Bernie says it best

[bubblegum]

 

[brewsterbudgen]

Bless him 🙏

[Harrisfan]

32 minutes ago, bubblegum said:

 

What a sad old man he is.

[brewsterbudgen]

8 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

What a sad old man he is.

 

A national treasure, much like Corbyn is (and Tony Benn/Denis Skinner were) in the UK.

[Harrisfan]

Just now, brewsterbudgen said:

 

A national treasure, much like Corbyn is (and Tony Benn/Denis Skinner were) in the UK.

So popular he never made it to the top. Thanks Hillary and powerful Dems. Shot yourself in the foot. 

[fredwiggy]

I'm listening to it now and it's pretty right on. They're trying to say now that SS payments might stop, which would have many of the 70 million Americans who receive it doing what they can to make ends meet, which means crime, robberies and people getting hurt, and some of the targets would be those responsible for this happening. It would destroy much of the lives involved as many are just getting by with their "own" money they put into it for years. It's about time the politiians helped out the average man and not the rich who don't need it.

[bannork]

As he says, not one word on the health or housing crises in the US.

A government for billionaires.

 

 

[Harrisfan]

Just now, bannork said:

As he says, not one word on the health or housing crises in the US.

A government for billionaires.

 

 

No tax on tips. Billionaires. 

[SMIAI]

5 minutes ago, bannork said:

As he says, not one word on the health or housing crises in the US.

A government for billionaires.

 

 

 

What is an oligarchy?

Like many of the academic and scientific categories we still use today, oligarchy was originally defined by the Greek philosopher Aristotle.

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In The Politics, he argued people are “political animals”, social by nature, and instinctively want to live in a community. He studied different governments of the ancient world and concluded there were six essential types.

A state could be ruled by a single leader, a small group of elites, or through mass participation of the people. If the leadership acted in the common advantage (koinê sumpheron), he termed these constitutions to be monarchy, aristocracy or polity, respectively.

If the constitutions became corrupt and the leadership acted only to advance their own self-interest, he labelled them tyranny, oligarchy and democracy.

https://images.theconversation.com/files/643083/original/file-20250116-15-ljuly8.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip

 

The School of Athens painted by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, 1511. Aristotle is depicted centre right. Wikimedia Commons

So for Aristotle, an oligarchy is a corrupt form of government. It is when power is in the hands of a small group of elites who advance their own interests rather than the common good.

In Aristotelian terms, democracy is also a corrupt form of government in which the majority uses its power to abuse minorities. While the term democracy has been rehabilitated and is usually seen as a positive, the word oligarchy has retained its negative connotations.

When the United States was created, the founding fathers looked back to Aristotle, Polybius, Cicero and other ancient thinkers to try and create the best kind of constitution.

 

https://theconversation.com/what-is-an-oligarchy-and-is-the-united-states-poised-to-become-one-247566

[fredwiggy]

7 minutes ago, bannork said:

As he says, not one word on the health or housing crises in the US.

A government for billionaires.

 

 

Millions of voters gave him a second chance, and if he doesn't change things for the average man, he will be ousted and people would think twice before voting in politicians that haven't a proven track record of positive changes. Absolutely no reason Americans can't have affordable health care and keep what they put into the SS while working. Making America great means everyone lives in a house or apartment, has food to eat every day and doesn't have to worry if they get sick. Anything against this is plain bull**it and shows their true agendas.

[SunnyinBangrak]

Any comments from Bernie on giving back the $$ to big pharma? You know the democrats are fully compromised when even die hard socialists like multi mansion Bernie have been trousering big pharma bucks. 

[bubblegum]

54 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Any comments from Bernie on giving back the $$ to big pharma? You know the democrats are fully compromised when even die hard socialists like multi mansion Bernie have been trousering big pharma bucks. 

And exactly what has this to do with what he says?

[KhunLA]

Bernie ... 

 

Such a lying hypocrite.  

[SunnyinBangrak]

26 minutes ago, bubblegum said:

And exactly what has this to do with what he says?

He's compromised. Nothing he says can be trusted or taken at face value. Thats why having clean politicians like Trump and Musk is crucial rather than compromised bread heads like Warren, Sanders, Raskin, Pelosi, Biden etc.

 

 

[fredwiggy]

10 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

He's compromised. Nothing he says can be trusted or taken at face value. Thats why having clean politicians like Trump and Musk is crucial rather than compromised bread heads like Warren, Sanders, Raskin, Pelosi, Biden etc.

 

 

Clean? have you ever read the news and see what's gone on in their lives?

[Purdey]

While associated with Democrats, Bernie is an Independent. Some seem to think he was a member of the Democratic Party, but he never joined. Sanders was a U.S. representative for 16 years before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006, Sanders was reelected in 2012, 2018, and 2024.

His constituents keep voting for him, so he must be doing something right.

[bubblegum]

4 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

He's compromised. Nothing he says can be trusted or taken at face value. Thats why having clean politicians like Trump and Musk is crucial rather than compromised bread heads like Warren, Sanders, Raskin, Pelosi, Biden etc.

 

 

Where the hell do you live? Babylon?

[bubblegum]

4 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Bernie ... 

 

Such a lying hypocrite.  

Sure, good night.