Opinion | How Bernie Sanders Sees Things

So you bought a corrupt, a totally — an financial system dominated by the very rich, a rigged financial system. You’ve a political system dominated by billionaires. You’ve the media, company media, having enormous affect. You add all of it up. What do you name that nation? You inform me. Is it truthful to name it an oligarchy? I feel I completely suppose there are oligarchic points to our nation. You’re sounding like a New York Occasions reporter right here. I’m not keen to say that we’re already an oligarchy, however I’m fearful that we’re very a lot transferring towards that. And so I feel there’s an enormous quantity of your prognosis that I agree with to some extent. I’m not pushing you on the oligarchy notion. I’m accepting it. I’m asking on this second, ought to we be paying extra consideration to the authoritarian menace. They go collectively. All proper. I agree. All proper. The purpose is, what could be very not often mentioned, and I’ve been on 48 million tv exhibits and no one has ever requested me — not one individual has ever mentioned, Bernie, are you fearful that so few individuals in America have a lot wealth and a lot energy whereas working class individuals are struggling? Nobody ever requested me that query. I guess you make the purpose anyway. I do. I say thanks in your foolish query. Now let me provide the reply to the query you didn’t ask.