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(61,033 posts)Reagan decimated the unions in the 80s by firing PATCO strikers; repug-run corporations have been off-shoring jobs for decades; repugs fought tooth and nail and quashed Hillary's universal healthcare proposals during the 90s; repugs have always and continue to fight against minimum wage growth, even overtime has just about been eliminated with repug-approved trickery, (they've also been fighting for decades to roll back FDR's and LBJ's social programs). And as I mentioned before, repug policies that favor the rich always caused recessions, economic hardship, job losses, home losses etc.
I'm sure that's not news to you. Put the blame where it belongs.
And as for Sanders, his reluctance to join the party worked against him, because even though he voted with the Democrats he never had a chance with super delegates in 2016 one reason being he entered the race late, and second being because most went with Hillary and her long history as a Democrat who worked, forged allinance with and raised funds for other Democrats.
Bernie didn't have any of that going for him because caucusing with is not the same as being a long-time party member whose policies could have had strong impact. Him keeping the party at shoulder length for years hurt him.