Oh yeah they'll hammer away about the fears of socialism but I don't think its a SLAM DUNK approach to campaigning.
1. You are right...most americans are unaware of communism. But I think American's naturally gravitate to someone that can talk about what they *for* as opposed to what they are *against*. I think Bernie's message of healthcare cost, wages, and student debt resonate with a shyt ton of American's and when it comes down to opposign his ideas...you can only use the Venezuela, USSR, etc. argument for so long.
At some point you have to answer...well...what's your plan to address these problems Trump?
And at some point you also have to ask, how exactly do you plan to pay for all of this.
Right now most people who are supporting Bernie are doing so because they think that all of the "free" things he's promising won't affect them financially. They actually believe he can accomplish all of these things by just taxing the rich. So far he hasn't been pressed to give specifics on how this will work.
I just had a discussion with a guy the other day and I had to pull up the video of Bernie saying out of his own mouth that there would be a progressive increase in taxes for anyone making over $29,000. In his mind taxing the rich would pay for everything.
And using those countries is fair game because they all started off as "revolutions" that were supposed to provide a better life for their people until they burned through the money and left their economies in ruin. That's a fair comparison to make with the promises being made