Comments by "" (@thehumanity0) on "Bernie Sanders On Socialism, Taxes And Criminal CEOs" video.

@joebradford7334 Wrong. Bernie overwhelmingly wins over Independents and unlikely voters. He inspires non-voters to come out and vote using movement politics. He also dominates among 2-time Obama voters that voted Trump. He would've crushed Trump in 2016, the polls factually show it, some polls he was beating Trump by 20 points on election day, and in 2020 he will crush Trump if he becomes the nominee. Read the polling, look at the electorate and his massive lead over Trump in the Rust Belt. Trump vs Bernie, Bernie is not only the favorite, but he's very likely to win.
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@E B Stop clinging to labels, you're only tying yourself into a pretzel. Expanding our "Socialist" system of Medicare to extend to everyone is "Socialism" in the same sense that what we have right now is "Socialism". Social Security was slandered as "Socialism" back when it was first implemented and now it's the most popular program in the country. I don't think any of you understand what Socialism is. Bernie is not for a post-Capitalist system, you're just factually Wrong.
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@joebradford7334 First of all, he's consistently beating Trump in every head-to-head matchup. He's even beating Trump in Red states like Texas and swing states like Ohio and Iowa. All the other Rust Belt states, he's beating Trump by 8-12 points, these are all the states that lost Hillary Clinton the election. Secondly, if you're referring to the Democratic primary, the primary is a different election than the general election. It's the same reason why Hillary Clinton was popular within the Democratic Party, but then once she ran in the general, she was far more despised. It's the opposite with Bernie, where the limousine liberals, Hillary supporters, and neoliberals essentially loathe him within the Dem Party, it's his biggest obstacle, whereas running in open primary states and running in the general election is far easier for him because he has a higher favorability rating among Independents and Republicans than any other Democratic candidate.
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@mikhuberts8217 What a pathetic strawman, do you think it would be reasonable for me to say Trump is for committing a holocaust because his brand of nationalism is closer to the Nazis? Because that's ineffectually what you're doing when you claim Democratic Socialism (aka Social Democracy) leads to mass murder of "kids". It's so pathetic when people do this.
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@joebradford7334 It's not just about polling, it's the fact that in 2016, Trump won because he undermined Hillary's "moderate" positions by embracing a fake populist message where he claimed he would give everyone healthcare, the working man would never be forgotten again, and we would end all the wars. None of that has happened, but it's still the main reason why he won. Even though Joe Biden is currently also polling ahead of Trump, I do not believe Joe Biden would win considering we already have seen what happens when Trump does his populist song and dance versus a moderate, Joe Biden is a person who was in office when we bailed out the banks and Wall Street, and specifically a moderate who has corrupt dirt on them that Trump can hammer away on. Now, compare this type of race (similar to Hillary vs Trump) to a race where Trump's own populist message is undermined by a Bernie Sanders who, whether you like his politics or not, comes off as more honest and more authentic than Trump (the same reason why many people liked Trump over Hillary), he has a far stronger populist message and record, he has no dirt that can be used against him, he doesn't take money from corporations or billionaires, he actually wants to give everyone healthcare, and he's unwilling to get into gutter politics with Trump and would have a pinpoint focus on policy. Trump will try to fearmonger about the scary S word "Socialism", but at the end of the day, Bernie will focus entirely on policy and the American people care far more about substance than they do about vague labels. It's the same reason why Hillary's corrupt past mattered far more than her saying she was a "moderate".
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@smashgodtv1345 "The UK is more capitalist than the US". And yet they still have a Nationalized Healthcare System. If we were to say "Okay that's Capitalism, let's do THAT then", you would then say "No we can't do that, that's Socialism". Almost like you just don't want to have Single Payer healthcare.
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Wow they put straight "Socialism" in the title even though he's not a Socialist and then the preview clip is about his heart attack. CNBC is total garbage.
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@smashgodtv1345 They do not have "the same inefficiencies", not even close. Have you ever even taken a look at our healthcare system? 30,000-45,000 people dying every year from lack of healthcare, over 80,000 medical bankruptcies per year. These numbers do NOT exist in the UK because they ration based on care and NEED, not by the size of your wallet. Healthcare is no joking matter in the US, it's killing tens of thousands of people every year. Pushing that aside because you simply prefer a "laissez faire healthcare system" is incredibly cruel and ignorant to the needs of your own people. Single Payer works in other countries, it's not perfect, but it's miles better than the garbage we have in America.
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