Posted by: chupacabra
Posted by: ReductiMat
Just to reiterate, the right wing DNC party will only care about taking the presidency if they can elect a captured war-hawk.
They are OK with losing it to bat-shit-crazy far-right-wingers if their bullshit primaries somehow manage to elect someone who cares about the electorate.
DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO CANADA FFS.
I don't agree. Not that the Democrats aren't pro-war, America has always been willing to go to war around the globe for their "national interest" regardless of the party, but the Dems would rather have the power than give it up to the Republicans. Every time the GOP has the power they make it harder for the Dems to win anything. They might not be into Bernie, but they would at least know he won't gerrymander the districts or nominate another couple Kavanaughs. I also don't think the parties have as much influence that you think they do which is why they have to rely on shenanigans in the primaries and lean on the super delegates as a fail safe. There are various factions of power within both parties, but the election processes are still the only way to power. This is how the GOP neocon faction lost to the Koch faction, and it is how the progressives can take the party from the Clinton era centrists if they ever get their shit together.
Canada doesn't have a war machine. America would never let us.
The right-wing DNC would rather lose with the Bern at the helm and the voter suppression is testament to it.
I suggest shorting the US in the near-term.
That said, if any nation is going to bring about the much needed French Revolution 2.0, it's them.