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In reply to the discussion: What will the Warren Presidency look like? [View all]ozone_man
(4,825 posts)He was more of an idealist back then, now he is a pragmatist, without surrendering his socialist ideals.
And, that comment was never meant to be taken completely literal. It is relative. They are like two sides of the same coin. Wait, that sounds a lot like tweedle dee and tweedle dum.
What Bernie says in public and what he believes may differ slightly. He votes with Democrats while maintaining his independent status, and he may run as a Democrat. All of these things are part of politics, and are not contradictory, especially if you want to be electable. Of course there is a difference between parties, otherwise there would be only one party. But the difference between parties is sometimes vanishingly small.
But, it is a left wing meme that the parties are no different, not right wing. I stand by that. It is possible, like I say, that Libertarian wing of the Republican party may say that, as it is likely that the left wing of teh Democrat party may say that. But it is more a left wing feeling than right wing. Simply because the left is less authoritarian, hence liberal, which goes against the military industrial complex of both parties.