He definitely had his moment in 2016, when he first ran as a socialist. He peaked there, then got scared or bribed and started to moderate his positions a lot more, to the point where he’s just left wing liberal.
Makes sense. I suspect any moments where he seemed actually socialist were largely a result of activists involved in his campaign pushing him to have stronger policies and exaggerating the significance of moments in his career where he did something vaguely anti-war or socialist-lite in policy. And once he dropped out in the Biden primary thing, there was nothing left to push him anywhere, so he went back to being what he always was: a milquetoast reformist with some token opposition here and there.
He definitely had his moment in 2016, when he first ran as a socialist. He peaked there, then got scared or bribed and started to moderate his positions a lot more, to the point where he’s just left wing liberal.
Makes sense. I suspect any moments where he seemed actually socialist were largely a result of activists involved in his campaign pushing him to have stronger policies and exaggerating the significance of moments in his career where he did something vaguely anti-war or socialist-lite in policy. And once he dropped out in the Biden primary thing, there was nothing left to push him anywhere, so he went back to being what he always was: a milquetoast reformist with some token opposition here and there.