TBH, if I had to choose between Warren and Bernie right now, I'd take Warren. I think she gives a better speech, and I've seen more new policies out of her like breaking up Amazon and the wealth tax, whereas Bernie's platform is...still obviously very solid, but largely unchanged near as I can tell. Warren just seems to be the innovator right now.
This is precisely what that Cyclo article was referring to btw. It was asking why people constantly call Warrens ideas new, when 90% of her most innovative have been brought up in actual bills by other people before, and/or are part of other peoples platforms.
For example, Bernie has talked about a wealth tax for years, and even put forward a bill for it like 5 years ago.
Related, Bernie calls for unionization in the video game industry:
Why is it a problem that Warren's ideas aren't all her own? I don't need a candidate to be a policy genius, I want her to use her leadership to cultivate an ideology and then find and promote the best plans that match that. She co-sponsors ideas and is able to use her spotlight to bring them into view. The general public doesn't care about who came up with this proposed bill they've never heard of because it hasn't gone anywhere. Warren being able to show off many different proposals is a good thing, the Warren narrative makes the narrative of policies accessible.
Even then it's not like she's taking credit. Her platform is "I have a plan for that," not "I, Elizabeth Warren, have a plan that I personally came up with because I'm a supergenius."
Like Bernie didn't fucking invent unions, certainly isn't the first to call for unions in the video game industry, but it's great to see him do so.
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