@burnoutqueen @gwynnion The Democrats would rather lose to Trump than win with Bernie. Is it a mistake to assume that winning elections is their primary goal. Their primary goal is to defend the oligarchy from leftist populism. They accomplish this by absorbing leftish voters (a vote for Stein is a vote for Trump) while delivering nothing except empty symbolism. The U.S. will never have universal healthcare, will never stop waging war, etc. unless and until the Democratic Party is destroyed.