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u/WilliamJamesMyers 13h ago
i swear half the young people i meet tell me they campaigned for bernie. their souls got sucked out a little when realizing their own party was fighting him all along. like step aside for hillary then see her fail to trump. that hurt. anyway i miss the enthusiasm for politics they brought. bernie is only alone within his own party...
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u/phdoofus 12h ago
The problem you have is the 18-29 set show up to vote in in ridiculously low numbers compared to every other age demographic and it's been that way for at least 50 years. So it's a little much to blame the party for Bernie not advancing when really at least half that problem is people failing to show up to vote. Look at reddit. The reddit youth demographic kept going on about how they were going to 'flood the polls' and 'make sure this never happens again'.. Well that didn't happen.
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u/oddlyamused 13h ago
I watched it happen to him twice in elections I was passionate about, I'm not a Republican but I am also no longer a Democrat.
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u/madphroggy 13h ago
Honestly if there were a viable 3rd party contender that wasn't composed of extremists and corporate shills I suspect it would be extremely popular. Everyone is sick of corporate Dems promising change and never delivering because their corporate masters keep them on a leash
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u/Darthjinju1901 12h ago
It would more popular than like other third parties in the US but definitely not popular enough to threaten the ruling two party establishment of the US.
The median voter doesn't particularly care. All they care about is whether it affects them personally. Which is why the economy is always such a major issue in the US.
Even if the third party seemed to be popular and gaining it, it would lead to the Republicans and Democrats coming together in some weird unholy alliance to crush anti corporate resistance.
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u/madphroggy 12h ago
Oh I'm well aware of how difficult it would be to actually establish a viable competitor party. I'm just saying that I believe a lot of folks in my generation and the younger generations would support it since the dems can't seem to get much done and the republicans want to drag us back to the stone age
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u/phdoofus 4h ago
I've never been a member of a party (40 years now) but I also don't vote Republican. I despise political parties and have since I was 16. Geo Washington and the founders of the Constitution knew what they were talking about when they called them a dangerous influence primarily because of what they observed/experienced in England.
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u/Roll-Roll-Roll 11h ago
Defeatist bs. This is a 2 party system. You pick the party that's going to get you closest to where you want to be, and try to get them to improve. Anything else is just aiding the opposition.
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u/bssprfnd 7h ago
āThatās defeatist! You have to take what they give you because nothing will ever changeā lol great work dumbfuck
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u/Vegetable-Error-2068 9h ago
No, actually, I'm not obligated to do that at all, and what you're describing is an obscene twisting of democracy.
Nobody owes their vote to any candidate or any party, and it's the candidates' and parties' jobs to appeal to the voter and earn their vote.
A vote is a choice.
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u/monkeyamongmen 8h ago
I like this analogy: politics is like a bus, you pick the one that's going to get you closest to where you want to be. Your problem in the US is you only have two buses, and one of them wants to drive straight off a cliff. If you don't want to take the drive off the cliff bus, your only choice is to punch your ticket for the other bus. Not punching that ticket is sending the message that you're actually alright with driving off the cliff.
If you want to send a message to the Democratic Party, you have to actually get involved. Not voting just makes driving off the proverbial cliff more likely. Case in point, the last two years.
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u/NoMakeSenseOk 8h ago
If Democrats started winning every election, you'd quickly see a split within the Democrat party further to the left. You'd see the Republican party go up in flames.
I don't know how you can deny that logic.
Always vote Democrat. There's no excuse not to.
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u/HashRunner 10h ago
Why would Dems support a lifetime Dem over a lifetime Independent, it's a mystery!
Hell, voters made the same choice, the popularity of Bernie was only within specific circles unfortunately.
I voted for Bernie twice (primaries), but goddamn are Berniebros some of the most entitled and ignorant shits.
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u/TheHumanoidTyphoon69 10h ago
Have to be honest that Im not a fan personally but she did win the popular vote, electoral college needs to be reviewed
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u/FedrinKeening 4h ago
Just want to remind people that at the DNC rally he walked on stage shivering with a black eye and the speakers over his supporters were turned off.
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u/beaker97_alf 12h ago
I love Bernie and wish there were a lot more of him in the House and Senate.
But he lost the nomination in 2016 because he didn't get enough of the actual votes in the primary. It's a good thing too because there is no way a Democratic Socialist can win in the general election now in the majority of states. There are a handful he could easily take but there are far too many that see "socialist" and read "communist".
The Red Scare fucked virtually all the Boomer's and most of Gen X.
It's obvious by how the DSA is treated even today by a lot of tried and true Democrats.
Bernie did a great job moving the needle to the left... There's just no way he would have won even the popular vote let alone the Electoral College.
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u/SyzygyPidgey 13h ago
Bernie is an independent, though?
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u/MetaCardboard 13h ago
He is, but he largely votes with the Democrats because his other option is to join the fascists (Republicans). He's been very staunchly outspoken against Democrats in the past as well. However, Republicans have moved so far right that it's forced Bernie to kind of fully ally with Democrats to fight against them.
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u/Ok_Satisfaction3460 13h ago
He's alway caucuses with the dems and he was running for their nomination. They let him run because they never expected him to actually be a contender for the nomination.Ā
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u/Helix_2023 13h ago
Again, this did NOT happen. The vote was 49-49. Three Republicans joined in on the vote. They couldnāt reach the 60 person filibuster to pass the bill. Stop. Spreading. Misinformation.
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u/Financial_Rice_4807 10h ago
These things are never accurate. People take them as such and then there pushback on some, but it is largely accepted.
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u/dubblies 10h ago edited 10h ago
This did happen it just wasnt in april 2026. It was admendment 5210 and it was to price match medicare drugs to the VA.
https://www.congress.gov/amendment/117th-congress/senate-amendment/5210/actions
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u/Low-Essay-113 Tea Queen š 13h ago
Someone attempting to lessen the impact of corporate greed failed due to privately funded politician sponsorship being legal.
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u/Classic-Cucumber999 4h ago
It doesnāt make any sense. People are dying because of these damn prices,, why does congress want this?!
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u/benzaldehide 3h ago
Its important to remember that post citizens united the congress caters to the billionaire class because they have the power to end their careers by funding primary opponents.
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u/batmanscodpiece 12h ago
Getting close to an election, so I guess it's time to roll out the "both sides" argument to get people not to vote for Democrats.
This was a proposed as an amendment to the Inflation Reduction Act by Sanders. Democrats voted against the amendment due to the compromises made on the bill, in fear that the entire bill wouldn't be passed if the amendment was added.
The bill ended up passing by a vote of 51 to 50, with Sanders voting in favor. It didn't directly lower costs, but did give Medicare the ability to negotiate drug prices.
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u/Epyon214 7h ago edited 6h ago
Petititon to downvote and report low effort posts with anti-human censorship
In what world is censoring the word drug in the context of medicare prices rational
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u/Smooth-Weekend-2314 12h ago
W*y h*s it be*com* so co**onplace to add a fucking ast*risk to ever* fucking wo*d these d*ys?
We can't say "drug" anymore? Are people actually offended by seeing the word "drug"?
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u/PalpitationMoist1212 11h ago
Drug! You just said a naughty word! IM REPORTING YOU TO THE FBI AND THE CIA AND THE KGB AND THE PRINCIPAL AND--
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u/Livid_Restaurant7848 4h ago
Oh I thought that said "Dr. G". As in there was a doctor who called himself Dr. G that was going to give discounts.
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u/D_Ohm 10h ago
AI enforcement. AI doesnāt look for context it just sees the word and tosses the submission.
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u/sussudiokim 10h ago
It is funny that this technology is nascent enough to have the intelligence of a dog. Like spelling out W A L K so it won't get too excited.
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u/tinymonesters 11h ago
If you can't say the word drug without censorship, you don't belong in any conversation about it.
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u/SweetMonsterHorror 11h ago
People do not do this because they are afraid of the word but because such words can get one banned or shadow banned or even just not shared as much. This is a sneaky mode of subversion by talking about a thing the social media company does not encourage be discussed. They do this in the name of protecting people from the evils of the world, specifically drugs, pornography, and violence. By censuring these they inadvertantly or possibly advertently, censor other topics that use the same words even though the topic is beneficial to society to be discussed. This is what is meant by technocracy.
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u/Even-Consideration-3 10h ago
So we all just roll over to the corporate overlords and not say shit they dislike? Fuck that cuckhold shit.
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u/HershySquirtle 11h ago
If everyone ignored this, they'd ban everyone and have no platform left? Count me in. Drug fuck sex suicide murder orgasm.
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u/mercy390 9h ago
Just think, he could have had a chance at the Presidency but the centrist Dems couldnāt have that and he had to fight the full force of the Ds and Rs.
Good thing we learned our lesson from that :)
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u/Either-Assistant4610 7h ago
I still am so SO upset Hilary got the nom. Bernie would've won.
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u/ruum-502 5h ago
Thatās why the democrats learned from their mistakes and (looks back at 2024 election) oh yeah they donāt learn.
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u/RimjobStevesDeadWife 5h ago
Oh but you canāt say that on reddit or suddenly Trump was the fault of progressives or some nonsense
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u/ruum-502 5h ago
Reddit will label you as a conservative for criticizing the democratic establishment that has been losing American voters for decades
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u/Another-Minnesotan 12h ago
We need at least 60 Bernieās in the senate if we hope to ever tackle the problem our capitalist society has created.
This would require folks to get involved in their local political parties and nominate progressive leader for elected positions.
The only way we defeat big money is with numbers, we need more people willing to push for the change we need.
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u/Strict_Ad4121 11h ago
Sorry Bernie. Is it greed that keeps people from doing the right thing? I think it isā¦
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u/TheLastCranberry 11h ago
Heās been fighting for us his entire career, and still people are convinced that they should hate him.
Itās disgusting
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u/steppergodic 5h ago
He proposes candy glass amendments that have no shot of going anywhere, does absolutely nothing to pass any of them, and then goes back to sitting on his ass. But all the hapless losers on Reddit, go "See, he proposed such nice things! He's fighting for us!" and so his career of mooching his whole life continues.
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u/dadbod_Azerajin 11h ago
They do love the uneducate, why worst public but great college in (some) red states
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u/kon--- 13h ago edited 12h ago
Posts like that require a damn link. Full stop.
Right so, that occured August of 2022 during debate of the Inflation Reduction Act. Senator Sanders introduced the ammendment to an already packed bill that besides MAGA already rejecting it faced opposition from democrats as they cited the act already contained Rx drug price reductions.
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u/Andrew-Cohen 12h ago
I feel bad for Bernie, he is one of the few uncorrupt politicians who really does his best to help the average worker and he gets shit on constantly. Love you Bernie!
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u/FlintKidd 10h ago
When he tried to put this forth without packaging it into a larger, razor thin deal, every single Democrat voted for it. It was for a 50%+ reduction.
The meme is talking about when Bernie tried to add it into something that was tightly negotiated, which barely passed.
It is a propaganda meme that assumes you won't do the bare minimum to find out how the Democrats actually vote and why, and you're going to see lots of this stuff since we're in election season.
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u/401Nailhead 13h ago
He looked the same when he was hung out to dry and the DNC picked Hillary over him.
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u/Affectionate_Sir9020 12h ago
We wonāt stop fighting for Bernie and his fight to repeal Citizens United.
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u/unimpressed822 7h ago
stop fucking censoring normal words, jesus stop censoring bad words, its all a problem
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u/DarkIllusionsMasks 7h ago
Good job self-censoring the word "drug." Do you have to use blunted scissors when you make your paper dolls, too?
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u/OverThought95 11h ago
Thats 99 adults that need to learn about the process of receiving unemployment.
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u/snewchybewchies 8h ago
Holy shit are we really censoring the word drugs?Ā Even if it wasn't about Rx drugs are we even a tiny bit serious here?
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u/Beneficial_Heat_7199 8h ago
Coalition of 1. Isn't that how you do the job of legislating? By forming coalitions to make change? Why does he suck at his job so much? If I sucked at my job so bad I'd get fired.
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u/AlbertTheHorse 5h ago
the money has GOT to get out of that room.
My senators are silent (and clearly voted no).
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u/Real_Railz 2h ago
It was even attached to the DHS funding bill. They just hate helping the poorest of people.
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u/dakkamatic 5h ago
I am sometimes dream about a life where Bernie won and we become something better
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u/Interesting_Okra_902 12h ago
It is hard to live in a country where you are surrounded by greedy stupid people.
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u/NoBug7967 11h ago
Anyone at all invested in and industry or that's any family members invested. Should be banned from voting on anything to do with that industry. No one is ever going to vote against their own financial best interest's. Its why nothing can ever happen with the medical or pharmaceutical industry's.
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u/Pretend_Ad1582 11h ago
Thanks for trying Bernie. You're the only one pushing for change that affects real Americans
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u/Big-Anxiety-1228 10h ago
The politicians aren't going to go against big pharmaceutical. They are in bed with them
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u/Apprehensive_Back_35 10h ago
The truths that this one man knows about the traitor conservative lite dems and who is actually a republican's in blue clothing , and what companies are low key effing us nonstop. I would put it on a bucket list to be in a no cameras filter off room with him, giving warnings about who an what to watch out for long after he's gone. Whose stacking power behind the scenes for dubious reasons that we wouldn't expect. Feelin the Bern.
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u/Dirk_Aus 8h ago
Bearnie toes the party line, he always has, his ābrandā, is to vote differently to the DNC if it has no possible way to pass and is popular, when itās a close vote he always votes the same as the party. Heās been in politics so long that if you canāt see this Iām not sure that your paying much attention. The one time he could win and become the DNC candidate, Hillary just offered him money and his principles suddenly disappeared and now heās gone from tax the millionaires to , tax the billionaires, because he is a millionaire
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u/Ticksdonthavelymph 6h ago
What kind of baby bleeps drug? Why do the kids self censor for Chinese algorithms on tik tok. Itās so so sad
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u/bringmethesampo 6h ago
He knows we aren't voting our way out of this and he's too old to see the end result.
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u/Ok-Philosopher-1900 13h ago
Remember all the "Bernie is too old" BS?
He is 10x more together than Trump or Biden. Virtually no slip in his cognitive abilities.
I would vote for him today
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u/TheMaltesefalco 11h ago
How exactly were the prices going to be cut?
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u/Cryllor 10h ago
Considering most drugs donāt cost nearly close to what they cost to make a simple league sanction would do the trick.
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u/Ok_Drag5089 9h ago
Regulations. Like the ones we had in the 50's and 60s when all the maga nazis say we were great.
Of course they don't know that because they just focus on the racism of those times and think that's what made us great.
And shame on the democrats who also sit in big pharma's pocket.
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u/Objective_Claim_2236 9h ago
Still hasn't passed any legislation? Dude just collected checks for the last how many decades?
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u/galaxyapp 8h ago
Its been a few years, but I remember my economics professor having several words about price ceilings...
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u/iSwaguilar 4h ago
Wow, you pulled random numbers and missed the entire point. $300 billion was a real, albeit rough, number of profits made by the entire industry per year. Profits are when all things are paid for and bonuses paid out (canāt believe I have to spell that out).
Itās easy to miss the point when you believe the people who profit from the status quo.
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u/Texas-Couple 10h ago
That whole thing was just a PR stunt. There was already a plan in place that had the majority a favor to vote for it. That's like everybody else saying we want to go eat at a burger joint and at the last minute you're like nah I want Italian. You know it ain't going to happen
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u/OrdinaryAd4286 10h ago
All for improvement but 99-1 is a clear statement from everyone that this is purely PR. Iāve rooted for the guy a number of times but heās just deciding to sit there acting defeated over nothing. If the votes are like that youāve accomplished less than nothing, youāre just making problems. You arenāt uniting any group, just making talking points to nurture the animosity in this country.
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u/Jargonite 9h ago
The drug itself is cheap, the packaging is what often creates the insane cost. A flap? Extra 100 bucks for the price tag
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u/delicate_soup 9h ago
Iām fearful that all the people calling Bernie a millionaire donāt know how 401ks and retirement plans work.
Dude is 85 years old and has a net worth of $2-3 millionā¦.this is relatively modest given the amount of time heās been invested in the market.
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u/Ill_Dot_8651 9h ago
Have to be able to pay for it without demanding more of other peopleās moneyā¦. Nothing gets cheaper because of a tax to pay for it.
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u/_THX_1138_ 9h ago
he's been fighting the fight for 60+ years, knows he won't live to see it all come to fruition, yet still goes on.
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u/oCelotL123 8h ago
Now you know why the democrats let trump take office. They both serve the same master just playing good cop bad cop.
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u/Outside_Valuable_320 7h ago
He's fighting against corporate sponsored politicians. It's like pushing a boulder up a hill.
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u/bbeeebb 7h ago
I like Sanders, and I support most of his positions. But I am really not well informed on what this proposal entailed.
I am on Medicare. And any time I have needed a prescription, it has cost me around $1 - $4 out of pocket. I am certain that this would not be the case with all drugs. But still.
On the other hand; Medicare for all; Yes please.
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u/Own_Mycologist_4900 6h ago
Americans subsidize healthcare throughout the world america pay more because they pay less
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u/EducationNo3262 6h ago
Hey Bernie. Sell your homes and cars and live in an appropriately sized home. You should only be using your fair share or land and resources just like when you use to claim that "millionayas and billionayas shouldn't exist" but then when he became a millionaire, he pivoted to only hating billionaires
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u/BrandonNameRecliner 6h ago
Elections are coming! Quick try to dissuade voters with both sides bullshit so Republicans don't get held responsible for robbing us blind!
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u/LairdPeon 4h ago
Is the bill published somewhere? I'm sure there's more to it than that. He loves sneaking cute little things into bills like jailing researchers.
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u/boundandcovered 3h ago
Why not use the actual photo and instead posting this ai remake??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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u/Fun_Key2006 3h ago
https://youtu.be/1mnCTkBO6Tk?si=Bk0wJPw1qQLPlQPf&t=22
Anyone else getting Schoolhouse Rock vibes?
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u/machevara 3h ago
My family just went to Europe and found eyedrops which in the US they require a prescription and cost $600 to purchaseā¦ their cost, with no prescription, $20ā¦. Our system is broken and so is our society who have been taught to reject that which would benefit and improve their lives
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u/HumanZebra5148 2h ago
The Senate is a joke and should be abolished. Itās clearly an institution designed to subvert popular will.
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u/Glad_Assistance_9155 2h ago
His own party didn't even go along with it.Democratic Party Unity and Strategy (August 2022): During the "vote-a-rama" for the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022, his amendment to cap Medicare Parts B and D prices or match Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pricing failed 99ā1 (with only Sanders voting yes). Democratic leaders and moderate members voted against standalone or expanded changes to protect their narrow, pre-negotiated legislative compromise, which instead established more limited Medicare price-negotiation provisions. Facts matter.
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u/FlintKidd 13h ago
April 2022, he proposed this as part of an amendment to the inflation reduction act, and it would apply to Medicare part B and D, matching them to another VA program. It was voted down because there were already other items in the package that the party was trying to pass. This is where the 99-1 number came from, and the Inflation Reduction Act ended up passing.
April 2026, Sanders actually brought forth an amendment that did reduce prescription drug prices by more than 50%, the number cited in the photo. It failed 49-49. Every single Democrat and independent voted in favor, 3 Republicans voted in favor.
Bernie is probably tired of this meme, since it discourages people from voting for the party that would pass healthcare reform.