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2016 Postmortem

portlander23

(2,078 posts) Thu Sep 17, 2015, 12:04 AM Sep 2015

AmericaBlog: Bernie Sanders isn’t extreme

Bernie Sanders isn’t extreme

At the end of the day, it only makes sense to call Bernie Sanders “extreme” if your frame of reference is the consensus that formed in the ’80s and ’90s in Washington — a consensus that accepted low taxation, high inequality and privatized public services. But if your frame of reference is the American public more generally — which, in a democracy, is supposed to be the frame of reference of choice — Bernie Sanders is pretty mainstream.

Let’s start treating him that way, shall we?

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