'Democratic Socialist Sanders votes in favor of the Pentagon’s scandalous defense budget time and again because there are companies in Vermont dependent on F–35 jet production.' He has voted with the Democrats 98 percent of the time. Let us put his qualified support for $15/hour into context: 1865: ‘Instead of the conservative motto, A fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work, we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, Abolition of the wage system’ (Marx, Value, Price, and Profit). 1928: ‘Earning a wage is a prison occupation’ (Wages, DH Lawrence). 1965: Workers still ‘don’t realise that they can abolish the wages system’ (Socialist Standard). 2019: $15/hour by 2024? (Sanders’ Raise the Wage Act). 2026: The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. FWIW, ?'Democratic Socialist' is a a tautological misnomer - Sanders et al. as well as the DSA ?are better described as social democrats: they are socialist in name only.