Bernie Sanders on Money, Power and Identity Politics | Intelligence Squared

Bernie Sanders joins Intelligence Squared to answer questions on U.S support for Ukraine, capitalism and whether the Left is too divided to win power.
Senator Sander is the longest serving Independent member of Congress in American history. He has run in the Democratic presidential primary elections on two occasions in 2016 and 2020, and in January 2023 became chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. His new book 'It's Okay to Be Angry About Capitalism' is available now from your local bookshop.
The interview was conducted by BBC broadcaster and author of 'The Gift of a Radio' Justin Webb. The episode was produced by Senior Producer Conor Boyle.
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[@Intelligence-Squared]

Do you agree with Senator Sanders that America is not actually as divided by culture wars as people think?

[@innerlocus]

Yes, and the GOP is getting so crazy that it is nauseatingly childish.

[@thinkbeyond3457]

​​@@innerlocus GOP = Grotesquely Obvious Projection 🙄

[@thinkbeyond3457]

The minute or two on CRT took a quick turn down stupid street. Clearly another person who does not get the simple concept of what CRT means.

[@miskatonicalumni5612]

I agree with Sen Sanders, the 'culture wars" are superficial meaningless garbage meant to distract the simple minded from realising Conservatives and to a lesser extent Democrats are slowly eroding democracy, rights etc.

[@innerlocus]

@@thinkbeyond3457 and, Greed Over People 🤔

[@marysalisbury9270]

I voted for him twice for President.

[@Kidgloves1984]

I used to be a center-right Ron Paul influenced libertarian, but today I'm center-left progressive Bernie social democracy.

[@donHooligan]

Welcome. ponder this if you will: left represents non-dualism....collectivism right represents dualism....individualism separation leads to fear and hate...violence and authoritarianism. yeah, we have two firmly right wing parties. corporations supporting a left wing politician would be suicide. ...since a lefty would *inherently* break-up, regulate, and tax them out of power. Eugene Debs was literally the last actual left wing politician in USA. a fkn warrior against Pullman. Convict # 9653 For President

[@philipclock]

Socialism is your approach? Dumbing down in your old age…

[@mookiestewart3776]

Props to you for evolving / growing brutha!! We are all in this together and we need policy that works better for the majority of us working class citizens

[@Kidgloves1984]

Thankyou, I appreciate it..not just in America but in every country that has been corrupted and the ordinary man doesn't get a fair shake!

[@TCt83067695]

Ron Paul is a good man tho. Esp when it comes to wars. Shame about his son.

[@Isaac-ul8yz]

America doesn’t deserve this man, but we def need him.

[@BossItUp911]

one of the greatest virtue signalers of our time. doesn't really walk the walk with his own money, but you got to admire the way he runs his mouth.

[@elainemaldonado2932]

I've spoken to older Americans that love him too 💯👍🏼👍🏼

[@BossItUp911]

@@elainemaldonado2932 not the successful well off ones who did it the right way - invested well, worked hard, were entrepreneurs, etc. only the bums who need welfare urgently.

[@TheUgo100]

@@BossItUp911 of course a capitalist like you won't like him go figure

[@jormabaines3651]

That is the most sense I have ever heard from American politicians. Go Bernie

[@philipclock]

...since Barak "57 states" Obama the great phony? Or Noam Chomsky?

[@FakingANerve]

And statistics from the build up to the 2016 and 2020 elections shown that he had the *majority* of the country behind him. He didn't become president because he's some fringe character or because he couldn't get the votes; he didn't become president because he (and we) got screwed because of a highly flawed system. We _need_ to vote progressives in who support fixing the election system via anti-gerrymandering movements and otherwise.

[@SoberOKMoments]

Bernie is the Best. He had my vote every time.

[@philipclock]

Give him what he wants, your house.

[@miskatonicalumni5612]

"Trump may be very crazy but he's not stupid" Sen Sanders nailed it.

[@schloughed]

Yes please, Trump 2024.

[@donHooligan]

@@schloughed zero actual convictions when they got Eppsteen. the pedos owe Trump..... *BIGLY.* he will be POTUS again.

[@philipclock]

Bernie may not be crazy, but he's stupid.

[@onatone]

​@@schloughed haha thanks for showing that crazies support trump. 😂

[@trafficjon400]

@@onatone Well yes, But what Choices would be caused by a Crazy Person? A good choice from a Book we don't honestly truly know happened or existed? and the best way to push it on people is only through an indoctrinated belief System that works Best on the Young with very undeveloped Brains. Should I thank God for using Man to invent and force the work of what Mobsters use in their professions? Why do I have a hard time and feel like a slave of flawed work against me if I use my brain on Rational logical reasoning just a little bit?

[@pamelaponiatowski3529]

Oh my gosh if he had won and we had an organizer in chief, what an amazing difference we would be living in right now! And the difference between Bernie Sanders and Biden is huge, Bernie is not bought by donors, Biden most definitely is.

[@philipclock]

Bernie wants a new house.

[@sommmeguy]

Unfortunately, he is not even a Democrat anymore. America needs to get money out.of politics and then allow multiple parties to evolve.

[@philipclock]

@@sommmeguy America's constitution puts politics and politicians on the back burner to we the people pursuing life, liberty and happiness, through our individual freedom and responsibility. Two parties is enough..

[@sommmeguy]

@@philipclock Is that why you are constantly having elections?

[@joshuacox5817]

Liberals are not leftists. Liberals will sell us out in to the street for corporations just like the U.S. Republican party would

[@arshaddurrani3885]

Visionaries are brave.Bernie took on goliaths, not just one.He has set the thought rolling.I hope succeeding generations will push the ideas more vigorously, persistently.

[@edsedlak6827]

The world needs more Bernie. Inspiring.

[@jordansmith-sb8hw]

Why Bernie's brand of politics is so well received by "the person in the street" is that he quite simply makes sense of the present social / cultural systems - and - importantly he does not seem to be a career politician and / or creating a social / cultural model to other paymasters [backed] planned definitions [I.E. big business or the markets].

[@augustconnors260]

There is a LARGE PRINT version of this book. It has Bernie on the front cover with LARGE PRINT written inside a white circle on the front too. Yes. For us old folk.

[@donHooligan]

Thank you for the info. ....and the comment, if Bernie gets $$cheddar$$ for youtube views and interaction.

[@philipclock]

...with dementia.

[@robertholland8283]

Incredibly short duration time but very concise message.

[@donHooligan]

you've never heard of Bernie Sanders before?

[@philipclock]

So?

[@jurgentehdutchman]

Wish he would run again... A man can dream..

[@AnthonyStabler]

I can't understand why people would vote to pick a fight rather than reasonable discussions about finding solutions to our problems.

[@mypointofview1111]

That's where he loses me. He's too much like Jeremy Corbyn - likes to get people worked up but hasn't got what it takes to see it through. Corbyn didn't have a backbone and it showed. I doubt Sanders is any different

[@perrycomeau2627]

It is important to pay attention to Bernie. Good interview. Thank you senator Sanders. I've liked him ever since he came to Canada with a bus of diabetics for heathcare service. Bernie needs to be independant for structural changes in North America, north to south. I mean the guy goes on and on....☺

[@curiousone6435]

If the human race will survive, I feel we should have a NEW new Testament: The Book of Bernie. Volunteered for him, will always love Bernie.

[@hydratanksamari]

Agreed. Just being a genuine, honest man in Congress sets him apart from other politicians.

[@philipclock]

Did you buy him his house that he wanted?

[@philipclock]

@@hydratanksamari Sincerity does not equal honesty. Stalin was very sincere.

[@TCt83067695]

​@@philipclock he was asking for KZbin commenters to buy him a house? Why? What happened to his current houses? 🤔

[@philipclock]

Don't forget the Communist Manifesto and Das Capital, his instruction manuals for your utopia. Visit Venezuela, North Korea, Cuba, China (rural areas) for a peek.

[@onequestion2059]

It is time to let Sanders Shine, for America.

[@Nyghl0]

Just get this guy in, even if it's just for 4 years, I just want to see if even a small part of what he's aiming for is even possible anymore.

[@gracieallen8285]

Bernie is a great man and human being. It upsets me how the corporate Democrats cheated him not once but twice. Bernie would make a great president!

[@John-sg5un]

You're actually correct!! Bernie did actually get "cheated" in 2016 & 2020. Bernie is the best & it just goes to show you how corrupt the political & campaign financing system is in the U.S.

[@MrBluemanworld]

I'm British an I'm voting for Bernie. I figure out how to do that...

[@kriskelley3562]

Thank you so much Bernie sanders

[@katebuckfield7736]

Just ❤️Bernie

[@mossydog2385]

Monopolies, vast wealth concentrated in very few hands and big money...ESPECIALLY dark money...in politics are serious dangers, not "just" to democracy itself, but to national security in the classic cold war sense. Everything I mentioned above has already had demonstrable negative effects on national security and it's only going to get worse. When you have things everyone wants you need a strong populace, and a populace which is underemployed, despairing, addicted to opioids and dependent on antidepressants, with no medical insurance and a pension constantly under attack by the oligarchy and unable to afford college and the populace *_can not_* be strong by definition.

[@donHooligan]

Sanders 2016 was our last chance to stop the MIC. .. -Mary Detrick made COVID to stop Bernie-

[@denver-gi7ot]

Wouldn't this be the natural progression of capitalism? Even if you start off with strong restrictions around money in politics, they'd eventually get worn down, and the further you wear them down, the more you can contribute, creating a viscous cycle until eventually political and economic power are the same thing, and then general public is locked out, creating an Authoritarian system where you still go through the motions of voting. Can you really have a capitalist democracy?

[@mossydog2385]

@@denver-gi7ot Not without strong regulations in place that *at least* prevent the worst excesses of greed from being expressed. Capitalists constant refrain is that business is much more efficient than bureaucracy, which _can_ be true. Businesses are essentially dictatorships where what the CEO says goes, and it's real easy to be efficient if for the most part, one person is making all the decisions and if your department doesn't make it's projections, someone is going to get fired and replaced by someone who will. The problem is competition over cooperation. Competition is fine in Jr high school level sports, but when real money is the thing people compete for somebody *_often_* gets killed. It stuns me that, in the 21st century, people still seem to need to be controlled or they become greedy and petty and sometimes murderous or war-like. If we don't learn to cooperate our species won't last another millennia and I think that the general public sees this, but our leaders seem bent on clinging to an idealized past that never really existed.

[@richardbono5540]

As a life long socialist (no need for a "democratic" prefix all true socialism is democratic) I don't want to think about a America without Bernie Sanders

[@libertas5005]

America is divided by culture wars, indeed. I live in the Midwest and I am sick and tired of identity politics. The woke "liberal" mob vs the bible-thumping "conservative" mob is wrecking this country apart. Bernie has made a perfect point that we should be fighting for things that we have in common, but you can't talk to radicals on either side. This is why I think USA desperately needs a serious 3rd party, The Moderates, who will not give single fuck about these cultural issues and just focus on REAL WORLD issues like infrastructure, jobs, economy and stability. Let the radicals on both sides of the spectrum fight their imaginary wars.

[@philipclock]

Bernie has nothing common with me, he wants my stuff. Yours too.

[@olejensen3125]

🥰love bernie

[@lefty2460]

Love Bernie! ❤️❤️❤️❤️💕

[@georgeorwell4509]

Bernie Sanders 👍💪👏

[@flovv4580]

"Nothing else in the world...not all the armies...is so powerful as an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo

[@jimmyrrpage]

(I would like to note that everything I am about to say needs to be read in the context of the fact that I am a Sanders supporter. Admittedly, as an Anarcho-Communist, I'm *much* further left than he is, but I also think he's one of the best politicians the US has ever seen in its entire history, and even though I admit I'm slightly worried about Sanders' age, if he were to run as President a third time in 2024, I would vote for him again. That doesn't mean I can't criticize him where I feel it's necessary, and in this comment I do, but I do wholeheartedly support him and his political mission.) The framing of the "identity politics" question was, at best, ignorant, and at worst, disingenuous. There's no doubt that Bernie Sanders really kicked the discussion of "class reductionism" into overdrive in 2016, because he did factually fail to address the meaningful concerns of Black Lives Matter, which was not, and is not, a *purely* economic movement; the demand for reparations is not a *purely* economic demand. And so I didn't expect Sanders to answer this super well because he does have a history of poorly addressing social concerns that aren't explicitly class-related (i.e. Patriarchy and White Supremacy). However, I'm not a fan of the way this question was framed because the *Left* in the US absolutely does *not* ignore Class. Democrats do, yes, but they are not the Left. Democrats are liberal... or, more realistically given their damn near fetish for the Status Quo, the *actual* conservatives in the United States (with Republicans being not Conservative, but Regressive). They most definitely exclude Class when discussing social justice, but they also do so on purpose because they are ultimately Capitalists, which disqualifies them from being Leftists (Leftism is an inherently anti-Capitalist position because the Left/Right political line is a *specifically* economic line). When *actual* leftists talk about social justice, Class justice is an inherent part of that conversation. I just felt the need to comment on that. I really wish that question had been framed better.

[@hydratanksamari]

Well said Nathan

[@donHooligan]

"Political power grows from the barrel of a *Manure Shed."* "....and you fashtits misquoted me intentionally!" -Mao Tse Tung

[@donHooligan]

the strength of any nation is dependent upon its ability to sustainably grow food.

[@philipclock]

@@donHooligan like the corn thrown in the bio fuels instead of feeding the hungry?

[@philipclock]

What the heck is an "anarco communist", in 3 words or less??

[@Natella3312]

Overproduction, overconsumption of everything is a huge problem. Pollution, poor school education, poor discipline, luck of responsibility, ext... Human condition destroys the Earth... :((

[@donHooligan]

no. the only problem is money addicted apes. we just have to figure out how to save them, when they cannot even imagine life without their drug. i think we can do it if we work together...

[@cg986]

Great interview

[@aurelia5614]

Great questions and excellent answers. Thank you for the great discussion - only wished it was longer.

[@eftsoulpath333]

You rock, Bernie❤

[@lyndonbarsten393]

Bernie is the best!!

[@Neilhuny]

Justin Webb is a great interviewer! Bernie Sanders is greater

[@r8chlletters]

I was hoping for more than the interviewer gave us. It seems like most of the British outlets failed to appreciate the opportunity Bernie gave them.

[@Neilhuny]

What opportunities were missed?

[@arshaddurrani3885]

Refreshing.

[@DwainDwight]

Bernie a great human.

[@whoscares]

Great edition!

[@marlenfras5490]

Good reporting. Go Democrats. Go Biden. Go Judge Janet, Wisconsin.

[@philipclock]

Make me happy. Go away.

[@godchrist5563]

Senator Bernie Sanders is a great supporter of the working class, working middle class, and the middle class. Hopefully, he can attain a higher position within the government.

[@donHooligan]

he should retire some place nice. fk the backstabbers and leeches who claim to support him but will *ALLOW* the DNC to steal Iowa. first primary of the race is always a caucus and his alleged "supporters" blamed him for being mugged. USA chose fascism.

[@incognito3620]

Public campaign money. RIGHT. CANDIDATES SHOULD NOT BE BEGGING FOR MONEY TO RUN FOR OFFICE. Bernie is right , was right.

[@Dawnarow]

Wow I hadn't seen that book cover (or that he's written a book). But... I've always said and thought: "we should be angry at the current state of affairs". People will cut corners etc etc for gain despite the belief that integrity is important for that word hasn't been defined in ages: ethics, morals etc. We really should be angry and that may explain why certain things completely absurd have happened.

[@mypointofview1111]

Again he's wrong, being angry is a waste of energy. Observe what's going on and then do something about it independently of politicians. If you go about your daily life being true to yourself you can make real progress in life. Politicians won't change anything, they want the status quo at all costs. As you Americans used to say, don't get mad get even. I'd say Don't get mad, do something about it

[@marcusdale8476]

don't give up on us, Bernie. We got this. I'm in Washington state, tell me how I can help. 10:24

[@ettbattresverigenu]

I think it would be great for Americans if our European politicians went over to address American universities. There are Americans that actually don't understand nor believe Europeans have free healthcare. I know it's too absurd to us in Europe 🌍🇮🇹🇸🇪🌷. There are also Americans that truly believe that socialism is communism. Too absurd I know and this is why we need to send over our politicians to address their universities. ❤👍💪💪🏻💪🏾💪🏿💪🏼

[@danatompkins4385]

Bernie almost single handedly changed the way The People think today!

[@jvhee]

The media are too polite about Joe Biden. He's clearly not fit enough to be President and the fact that he might go for a second term is outrageous

[@fray3dendsofsanity]

Unfortunately this is the struggle of the two-party corporatist system, and I still would much rather have Biden than any Republican. I am a Bernie supporter and vehemently detested the idea of Biden as the candidate and President in 2020, but he has been better than I expected. And part of that is his desire to work with progressives, as Bernie mentioned they formed a task force. Between the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS act, withdrawing from Afghanistan (FINALLY), his attempt for student loan forgiveness (we'll see if it happens), he has been more progressive than most of us expected. Obviously would prefer Bernie but Biden isn't terrible. He might be slow and old but his policies so far have been okay and even great at times. He's working with a very split Congress so it's amazing he's been able to do ANYTHING. As Bernie said, age isn't the issue, even though Biden is a dinosaur. His administration does most of the work, anyway. Biden is just a figurehead

[@nightoftheworld]

13:06 *modern day patriotism*

[@aleksejzoric1641]

Thanks

[@elainemaldonado2932]

I absolutely love 🔥 politics Alloquently said, for years he speaks truth to power

[@perrycomeau2627]

We need to campaign North Americans to invest into government bonds for the health care system; and that includes lunches and study for school students. He's bang on!

[@Charity4Orphans]

I’m going to be voting Bernie in 2024 InshaAllah

[@anthonyd4341]

Why the two party system in the US qualifies it as a democracy, I don't know. Bernie is a socialist; where in the political spectrum could his platform exist? Then again, it's great that he got as far as he did.

[@donHooligan]

Bernie sold his soul to the Democrat Party in order to run in 2020 as a Dem. SLP or CPUSA ever going to get up?

[@emameyer]

deligitimate the Supreme Court, same move as Maduro, Krichner and Morales. the separation of power is a pillar of every democracy

[@innerlocus]

Sanders is the opposite of what is happening in politics today, so I wonder why Bernie is not embraced like a clean and clear glass of water.

[@S.J.L]

Surely it's because Socialism has been so virtuous.

[@GUMMRUCHK]

Bernie had his chance and folded like a wet paper bag because he is a coward.

[@innerlocus]

@@GUMMRUCHK Don Jr. is that you,🤣 is it smowing now? Chump!

[@GUMMRUCHK]

@@innerlocus He had his chance in 2016 when Bernie clearly won the Dem nomination but the Democrat party leadership stole it from Bernie with dirty tricks to give it to Hillary and instead of fighting for it he pussed out and endorsed Hillary. He is a coward who would not even stand up for himself let alone stand up for Americans had he been president.

[@innerlocus]

@@S.J.L Socialism for stockholders has been very virtuous, now billionaires buy GOP TR45H.

[@jeannedouglas9912]

Love the comment of where there are trees there's decency and peace. Isnt a house built by trees? Planetary. :)

[@DougGrinbergs]

Would like to know what kind of mics those are. TIAFYH

[@toonheaded1]

I'm a Bernie supporter but think about the CEO/billionaires of America and consider how many of them are white and how many are not you'll see a very stark difference skewing heavily in one direction. It's 100% fact and also consider that in business in America the best and most profitable companies survive surely it can't be argued that only one race of people got that answer right, after all every race should technically have the same success rate as any other and yet it doesn't show that in reality.

[@jeannedouglas9912]

So did the werewolf of London participate in the grass root from the heart discussions, president Sanders? A very misunderstood minority , no doubt. :) Dont give in or give up Bernie Your a voice for many. :)

[@zotter2542]

❤

[@pauljung3534]

"Greed - a portentous pig's appetite - for beyond what sufficiently fills one's trough." "The health of human society depends on the health of its individuals. But when individuals act individually, the cascade of compromised individual health & societal health never ends... " "The absence of nurture and nature, is behind the absence of conscience and empathy, which is fueling humanity's current possible demise." "In taking care of each other, we affirm our human nature, our collective strength and wholeness, our societal and ecological stewardship, our future. This is our soul.. our sole raison d'etre." "It is the heart & touch behind our transactions, that defines value, and a measure beyond any currency." "I cannot lie.. that I'm a capitalist at heart. If I'm going to sell you something, I am going to sell you on yourself. As my self is your self, I cannot lie." "Life, it is an opportunity for truth of oneself, & everything else. So blessed it is." ~ Paul Jung

[@ericpmoss]

There was more to the 2020 loss than what Bernie said. There was a large split field of candidates with very low support, and they were slowly falling away, and Bernie kept winning pluralities, raising his chances because it raised his visibility. Then Obama made a phone call to those candidates and they immediately dropped out and threw their support to Biden. Buttegieg was one, and was given the Secretary of Transportation job as a reward. He sucks at that job, btw -- just another McKinsey consultant doing nothing for the unions, and doing nothing to reverse the Trump deregulation of the train lines.

[@DougGrinbergs]

6:43 Biden / Bernie task force. 7:08 no, WSJ, Biden Bernie! 10:44 Citizens United / packing/balancing SCOTUS.

[@lawrencechance1619]

-Consolidate the Central Moderate U.S. Independency Political Party.

[@usedscar]

I recently watched a youtube video from RealLifeLore about the geography of Crimea and how important it is in the war. He offers several outcomes and motivations. Made things clearer regarding this mess.

[@philipclock]

Ben and Jerry's, his chunky monkey foreign policy advisers.

[@stevenhanson6057]

Can you feel the Bern, Hillary could.

[@paddleduck5328]

❤️‍🔥

[@marimota5083]

BERNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnschlesinger2009]

23:18

[@mypointofview1111]

11:50 The American Judiciary is biased because judges are too closely tied to the politicians, the mayors, the councillors and are appointed by them. If a judge makes a decision the mayor or politicians don't like they're out of a job. This is why the English Judiciary is a better model because judges are appointed by their peers. English judges frequently rule against politicians if they are found to fall short of their public duties. This is important as otherwise politicians will ride roughshod over the general public

[@emameyer]

the only thing Sanders would have improved on Biden is that he is not senile

[@arsalanmirza3411]

Bottom Line: From “cold” war to a Hot 🥵 War is a natural progression for the Romans and the Byzantines! It takes two to Tango 💃

[@elliemaeclampett2810]

here in america he's considered a hypocrite.

[@strangernightfire9618]

As someone who had an enormous res;pect for Bernie Sander for all of my log life. loved him since he was a mayor in Vermont. Almost hero worship. So now it makes me ; profoundly sad to listen to him spout outright establishment American imperialist propaganda. It is such a shame he has chosen to end his days as a lapdog for the DNC and the American War Machine.

[@neotheboxer]

I disagree with your assertion that he is A-war supporter per de. I think he is looking at the danger of Russia creates for other nations and doesn't want any further war. therefore there has to be an opposition. It is a very tricky situation. War is horrible and should not exist but sometimes you have to prevent further destruction

[@johnnolang3734]

The interviewer is supposed to interview. He spoke too much and should have asked a few simple questions and allowed Bernie to give his opinion.

[@ronschwolsky1626]

What could have been. The corruption runs too deep and America has (and will never) recover from Reagan. #TheStruggleContinues

[@jabo5894]

Humans vs antihumans. We can win! Humans

[@nicklang7670]

Identity politics never meant being selfish it just meant a small group of people supporting themselves politically and trying to be politically active. There are many very small groups of people who mean well when they look to find power through equality. The term identity politics turned into something bad because people do not know its history and used it how they wanted. Something the mass media does often.

[@corpsefoot758]

Actually, the mass-media itself weaponizes identity politics. When you deflect all criticism of Hillary Clinton to “They just hate a female candidate!” as opposed to, for example, “Blue voters will NEVER trust a corporate puppet who happily applauded every foreign invasion”, THAT is gaslighting of the American public via identity politics. Simple as.

[@rohanxdavis]

Unfortunately it's become the next boogeyman, like the word "wokeism", something which right wingers can use to mean whatever they want? Men crying on screen? - Well that's woke! How dare they. And the ignorant masses fall for it.

[@chillende]

If it's true that "Putin didn't have to do what he chose to do", I'd like to know what other options were made available to him by the so-called international "community". Yeah, sorry but statements like Bernie's aren't all that much better than those claims made by others that include the word "unprovoked" imho.

[@mikelclark101]

Real shame the interviewer opened with such an obvious bias….. I wonder if there might have been a better interview with some less softballed questions.

[@alexr.5389]

Sanders should have been our president. America lost big.

[@judithgrace9850]

Hillary should have used him as her VP.

[@marieazrak1951]

Hate to tell you Bernie I don't want to do any of those things because of my disabilities

[@mariamichael1669]

The fact that this man has to mention skin colour speaks volumes. This “progressive woke” shite is the very reason more and more people are turning their backs on politicians. However, something we can all agree on is the amount of power the big tech companies have over us., after all no one voted for then therefore they shouldn’t have so much control over our lives.

[@marcusdale8476]

this one is for the interviewer, have you been around the United States? Can you see what this man is talking about? When you see workers, and whatever your country you are from, I might be a little presumptuous to assume that you're from the UK, but it sounds like it. do you understand what this man is saying? When the entire economy is being built on the broken backs of people, who are being asked to break their backs for next to nothing, when there is no certainty in your day today life, we're being asked, do you accept this, like it's the norm, the status quo. I see the riots in France, because these people understand quality of life, they don't wanna work until the day before they die to reap the benefits of everything they have invested into, I'll be at their country, their economy, their future, so they don't have to suffer when they aren't able to take care of themselves while they suffer. Well, we suffer before the time we have to suffer. All we do is suffer. Every time you go to the grocery store, to buy a loaf of bread to live on the week, because you need to make a couple sandwiches to go to work. Wage increases have only increased by 100% in the last. 30 years, but inflation has gone up for five and 600% and the last 30 years. What's wrong with this picture? Wages and the cost of living, have definite disparities. One can't keep up with the other. One, is a TrackStar, one is a couch potato. That's the track meet. and it's not that the working class people are couch, potatoes, it's just that we have no power to keep up. Our power is in legislation, and elected officials. And ours, are worthless. As soon as they get in the office, they do what they want. Whatever it takes to secure their position, that's a contradiction of the oath. It's a contradiction of ethics. When your concern is to keep your job, and not what your job is to do. That's a concern. we have people doing manufacturing jobs that make, I kid you not, 70% of the national average. What is the national average? I'd be a nice guideline, if we held employers to that. But nobody does. The bacon Davis act, that's a joke. legislation is made that all but obsolete. Because all the funding to the departments, and oversee that people are being paid what they are supposed to be paid, have all been cut down to nothing. I can't believe that people buy into this lie, that they tell us about the pyramid, this triangle scheme of an economy. You got the flat side up, and the point down. No, it doesn't really work like that. It's the flat side on the bottom, and the point is at the top. But it is the distribution of wealth is what matters. People that have money, don't have money, because they spend money. they have all that money, because they figure out every which way they can, not to spend it. Let's get that straight. Trying to convince the American people that there is a trickle down economic, is a joke. Those people at the top that have all the money, or only going to want more money. Those people at the top, that have all the power, only look to have more power. It will only get worse. Until we get somebody to get us all together, and take our, and this is our country, when we are the majority, 90 something percent, this is my country, this is your country, it's not the rich and elites country. And it's not the senators and congressmen and house reps and these in that guys country, either, which only cater to self preservation, and profit. It is our country. we need to find a younger Bernie Sanders, someone a little bit more willing to stay in the fight. I love this man. I'm sad to see him go. We shouldn't be voting for Biden. I think this is Sanders time. Who does he have to run against? A fruit from Florida? And a pathological liar from New York City. Some backwoods redneck who nobody knows about from Arkansas? Come on. do it Bernie. Just do it. you got my vote. 14:03

[@pdnc3212]

Bernie, supporting Joe Biden "if he runs" (he shouldn't, but he will!!) is not really putting your energy in the best position. Seemingly you are going to be engaged in politics as we see you everyday doing that very thing here, and on many other different stages or floors trumpeting what you need to broadcast. And you're doing an incredibly good job doing it. And frankly, you're doing head and shoulders above anything that the president is doing. Not even the same league Bernie. You know that. Please Bernie, look at this one last time. If there is ever a time in which this world needs a celebrated candidate to present himself, it is NOW. Your fan base is now world famous and NOT to run is, I'm sorry to say, but almost abandonment of your grass roots base you have seeded. Please take no offence but rather hear the desperate plea which resonates throughout the entire free world and proud nation who hears you speak. The president of the USA, as you know Bernie, is an incredibly influential person in the USA and in the entire world as well. Grass roots must continue to grow from the further nurturing from a very gifted leader. Joe ain't that...at all. You have nothing to lose. Existential change is forged as it has been by key characters like FDR, Martin Luther King and JFK...to name only 3. AND Bernie Sanders will certainly share that company. Consider with everything you have at your disposal and with this time of urgency like never before in history. You should have already been the president, but now you can show them you are the president! This job is perfect for you Bernie. OH MY GOODNESS!! I have to say it again, ...when you here Bernie Sanders speak he immediately grabs your attention. He articulates like and professional speaker (because he is one) and makes very clear his point/s and messages with absolute ease and without the need to think or pause to conjure up ideas. He simply expresses himself very well. When someone can do this, it is a result of their knowing well the subject they are speaking on. They are engaged with the words and the message coming out of their mouth simply because they passionately believe it. Even a less versed or educated person can pull this off when a subject near to their heart or a subject they are very familiar they wish to share. BUT, inversely, when we have to sit and watch the president of the United States, Joe Biden, say even the simplest of things or broadcast the smallest amount of any information he stumbles and stammers and takes painfully too much time to look at the ceiling or look left and right as if he's making like he's trying to engage people with eye contact where he is actually just trying to buy time to organize a tired, confused and vacant mind. It's pathetic for that person to hold such a lofty and important position. And completely unbecoming of a president of the most powerful nation on earth. So before Biden, we had Trump!!!...an abhorrent narcissist and ridiculous laughingstock with his similar but different limitations with oration or providing information through public address. Age my be a feature with Biden. Maybe!!?? Bernie Sanders is 14 months older and yet he can debate anyone or broadcast information with lucidity, crafted precision and intelligence like any well versed thoughtful person can do. It's not a special feature he has, Obama could also intelligibly pass profound thoughts similarly through public speaking. But its a feature that is very important for us voters to seek out among the other presidential features a candidate should possess. The political views and content of these clearly presented messages is obviously another extremely important part of the features of our candidates we want them to have. Its important of course, that person, the president, will have the greatest of influences on the direction of our world and lives. He must have control of profound thoughts and demonstrate clear vision. The current and and former president DO/DID NOT HAVE THIS. Bernie, age is not a thing for you. Not even a little bit. It may have affected Biden??!! ..but personally I think he's just plain dim. But, Bernie Sanders, you are sharp AND you got this. And literally millions of "fans", "the people", will have your back more than ever before. Your name is world famous...your brand is clear...and and your influence could positively change our world direction we so desperately need. Run again Bernie Sanders for the President of the United States for 2024🗽🌍🌎🌏♥👊 thank you Dave I'm not even American, (im Canadian, and we have nobody here like you, not even close) I cant even vote for you! ...but I encourage Americans to look really hard to look to YOU. And I encourage you Bernie to look even harder at yourself with that same inspired vigor. You can not lose, even "if" you were never to get in that chair. Think about that.

[@judesmith4941]

Love Bernie. Sad he was pushed aside for Hilary but . . . Joe Biden has a stutter from childhood. He stammers, talks slow, looks around the room so he speaks clearly. There was a king of England who has same issue. Hope this clears up any lack of his ability to serve.

[@pdnc3212]

@@judesmith4941 I suppose Joe had a stutter??!! BUT, much more than that, he cannot formulate much of an intelligible view. He's simply void of anything earth shaking or impacting in these dire and desperate times of need. He's not that clever!! That's it. Bernie is loved and the full package. And can he ever convey messages well, ...and succinctly on top of that. Ive always felt that Joe wanted to be president for the legacy(like Hilary), that's it.

[@razerginn]

A willingness to take on special interests and corporate America, sounds like Ron.

[@donspaulding3343]

The younger generation is incredibly smart and realizes that we don't have the financial ability to buy back our government. Y'all are for sale to the highest bidder and no amount of "youth movement" will trump millions of dollars.

[@introspectiveseraphim6251]

Interesting that this guy seems to be trying to get Bernie to condemn the idea of marginalized people fighting to keep their rights lmao

[@schloughed]

Who gave Bernie these softass questions?

[@laurie9557]

Interviewer should have asked Bernie if he supports the Ukrainian goal to drive the invaders out from all Ukrainian territory, including Crimea. If not, I would be very disappointed.

[@elisdeliofa5570]

Why? Crimean people themselves the one want to rejoin with russia. Western invaders armies the one need to leave Iraq just like they did in Afghan

[@mrSWEETlfs]

Behrnie Sohnders...

[@paifu.]

3:25 He did not have to do what he did, that's true, but it doesn't change the fact it was provoked. Which means if we want to end the war, we need to address some of Putin's grievances. Like the fact that Ukraine wants to join NATO, has military drills right next to it's border, trade relations, etc

[@schloughed]

Start a business Bernie, hire some workers.

[@donHooligan]

he did last campaign season. don't even bring it up, dullard. you lost this argument years ago.

[@sommmeguy]

Borrow some money you never intend to repay from investors, incorporate so you have no personal responsibility, exploit some talented people to build a product or service that only you benefit from, hollow out the company to drive up stock prices, take profits, declare bankruptcy, put you money in a tax haven, retire to a place where they treat you well.

[@schloughed]

@@sommmeguy I'm sure Bernie would.

[@VincentK4858]

"Joe Biden is Bernie Sanders" 🤦

[@jayceegenocide4402]

Bernie "The SheepDog" Sanders

[@sayuas4293]

He is hopelessly naive about Biden's motivations and the idea that he doesn't support citizens united, lmao

[@MrInuhanyou123]

He's not naive. He ran against Biden after all. He just doesn't want to give the right any ammunition

[@jasonnoecwiasntlvliiutptmt8969]

Interviewer is inept regarding what progressivism is... And apparently knows nothing about Bernie's platform.