Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders is running against a four term Republican

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35. This is what scares the crap out of all of those that advocate for and work

"within the system". Once people experience, first hand, the benefits of socialism, ultra-liberalism, whatever label you want to place on it, they realize the benefits of it. The Democrats lost the south, not because they were liberal, they're not, but because of flat-out racism, period. There has never been an example of a too liberal that has later been rejected by the people.

Nobody cares if the rich are prevented from becoming ultra-rich because of the expense required for everybody else to live a decent life free of the threats of deprivation, and the ultra-rich are never anything beyond an infinitesimal minority. So, the only way the ultra-rich gain and hold power is through force and fear of the "dire consequences" they threaten impose if their power is taken away from them.

Senator Sanders caucuses with the Democrats because they are the least offensive of the two choices allowed. He is also a smart politician, and so goes along with the bad ideas and flawed plans they put forth when they are inevitable, but his core values are what will always win out whenever they are able to get through the dual blockade of the established money parties.