I loved Bernie in 2016 and 2020, Bernie and M4A were big reasons I moved leftward, but I’m disappointed by how big of a tankie Bernie has been about Israel. His far left online supporters have infected his brain with fascist ideas like having news coverage unfairly report how many Palestinians have died. I first got hints of his redfash Marxism when he wanted to abandoned the women of Afghanistan by saying the US should end the forever war, but forever war = forever equal rights.

Anybody else taken back by how far left Bernie is on Foreign policy? I’m kinda glad he lost now ngl

  • davel [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Yup. At the time, I was thinking not to be accelerationist, but in a global sense, maybe I should have voted for Trump both times just to watch the amerikkka burn.

    • alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]@hexbear.netEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      In hindsight, Hillary would have been the accelerationist candidate. It’s a historical fluke that Trump called off the first strike on Iranian soil; which would have almost certainly resulted in a much wider war.

      Which is wild because Trump was openly talking about how the US should invade Libya and Iraq and occupy the oil fields during the primary.