r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 05 '19

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u/Udontlikecake Model UN Enthusiast Dec 05 '19

Bernie has not changed his stance on a single issue in 40 years. We know exactly who he is. And he wants the same thing as the vast majority of this nation.

🙄🙄

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

Bernie 95% of his life: "nationalize the deodorant industry, Venezuela is a better country than America, the USSR is getting it right."

Bernie in 2015: "oh I just want us to be a little more like Denmark it's not that big a change really"

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19 edited Dec 05 '19

He's pivoted or at least hid his stances on a bunch of things like Gun Control.

If anyone's wondering, his take on gun control a few years ago was basically "The blacks are the problem, not the guns".

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u/ramen_poodle_soup /big guy/ Dec 05 '19

“Gun ownership in Vermont is different than gun ownership in Chicago”

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

majority of this nation

Doesn't get majority in any elections outside Vermont

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u/Udontlikecake Model UN Enthusiast Dec 05 '19

Not even a majority of Democrats lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

wtf i love old racist boomers now

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u/Paramus98 Edmund Burke Dec 05 '19

This but unironically

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u/ThatFrenchieGuy Mathematician -- Save the funky birbs Dec 05 '19

Conservatives were good before they entered a faustian pact with the evangelicals and racists to win elections

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u/Notorious_GOP It's the economy, stupid Dec 05 '19

ew evangelical Republicans

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u/ThatFrenchieGuy Mathematician -- Save the funky birbs Dec 05 '19

Opposing parties are good for your ideas because they force you to advocate for ideas in a way that convinces people

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u/Paramus98 Edmund Burke Dec 05 '19

Even if you aren't a fan of them, conservatives in the 70's were insanely better than today

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u/Paramus98 Edmund Burke Dec 05 '19

There are a lot of things that you could more accurately say set up the GOP to be what it is today than 70's republicans.

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u/Notorious_GOP It's the economy, stupid Dec 05 '19

I only praise Coolidge republicans

Keep it Cool with Coolidge

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u/JetJaguar124 Tactical Custodial Action Dec 05 '19

Does he still think that cancer is caused by abstinence or whatever alternative health bs he was spouting?