So far, and it’s still very early, Bernie is in the best position to beat Trump in 2020.
Bernie has clearly pushed the Democratic Party to the Left in the past 4 years.
Bernie’s weakness is his foreign policy posture.
Which is true for every other announced and unannounced Democratic candidate running for president.
The foreign policy stance taken by the Democratic Party is too inconsistent and far too aggressive.
That’s because the party is still wedded to the ideology of Capitalism instead of to the economics of Capitalism.
Capitalist ideology demands that you win at any cost.
Bigger is better and a monopoly is best.
Capitalist economics is sensitive to the fact that winning at all cost exacerbates the inherent fatal flaw in the Capitalist system and accelerates the systems ultimate demise.
(See Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations.)
John Maynard Keynes pointed to the concentration of wealth and the dislocation of workers as two of the most critical problems requiring remediation.
Both domestically and internationally.
So far, and it’s still very early, Bernie is in the best position to beat Trump in 2020.
Bernie has clearly pushed the Democratic Party to the Left in the past 4 years.
Bernie’s weakness is his foreign policy posture.
Which is true for every other announced and unannounced Democratic candidate running for president.
The foreign policy stance taken by the Democratic Party is too inconsistent and far too aggressive.
That’s because the party is still wedded to the ideology of Capitalism instead of to the economics of Capitalism.
Capitalist ideology demands that you win at any cost.
Bigger is better and a monopoly is best.
Capitalist economics is sensitive to the fact that winning at all cost exacerbates the inherent fatal flaw in the Capitalist system and accelerates the systems ultimate demise.
(See Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations.)
John Maynard Keynes pointed to the concentration of wealth and the dislocation of workers as two of the most critical problems requiring remediation.
Both domestically and internationally.
70% tax brackets and less war.