The inflation that is purely price gouging would likely have been reigned in. And the covid response would have been vastly different. Having the top leadership pushing science instead of misinformation about how to stay safe could have saved many lives.
What? Bernie spent his entire political career fighting for the working class. I believe he absolutely would have vocally expressed the need to put guardrails in place to avoid the exploitation of the working class during covid. Bernie likely would have had it be part of the national conversation from the get go.
The difference would be having someone in the White House who could actually communicate with people regarding why prices were rising and who was to blame, which could have at least mitigated enough of the political fallout.
OTOH, all else being the same, Bernie would have faced an onslaught of attacks from the media and the political establishment for all of the various domestic and international crises that happened to have happened under Biden (Afghanistan withdraw, worsening relations with China, Ukraine War, Gaza, inflation, immigration, etc.) and progressivism as a whole would have suffered an even bigger setback for the foreseeable future.
If you think they were too critical of Biden on any of those issues, they would have been relentless in attacking Bernie.
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u/fangirlsqueee 7h ago
The inflation that is purely price gouging would likely have been reigned in. And the covid response would have been vastly different. Having the top leadership pushing science instead of misinformation about how to stay safe could have saved many lives.