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Seen from Europe, Bernie Sanders is just a mainstream centre-left politician, he wasn't proposing anything particularly controversial.
by rjsw 8y ago
Seen from Europe, Bernie Sanders is just a mainstream centre-left politician, he wasn't proposing anything particularly controversial.
- vanderZwan 8y agoOf course, but that is not the point. The point is that from the American point view his proposals were still something that they as a society could aim for, not something they already have.
- mikhailfranco 8y agoEurope is already more socialized than any 'communist' could dream of. Try sorting this table and see which continent floats to the top: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_revenue_to_GDP_ratio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_reven...