Bernie Sanders Says Defeating Oligarchy Now Most Urgent Issue | Common Dreams
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"My friends, you don’t have to be a PhD in political science to understand that this is not democracy. This is not one person, one vote. This is not all of us coming together to decide our future. This is oligarchy."

Summary

Senator Bernie Sanders is intensifying his fight against U.S. oligarchy, targeting wealthy individuals like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg.

Sanders argues that these billionaires manipulate the global economy, influence elections, and control the government, hindering democracy and exacerbating global inequality.

He believes this issue is crucial, impacting various aspects of society, including climate change, healthcare, worker protections, and poverty.

  • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 days ago

    Considering Trump co-oped his rhetoric im pretty sure Bernie could have won without corporate support. He would have at least pushed the democrats to the left by threatening their left wing voter base. Or perhaps he would have convinced more people to vote who normally wouldnt have because the two options suck. Its easy for Bernie to say “wow I wish there was a workers party” but he literally could have made it and he has no excuse.

    • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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      9 days ago

      this same thing keeps being brought up with third party but it never happens. democrats lesson is the extreme left does not vote for them and going left does not help. Meanwhile rebublican administrations bring us more and more right and the dems oftentimes can’t even get us back to we were before another round of more right. could, perhaps but not really.

      • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        9 days ago

        Ten million people didnt even bother to vote compared to 2020 and more roughly 33% of people didnt vote. Theoretically he could have won and not taken a single vote away from either party.

        • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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          9 days ago

          ten million would not have won and again taking any historical reality into consideration getting 100% of the possible eligible electorate is a pipe dream. I just can’t get behind something that has been shown not to work through all of history even though it has indeed been tried. I mean it did not even happen in the hippy erra when tune in, turn on, drop out was a slogan.

          • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            9 days ago

            Historically it didnt work because nobody tried it and once again Bernie would have rather worked with the Democrat establishment then try to win.

            • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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              9 days ago

              It has been tried. continually. third parties are not a new recent thing. I mean the green party is about the environment which is the most significant problem in the world since the industrial revolution and has been recognized as significant since the 60’s politically and the party has existed in the us since the 80’s and its an international movement.