Summary

Bernie Sanders criticizes the Democratic Party for neglecting the working class, leading to their recent election losses.

He highlights issues like economic inequality, job displacement, healthcare costs, and foreign policy as key concerns for the American people.

Sanders questions whether the Democratic leadership will address these issues or remain beholden to big money interests.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    The what party? America still has more than one political party?

    Edit: I don’t mean ‘both parties are the same, you knuckleheads.’ I mean there won’t be a Democratic party by the next election. There won’t be any parties but the Republican party.

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      7 hours ago

      50/50 on that one. It’s just as likely they keep an opposition party to keep up appearances as many dictators do and have sham elections.

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          If we’re talking about a distinction without a difference then we can admit that America is a one-party state that only pretends to be a two-party system.

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            No, sorry, I can’t admit that Hillary Clinton would have picked the same sort of SCOTUS justices that Trump picked, the ones that did things like end legal abortion nationwide.

            I also can’t admit that Trump would have appointed Lena Khan to any sort of powerful economic position.

            And I certainly can’t admit that Republicans had an infrastructure program considering they had four years to come up with one and never did.

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        Oh don’t worry! That’s what the checks and balances is for. There will always be a check to the executive branch. Sure the executive branch is Republican but the Senate won’t be-… Well wait okay it is but at least the house-… Well alright they’ll have the executive branch, the house, and the Senate, but the judicial branch is still going to be able to-… Well at the very least two of them are about to retire and will be replaced with ppl hand picked by president so th-…

        Well at least the ice cream machines at McDonald’s can be fixed independently now… That’s something right?