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What Sanders Can Accomplish by Not Acting
This is an older article from Oct. 2015 but it still applies & is brilliant.
It's about progressives not having to waste time fighting unnecessary battles under a Sanders presidency.
"What could be done if we could have those hours back, hours we could use in a different way, use on proactive goals, instead of constantly playing defense against “our” president? This is not a trivial problem. Under a real progressive president — a President Sanders who kept his word, for example — you would never have to fight those things. Would that please you? Would it feel like a gift to be handed that freed-up time?"
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/10/gauis-publius-what-sanders-can-accomplish-by-not-acting.html
