Bernie Sanders is making history. From the past, who's ideals does he align with most?

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2. A Canadian here. Canadian similarity: Tommy Douglas. No question.

The two are democratic socialists in the same way, but face/d different circumstances in different countries.

Tommy Douglas is the author of the Canadian single payer universal health care system. He comes from the democratic socialist left, became the Premier of Saskatchewan and he won lots and lost lots and in the end came out probably the most beloved Canadian of all time. There is no viable political party in Canada that would campaign in any way against the health care system that Douglas designed, first implemented in Saskatchewan, and then saw nationalized by the beautiful leftist Liberals govening under Lester Pearson, a PM I cherish as setting a way of peace and happiness.

Those are sunny days, sunny politicians, I remember in Canadian politics.