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Sanders is a social democrat, not a socialist. The differences are nuanced but quite important. https://spfaust.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/socialism-vs-social-de

• res0nat0r 11y ago
  That doesn't matter to most of America. They hear "socialist", "social something", and they are going to be against it.
  • davis_m 11y ago
    They certainly seem to love their Social Security.
    • res0nat0r 11y ago
      They do, and they also hold up signs that state "Keep Government out of my Medicare." I didn't state US citizens as a whole are very bright.
• voyou 11y ago
  Bernie Sanders is a socialist,[1] and social democracy is a type of socialism.[2] That blog you linked to is, at best, advocating a very idiosyncratic use of terminology. 1: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/04/AR2006110401124.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11... 2: http://www.britannica.com/topic/social-democracy http://www.britannica.com/topic/social-democracy