Bhaskar Sunkara
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1,609 appearances
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1 series
first heard Dec 2022
last heard Dec 2022
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From the 1970s, one of his early campaigns, and I compared it to a Bernie speech during his 2016 campaign.
It was virtually identical.
Millionaires were swapped with millionaires and billionaires, speaking of billionaires, which is beautiful.
I think there's something great to what he offered American politics.
And also, all around the world, there's a socialist pull in politics, whether you agree with it or not, in all these countries in Europe and any rich country.
Japan and so on.
And the US really didn't have that the furthest left you could go was like, you know, Chris Hayes and MSNBC or whatever.
I'm very glad that there's there's a socialist poll.
And I think we have Bernie to
to thank for it, to the extent that a lot of, you know, self-described socialists don't think Bernie is a real socialist.
It's in part because he stays grounded in people's day-to-day lives and struggles.
I don't think he thinks often the way that I do and other people more disconnected or step or move from day-to-day politics.
think about the future contours of a socialist society and so on, but I think he's morally committed to an egalitarian, different sort of future.
Yeah, I think he's a practical thinker.
And also, yeah, he is running even if he he he should be afraid of it, too, because he is a you know, he is a major politician running for president.
I think what people want is they want they want the left wing of the possible.
And I or at least the segment of the party that was voting for him, the Democratic Party is voting for him.
They wanted something that was a step or two removed from what they had now and was visionary.
but not so far removed that it seemed like a scary leap.
And I think we lost a chance in 2016 to elect someone that I think would have beaten Trump, or at the very least would have, you know, been close.
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