• MJKee9@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Unless we get enough legislators that share Sanders’ positions, him being president is a waste.

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      Except that’s not going to happen because the corporate lobbyists that fund most winning campaigns for both parties would never allow it.

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        This is why Lenin calls liberal democracy the best possible shell for capitalism - a single or small group of people can’t change the system. The power is split up enough that capitalism stays in power, but concentrated enough that capital can control it.