Bernie Sanders Has Been Warning About Oligarchy for Years

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

The Vermont senator's Fighting Oligarchy tour offers a lifeline to flailing Democrats--and a warning to their leaders.

Posted by Corky at 04:31 PM | 40 COMMENTS | permalink

Comments

Good read.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-25 06:45 PM

Uh, Bernie's a rich elitist career politician with a small hat.
He's part of the oligarchy.

#2 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-03-26 04:58 PM

flailing Democrats

ctrl-c

#3 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-03-26 05:12 PM

Bernie Sanders Has Been Warning About Oligarchy for Years

I've been warning the younger generations about the dangers of drinking and drugs for years.
G-d knows, I've tried to show them by example...

#4 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-03-26 05:16 PM

If you think Bernie's an oligarch, then pal, you've got about as much grasp on political systems as a goldfish has on astrophysics. An oligarch? Bernie? That's like calling Mister Rogers a warlord. You're not just off the mark, you're playing darts in a different zip code.

Swallow it.

#5 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-03-26 05:17 PM

More lies, same sad sacka' .....

" According to online sources, his 2025 net worth is estimated to be around $3 million.

Forbes reported that according to his financial disclosures, Sanders made $2.5 million between 2011 and 2023 from book advances and royalties alone. Sanders either wrote or republished six books over the period:"

www.thestreet.com

"Bernie Sanders' salary as a senator is $174,000 per year. His salary has remained unchanged since 2009. Over the past 17 years as senator, he has earned $2.96 million."

finance.yahoo.com

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-26 05:20 PM

And he could have been our president and saved the country if the moderate corporate sellout dems in the DNC had embraced their role as the working class party instead of chasing big donors.

The DNC slapped away the populists so the populists turned to trump.

#7 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-03-26 05:25 PM

I'm not too sure Democrats are gonna be happy with Bernie when he's recommending new political candidates run as independents.

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-26 05:33 PM

Bernie Sanders Has Been Warning About Oligarchy for Years

I've been warning the younger generations about the dangers of drinking and drugs for years.
G-d knows, I've tried to show them by example...

#4 | Posted by itchyp

Now they have pete hedgeseth to point to and say "Why shouldnt I be a drunk? Look how successful they can be!"

#9 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-03-26 05:33 PM

Bernie Sanders Has an Idea for the Left: Don't Run as Democrats

www.nytimes.com

We Need More Independent, Working-Class Political Candidates

jacobin.com

Sanders pushes progressives to run as independents

mynbc15.com

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-26 05:36 PM

#9
oops forgot /joke

#11 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-03-26 05:52 PM

- instead of chasing big donors.

Republicans made Money Speech and changed the way business is done. Without big money, you can't compete now.

Which is why Campaign Fin Reform with public (see the same corporations and media that now pay for it and profit from it now) financing is a necessary step back to democracy.

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-26 05:56 PM

Oligarchy as in Zionist billionaires running American foreign policy since 9-11?

#13 | Posted by expectingreign at 2025-03-26 06:04 PM

#12

And who's going to implement that? Certainly neither of the current major political parties.

#14 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-03-26 06:06 PM

oops forgot /joke

#11 | Posted by itchyp

If you want kids to avoid drugs, just tell them that you love drugs and they made you who you are today.

#15 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-03-26 06:29 PM

Biden gave the Medal of Freedom award to an oligarch.

#16 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-03-26 07:50 PM

Biden gave the Medal of Freedom award to an oligarch.

Posted by BellRinger at 2025-03-26 07:50 PM | Reply

Oh that's bad. That's very bad. Biden was a very bad boy wasn't he. He needs punished right. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Shame on him.

#17 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-03-26 07:57 PM

lol!!!

#18 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-26 07:59 PM

Tell me more, more! YESsch, morrre, about how baaaad Biden was...

#19 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-03-26 08:04 PM

Oligarchy as in Zionist billionaires running American foreign policy since 9-11?
#13 | POSTED BY EXPECTINGREIGN

Since the 1980s.

Reagan was only too happy to sell out.

The rest followed suit.

#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-26 08:06 PM

It's sad when a mental midget like Jeff has to stoop to using multiple phony aliases to make his absurd positions seem relevant.

#21 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-26 08:06 PM

Biden gave the Medal of Freedom award to an oligarch.

#16 | Posted by BellRinger

Trump gave the power of the presidency to an oligarch.

And you just bend over further.

#22 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-03-26 08:10 PM

"Biden gave the Medal of Freedom award to an oligarch."

Curious as to the relevance of giving someone a medal...
What new powers did Biden's award give this oligarch, that they didn't have before?
Should... should the oligarch have asked for a monument instead?

#23 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-26 08:29 PM

Corky wiped his feet on Bernie's back in 2016 to vote for an oligarch...

#24 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-03-26 10:47 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders speaking on the Senate Floor yesterday.

www.youtube.com

#25 | Posted by shane at 2025-03-27 11:49 AM

So...someone walk me through how a president Bernie would be better for me than a president Trump.

Instead of billionaires, who in his cabinet would make my life better?

#26 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-03-28 04:26 AM

All I see is a lot of whining about rich people. If there are no rich people, what does that do for me. I only see negative impacts.

#27 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-03-28 04:27 AM

"So...someone walk me through how a president Bernie would be better for me than a president Trump."

Your country wouldn't be an international pariah state?

Though that probably adds value, from your perspective.

#28 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-28 08:37 AM

someone walk me through how a president Bernie would be better for me than a president Trump.

It's quite refreshing to read you admit how utterly stupid you are.

Instead of billionaires, who in his cabinet would make my life better?
#26 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

Your life? You live in Germany. You're a citizen of Germany.

What's happening in America doesn't change anything for you.

You're a Hitler loving, nazi wannabe, troll.

#29 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-28 10:26 AM

All I see is a lot of whining about rich people. If there are no rich people, what does that do for me. I only see negative impacts.

#27 | Posted by madbomber

So our only choices are to either let rich people rig the economy and corrupt the government, or have NO rich people?

A system where success is rewarded but the rich aren't allowed to rig the game doesn't sound like a good idea to you?

#30 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-03-28 01:57 PM

"If there are no rich people, what does that do for me. I only see negative impacts."

And if there are no poor people?

#31 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-28 02:03 PM

If there are no rich people, what does that do for me.

What do rich people do for you?

#32 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-28 02:04 PM

For people living in America, the oligarchs have exploited them and diminished their quality of life. People residing in the socialist democracies of Europe (like Germany or Norway) with strict gun control laws, inexpensive or free colleges, living wages, and universal healthcare have less chance of being murdered by a firearm or face a medical bankruptcy, enjoying a higher quality of life than most Americans. The US is ranked 24 on the World Happiness Report (2025 World Happiness Report).

On a personal note, I know an individual who enjoys the strict gun control laws of Canada and their socialist healthcare system (ranked 18), but he makes his fortune with a business in Texas. He also inherited a tidy sum of money from his wealthy parents. As a Libertarian he pushes for gun rights and tax reduction, continually bashing liberals in the US, but enjoys the socialism and safety of Canada. If you look up "hypocrite" in the dictionary, you would see his grinning face as the illustration.

If I ever choose to run into him again which I doubt, I will give him this: thumbs.dreamstime.com

#33 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-28 02:42 PM

"Your country wouldn't be an international pariah state?"

But that would be the case with virtually any other president but Trump. And lez be honest, Bernie is closer to Trump in his desire for power over the population than virtually any other prominent politician.

#34 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-03-29 11:42 AM

"Your life? You live in Germany. You're a citizen of Germany."

No -------. I'm a citizen of the US. I'm not even an ordinary resident of Germany.

My paychecks are in USD. I vote in US elections. I have a US passport.

I don't think you understand how any of this works.

#35 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-03-29 11:44 AM

"A system where success is rewarded but the rich aren't allowed to rig the game doesn't sound like a good idea to you?"

If the rich have rigged the game, they're terrible at it. They pay the vast majority of taxes in this country.

You know who really makes out well? Lower income earners. The ones who have no social obligations but still benefit from the privileges provided by those who do.

"What do rich people do for you?"

They pay my fair share of the taxes. Yours too.

Have you ever considered what would happen if they went away. I'm not sure if you realize it or not, but the absence of high income-earners isn't going to change your labor value one bit. What would change is the amount you would be obligated to pay in taxes just to cover the bottom line.

#36 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-03-29 11:48 AM

#33

I can't imagine that I would ever move back to the US. Germany is a bit "meh," but it's still better than most of the US. And I'm not alone. Most of my US co-workers feel the same. But it's not because of gun laws. I would prefer to bring my guns to Europe. In facty, one of the things my non-US friends probably like most about the US is being able to shoot guns pretty much anytime you want.

And it's not because of some silly national healthcare system. I have no need for that. I never will.

It's because it's just a different lifestyle choice. And it's not for everyone, although I think more USans would like it if they understood it.

#37 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-03-29 11:55 AM

I'm a citizen of the US. I'm not even an ordinary resident of Germany.
#35 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

When was the last time you lived in America for an extended period of time. Like, over a year.

Based one your posting history, you've been living in Germany for the past decade.

#38 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-29 12:04 PM

What do rich people do for you?"

They pay my fair share of the taxes. Yours too.
#36 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

I know math isn't your strong suit.

But.

I pay higher in percentage than people wealthier than I am do.

Basically. I'm paying for you to live in Germany.

Maybe DOGE can figure out how to end payments to you entitled freeloaders.

#39 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-29 12:09 PM

I can't imagine that I would ever move back to the US.

Exactly.

Thanks for confirming what I said.

You fkkking idiot.

#40 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-29 12:09 PM

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