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More than 10,000 people turned out for a rally with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt), in Warren as part of his national “Fighting Oligarchy” tour.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

This reminds me of something I read from a British left-wing journalist the other day (source). She suggested that perhaps the left should focus less on identity politics, and more on wealth and class:

By making a virtue of marginalisation, breaking ourselves down into ever smaller and mutually hostile groupings, we make it impossible to build a mass movement capable of taking on extreme concentrations of wealth and power

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Warren, MICHIGAN. I would like to encourage anyone who posts local news to put clarifying geographical data in the title ... I've spent so many minutes of my life clicking thru to some local TV station's story and looking ... looking ... looking for any sort of clue where the hell they are.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago

Thank you!! I didn't have to go through the spelunking exercise because of your comment!!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 hours ago

10,000 showed up to fight oligarchy—guess billionaires finally pushed us into revolution mode.

🐱🐱🐱🐱

[–] [email protected] 46 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

It's interesting to watch this, and while Bernie is slightly left to my values, how come this octogenarian gets it and the rest of the party doesn't? I'm just amazed that some democrats interpret this as "let's align with MAGA" a little more, instead of calling those "right wing radicalists". The future of Dems is to be the anti-oligarchy party. While I understand how risky this may be as unlimited dark money pouring in can tilt things, but people still have the power if they unite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

One third of Americans voted for Donald Trump. One third of Americans did not vote.

Two thirds of Americans a) think that Kamala Harris, forget Bernie Sanders, was too conservative, or b) do not give a fuck.

The idea that there is this massive left wing sentiment that will bubble to the surface if the Democrats annouce their Five Year Plan simply isn't something born out by the numbers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

affordable education and universal healthcare would be popular drawing forces.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

You mean two essential parts of the Democratic platform for decades?

One of which Biden tried to implement by executive order, but was blocked by the Supreme Court?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

No fucking way anti-oligarchy is the future of the party. The Dems are going to run the same tired playbook of courting the center and hoping the Republicans shit the bed. They are already saying this loudly and often.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

No fucking way anti-oligarchy is the future of the party.

We'll see. It would be quite tragicomical after they just got punished for moving towards the center like the second humiliating time around. At least Bernie's showing the path.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

I mean I'm pretty sure a bit ago I saw something that leaked from a meeting of Dems about strategy going forward where they were talking about trying to shift more to the right by presenting themselves as more patriotic and pushing for more focus on larger donors rather than lots of small donors which is basically just doubling down on what they just tried. I still have some hope that maybe people get so fed up a Bernie like candidate can win despite major push back from donors and the establishment of the party and shape the party to be more progressive rather than allowing the party apparatus and donors to shape them to be less progressive but if that did happen it would be a bigger upset then what happened with Trump winning and shaping the Republican party into his personal Maga party.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

If Bernie fucking Sanders is too far left for you then you're definitely part of the problem

[–] [email protected] 20 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed, Sanders only has the working class at heart throughout his career. Is he perfect? Of course not. If you are working class and you think Bernie is bad…. You really need to reconsider who you are and where you stand.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

nobody called Bernie bad here...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

Understood. I was just making a statement.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

While too far left could mean this, the op just said "slightly left". Of course, if what you meant is that Bernie Sanders is barely left enough, that anyone to the right of him is the problem, then nvm.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

The second one

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Here we have somebody being polite and engaging in [email protected]. I come to this community because I wish to talk to people who are more right-wing than me. Let's not shoo them away please.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago

Just because they're polite doesn't mean they're not wrong, and if they can't handle being told so then your talking with them isn't going to get anything done anyway

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

How in the fuck is Bernie too far left for you? America is way too far fucking right wing, that's insane

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 16 hours ago

It's interesting to watch this, and while Bernie is slightly left to my values, how come this octogenarian gets it and the rest of the party doesn't?

Which party? The Democrats? He's not part of them since they crushed him and his followers in 2016, preferring to back H.Clinton to a stunning loss against Trump.

They don't get it because they are also a party more interested in supporting oligarchs than the working person. They still think that Trump beat them through disinformation, when it was really that they lost because their track record since Carter has been to back big business over the needs of the common people. Clinton and Obama should have been ripping up Regan's / Bush's legacy, but they just tweaked it. All Trump did was speak to that, even though he had no intention of doing anything about it.

[–] [email protected] 149 points 1 day ago (25 children)

When is Harris' anti-oligarchy rally? Obama's? LOL, Pelosi's? Why the fuck does this one guy who should be retiring on a beach somewhere have to keep dragging the entire Democratic party? I love Bernie, but it's beyond pathetic that after all these years it's still his job.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago

They're protecting their capital.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Never. They are the oligarchy.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 12 hours ago

Because none of those other people want to. The only reason they even allow Bernie to do as much as he does is to placate progressive liberals, if they didn't folks might start figuring out that reform doesn't work.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

In all fairness, Harris’s political ambitions are over. She lost to Trump, she should probably just stay out of politics now.

[–] SuperCub 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

She's saying she might run for Cali governor...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago

[screaming]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 19 hours ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 20 hours ago

This is the way.

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