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Forget about Trump...he's just a scary reminder of how many people will still get riled up by xenophobic fear-mongering and aggression, and yeah he's basically
by resu_nimda 11y ago
Forget about Trump...he's just a scary reminder of how many people will still get riled up by xenophobic fear-mongering and aggression, and yeah he's basically the establishment and has been all over traditional media for years.
Bernie, though, I'm pretty sure is a candidate that doesn't get as far as he has without the kind of grassroots campaign only possible in the Internet era. Ron Paul was this candidate in the last election. The Internet definitely has reduced the ability of a centralized minority to control the message, and that will continue as the percentage of internet-savvy people increases.
- snowwrestler 11y agoI don't think Bernie's campaign is particularly noteworthy, historically. Many campaigns have had hard-fought primaries, and populist vs establishment is hardly a new theme in American politics.