The pendulum has never been as far left as Bernie talks in this country.
And as for near communist, am example among many:
>Sanders has recalled feeling “very excited” by Castro’s 1959 revolution, which played out during his teens. “It just seemed right and appropriate that poor people were rising up against rather ugly rich people,” he said in 1986.
He has a history of visiting and praising USSR and satellites with little open criticism of their atrocities.
"Batista [..] Facing certain electoral defeat, he led a military coup [..] Back in power, and receiving financial, military, and logistical support from the United States government [..] suspended the 1940 Constitution and revoked most political liberties, including the right to strike. He then aligned with the wealthiest landowners who owned the largest sugar plantations [..]"
Anyway, the discussion should be about the policies to implement. Those are hardly communist policies.
And as for near communist, am example among many:
>Sanders has recalled feeling “very excited” by Castro’s 1959 revolution, which played out during his teens. “It just seemed right and appropriate that poor people were rising up against rather ugly rich people,” he said in 1986.
He has a history of visiting and praising USSR and satellites with little open criticism of their atrocities.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-cold-war-travels-...