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That man has been on the right side of every issue forever.
He really has been! I know the comment is based on a joke, but when I learned who Bernie Sanders was when he was running for president I had a "oh shit it's that guy!" moment.
Pretty much any documentary I had watched about any random topic where there was a segment about US government involvement he was always on the right side of whatever was being discussed.
Just imagine what the world would be like if he had won the primary instead of Hillary.
Nope, wait, don't do it. I just tried and it makes the real world even MORE depressing.
Honestly, it probably wouldn't have made a difference. The 'Bernie Bros' that voted for Trump were largely a myth, not really enough to swing the election, and he's far enough left (as far as American politics go) that it probably would have ended up with Trump winning more votes from Dems that claims to be centrists.
Aside from that, he's far enough to the left of most Dems that he probably wouldn't have been able to get the Speaker to introduce any legislation he favored, so it would have been the same kind of compromise bullshit that Dems always fall for.
Now, Gore? If SCOTUS had let the count proceed instead of calling it for Bush prematurely? Yeah, the world would be a very, very different place.