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American socialist: Bernie Sanders' long shot presidential campaign gains steam
Hillary Clinton's path to the nomination is uncontested no longer. Senator Bernie Sanders is drawing huge crowds and gaining in the polls. But can a democratic socialist win over America?
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"Socialism has never taken in America because people don't think of themselves as exploited proletariat, rather they view themselves as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." -Not me
Hopefully the term socialist won't be such a bad word anymore.
I think things will change fast in the US. Older generations were able to become independent much sooner than now, and a large number of them were able to buy their own houses, buy a nice car, and that created the illusion that being a millionaire was something just around the corner, newer generations don't have that illusion.