The Sanders paradox

[leftcoastmountains]

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/08/the-sanders-paradox-a-brief-for-bernie/

[HassleCat]

1. Attacking the weak

The article at the link spends much time attacking the "far left" as a monolithic entity, even as it points out that the criticism of Sanders from this "far left" originates among an assorted gaggle of organizations, each with its own, inflexible perspective.

[eridani]

2. Actual socialists don't think of Sanders as socialist

By traditional definitions, they are right.

[LiberalElite]

3. But he's too "socialist" for Amurika

[HassleCat]

4. I know, believe me

I'm a democratic socialist, and I hear from "real" socialists that we just promote a capitalistic welfare state, and we're not real socialists.