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Its not working though. Trump got elected and Bernie was very close to clinching the nomination. Italy just elected a far right candidate and lets not forget Br
by nebula8804 4y ago
Its not working though. Trump got elected and Bernie was very close to clinching the nomination. Italy just elected a far right candidate and lets not forget Brexit. If this strategy would actually work, the trend would be going in the opposite direction. At this rate it may just be a matter of time until the Elite's stores of values get "reset".
- twic 4y agoIt works pretty well within their own parties. That is, it helps those people keep control of their parties, even if their parties lose control of their countries. For career politicians, the former is more important.
- nebula8804 4y agoNo but my point is that trend is going in the wrong direction. The Bernie wing almost took control of the party and Trump? He was a gameshow host and despite all the efforts of the Republican party not to have him nominated he barged in there like a bull and took control of everything. He somehow ended up becoming their useful idiot but the point still stands. How many more election cycles until the Bernie/AOC manage to wrestle control of their party? Then what?
- dctoedt 4y ago> Bernie was very close to clinching the nomination That's a counterfactual. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-close-look-at-sanders-long-shot-bid-to-clinch-the-democratic-nomination https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-close-look-at-sander...
- nebula8804 4y agoI was referring to 2020. The trend from 2016 -> 2020 showed that he gained greatly in his numbers. Yes he ended up losing but this trend supports my thesis that the center is losing its grip on both parties. It could be Bernie 3.0, AOC or someone else but the far left is becoming the new "center" of the party and the far right is becoming the new "center" of the other party.