{"id":2594,"date":"2020-03-05T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2020-03-06T02:51:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T09:51:42","slug":"bernie-sanders-wins-california-democratic-primary-as-democrats-embrace-socialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2594","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders Wins California Democratic Primary as Democrats Embrace Socialism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Michael Palomba<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a not so shocking outcome, Sen. Bernie Sanders won the California Democratic presidential primary on Super Tuesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is shocking, however, is Californian\u2019s favorable view of socialism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/live-blog\/2020-super-tuesday-live-updates-14-states-hold-primaries-n1146871\/ncrd1148651#liveBlogHeader\">exit poll<\/a> reveals that California Democrats have a very favorable view of socialism by a 53% to 33% margin.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is immensely alarming for a multitude of reasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First off, capitalism has lifted more people <a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/extreme-poverty\">out of poverty<\/a> than any other economic system, and it&#8217;s not close.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secondly, from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/countries\/democratic-socialist-countries\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Population Review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, here is the list of countries \u201cthat have a socialist party that serves as a governing party:\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Armenia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bolivia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ecuador<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iceland<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nicaragua<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northern Ireland<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Portugal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serbia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venezuela<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don&#8217;t see any &#8220;model countries&#8221; on that list. Now, here is a list of major capitalist countries:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Singapore<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Zealand<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Switzerland<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ireland<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estonia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United Kingdom<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United Arab Emirates<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, of course, the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&#8217;s a reason that the majority of major countries are capitalist: because it <em>works<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bernie Sanders often says \u201cwhen I talk about democratic socialism, I&#8217;m not looking at Venezuela. I&#8217;m not looking at Cuba. I&#8217;m looking at countries like Denmark and Sweden.\u201d And that sounds great on the surface, but countries like Denmark and Sweden are not socialist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, Denmark&#8217;s Prime Minister issued a statement correcting Bernie\u2019s false remarks: &#8220;I know that some people in the U.S. associate the Nordic model with some sort of socialism,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Therefore, I would like to make one thing clear. Denmark is far from a socialist planned economy. Denmark is a market economy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, if Bernie\u2019s main example, Denmark, has publicly denounced his claims, what countries is he looking at for inspiration?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, California liberals don\u2019t seem concerned with the facts, and are falling for Sanders smoke and mirror show.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sanders says he\u2019s going to forgive student loan debt, but doesn\u2019t know how it&#8217;s getting paid for. He says he\u2019s going to make college free, but doesn\u2019t know how it&#8217;s getting paid for. He says he\u2019s going to make healthcare free, but he doesn\u2019t know how it&#8217;s getting paid for. There\u2019s a common thread here, which is that Bernie Sanders doesn\u2019t know how he&#8217;s going to pay for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">any<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of his ideas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is reassuring is that Sanders was not the big winner for Democrats on Super Tuesday. That title goes to Joe Biden, surprisingly enough. Sanders won 435 delegates compared to Biden\u2019s 513. The win was much needed for Biden, whose campaign appeared to be fizzling out just days ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The real winner of Super Tuesday this year, however, was President Donald Trump. Despite the fact that he is running as an incumbent with no serious challenger, Trump broke several voter turnout records in blue states and swing states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, while support for socialism is rising in California, it&#8217;s reassuring to see that is not necessarily the case on a national level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn\u2019t something we can take for granted, however, so remember to get out and vote again in November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cornstalker\/23624062730\/in\/photolist-BZzuNo-BujvmV-CrGR8r-Buc54f-Ch8GsN-Ch8FDd-CrGYsg-Cpppwd-BZzvJm-BZzqFW-2iq8qAM-x9uKKV-x8WUsc-5k9uKN-23D99xU-Vh8qUB-Vh8qSc-UTvc1h-Vh8qTV-UTvc7E-2gBa6cy-2gBa85b-2gB9wy6-2gB9xQE-2gB9yjf-2gBa6NU-7jZaJe-vgRS25-uZNtkm-ukxiap-uZNaaL-Ddkx5y-KvXYjF-JzsdoW-Kp464k-FWHKyr-27H7fkd-2h4jaLF-2h4jakW-2h4mLNE-2h4kXcB-2h4kZLj-2h4m1r7-2h4mHvN-2h4kY4w-2h4mHJi-2h4javW-2h4j7wE-2h4m2qr-2h4kXKF\">Photo by Matt Johnson via Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba In a not so shocking outcome, Sen. Bernie Sanders won the California Democratic presidential primary on Super Tuesday.\u00a0 What is shocking, however, is Californian\u2019s favorable view of socialism. An NBC News exit poll reveals that California Democrats have a very favorable view of socialism by a 53% to 33% margin.\u00a0This is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bernie Sanders Wins California Democratic Primary as Democrats Embrace Socialism - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2594\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bernie Sanders Wins California Democratic Primary as Democrats Embrace Socialism - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Written by Michael Palomba In a not so shocking outcome, Sen. 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