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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 88 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I wonder if Bernie gets tired of being on the right side of every issue all the time.

At least, I must imagine he gets tired of the country not fucking listening to him.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think it animates him, and he will continue to sanepost well into his 120s in the craziest falling empire in history. I imagine widespread ideological acceptance would break whatever phylactery keeps him going.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We have to give Bernie the rest he deserves

We have to make America better

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 days ago

Bernie's the kind of cool dude who would continue to hope for more though, even if we did manage to fix all the awfulness with America — he would just see that progress as a good foundation to continue building more good stuff, in a "the work is never done" kind of way.

But certainly, that kind of work would be a hell of a lot more restful than what he's having to do now.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 10 points 6 days ago

His perseverance over the decades has truly been phenomenal.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago

Bernie is the most unamerican politician out there

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Applying a modicum of common sense unfortunately seems to be a rare skill these days.