I think Hillary will build on Obama's policies and so would Sanders since they both voted the same on 90% of the bills passed through congress.
What did Obama achieve, really? When did he ever stand up for workers? (Never.) I learned everything I needed to know about then-Senator Obama when he supported Joe Lieberman over Ned Lamont.Obama is just a slightly gentler imperialist. He assassinates the people Bush would have tortured. Obama has deported more immigrants than Bush. The Obama administration has been much harsher than the Bush administration in punishing whistle blowers, such as Edward Snowden. He supports neoliberal trade policies (As does Clinton, despite what she's saying, now.), etc., etc. I think you are right, in essence, I think Hillary would be just as bad. Perhaps a little worse, but probably not much worse. As you can probably tell, I have never supported Obama. Even in 2008, as far as I was concerned, he was the lesser evil, at best.
That's true, but it doesn't mean what you're suggesting. The fact that they have similar voting patterns doesn't change the fact that there are enormous differences between them. If you listen to their rhetoric, the difference is immediately apparent. While Sanders identifies as a democratic socialist, his platform is pure New Deal liberalism. Clinton, on the other hand, is to the
right of
Eisenhower.
Look at foreign policy. She supported the war in Iraq. As someone who, like Senator Sanders, opposed it before it began, I'm not particularly sympathetic to her on that point. She was one of the biggest players behind intervention in Libya, and that country’s resultant decay into a failed state, and terrorist haven. She was also instrumental in backing the 2009 coup in Honduras. Now it's the murder capital of the world, a brutal police state whose thugs murder activists like Berta Ceceres. I don't see that Clinton has any regret, or remorse regarding those whose lives she has destroyed. I don'the think she's learned anything. She considers the mass murderer, and war criminal Henry Kissinger to be a trusted advisor, and friend. She is practically Dick Cheney in a pantsuit.
But one of the things that seems to separate the two is that Hillary wants to make incremental changes whereas Bernie wants to make a big change all at once.
They don't share the same goals. Clinton is presently employing liberal rhetoric because she's running against Sanders. Clinton has never been an ally of the working class. As soon as Clinton no longer has to compete with Sanders, all of this will be forgotten.
I think Bernie is a "revolution of high expectations" and his supporters are going to be disappointed whether he wins or not. Of course they'll be disappointed because their enthusiasm wasn't enough for Bernie to win the nomination...and because of their high expectations if he won the presidency they will be disappointed because he won't be able to fulfill his revolutionary promises at all. Millennials need to learn that change doesn't happen all at once...at least not in this country it doesn't. Hillary's approach to change may not be revolutionary, but imo, it is more realistic because it's do able and will have more endurance.
First, this misunderstands how political change, real political change actually happpens. If you look at the civil rights movement, gay rights movement, the labor movement, etc., it doesn't follow a pattern of gradual, incremental gains. Sure, there is motion, but these things tend to progress in fits, and starts, with minimal activity followed by periodic bursts, that is, if they are successful.
Second, if you ask for a loaf of bread, it's likely you'll end up with a half a loaf. The idea that asking for a half a loaf, or, in Clinton’s case, crumbs, would yield greater results in the long term. That doesn't really follow.
The primary reason why Democrats can't turn out the vote is because they keep chasing the Republicans to the right. Clinton is, essentially, a moderate Republican. If Democrats ever stood up for workers, more workers would vote for them. The Democratic party is the worst 'friend' workers have, the betray them at nearly every opportunity. This, as I said, is the reason workers need to build an alternative institution to replace, and defeat the Democratic party.