(February 21, 2016 at 4:36 pm)scoobysnack Wrote: As far as Bernie Sanders, even if he has the radical past, and didn't have a real job until he was 40, he will never campaign on communism. Socialism is a bit more palatable for the people to swallow, and democratic socialism sounds even better, but in the end, it's just an extension of the deeper belief system. That being said I don't think Bernie is all bad.
Where did you get that from? Bernie had a range of jobs in his 20s, including teaching and carpentry.
Anyway, I think it's ignorant to say Bernie is a closeted communist because he runs on a platform of democratic socialism. That's like saying conservatives are closeted fascists.