-left in the U.S I'd look at Noam Chomsky and his syndicalist perspetive. Syndicalism has always been more prevelant in the U.S among the left-wing (than say - Communism or state-socialism.) Mostly because it has been prominently anti-authoritarian (a key feature for any American political ideology: left or right.)