Americans voted for Biden because the primary system heavily favored Biden and Americans were told Biden was "more electable" than Bernie, even though every one of Bernie's policies and his messaging polled better.
If the DNC didn't put their thumbs on the scale, Bernie would have won in 2016 (or 2020), and guaranteed a democratic victory in the next election because nobody receiving free healthcare is going to vote to go back to the current system.
Bernie isn't radical, he's a social democrat, he just looks radical because the democrats are right of George W Bush right now.
They in this case being libs in liberal democracies, not democrats specifically.
One way to resolve the contradiction between the capitalist class, which the state represents, and the masses, whom the state requires to maintain power is for the masses to believe their representatives want what's best for them, but are powerless to implement it due to foreigners or nature or some other group, or are trying and it will happen some indeterminate time in the future.
Promise overwhelmingly popular left policy, start implementing it in the states you control, use every tool at your disposal to block republican policy. If the courts have to kill your legislation or governor's orders, make them do it, and if possible, do it in ways that can't be undone, such as forgiveness of debts.
eg, if you have the legislature and there is a republican governor, strip all powers from the governorship until you have it again. If you're in the minority party, block everything that you wouldn't do if you had total control while telling the public it is exactly what you will do when you get power. Stop pretending the courts are apolitical, appoint judges that will help you accomplish your agenda and will block the republicans.
Build power at the local level by responding to your constituents needs. Even if you didn't win the elections, democrats need to work with unions and local organizations, not expect loyalty while ignoring them and providing no resources.
Under no circumstances do you agree to republican framing and suggest you need to build the wall, engage in trade wars with China, fund the police to stop a crime wave, try to be the "patriotic" party etc. You cannot outflank the republicans from the right.
When Trump's ICE blackbags a student, we don't need Chuck Schumer out there agreeing with Trump that he is a horrible person for supporting Palestine but disagreeing with Trump's methods.
I'm really trying to reconcile how the Chinese manage a more equal society while having a fraction of the tools we do; they don't have property taxes, just a lease you renew every ~70 years, they can't do QE like we do.
It's like we have all the tools to delay the trajectory of capitalism, we just choose not to use it.
Yes, it makes a difference if Trump was saying anybody would "act like Russia", whatever that means vs anybody would continue attacks after Ukraine's main supporter pulls back.
President Donald Trump expressed understanding Friday for Russia’s stepped-up attacks on Ukraine after the White House halted military and intelligence aid
Sure, just like our intelligence from Ukraine told us 1 Ukrainian shot down 50 Russian jets. Until the jets are actually being shot down, we can't say that the stealth doesn't work with any level of confidence. The fact that they've sunk so many resources into it suggests that at least Russia believes it can do things their 4th gen fighters can't.
I don't know Russian fighter jets actual performance specs, and unless you work for the Russian military, you don't know that either.
What we can say is that Su-57s have been used in Ukraine to strike targets behind enemy lines and they haven't been shot down by F-16s or Patriots so it looks like it does the job it was designed to do.
If you do work for the Russian military, I hear Warthunder isn't correctly modeling your plane's performance, you should post the Su-57 flight manual on the forums.
Europe isn't using modern fighter jets, they're flying fourth generation fighters while America, China, and Russia are starting to fly sixth generation jets.
But yeah it would make more sense to buy from China if you're trying to put pressure on America. America does not see Russia as a near-peer adversary, and Europe is even less threatening.
That is why neither party would ever permit electoral reform. What next, are you going to suggest we get rid of gerrymandering? Lobbying? Insider Trading for congress members?
republican voters put the fear of the primary in their elected representatives
Not just that, they don't expect blind loyalty like the democrats. I have never seen a republican tell their base after the primary "Eat shit. You're gonna vote for me anyway, otherwise you're a democrat" and then get indignant when nobody shows up to vote for them.
Americans voted for Biden because the primary system heavily favored Biden and Americans were told Biden was "more electable" than Bernie, even though every one of Bernie's policies and his messaging polled better.
If the DNC didn't put their thumbs on the scale, Bernie would have won in 2016 (or 2020), and guaranteed a democratic victory in the next election because nobody receiving free healthcare is going to vote to go back to the current system.
Bernie isn't radical, he's a social democrat, he just looks radical because the democrats are right of George W Bush right now.