The point is that Bernie (in theory) is the furthest left this country gets in 2020 on a national level, meaning there is a candidate that many people even outside the Democratic Party could get behind.
You’re comparing apples to oranges comparing European politics and definitions of left/right there vs. what goes on here. I’d hazard a guess that at least 99 percent of the not GOP or independent GOP voting country was represented or aligned with one of those Democratic primary candidates (many GOP people were represented by at least one if not more of those candidates) aka anyone who could be considered centrist to left here.
There was nothing rigorous about my use of that word. Align in that context means ‘find someone to vote for’. That’s even the word they use in caucuses here.
I missed this and it doesn’t describe this conversation. Bernie being in true alignment with certain political philosophies has nothing to do with Overton or anything else in your post.
Wait, are you saying there is a candidate in American politics you 100 percent agree with? I don’t know of any candidate I would align with in views 100 percent and find it hard to believe those exist with any chance to win for most people on the left anywhere in the world.
Again, you’re holding up some rigorous definition of the word ‘align’ when I’m using it extremely loosely. You’re trying to create some weird argument over something that doesn’t even matter. Would it make you happier to see me say ‘someone they liked’? I’ve hated most of the front runners in the Democratic primary my entire voting life. Obama was the first one I actually voted for in the primary who got the nomination.
Good heavens no, and perish the thought. It’s a straw man of course, as you’re aware that two people on the left very rarely agree about every aspect of politics.
