Man, y'all are aware Bernie is running for President of the United States, right? It's by definition a bureaucratic position. He is going to be governing, literally, in a top-down manner. And that's a good thing! If he refused to do so, it should be considered disqualifying. Imagine entering the most powerful office in the land and just refusing to utilize its tools because you have a naive commitment to eschewing a heirarchical power structure. This is what we mean when we talk about Democrats refusing to wield power. What we need is someone to use all the tools and powers of the bureaucratic state to create progressive change from the top-down, while also having bottom-up activism pushing progressive change at that level. So I don't view Warren talking about how she actually plans to utilize the levers of the office of the presidency, in all its administrative and bureaucratic machinations, as a bad thing because that's ultimately what the Presidency is about. I encounter this fear and rejection of bureaucratic power and competence from Bernie supporters quite often and it's very concerning.
