fate
Hey, he calls himself a socialist. Why don't you know that?
He labels himself a democratic socialist.
And thats an important distinction. Which you may not understand.
2. Sanders calls himself a "democratic socialist." What does that mean?
This difference between socialism and democratic socialism is actually kind of important. First of all, Sanders isn't talking about using government to take over large sections of the economy. He doesn't want to make Comcast part of the government, for example. He's also not talking about putting an end to the stock market and giving workers control over their companies. Some socialist countries, such as China and the Soviet Union, have sought to nationalize services under regimes that haven't given their citizens much say in those decisions.
Sanders wants the government to pay for health care and college tuition, but those services would still be provided by a combination of public agencies and private organizations if Sanders got his way.
While Sanders thinks that changes should be made to the U.S. economy, he doesn't envision doing away with the U.S. system of representative government — Congress, the Supreme Court, elections, all that sort of stuff. He believes in democracy. That's why he calls himself a "democratic socialist." In particular, as he repeated in Tuesday night's debate, he wants to reform the U.S. democratic system to limit the influence that wealthy donors who give money to political campaigns have over the process.
In much of the world — in particular in a number of Western and northern European countries — Sanders would be regarded as a moderate. To get a sense of the way socialism works differently around the world, consider the availability of universal health insurance, conventionally a basic tenet of a "socialist" country.
There is essentially universal coverage in countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom, where socialist philosophy is embraced by many parts of government. In the United States, where socialism is often a dirty word, health insurance has become quasi-universal since the introduction of the Affordable Care Act. About 10.4 percent of Americans are without coverage. And in China, which is nominally communist, many go without access to affordable care.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/won ... socialism/Labels are easy. Explaining himself is what Bernie seems to be good at.
He calls his Universal health care proposal Medicare for all. Since those on Medicare are anxious to keep it, and those with parents on it, understand this ... maybe he'll communicate the benefits well.
he certainly put Chelsea Clinton in her place over her misrepresentation of his plan...
fate
That is true, but it doesn't mean that someone else can't get in and win
Math being inflexible, , it does indeed mean that a latecomer can't get in and win.
There are 3636 pledged delegates and only 704 unpledged super delegates.
Anyone getting in now would have access to only about 800 unpledged delegates and the 704 super delegates. Although Hillary has 302 of the Supers already pledging their support. That means only about 1100 delegates are available and I think we can assume that no one can run the table on those ...
Anything other than Hillary or Bernie is implausible at this point.