I'd classify Sanders as one of the reasonable ones, as well as AOC. The problem with the Democrats is that they - especially on the local level - don't have that many young people running for them, so it's mostly old people...
Both are good at pointing out flaws in the current plan of the day, but neither of them have viable plans of their own that I have seen (as in actually implementable).
Even if they have only small steps to offer, it's still better to walk these now than wait for years and years for a masterplan, while the destructive authoritarian forces keep marching on into the past.
If the small steps keep people from making actual change because ‘i’m doing my part!’ while accomplishing nothing? I disagree.
Or do you think those straw bans actually helped, or just let people think they were helping by doing actually nothing?
And how do you think all those people feel who spent decades faithfully sorting recycling who finally figured out it was all a scam and 90% of it just went into the same hole in the ground shortly after?
I’m not saying I have some better master alternative - rather there is a reason the pendulum swings.
