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In reply to the discussion: Obama vs. Sanders... [View all]Garrett78
(10,721 posts)The race was essentially over by the 2nd week of March and only appeared close due to disenfranchising caucuses.
That said, it's worth pointing out that the difference between the 2 isn't as great as it's made out to be. Part of the problem is that Sanders and his ilk have made an unfortunate labeling error. It's not unreasonable to promote the Nordic Model, but it's wrong to associate the Nordic Model with socialism.
The other problem is how dismissive Sanders and his ilk are of the role racism and sexism play in Republican success. Voting against economic interests is a default (and not a product of Democrats having a lousy message) because Republicans are voting *for* their (perceived) cultural/social interests. The likes of Sanders have a fundamental misunderstanding of the relationship between social justice and economic justice. Economic injustice is enabled by racism (including xenophobia), sexism, etc. This has been true since the invention of whiteness and the construct known as race. Whereas the reverse isn't true. Social injustices are not enabled by economic injustice. Racism and sexism are used, after the fact, to justify economic injustice. Those things are fostered and exploited so that people will overlook their own economic woes or blame the wrong people for said woes. Support for right wing economics, right wing environmental policy, right wing health care policy, and so on, would collapse without racism, sexism, etc.