Bernie Sanders interviewed punk kids (1988)

[@alcedob.5850]

It feels like these kids were actually listened to for the first time on that tape

LOL Yeah bro let's listen to a couple of dummies about how to run society

[@icecreamman1337]

they are like 17 or 18 bro i bet we dont wanna hear the kinda stuff you were spewing at that age

[@oatmeal710]

we listen to two dummies talk about running society every four years during the presidential debates, why can't kids do the same?

[@murkartik]

LOL I'd say you've loads of ideas LOL

[@atherum]

If only the Columbine Kids were listened to

[@WiloPolis03]

Props to Bernie for starting the interview on a positive note by complimenting their drip

[@DGAMINGDE]

The crossover we didnt know we wanted but that we needed. Also its hilarious that Bernie was the mayor. "I dont like how society is run." "I am the literal major, give me tips how to improve".

[@Historywithantonio]

Hes a good man!

[@roleplayingpain4349]

How long has this man been 70 years old for?

[@ChildrensRightsFirst947]

😂

[@clowncargaming8046]

800 years

[@cmo1917]

"You're saying to the mayor to heck with law and order?"

[@space_1073]

They knocked this guy out of the race unfairly and we got trump because of it

[@ephemera5714]

to heck with society

[@Historywithantonio]

TO HECK LOL love the phrase.

[@sambaxrock]

“Maybe one day we will be invaded and we will know what feels like”. This rings as true in ‘88 as in ‘24. 💔🍉

[@search895]

There is a movie, i don't remember the name, it's about aliens from space invading Earth but it's actually esthetically and scriptwise like those movies about France being under nazi invasion during WWII, but in the USA in the XXI century. Boring as a sci fi alien based movie, interesting as a concept. Like the producers or the directors thought americans never thought of it happening in the USA.

[@Pandor18]

@@search895 Captive State (2019)?

[@stevenzepeda5930]

Tired of people saying we shouldve had bernie for president - not realising they could be the next bernie

[@Historywithantonio]

I think american young people are moving in that direction politically.

[@collinsmith6584]

@@Historywithantonio half going far left. half going far right. give or take 1/5.

[@hd-xc2lz]

@@collinsmith6584 Except the half veering Left are sadly more interested in identity issues than economic problems. They glom onto lofty sounding old Left terms and (mis)apply them to identity conflict, often in a way contrary to the original economic sense.

[@ChartreuseDan]

​@@hd-xc2lz It's just difficult to muster the level of empathy required to appreciate the value and reliability of economic collectivism and social safety nets while failing to muster the level of empathy required to see people who are different from oneself as humans deserving of dignity, not impossible mind but difficult

[@wetwaredistributor6770]

@@hd-xc2lz I disagree. "Identity issues" is a way of devaluing human rights. For the economy to be actually good, human rights have to be a tenet of said economy. I hear way more valid economic criticism and ideas from the political left than the right, and the only people who think the left is getting wrapped up in identity politics, think that because their only interaction with the left are videoclips online of them arguing for trans people or whatever. Those clips get promoted on social media specifically to make you feel that way. I'm a 'leftist' and while I care about human rights deeply, I can also tell you that the least extreme way to fix our economic outlook is (a return to) keynesian economics, the type of economic strategy we used back in the 1950's. It's essentially government interventionism in industry that becomes too consolidated, high public spending (infrastructure, etc) to provide good paying jobs, additional housing, etc. And lastly, funded by taxing the wealthy harder than we currently are, while simultaneously lowering tax burden on the poor and middle class. In the 50's we had a 90% upper marginal tax rate on income. That's why shit didn't suck, the only way to avoid that high tax rate was to invest in your industry and workers. Don't want to spend all of your money on taxes, like most rich people don't? You can pay employees more and expand your business to do that. But what you can't do is pocket it all. Anyway, the right wing proposition for fixing the economy is basically "tariffs good" (they're not) and "what if women didn't work and got married instead" which if you live in the world today, you know that is not a viable option for 95% of people. And lastly, the right weaponizes identity politics to distract from the fact they have no good economic ideas besides continuing trickle down, laissez faire capitalism that has fully failed us as a nation. They suggest we deregulate industry and remove worker protections like that'll somehow help us (it wont) and when people go "hey that's a shit idea" they feign outrage and go "LOOK A TRANS PERSON IS INDOCTRINATING YOUR CHILDREN". The left's 'identity politics' is basically just defending against that bullshit, from a borderline fascist regime that would be happy to have people die from action based on those accusations if it distracts people long enough for them to push economic legislature that benefits nobody but themselves. In summary, if you think the left has no ideas besides identity politics, you're politically illiterate. Flat out. It's harsh but it's true, read into progressive platforms sometime from sources that aren't right-leaning news stations. P.S, Kamala Harris' platform, was a return to keynesian economics. That's also what Biden had started doing. Had we just stayed on this path, we'd be reaping the benefits. But now that Trump has won most branches of government for the republicans, we're all going to find out just how bad deregulation of industry actually is. We're going to get fucked over the next four years and I hope everyone learns something from it as their quality of life takes a large downward swing. Vote for the fuckin' alternative next time, if there is a next time. Dems being nice to minorities doesn't mean they have no economic policy proposals. And for the love of god stop watching shit like fox news, that's a 24/7 propaganda channel that would give soviet russia a run for it's money.

[@mikenewbold1699]

i am michelle i transitioned into mike in 2021 loved bernie. great guy.

[@I_am_a_human_not_a_commodity]

"i am michelle i transitioned into mike in 2021 loved bernie. great guy." That's nice, but why do you feel compelled to make such a statement online in a KZbin comment section? Why do you still identify as Michelle if you transitioned to Mike? I'm a bit confused.

[@dog-ez2nu]

oh fr???

[@Cogentess]

because he appears in the video that occurs in the past, why not make a comment with an interesting update ? also because hes was still referred to as michelle back then so he's using words to identify which person he is in the video . Dang why the hell does anyone even comment? To interact wtf hesam_a_human_not_a_commodity dit

[@OfficialCharles]

My condolences.

[@sonny5082]

@@I_am_a_human_not_a_commodityshowing your age

[@murkartik]

I really hope these two can be tracked down for a new interview about this interview.....ideally with the Senator from Vermont.

[@Historywithantonio]

Theres a video somewhere of them online being talked to about it. Theyre still alive. IN their 50s

[@noobfromhell563]

was done 4 years ago, "Bernie Sanders Mall Punks React to Interview From 1988"

[@Pandor18]

@@noobfromhell563 this comment should be at the top ♥

[@Daniel-bn2lm]

The more things change the more it stays the same.

[@joshuawilliams8252]

These are the most well-mannered dissidents I've ever seen.

[@adonaiyah2196]

I honestly thought this was larry david

[@jamespeterson4275]

Welcome to Bernard Sanders

[@collinsmith6584]

they all look the same at a certain age

[@Pandor18]

for everyone wanting the sequel "Bernie Sanders Mall Punks React to Interview From 1988"

[@golirasmonk]

It is so funny to see these 'punks' using words like heck and baloney, idk why

[@austinrichard8046]

This is awesome 2 marginalized human beings being heard and treated with respect

[@Y0ungContrarian]

to heck with society.....

[@Pandor18]

I thought it was Petro in the thumbnail XD

[@KeithNagel]

Ahh, to be young, inarticulate and poorly dressed again! I do miss it sometimes (grin).

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

Not poorly dressed

[@kidguerrila]

They're dressed pretty well

[@stevenzepeda5930]

Id say theyre pretty articulate.

[@baglespelledwrong8159]

@@stevenzepeda5930 not reallyyy

[@joshuawilliams8252]

​@@baglespelledwrong8159 They're nervous and trying to put their feelings into words. That's very difficult. They were very articulate all things considered.

[@aminekaroui]

bernie always been the G.O.A.T

[@Tom-ub7ti]

To heck with it! Those kids are out of control!

[@BartholomewGilbertson]

boomer

[@aminekaroui]

bro they're like 16 in this sequence, i'm pretty sure they're around 55 today they ain't no more kids

[@Tom-ub7ti]

@@aminekaroui I'm totally aware of that. I was simply making a joke. They were trying to act like these wild crazy rebels, but what they were saying was pretty tame

[@WiloPolis03]

​@@Tom-ub7tiTom you have officially beaten the boomer allegations, false alarm

[@Tom-ub7ti]

@@WiloPolis03 wrong again. I'm 61

[@frempy4426]

heckin

[@DonArmandoRobles]

First one here.🙌🏿

[@Historywithantonio]

Yaay🙌

[@laptopuser7908]

Too bad he sold out to the Duopoly.

[@ChildrensRightsFirst947]

He had no choice. His beliefs didn't change just because he joined Democrats to be elected.

[@ShutoStriker]

Another career politician who's accomplished absolutely nothing legislatively or in general. Just talking, spouting ideologies. Because that's always in high demand right; People who talk a lot but do nothing.

[@Demonizer5134]

He's engaging with the dissidents of society, which takes both guts and compassion. This is why Bernie is better than other politicians, who distance themselves from people like this.

[@benthephilosopher]

Sometimes when I get depressed by how dumb my students are, I watch this video to remind myself that 40 years, young people were also really stupid.

[@djk1563]

It’s kinda your fault if your students are dumb. You’re supposed to make them smart, no?

[@therespectedlex9794]

It's not 40 years you know. It is 36! What are you, a dingus?

[@benthephilosopher]

​@@djk1563 nope, a university professor's job is not to "make them smart".

[@dreb-e4y]

You absolute f/ing loser. Quit and let someone do the job whose heart is actually in it.

[@joshuawilliams8252]

​@@benthephilosopherThat's quite literally what a teacher at any level is meant to do.

[@pedaluppedalup9321]

stylishly conformist of their times they are. nothing punk about them at all.

[@mkolorz]

Ah yes, its officer Buzzkill of the Punk Police. I never found this attitude to be productive. Let people be who they want to be, even if it takes them a few phases to do so. If these young people were introduced to some different ideas and music during their time as "punks", than mission accomplished.

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

LoL Not really at the Time Most people were Normies

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

It was actually still fairly Underground Although the Normies started slowly popping Up

[@KeithNagel]

Mall punks... Sticking it to The Man by shoplifting from Spencers.

[@MrTaylorTexas]

You should run for president! That's quite a talent to be able to know everything about a couple of people from a 6 minute video!

[@DownFallsHell]

I want her so bad