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  1. Interesting take; not sure if I agree with it, but worth considering nonetheless: mobile.twitter.com/theminorchords/status/1236868325449379840?p=v
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      I mean, I agree with the "Bernie Sanders didn’t revive the American Left in 2016" part, because it was already alive: the Iraq War protests and Occupy Wall Street were both things the left organized on our own.
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        Sure, he supported us in both of 'em, but he wasn't really leading either of 'em like he's doing with the movement now. I think the power vacuum wasn't created so much by Warren refusing to run in 2016 as it was due to the movement's preferences to remain leaderless previously
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          Which is why the whole #NotMeUs motto is actually kind of ironic: while Bernie does actually mean it sincerely, it used to be more true back before leftists decided we wanted a leader and made it him.
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            As for WHY the left decided it suddenly wanted a leader, I think that comes more out of the "Occupy failed because it was leaderless" narrative than anything else. Sure, it's a debatable narrative, but it affected people's thinking nonetheless.
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