I’m interested to see what lemmy thinks of this, I honestly haven’t kept track of the potential options.

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    Anyone under the age of 50

    Why? Because they will have the energy, experience and ability to take on such an important position.

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    The duopoly choice is Bernie Sanders, even though he betrayed his movement and the people that helped fund and grow his grassroots campaign.

    A non-duopoly choice is a 3rd Party candidate, Jill Stien, Green Party.

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        I think Bernie’s earned it though. He may be old, but he’s still mentally intact. Trump was never mentally intact, and Biden…well…yeah. Biden kinda fell off his rocker. Good man. I wish him all the best, and hope he gets the care he needs. However, we don’t really need someone who talks about how we defeated health care running our health care.

        I may hate Trump, but he did have one line that I think sealed the deal for Biden. He said “I don’t know what he said, I don’t think he knows what he said”, and everybody just kind of saddly nodded their head, because it was true.

        But Bernie will be a firecracker up your ass fighting the good fight for every American. And unlike a lot of these politicians, he’s not a phoney. Harris can say that she’s changed, and she now stands to legalize marijuanna, and all this other stuff…but she has a track record. Bernie has a track record too, except he HASN’T changed. There’s photos of him in the 60s getting arrested fighting for civil rights. I’d rather he be president than a younger person who may or may not be who they say they are. Plus I like his policies.

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          [Bernie] may be old, but he’s still mentally intact.

          At that age mental acuity can go fast. I would vote for Bernie over Trump or Biden in a heartbeat, but I would rather have someone younger.

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          I’m right there with you. Bernie totally could have won the general in 2016, and we’d be in a hell of a lot better place now, but he didn’t, and sadly that time has passed.

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          with a receptive white house, Bernie will be a firecracker anywhere. I would be more than happy for Bernie to retain his Senate seat and get the committee assignments that give him maximal internal clout.

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        The anti Bernie propaganda is scared of people rallying around him since Bidens departure

        Theres no real replyabout his “betrayal”

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        While I don’t traffic in such forceful language, I can answer what @criitz means:

        Bernie Sanders raised millions of dollars on the promise to lead a political revolution. For many supporters, that proposition was taken literally. They thought that his campaign was not simply a vehicle to give him the power of the presidency, but was the organizing structure for a persistent movement of activists reengaging with democracy each and every week BETWEEN elections. And when he dropped out, a lot of those people lost their connections to social and organizing structures that were giving them hope and an outlet for meeting like-minded people to find ways to make their communities better. So when he ended his campaign and all that money and infrastructure got instantly packed up and taken away, they felt like they’d been misled.

        Some found their way into activism through the DSA or climate groups, but for many, the way in which he disbanded his campaign without following through on the implied promise to transform it into something durable was a very unexpected and painful surprise.

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          i hadn’t heard this angle articulated before, thanks for sharing.

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          I see, thank you for explaining. I believe Bernie has done pretty much everything he could for decades, but I get how people may have felt misled. It can be very disheartening to try and enact real change in this country.

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      A non-duopoly choice is a 3rd Party candidate, Jill Stien, Green Party.

      Reading her platform, I’d say it’s a no go for me.

      Two bullet points back to back are “Have the UN Security Council hold Israel accountable” and at the same time “end the UN Security Council”. So which is it, use the UNSC to hold Israel accountable or the UNSC is a bad thing?

      Also on her platform, disband NATO and stop giving Ukraine aid. If we do this, then Ukraine and Russia will just hug it out and everyone will be happy. A few unrealistic things like this where it’s way too optimistic and paves the way for things to go horribly wrong.

      Then there are the good intentions, but bad consequences ideas. Pay reparations to third world countries for climate. Historically, “just dump money and resources” has been tried and you just give those to regional warlords that will make things worse. Need a more thought out engagement plan than that.

      Broadly some decent domestic policy goals, but pretty impractical foreign policy ideas.

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      America designed the justice system to hurt felons after time served. Let’s enforce the hand of justice and make it a rule a convict can’t hold the highest government position. Seems only fair treatment to me.

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    Mao Zedong and Vladimir Lenin have said some positive things about workers’ rights. The others are too far right and would be considered conservatives in other countries.

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        Any order is fine by me, but part of me wants some retired cop to see that the guy he dragged away from civil rights protests in the 60s and 70s is now president.

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          Let’s be brutally honest here, those cops will have long since died of alcoholism.

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    Maria Branyas.

    I think age is important, and Biden just didn’t have the necessary life experience to be a successful candidate 😉

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    I think Cory Booker has potential. But a ham sandwich is the most electable candidate today. Just be somewhat alive and not problematic.

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        I think she’s awesome in general. I think her service record and voting record make her a palatable or even desirable candidate for a wide swath of the population, not just Democrats — I’m not one myself, though I vote for more Democrats than any other party’s candidates.

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          Thank you for replying. I considered her for my primary vote, when she ran, but ultimately wrote in my candidate.

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      I like Porter. AOC needs a rest, I think.

      I used to be really captivated by her leadership, but in the last few years, I think things have gotten complicated. Perhaps I’m being too forgiving, but during Biden’s presidency it seemed like she lost her nerve to stick her neck out for what she believed in more and more. Maybe I’m inventing things, but I get the sense that January 6th scared the fucking shit out of her. I think her life flashed before her eyes, and afterwards she felt like being among the most progressive voices while trying not to rock the boat too much or draw too much personal attention from the right was enough, and that challenging Democrats on their bullshit was too stressful and risky.

      If that’s the case, I don’t blame her. I still admire what she’s done, but she does not have the spark she once did.