True, regulation is not the same as nationalization. I think Bernie is more New Deal liberal than even a Norman Thomas socialist. The neo-Democrats - like Hillary Clinton- have betrayed the values of the FDR reformism. How can you play with the idea of serious regulation of the banks without suggesting the more radical solution ? I am pragmatic too. I would certainly give Bernie's ideas a chance to work. But we are entering a stage of human history where nothing is more practical than UTOPIAN vision.