The 83-year-old progressive icon took the stage ahead of indie pop artist Clairo’s performance to deliver a fiery speech, where he raged against President Donald Trump, corporate greed and the billionaire class.
A couple things:
1). I lowkey expect Coachella to have a pretty good % pretentious rich folk (Trust Fund Babies) who this ain’t gonna resonate with from an old white dude.
2). I kinda would have expected AOC instead of Bernie to maybe connect with the younger folk better? But the article says she’s trying to reach Neil Young fans? Why aren’t these roles reversed?
Spot-on re: 1. When I saw that I thought, “why fucking bother with these people?” Don’t Coachella/Burning Man/SXSW demographics comprise primarily techbros and other guillotine fodder nowadays?
Go, go Bernie! He is old enough to deserve to yell at clouds all day, but he chooses to keep fighting. Do we even deserve politicians this good?
I mean… we do deserve politicians that good. And he’s one of a single-digit handful that exist in the US, and that fact is kind of fucking tragic.
Ahh so we deserve even more like this? Yeah, I am starting to feel entitled to being represented by my government and I plan to be a straight-up jerk about it until I get that.
I have called numerous politicians of our feckless opposition to scream a copious plethora of obscure and innovative profanity at them while expressing how deeply they have in the past, and are now continuing to - in the face of a fucking fascist takeover that they enabled - fuck me and my generation over.
Don’t forget to breathe. They’d prefer you did.
There are so many who feel just as optimistically outraged, fellow citizen. I’m talking dozens, here!
My mission statement is That if you don’t feel represented, run for election yourself
uh…
We deserve them, but the democrats don’t.
Even more surprising: he took the stage not to speak, but to play bitchin’ dueling guitar solos with Tom Morello for an hour.
Plot twist, Morello just kept time while Bernie lit both up.
Does anyone know how the crowd reacted? I mean except the mentioned boing (also like 10 out of several k were boing or more like 50%?)?
“Play ‘Green New Deal’!!!”
If they don’t go to him, then he goes to them.
i seem to have put myself right in the cross fire between a troll and others, so allow me to defend myself: I have no idea about US politics, and only started to, well, get more informed in it after the most recent election.
I see that there is a Bernie Sanders website linked in the comments, but I was just wanted to hear from you guys why Bernie Sanders is so well regarded.
Sanders is a rare voice for progressive, prosocial reform in the US. His policy positions resonate with many of us who feel that government should support ordinary people at least as much as the obscenely wealthy.
But beyond that, he’s genuine and his messaging has been consistent for decades. You can literally find images of him being arrested fighting for social justice in the 60’s.
Also he’s sharp and nearly every time he makes a point he drops the facts to support it.
He had very consistently been on the side of improving life for people. He’s thinks that people deserve to eat and to have a place to live and to receive medical care. He thinks that the government should generally allow people to do what they want if it’s not hurting others.
He had rarely deviated from that and to my knowledge has never deviated from that for Americans.
In a very long career, he has never stopped advocating for the working folks of all races, creeds, and colors.
That’s pretty much it.
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Oh look, he literally just led a motion to block arms sales to Israel last week
Only bombs not interceptors.
He has been in politics for over 50 years, always with the same popular platform that advocate for the working class especially free healthcare and a livable wage. He does not take money from big corporations and has the highest approval rating of anyone in Congress.
He may be the last honest politician left in the US.
Could someone be willing to explain why this particular politician deserves to be praised as some kind of hero?
He is OG. This is him getting arrested at a civil rights demonstration in 1963
I respect this wholeheartedly, but it was 60 years ago.
Is it truly the guy who can take on the trump empire? I’m yet to be convinced.
Yeah, because he’s been sitting on his hands for over the last half a century. GTFO with this no-effort trolling.
We will see I guess.
Wow. You could just Google him… You’re clearly ignorant here, which is fine, but now you’re casting judgement? This is kind of why we’re in this mess in America… People jump to conclusions before being informed.
Bernie is one of the only people in our federal government that I respect at this stage.
Is it truly the guy who can take on the trump empire?
No single person takes on anything. The only reason why it seems that way is because the history books generally point to a particular person as being responsible for some big change in society, but people like that are only able to exist because there’s hundreds of thousands of people who’s names you’ll never know put in the work to make it possible for people like Bernie, or MLK, or whomever to be the face those movements.
There is no “the guy”. There never was, there won’t be. Groups are what get stuff done at that scale.
He seems to be among the most willing to. You want someone else, let them step forward.
Because he is someone that has kept his values since day zero, and while his peers kept getting richer through
kickbackslobbying, he did what he preached.Interesting.
Do you think this time he will be able to achieve anything meaningful? Does he has some kind of plan?
From an outside perspective, it appears to be sanewashing (as he is suggesting political discourse and protests are enough to fight back against the fascistic maga movement when it’s clearly not)
You’re so confident and cite no references nor even allude to your opinions having anything of substance under them.
Troll.
I’m actually in awe of how textbook FUD this is.
Usually people are able to cloak it to make it more difficult to recognize it for what it is. No attempt made here.
Just being like “HMM I DON’T THINK SO”
I guess we will see.
May I please say, having read your comments, show some goddamn respect. If I were a little man on frozen tundra seeing this stoking here I’d send some crypto your way ha, I mean come on you know we love him and yeah suggest some alternatives please but come on - calling for introspection
Some people still have faith in democracy, you have no right criticizing them while not getting to action yourself (at least thats what Im assuming based on that I havent heard about you in nationwide news)
Because he recognizes the dangerous situation we’re in and articulates a positive vision for the future, and the changes needed to get there.
Do you have any ressources explaining his plan to fight back against the oligarchs overtaking the country?
It took me a long time to find this… https://berniesanders.com/
Dang. Don’t over exert yourself. That looked like a hard find. Remember to stretch, get some water and use proper posture when using the Internet for this long!
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Did you forget to switch accounts?
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Discussing Bernie Sanders makes you wanna access your porn account? Interesting.
Look, y’all! It’s a two-fer! Block both accounts with barely two clicks. 🤣🖕🏽
Do you have any resources to back up your incendiary BS?
Heheh i see a lot of blocked responses, so the trolls must be out today!
Whoops, missed one!
*poink!*
I also wish to know this.
Go listen to the man speak as well as looking at his voting history going back decades as well as his stance on things. Quite well documented.
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Members of Congress don’t typically have monumental achievements you can point to. Bernie’s primary job is working in committee, meaning he wrangles the other senators into actually getting work done.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/bernard_sanders/400357
And of course he represents his constituents when he votes on bills.
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He is the only one in Congress taking these positions, therefore he is being supported.
If you’re expecting a single superhero to swoop in and fix all our problems, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. Change of achieved in groups. Take responsibility for your own actions. What have you done to take on MAGA and the oligarchs?
Probably endlessly critique Kamala, then didn’t vote against fascism, and then as fascism takes over, critique Bernie.
