• Flying SquidOP
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    161 year ago

    The closest the U.S. has ever had to a socialist candidate becoming president, he was in prison at the time. And even then, he barely got any votes comparatively speaking.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_V._Debs

    And no, I don’t count Bernie. He’s not really a socialist. He’s just to the left of everyone else in the Senate.

    • @Shapillon
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      61 year ago

      And in Europe he’d be center-left.