In modern progressive politics, policy arguments often take a back seat to something far more powerful: moral authority. Bernie Sanders is rarely treated as a mere politician. He is treated as a figure beyond reproach, a vessel of righteousness, a kind of secular saint whose intentions sanctify his ideas and whose critics are dismissed as heretics.
In this episode, I examine how Sanders has come to occupy a quasi-religious role in American political life, why so many wealthy elites and celebrities gravitate toward his moral posture, and how politics increasingly mirrors religious devotion without the accountability, humility, or limits that genuine faith demands.
This is not an argument about tax brackets or healthcare spreadsheets. It is an argument about belief, moral absolution, and what happens when politics becomes a substitute for religion.
