He literally isn’t, though, because being anti-capitalist is the starting point for Socialism. He’s just comfortable with actual Socialism. Which most Americans aren’t thanks to propaganda.

Not to knock the guy. I voted for him the one time I was allowed to. He’s easily one of the best of a bad bunch.

But at best he’s a Social Democrat, which just means he’s Left of most Dems, but given how the Overton window has shifted over the course of his lifetime, post-Reagan that’s not saying much.

Again, not knocking the guy, but he really dropped the ball with Palestine and AIPAC.

Did he switch back to being an Independent? I thought I saw that a while ago.

Anyway, good talk. Thanks.

The most Left in the current Congress is still Right wing.

Bernie is still a capitalist.

Well he took his time with that one.

AOC next?

Acorns, man. They are dangerous.

Can’t edit my original response for some reason, but I just recalled that “magnet” school is a private charter school.

Here in Louisiana, that would be as close to zero as they can make it.

Oh for a typical magnet school, yes, I know.

But like I said with the excessive quotes, I’m not sure it’s a real magnet school given how the parish has dealt with all of their other schools and the excessive Republican influence in the state.

And it just gets worse. Pardon me while I rant.

Here in central Louisiana, a state historically in the bottom 3 in education, they’ve now opened an “ag only high school”, obstensably to teach trade school and “farming” skills. When I was in high school ag classes were offered where they basically taught welding. At least that’s all I ever heard anyone talk about, oh and maybe some husbandry, but not with actual livestock.

The gist of it though, is now all of those kids who were in the non-college ag or business track can now take just ag classes, and it’s in a completely separate campus about 7 miles from my old high school. They don’t commute from another high school and I can’t imagine they have much more than a basic English and Math curriculum, if that. And a not insignificant portion of them will upon graduation go work for their families.

There’s also a “magnet” school (pardon the excessive quotes, it’s Louisiana and nothing is ever as it seems) in the county seat that seems to only be useful for draining off the non-sports smart kids… which might be good, except I suspect this is being facilitated by Louisianas take on the Republican school-voucher programs. Which if you didn’t know is a way to drain funding from “under performing”, i.e., poor, usually minority, schools.

So that can’t be helping any national reading or math scores.

Controlled op never will take advantage.