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Okay. Today we move on to Bernie Sanders.
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
(I don't like the way the title ends with a preposition. Clunky.)
New York Times Bestseller.
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
(I don't like the way the title ends with a preposition. Clunky.)
New York Times Bestseller.
Two parts:
Part One, Running for President.
Part Two, An Agenda for a New America: How We Transform Our Country.
I'm going to read the intro then start with Part 2.
Part One, Running for President.
Part Two, An Agenda for a New America: How We Transform Our Country.
I'm going to read the intro then start with Part 2.
The intro is about how amazing his 2016 campaign was. "We forced discussion on issues the establishment had swept under the rug for too long."
Seriatum:
-grotesque income inequality
-breaking up the big banks
-horrendous trade policies
-broken criminal justice system
-lack of access to affordable health care and higher education
-climate change
-comprehensive immigration reform
-valuing diplomacy over war
-grotesque income inequality
-breaking up the big banks
-horrendous trade policies
-broken criminal justice system
-lack of access to affordable health care and higher education
-climate change
-comprehensive immigration reform
-valuing diplomacy over war
So he's positing "an establishment" that "swept these issues under the rug."
Both Warren and Sanders are running on this claim.
Both Warren and Sanders are running on this claim.
He takes credit for having a huge impact "on the writing of the most progressive platform, by far, in the history of the Democratic Party."
He likens his campaign, in nature, to the trade union movement, the women's movement, the civil rights movement, the environmental movement. His point is that it's a social movement as much as a presidential campaign.
"Real change never takes place from the top on down. It always takes place from the bottom on up."
He ended his campaign more optimistic about the future of our country than when he began, he said.
He ended his campaign more optimistic about the future of our country than when he began, he said.
He spoke to people of "every conceivable background" who "came together determined to transform our country."
"They were farmworkers, environmentalists, gay activists, and students."
"They were farmworkers, environmentalists, gay activists, and students."
"They know, and I know, that we are stronger when we stand together and do not allow demagogues to divide us up by race, gender, sexual orientation, or where we were born."
(IMO, every ritual incantation of "race, gender, and sexual orientation" hands demagogues the ammunition to divide us in just that way.)
He denounces outrageous corporate greed. He doesn't seem to worry that this, too, is a demagogic appeal to division.
He denounces outrageous corporate greed. He doesn't seem to worry that this, too, is a demagogic appeal to division.
Contrasts poorly with Yang in that respect: Yang's appeal is couched in language that's much healthier for the country.
End of intro.
End of intro.
