0202 - The True Believers
Barry Goldwater and Bernie Sanders are exact opposites. One is the father of Conservatism and the other heralds the modern rise of Democratic Socialism. Yet beyond their visions for the country, they are almost identical in how their own parties viewed them as dangerous, radical extremists.
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Barry Goldwater and Bernie Sanders are exact opposites. One is the father of Conservatism and the other heralds the modern rise of Democratic Socialism.
Yet beyond their visions for the country, they are almost identical in how their own parties viewed them as dangerous, radical extremists. And more to the point, how hard both worked to kill their campaigns. Barry’s story in 1964 gives us a blueprint of what happened behind closed doors in the Democratic primary of 2020.
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