A Socialist Surge in the U.S.? Bernie Sanders Draws Record Crowds, Praises Greek Anti-Austerity Vote

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2. Austerity in the US hasn't been anywhere near as bad as in Greece

but it's been happening here for far longer, ever since the oil shocks in the 70s and the inflation that wages never pretended to keep up with. Then the good jobs got shipped offshore and debt was substituted for wages and now we're screwed.

We've had nearly 40 years of austerity and we're sick of it and that is what Sanders has tapped into.

Sanders isn't campaigning so much as a socialist, more as a mainstream New Dealer and it's about bloody time someone did. People are finding his message very attractive in the sea of boring "business as usual" messages.

"Business as usual" has been slowly killing us for a very long time. Maybe if Sanders has a good showing in the primary, the party will catch a clue about that.