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That’s a circular argument. You’re saying he couldn’t be elected, despite his massive popularity, because he’s a socialist?
Now would the purple party put a socialist in power? No. Would the people? Yes.
If Bernie was the candidate in 2016, or even 2024, I in my heart truly believe he would have won.
Big Mac Price index time! https://www.statista.com/statistics/274326/big-mac-index-global-prices-for-a-big-mac/
Take this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population
Intersect it with this list: https://www.worlddata.info/average-income.php
And you get
- Philippines - 70m English Speakers - Average Hourly Income $1.44
- India - 228m English Speakers - Average Hourly Income $0.90
- Nigeria - 125m English Speakers - Average Hourly Income $0.66
- Pakistan - 108m English Speakers - Average Hourly Income $0.51
etc, etc
When you want a Entry level online only job, your now competing with the global workforce.
You can get paid more when geography matters (so in person, or for legal reasons), culture matters, language matters (we already narrowed down to English for this example), skills matter (more difficult the skill, higher the remuneration), relationships matter (people know you, so they trust you to work remotely)
What are you offering, able to do, that someone from one of the low cost countries can’t do in order to justify $20/hr? That’s what should be driving your job search.
Sanders should have president TWICE now, but he got betrayed by his party… He would have won the election in 2016