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In 2020, he ran for president again to win the Democratic Party nomination, this time, the main candidate favored by the establishment was former vice-president Joe Biden. | In 2020, he ran for president again to win the Democratic Party nomination, this time, the main candidate favored by the establishment was former vice-president Joe Biden. | ||
Due to Bernie's Democratic Socialist views and endorsement from Democratic Socialist of America, the organization gained thousands of followers during and after his 2016 campaign. Because of it's roots in western-establishment social democracy, this ideology mostly only appealed to college-educated gentrifiers in urban areas, who are completely detached from the sensibilities of the working class. This demographic of urban institutionalized activists composed the majority of the people who ran his 2020 campaign, along with backing from | Due to Bernie's Democratic Socialist views and endorsement from Democratic Socialist of America, the organization gained thousands of followers during and after his 2016 campaign. Because of it's roots in western-establishment social democracy, this ideology mostly only appealed to college-educated gentrifiers in urban areas, who are completely detached from the sensibilities of the working class. This demographic of urban institutionalized activists composed the majority of the people who ran his 2020 campaign, along with backing from [[The Squad]] such as AOC. Due to this situation, his campaign ended up pandering to woke social and identity political issues instead of focusing on class issues, which alienated the working class who propelled his 2016 campaign. | ||
In February 2019, the Infrared collective published a blog titled "ADOS and Bernie Sanders"<ref>https://biglefthook.home.blog/2019/02/28/ados-and-bernie-sanders/</ref>, in which it outlined how the ADOS (American descendants of slavery) movement, which was ''"up in arms over what they perceive to be Sanders’ reluctance in fully supporting reparations"'' could actually appeal to the white working class who had voted for Bernie in 2016. In it, Infrared states: | In February 2019, the Infrared collective published a blog titled "ADOS and Bernie Sanders"<ref>https://biglefthook.home.blog/2019/02/28/ados-and-bernie-sanders/</ref>, in which it outlined how the ADOS (American descendants of slavery) movement, which was ''"up in arms over what they perceive to be Sanders’ reluctance in fully supporting reparations"'' could actually appeal to the white working class who had voted for Bernie in 2016. In it, Infrared states: |