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Bernie Sanders is drawing record crowds as he pushes Democrats to 'fight oligarchy'

www.npr.org /2025/03/22/nx-s1-5334488/bernie-sanders-fight-oligarchy-tour-trump-musk-doge-democrats

Summary

Sen. Bernie Sanders, joined by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has drawn record crowds on his "Fighting Oligarchy" tour, criticizing Trump and Musk for pushing government cuts and warning of a billionaire-driven oligarchy.

Sanders advocates for Democrats to reclaim working-class support by addressing income inequality, healthcare, and climate change.

Amid backlash against Trump’s chaotic governance, Sanders’ populist message resonates across the political spectrum, even as Democrats face low approval ratings.

Some party leaders, like Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are beginning to adopt similar rhetoric to challenge Republican policies.

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I hope Walz and Sanders + AOC are at least talking to each other. I get it if they’re keeping it behind the scenes for now, but I do hope they’re communicating. They’re broadcasting on roughly the same wavelength, hitting roughly the same points.
- Walz and AOC did a stream together during campaign season, so there's probably a good chance they're staying in relatively close communication.
Fighting oligarchy includes refusing to support Democrats
- Even the ones that fight oligarchy?
  
  The duopoly has a whole is the oligarchy. There's nobody in the duopoly that is fighting the oligarchy, they are defending it
  
  None of them are fighting the oligarchy. There are several speaking out against it right now but none have the power to fight it apparently...
  
  One of the biggest problems with our system of government is that change has to be brought from inside. You have to use the machine to beat the machine, and it's very specifically designed that way to be as difficult as possible to change.
- Is that why you let Trump win the election, cut aid to Ukraine, and propose to colonise Gaza?
  
  Liberals elected Trump 2 times. But in their arrogant hubris their failures are always someone else's fault
  
  And this person specifically encouraged that, too.
Go Bernie Go!
Yet democratic party leadership still thinks the winning strategy is to move further to the right, in support of the oligarchs!
"Oligarchy" is a meaningless term used by ineffective liberals who are afraid to oppose capitalism, imperialism, the state, etc.

In reality the entire system of the state is an oligarchy.
Do it in red states and I will be impressed.

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