I think Bernie genuinely wants to help people even if he isn't using the right methods. I think Joe is garbage that doesn't care about anything but his next bribe. To me that difference matters. You know I lean further left than anybody else on this forum, yet you tolerate me and seem to accept that I'm not human filth. I like to think I have earned a little bit of your respect even if you disagree with a lot of my opinions. Can the same not be true of Bernie?
Let me put it this way,
@Dexter.
A man who is after money is generally predictable. His god is in the open, he will do anything for it.
But more evil has been done in the name of helping someone, or imposing restrictions on people for "their own good", and such types are insatiable, ever driven by the need to do more "good", and morally at home with whatever evil ensues because it was imposed with good intent. With that sort, our Rights are readily forfeit in the cause of "the common good".
If I had to choose between the two, I'd take Biden, because he is in it for the money, primarily, and there is a chance he'd leave some of my Rights alone.