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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)Bernie Sanders has a say.
noahm@mackayim2022 It sounds great, and I’d really love to finally join the civilized world, but the media bubble in which the average Trump voter lives (Fox news, Xitter, etc) will have them fully convinced that this is not something they want. I’m not sure how Bernie or anybody else penetrates the conservative media bubble.
LittleBrownBird@mackayim2022 he's right. We're seeing so much commentary about the misogyny and racism of the Republicans (which is real and must be dealt with) that everyone is missing the point. People voted for the man who promised them cheaper groceries, lower taxes and a scapegoat for their problems. He probably won't deliver on any of these things, but at least the voters feel 'heard' - and unless the democrats start listening to what the voters want rather than telling them they're not likely to win many more elections.
Steven Zekowski@tessa_murray @mackayim2022
Although I voted for #Kamala I am far from a big fan. However, to be fair, she did have plans to rein in price gouging and to create more affordable housing. Why didn’t this land with these same voters? Poor messaging? I don’t know.
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I’m guessing some people really don’t believe *government* can fix their problems. We can thank Reagan in the 80s and subsequent leaders from both parties. But in a contradictory way, they believe a president (seen more like a monarch) can magically fix their problems, and they blame their prez excessively when things are going poorly. What’s the answer? Idk. Better education? A far bolder, people-oriented Democratic Party?
@steve_zeke @tessa_murray Those last two would be great. Also, leaders doing more to focus on the expressed gripes that make life hard for low and middle income people who are doing it really tougg and have been doing it tough even before the latest cost of living crisis. Target price gouging? Tax the rich?
@tessa_murray 100% this take.
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NEWS: Sanders Statement on the
Results of the 2024 Presidential
Election
November 6, 2024
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today
released the following statement in response to the outcome
of the 2024 presidential election:
It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic
Party which has abandoned working class people would
find that the working class has abandoned them. First, it
was the white working class, and now it is Latino and
Black workers as well. While the Democratic leadership
defends the status quo, the American people are angry
and want change. And they’re right.
Today, while the very rich are doing phenomenally well,
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck and we
have more income and wealth inequality than ever
before. Unbelievably, real, inflation-accounted-for weekly
wages for the average American worker are actually
lower now than they were 50 years ago.
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Today, despite an explosion in technology and worker
productivity, many young people will have a worse
standard of living than their parents. And many of them
worry that Artificial Intelligence and robotics will make a
bad situation even worse.
Today, despite spending far more per capita than other
countries, we remain the only wealthy nation not to
guarantee health care to all as a human right and we
pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for
prescription drugs. We, alone among major countries,
cannot even guarantee paid family and medical leave.
Today, despite strong opposition from a majority of
Americans, we continue to spend billions funding the
extremist Netanyahu government's all out war against
the Palestinian people which has led to the horrific
humanitarian disaster of mass malnutrition and the
starvation of thousands of children.
Will the big money interests and well-paid consultants
who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons
from this disastrous campaign? Will they understand the
pain and political alienation that tens of millions of
Americans are experiencing? Do they have any ideas
as to how we can take on the increasingly powerful
Oligarchy which has so much economic and political
power? Probably not.
In the coming weeks and months those of us concerned
about grassroots democracy and economic justice need
to have some very serious political discussions.
Stay tuned.