I really, really don't want Bernie to be the nominee, let alone win the election. I used to actually like the guy before I really understood what he is talking about. But when you actually look at his policies, he's actually the most radical person in modern history to get close to the presidency. Like I kid you not when I say that I think Bernie is more dangerous than Trump, who might be a bit corrupt and have a shit personality, but supports policies that are generally in line with our fundamental American concepts of freedom and are overall not too different from the policies of previous presidents in modern history.
Bernie on the other hand is a literal communist. He always talks about how what he is doing is the "right" thing to do without ever actually contemplating the implications of his policies. He gets support because he talks about "economic justice" and "social justice" and "racial justice" which are good euphemisms for the actual substance of Bernie's politics= large scale government control over almost every major industry in the country. This isn't merely welfare he's arguing for, Bernie sanders wants a soviet style expansion of the government's powers.
I could go over ever little gripe I have with Bernie but here's just a big one:
Bernie sanders wants to literally nationalize the private healthcare industry. I don't care if other European countries do this, this isn't good. Monopolies aren't good, whether they are corporate monopolies or government monopolies. Its not good to kill competition. Its not good for an entire industry, especially an essential industry like healthcare, to be in the hands of one person. Why do you trust the government so much that you would let them manage the entire healthcare industry? This is lunacy and it goes against the very foundations of freedom that America was founded on. The founding fathers were so weary of the powers of government that they didn't even allow for the government to have a monopoly on military, with the second amendment basically allowing for a private militia. Yes, other European countries do this and yes those countries do have better health on average than America, but that doesn't mean we need to follow their path. I'm not a supporter of GOP free market fundamentalism, I think some sort of free healthcare plan is needed in America. But why not have a tax funded public option that everyone pays into? Something similar to the public school system but for healthcare and nationally funded. we could open government hospitals while keeping private hospitals and the free market in existence. I don't see why our only option, according to Bernie supporters, is full government control over the industry and why they want Americans to have to choose between no healthcare and communist healthcare in the 2020 election as if there are no other alternatives.
Bernie does this because according to him, "healthcare is a human right". I'm sorry to break this to you, but this simply isn't true. Rights, as defined by the founding fathers and other enlightenment thinkers before them were things that were innate and god given. This is the only definition of a right and any other definition is just an attempt by far leftists to redefine a word in order to fit their agenda, aka communist propaganda.
Health in of itself isn't a right. You objectively do not have the right to good health. There are many incurable diseases that exist and many people who get these diseases. Some people die young, some people die old, some people never get sick, and some people are born sick. Hence, health isn't a right, it is a luxury that only some people can have. If health isn't a right, then how can healthcare be a right? Resources are limited and hence there can only be a limited amount of healthcare resources in America, the only way to create more healthcare is via capitalism and the free market. Socialized medicine doesn't remove scarcity, it just puts the government, instead of the natural order from a free market, determine who gets and who doesn't get healthcare.
Im not saying we cannot have health standards, or healthcare programs, or even free healthcare for everyone. just that healthcare is not a right in any meaningful definition of the word.
lastly, bernie sanders not only wants socialized healthcare, he wants socialized healthcare for illegal immigrants. Which is kind of a dumb idea, but wouldn't be nearly as bad if his immigration policies didn't entail abolishing ICE and border patrol and stopping deportations, effectively allowing for open borders. Can you imagine what would happen if we just removed any sort of meaningful enforcement on immigration law, and then offered high quality healthcare to any illegal immigrant who happens to cross into our borders? it would be a nightmare. millions of people world wide would rush our borders in an attempt to capitalize off Bernie's policies. yes, the middle class would be paying 40% of their income in taxes(which is what it is in Bernie's beloved "socialist" nordic countries) while all that money would be going to non Americans who broke into this country illegally, most of whom won't pay nearly as much in taxes as they'd take in welfare.
I wonder how good our nationalized healthcare will be where for every one middle class American, you'd have 50 Salvadorian peasants leaching off the system. It would probably be so bad that most Americans would want to buy private healthcare, too bad for them because bernie would have already abolished private healthcare.
Seems like in the long run, the only one who would benefit from these policies would be bernie sanders, who would basically be able to buy votes from illegal immigrants(who would be able to vote under Bernie's America as he wants to give all of these people citizenship).
tldr: bernie is a stupid commie and you are better off voting for anyone over him, including Donald trump.
