Bernie Sanders on How the Democratic ‘Establishment’ Took Him Out of the Presidential Race
“That’s what happens when you take on the establishments. What happened is we won the first three primaries, and then the establishment got very, very nervous…and they said, ‘Hey, it would be a good idea if you dropped out’…So if you’re asking me, are we a democracy? In one sense, we are…I use the term oligarchy. An oligarchy is a society where small numbers of very wealthy people control the economic and political life of the country. I think we are moving rapidly in that direction.”
They get paid quite a bit even when they lose. Sometimes they even get more money when they lose as it gives the people a boogeyman to fear and start donating more. Until losing isn’t a financially viable strategy to them, they won’t care too much if they lose so long as they protected the intersts of the rich.
Also, during the same interview…
Video clip: https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1823818576480153628
And Democrat leadership wonders why we got Donald Trump in office to begin with.
DNC leadership is a bunch of morons with no strategic thinking or strategy. Every victory feels despite their efforts.
They get paid quite a bit even when they lose. Sometimes they even get more money when they lose as it gives the people a boogeyman to fear and start donating more. Until losing isn’t a financially viable strategy to them, they won’t care too much if they lose so long as they protected the intersts of the rich.
Ah democracy. Where the elite choose first what the people can choose later.
It’s oligarchy. Say it with me now: O-LI-GAR-CHY. Oligarchy.