With US Now a 'Pseudo-Democracy,' Sanders Says Democrats Have to Answer One Key Question | Common Dreams
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"I think that the Democratic Party has to make a fundamental decision," says the independent Senator from Vermont, "and I'm not sure that they will make the right decision."

“I think that the Democratic Party has to make a fundamental decision,” says the independent Senator from Vermont, “and I’m not sure that they will make the right decision.”

  • Sickos [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    10 days ago

    “Why are [the Democrats] held in so low esteem?” That’s the question that needs asking, he said.

    “Why has the working class in this country largely turned away from them? And what do you have to do to recapture that working class? Do you think working people are voting for Trump because he wants to give massive tax breaks to billionaires and cut Social Security and Medicare? I don’t think so. It’s because people say, ‘I am hurting. Democratic Party has talked a good game for years. They haven’t done anything.’ So, I think that the Democratic Party has to make a fundamental decision, and I’m not sure that they will make the right decision, which side are they on? [Will] they continue to hustle large campaign contributions from very, very wealthy people, or do they stand with the working class?”

    Well that’s at least an acknowledgement that they’re fucking useless and captured by capital. flattened-bernie

    • Sickos [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      10 days ago

      The Dems being captured by capital was earlier in the article:

      “One of the other concerns when I talk about oligarchy,” Sanders explained to journalist Robert Acosta, “it’s not just massive income and wealth inequality. It’s not just the power of the billionaire class. These guys, led by Musk—and as a result of this disastrous Citizens UnitedSupreme Court decision—have now allowed billionaires essentially to own our political process. So, I think when we talk about America is a democracy, I think we should rephrase it, call it a ‘pseudo-democracy.’ And it’s not just Musk and the Republicans; it’s billionaires in the Democratic Party as well.”