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Bernie Sanders has been warning about oligarchy for years. People are finally listening.
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A bit fucking late to start listening tbh
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My point is that I doubt it matters. It’s like getting halfway down a water slide and then saying “hmmm maybe this isn’t a good idea” and then expecting to be able to get off the water slide.
High bar there, you turned against the buregoise weeks before you are systematically killing people with a fash dictator, congrats on the quick reaction very well done totally we totally are going to celebrate your action you are so good and fast
The inertia behind the damage is too much.
Bernie has been fighting for us since he was dragged away protesting in what I think was the veitnam war. He hasn't flip flopped like most of our other leaders or like some pretending to be a rebel wearing sweats.
Maybe, but as I recall, it was a Civil Rights protest. I had to look it up. Back in 1963:
https://sandersinstitute.org/event/bernie-sanders-arrest-at-chicago-civil-rights-protest
Edit: maybe the most based human being alive at this point.
No didn’t you see the other comments? Bernie is big Pharma… the dems are “controlled”… you should just stop voting….
Bernie my boy, they did not start listening, they started seeing. The psychos are unhinged.
It helps to have so much show for your show and tell, I guess.
Until he starts advocating for people to leave the dnc he is doing nothing but sheep herding.
If every politician was like Bernie we probably wouldn't want to dismantle capitalism so much.
Bernie should start his own party and try to convince people not to vote for the Democrats in the midterms. That would really show those nasty Republicans, if half the left voted for Bernie's party instead of the Democrats. Trump would lose power for sure then!
Only half? I'd imagine the entire left would be excited to have some left-wing representation. The centrist and right-wing Democrats only need us to make their party relevant.
Unfortunately, half of the left are barely even leftists. They have the fascist belief in strategic voting, and won't commit to a change in plans until they're sure it'll work. The bastards! Those Nazis will vote for the Democrats even if we show them a better party, because they're not willing to take the big risks for the cause. They think democracy is too precious to gamble. What a bunch of counterrevolutionaries!
Needless to say, they're all anarchist posers
What is Bernie if not an oligarch? Dude has been in office for decades. "Representative" government is a complete joke.
(FWIW I <3 Bernie.)
What do you think an oligarch is
High king of olives?
Close but it's not extra virgin if that is a clue
You can look up his earnings.
If you’re gonna pull this shit on an old guy from Vermont you need to pull numbers and not just talk shit like a moron:
.....mixed messages commin oudda this one
Bernie is completely owned by Big Pharma.
He is controlled opposition.
That is why he is never successful.
I never comment on this site but I have to say this.
What the fuck are you talking about?
I don’t even live in Murica but even I know that is some utter bullshit. What the fuck are you on mate?
I've seen this a lot lately. Apparently it's the new party lie to try and detract from Bernie because he's objectively popular. They just drop this and never elaborate.
Wtf are you talking about