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.

  • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    It’s all too much. The Democratic party wants to be a big tent party, the party of all. That’s just not possible. Every group wants the party to prioritize their issues. Blacks and whites, straight people and gay people, men and women, young and old, religious people and atheists, owners and workers, cops and criminals, leftists, moderates, and conservatives, etc, etc, etc. We can’t give everyone what they want.

    I’m sorry, I really am, but we can’t make everyone happy. Especially since a lot of these groups do not like each other. Look, it would be great if all these different groups could come together in one big rainbow coalition of peace, join hands and sing Kumbaya but it ain’t gonna fucking happen. Stop trying to please and appease all these people and instead try to materially improve the lives of as many people as possible.

    Stop trying to achieve perfect justice for every identity group and just focus on making housing more fucking affordable for as many people as possible, and healthcare, and a decent education, and so forth.

    • blazera@lemmy.world
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      Theres very little truth to this. Like most people that have broken the law arent identifying as criminals. Theyre not lobbying for more crime. Atheists arent trying to ban religion, etc. There are a lot of things that are just universally beneficial, like healthcare, environment, education. Its not a matter of opposing groups, its one group that wants to hurt people.

      • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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        There are a lot of things that are just universally beneficial, like healthcare, environment, education.

        Ok, so let’s focus on that stuff, then. My point is, maybe we can’t achieve perfect justice and fairness for everyone, so let’s just try to like make rent more affordable and make it so people don’t have to stress as much about paying their bills and maintaining a decent standard of living.

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          6 days ago

          Oh that was up for vote, everyone here voted against it because it cant win.

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          5 days ago

          If truck rich people and corporations had more regulation and taxes and we stopped blowing up people, having all our fingers and toes in everyone else’s pies, we could do that.

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      focus on making housing more fucking affordable for as many people as possible, and healthcare, and a decent education, and so forth.

      Didn’t Biden work on these issues, successfully or unsuccessfully, in the last 4 years?