It isn’t just him. Democrats are changing parties or becoming independents because they have gone so far left that it is just a hop, skip and a jump into marxism. It is almost around the corner.
Would you be interested in a friendly attempt to pin down what you are claiming.
I know little about Marxism, but here's what Britannica has to say. I didn't even get to the end of it, it's incredibly complicated, and it appears there are lots of different versions of Marxism. We can use it as a reference, if you wish.
Marxism - Class, Capitalism, Dialectic: To go directly to the heart of the work of Marx, one must focus on his concrete program for humanity. This is just as important for an understanding of Marx as are The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital. Marx’s interpretation of human nature begins with...
www.britannica.com
Now I'll give a short description of my own political position, which is well to the left of the Democratic party.
It's pretty much as practiced in the Scandinavian countries like Denmark. Single payer government run health care, generous paid vacations, long parental leave, strong representation of workers in the running of companies, government regulation to protect the public from the excesses of industry (and so on, you get the picture I hope) and a progressive taxation where the rich pay a lot more than the middle class, sufficient to fund all the benefits. It's what Americans loosely call "Socialism", though it's not the correct definition of course.
OK, if you want to, you can explain to me how I am "a hop, skip and a jump" away from Marxism. I ask because I don't feel that I am. Then we can discuss the Democratic party in the same way.
