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What do you think would happen it the Democratic Party in the US made a hard pivot to policies championed by Jill Stein and Bernie Sanders? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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EDIT: I should clarify, by Jill Stein, I mean what her party's official platform and policies are, as reflected by her statements in interviews

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago

You may as well ask, what would happen if the Democratic party were a different party?

The DNC pulled out all the stops to keep Sanders from the general election, twice. They can absolutely win elections, when they want to block any movement toward the left.

I recommend listening to this: Why the Democratic Party CANNOT and WILL NOT be Reformed