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.

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
      15·
      8 days ago

      There’s nothing he can be to become president. Democrat was the only shot he ever had.

      And the democrats failed all of us. Reason, and the appearance of hope has failed. All that’s left is reality, and the further rapid erosion of our systems under increasingly corrupt leadership that no longer feels that they should hide their indescretions.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
      111·
      8 days ago

      Bernie isn’t a Democrat, he’s a registered independent who caucuses with the Democrats. That’s why the DNC hates him.

      • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
        101·
        8 days ago

        I keep seeing people call him a Democrat. It’s so annoying. Like this guy managed to get elected as an independent to the US Senate, a major accomplishment, because of his hard work and uncompromising values. Calling him a Democrat is insulting.

      • swim@slrpnk.net
        31·
        8 days ago

        American “Libertarians” have ruined the word. He’d make a swell libertarian socialist.