Sen. Bernie Sanders is ringing the alarm that the United States is “rapidly” becoming an oligarchy run by billionaires out to enrich themselves. Read more here: bit.ly/3ZDrrni #ResistTrump - ThreadSky

thedemcoalition.bsky.social • 135 days ago

Sen. Bernie Sanders is ringing the alarm that the United States is “rapidly” becoming an oligarchy run by billionaires out to enrich themselves.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/3ZDrrni

#ResistTrump

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anakhari.bsky.social•131 days ago

Looking at this from over the border, the US is becoming Russia 2.0 🍁🍁🍁

galacticproton.bsky.social•135 days ago

It's taken them 40 years of consistent and frequent lying to the public to get to this point.

barnaclebanshee.bsky.social•135 days ago

Becoming?

frankieme.bsky.social•135 days ago

And Bernie is saying it out loud… TRUTH BE TOLD! Billionaires have a goal as they all flock to be closer to that 👹 ‘not my president’ to get even richer courtesy of the gov.🤬 They do not have the average, working American in mind to improve their lives!

stef47.bsky.social•133 days ago

botnetzombie.bsky.social•135 days ago

Got a plan Bernie?

midnightsprint.bsky.social•135 days ago

Nah it’s a kleptocracy

shenison.bsky.social•135 days ago

This isn't news. It's been so obvious to most of us for a long time.

freedom4you.bsky.social•135 days ago

He might be on to something…

epluribusunum76.bsky.social•135 days ago

Is this post from 2009?

oddballbrad.bsky.social•134 days ago

Corporations have owned our government for years. That’s why we pay taxes and they don’t.

As soon as corporations became more valuable than the population, they gained all the power. Owning the government is profitable.

mmh1313.bsky.social•135 days ago

It has been shocking to the system - I was so hopeful that Kamala could sustain democracy. But the Awful One's victory seems to be ushering us into oligarchy and fascism. It felt like we were so close.... The distinction between hope and despair seems to have been decided on the edge of a razor.

dickynotes.bsky.social•135 days ago

Let me be clear, the ven diagram and the yellow bus has….let me be clear….asked me to continue the fight……(yawn).

scaypgrayce.bsky.social•135 days ago

Some of us saw this coming in 2016, when he was undermining Hillary Clinton.

mo732.bsky.social•135 days ago

Well, how does Bernie suppose we ended up with trump first time around, huh?

kyotiwiles.bsky.social•135 days ago

Ringing the alarm. Imagine if Paul Revere had ridden around two days late to the party saying "the British have won"

lorandavid.bsky.social•135 days ago

Bernie knows what's up.

rickclark.bsky.social•132 days ago

Sadly, Bernie is right. He's spent his entire political career shouting like some Old Testament prophet to the rooftops. He's seen this coming from miles away. I would love for him (and us) to see this oligarchic cancer forcefully addressed before he passes away.

gglarou.bsky.social•135 days ago

We must fight!!!

atchijov.bsky.social•135 days ago

US was oligarchy for many decades now. What we fast becoming is kleptocracy.

spartan47.bsky.social•135 days ago

He finally woke up!

onepeopleonelife.bsky.social•135 days ago

Becoming? Maybe he should ask Elon if he’ll have a job next year

gigithebluesky.bsky.social•135 days ago

I suggest everyone to read this book. It provides more info that everyone does not know about. System of governances.

"Binding Chaos"
Author: Heather Marsh

dantheman85.bsky.social•131 days ago

📌

gigithebluesky.bsky.social•135 days ago

This article will help you to understand why. https://georgiebc.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/the-evolution-of-democracy/

thiafin.bsky.social•135 days ago

No Shite Sherlock...

jonsevyd.bsky.social•135 days ago

This isn’t news but Elon’s brazen moves since the election are an alarming development.

notdontrmp.bsky.social•135 days ago

Bernie’s right—America is slipping toward oligarchy. Billionaires are pulling the strings while the rest of us great Americans are left behind. It’s time to take our democracy BACK. Enough is enough!

graple12.bsky.social•135 days ago

"...becoming an oligarchy..."???

Honey, I hate to tell you, we're already there...been there for well over a decade now!

For your edification:

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained

lakepeg.bsky.social•135 days ago

Led by some billionaires from foreign countries.

afroburrito.bsky.social•135 days ago

A little late, Bernie.

patthehoneyguy.bsky.social•135 days ago

This all started in the Reagan era. Trickle down economics. It was a lie and they knew it.

patrickkmc10.bsky.social•134 days ago

If he really feels that way; instead of preemptively sucking up to DOGE, he can announce that he will staunchly oppose all of Trump 2.0's "initiatives." Trump's a snake, and he'll only use the promise of reforms to claim he has "bipartisan support" to gut the ACA. Oppose every step, in any direction