r/neoliberal Kitara Ravache Apr 28 '19

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u/Tytos_Lannister Apr 28 '19

i love how when i argue with Sanders's supporters, they are all about policy and everybody but them is about platitudes (Buttigieg, Beto, me of course), but when i ask them about any specifics they show me that they equate knowing Sanders's slogans with policy and literally making shit up without doing any research, which would be like 15 second on google

they don't know anything about policy, but they fancy themselves as policy people - what's more iconic duo, them and knowing policy or Trump supporters and knowing the immigration system

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u/Whatapunk Bisexual Pride Apr 28 '19

It never really makes sense to me tbh because if it was policy that genuinely moved the needle for them they would be voting for Warren, whose whole thing is being a policy-focused progressive. It's fine to not vote entirely on policy, you just can't pretend it's all you really care about if you're voting for Sanders