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Originally Posted by Kavvy
I am very confused on why you think electing Sanders will cause redistribution of wealth? I am also fully aware of his promises.... it seems people don't understand the role of congress in passing budgets when talking presidential politics.
Or am I the confused one?
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Not at all.
Sanders can't do any of that stuff on his own, nor does he believe he can.
What he can do is swing the American political perspective back to the left. With the last Bush administration, the right moved so far right that it pulled the center with it. If the US is going to make the kind of progress Sanders envisions, it has to start by moving in the other direction - making it possible for people to conceive of Sanders' goals as being both feasible and reasonable. The alternative is pretty ugly.