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Uncle Joe

(58,107 posts)
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 10:46 AM Jun 2019

Bernie Sanders Delivered the Most Profound Speech Since We Lost MLK [View all]



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It is not hyperbole to suggest that Senator Bernie Sanders's June 12, 2019 Democratic Socialism Speech was as profound as any delivered by either of the two men who Sanders frequently quoted: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was a speech in which the Vermont senator revealed that his campaign, and accompanying "political revolution", offer a unique vehicle for societal transformation—from what President Jimmy Carter described as "an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery" to the realization of the promise offered by President Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address: "government of the people, by the people and for the people."

Sanders brilliantly coupled a condemnation of the tyranny of capitalist oligarchy with FDR's recognition that democracy and freedom are unattainable in the absence of economic security. That message was so powerful that all three major corporate-owned cable networks—Fox "News", CNN and MSNBC—abruptly terminated their live coverage mid-speech. They did so before Sanders outlined what he described as a "21st Century Economic Bill of Rights".

Bernie noted that income and wealth inequality have soared to levels not seen since the onset of the Great Depression. "Three families," he said, “control more wealth than the bottom half of our country, some 160 million people."

That was actually an understatement. As of 2017, America's three richest "individuals"—Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffet—own as much wealth as the bottom 160 million, according to a report released by Institute for Policy Studies. "If left unchecked," Josh Hardy, the study's co-author observed, "wealth will continue to accumulate into fewer and fewer hands."

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https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/06/15/bernie-sanders-delivered-most-profound-speech-we-lost-mlk




This is a good read.
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11th OP on the same speech NYMinute Jun 2019 #1
11th? It's the only one I could find. And what's with the Common Dreams rancor? KPN Jun 2019 #23
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2019 #51
Post removed Post removed Jun 2019 #160
And the waters parted. MrsCoffee Jun 2019 #2
Walking On Water Begins At Noon Me. Jun 2019 #4
23 Psalm. nt sheshe2 Jun 2019 #94
Must Say...REally Appreciated Your Thread Me. Jun 2019 #96
Thank you dear, Me. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #104
... Me. Jun 2019 #105
One more thing. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #106
I was there for this planned stunt Gothmog Jun 2019 #120
Did podium bird attend? yardwork Jun 2019 #3
Most profound speech in 50+ years? Trenzalore Jun 2019 #5
Somebody had to do it eventually, Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #6
Pretty sure the author forgot this guy. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #21
I doubt it Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #25
Well, with all due respect... sheshe2 Jun 2019 #34
With all due respect... Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #36
The OP has nothing but contempt for President Obama BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #141
Sad, yet true. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #156
Agree-the hatred of President Obama is sad Gothmog Jun 2019 #157
That's also false, now you're batting two out of two so far. Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #159
Obama's speech on race was far more profound than Bernie's FDR lite. charlyvi Jun 2019 #73
Thanks for the link. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #74
Anytime, Sheshe2. charlyvi Jun 2019 #78
Love ya, charlyvi! sheshe2 Jun 2019 #95
Sanders did well, he always does. BeckyDem Jun 2019 #75
You're confusing analysis with opinion. Again. LanternWaste Jun 2019 #153
How could this speech be better than Sanders clarion call to primary President Obama? grantcart Jun 2019 #37
hahaha, just saw it was from commondreams JI7 Jun 2019 #110
Oh FFS... SidDithers Jun 2019 #7
I expect more tales of miracles to increase with Warren gaining ground Trenzalore Jun 2019 #12
We are doomed if people buy into this crap. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2019 #30
It would be nice if he could ditch the '60s-era jargon. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #8
"The tyranny of capitalist oligarchy" may sound 'old' but it is the absolute truth. pangaia Jun 2019 #42
Of course it is, but it is not allowed by the followers of neoliberalism. n/t MarcA Jun 2019 #64
Ah yes, the dreaded neoliberals. comradebillyboy Jun 2019 #66
Bernie spent his honeymoon in the Soviet Union, and has never come back dalton99a Jun 2019 #45
Jeeze, I can not believe somebody wrote that here... pangaia Jun 2019 #102
haha, pretty much JI7 Jun 2019 #112
Help help I'm being repressed. nycbos Jun 2019 #140
On July 15th 1979 Otto Lidenbrock Jun 2019 #9
oh man LibFarmer Jun 2019 #10
No but if Bernie's policy proposals Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #11
Are you serious? LibFarmer Jun 2019 #13
Apparently you are not. Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #14
Something like Lazarus, wasn't it? George II Jun 2019 #87
Bernie stans should stop trying to link him to MLK... SidDithers Jun 2019 #15
That's ironic I feel the same towards those that would separate them, Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #18
You're kidding right? tymorial Jun 2019 #49
Separate them? mcar Jun 2019 #50
Their policy proposals, ideals and history of protest. Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #54
Are you serious? mcar Jun 2019 #55
They both protested nonetheless for the same policies that were largely Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #56
Wow! mcar Jun 2019 #57
... Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #58
I'm younger than both of them. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2019 #68
Did MLK ever chain himself to a black woman?... SidDithers Jun 2019 #59
Did MLK ever have to pay a $25 fine for protesting? mcar Jun 2019 #62
You still here? nt Grasswire2 Jun 2019 #82
Do you see a SidDithers2? OilemFirchen Jun 2019 #89
I never left... SidDithers Jun 2019 #91
That is not nice. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #100
Grasswire has also been a member since 2002... SidDithers Jun 2019 #117
Aaaah. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #129
Wow! You sure do have the receipts mcar Jun 2019 #150
Btw the OP of this silly thread rec'd all of those posts. BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #155
That's false Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #158
IKR. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #61
There is a lot of slightly disturbing delusional thinking in this thread. BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #142
After the past 2 years, it is more than disconcerting mcar Jun 2019 #151
No need to separate them since they never ever met. George II Jun 2019 #88
The same goes for FDR. murielm99 Jun 2019 #19
Oh brother. KPN Jun 2019 #24
In fact, much of BS's speech was lifted from FDR's fourth inaugural address. charlyvi Jun 2019 #71
Hmm...well, his speech cost him a couple of points in the polls, MineralMan Jun 2019 #16
Politics is more than a horse race. BlueWI Jun 2019 #65
sanders is below 15% in South Carolina Gothmog Jun 2019 #138
" Bernie Sanders Delivered the Most Profound Speech Since We Lost MLK" SouthernProgressive Jun 2019 #17
A little information about the author. Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #20
Is he the new HA Goodman? nt KitSileya Jun 2019 #60
What happened to H.A. Goodman? Gothmog Jun 2019 #139
So he's yet another graybearded white dude stuck in 50 years ago. Got it. Recursion Jun 2019 #113
He works for the Sanders campaign. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #130
I don't believe that changes the truth of the article. Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #134
IMHO, yes. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #136
Like Sander's supporters didn't care that Sirota wrote articles attacking other candidates, KitSileya Jun 2019 #146
Pathetic and offensive someone could type such a thing. SouthernProgressive Jun 2019 #147
I believe the author nailed the article. n/t Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #148
I'm sure you do. SouthernProgressive Jun 2019 #149
Bit of a stretch to call it the most profound speech NoMoreRepugs Jun 2019 #22
Wow. The rancor is palpable here. I don't get it frankly. Yeah, maybe the article overstated the KPN Jun 2019 #26
I believe the rancor is below normal at this point Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #31
I appreciate the news about Sanders that you share here. BlueWI Jun 2019 #111
Sanders never came close to being nominated the last go round lunamagica Jun 2019 #114
Some of the rancor is from people trolling the forum, obviously, mtnsnake Jun 2019 #161
I call BS lillypaddle Jun 2019 #27
It not a coincidence that Bernie Sanders's initials are BS nycbos Jun 2019 #29
ya think? lillypaddle Jun 2019 #32
So Bernie is MLK now? nycbos Jun 2019 #28
A few more recitals of the stump speech LibFarmer Jun 2019 #38
I was going to say Lincoln. nycbos Jun 2019 #63
No, he's JC himself BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #143
Jeremy Corbyn? brooklynite Jun 2019 #145
Blah, blah, blah and blah leftofcool Jun 2019 #33
I heard one of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speeches in person. MineralMan Jun 2019 #35
I have heard Congressman John Lewis tell his "preaching to chickens" story four times in person Gothmog Jun 2019 #92
maybe since Jesus... qazplm135 Jun 2019 #39
I didn't hear the whole Bernie Sanders speech, but last night on mtngirl47 Jun 2019 #40
Bernie repeatedly quoted Franklin Roosevelt to great effect while proposing Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #43
FDR was not a socialist Gothmog Jun 2019 #93
And to think I turned it off when I heard him assert, again, that.... Hekate Jun 2019 #41
Seriously? The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #44
When Nothing Else Is Working - Try A Little Hyperbole. MineralMan Jun 2019 #47
Oh but it's not. Didnt you see? They said it wasn't tymorial Jun 2019 #48
By saying it's not hyperbole doesnt make it true. tymorial Jun 2019 #46
Post removed Post removed Jun 2019 #52
we didnt "lose:" MLK - he was murdered, executed, gunned down in cold blood. nt msongs Jun 2019 #53
Would MLK supporters ever have boo'ed John Lewis? NYMinute Jun 2019 #67
lol Renew Deal Jun 2019 #69
Good lord, no. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #70
This is just soooooo.... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2019 #72
That's a classic animated gif, thanks! George II Jun 2019 #80
It's exhausting. Trying so hard to equate BS with the likes of MLK is a sure sign of desperation. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2019 #81
And....A whole lotta sheshe2 Jun 2019 #108
YES! YES! YES! It seems so desperate, and a bit disrespectful. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2019 #123
Bernie can barely make a dent in the PoC vote Tarc Jun 2019 #76
And this kind of insulting, bone-headed rhetoric from his supporters is a primary reason why. EffieBlack Jun 2019 #98
Without support of African Americans, sanders will not be the nominee Gothmog Jun 2019 #121
You've got to be kidding??? Skid Rogue Jun 2019 #77
Exacty what I was thinking, Cha Jun 2019 #84
No he didn't. Did you see this? Did BS sing any hymns? George II Jun 2019 #79
Uncle Joe, I appreciate your sincerity, courtesy, and advocacy for Bernie's proposals. Grasswire2 Jun 2019 #83
I guess "profound" is another one of those words with a new meaning. betsuni Jun 2019 #85
I was thinking something similar, "profound" isn't necessarily a positive description. George II Jun 2019 #90
The same author who predicted the largest political scandal since Watergate: dalton99a Jun 2019 #86
Lol! EffieBlack Jun 2019 #97
I did all three LibFarmer Jun 2019 #99
And they wonder why black folk aren't falling down at his feet. EffieBlack Jun 2019 #103
Even after what happened at She the People, Bernie still appears to think that betsuni Jun 2019 #107
Hysterical I love The Onion Trumpocalypse Jun 2019 #101
Bwahahahahaha sheshe2 Jun 2019 #109
Snort grantcart Jun 2019 #115
Funny you said that, I thought it was Borowitz. George II Jun 2019 #118
I also love the Onion Gothmog Jun 2019 #122
Sigh. Labeling a speech profound doesn't make it profound. It was little more than his standard highplainsdem Jun 2019 #116
MLK never met FDR, and BS never met MLK. They only happened to be about a half mile apart... George II Jun 2019 #119
Most of white America at that time was a galaxy apart. Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #124
And, besides that.. whadda know.. the guy who Cha Jun 2019 #126
Bazinga! sheshe2 Jun 2019 #128
... Cha Jun 2019 #135
Besides the guy who wrote the article Cha Jun 2019 #125
Actually that is hyperbole sobenji Jun 2019 #127
The future will be the judge. Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #131
The future has judged - aside from a guy who works for the BS campaign who said that and.... George II Jun 2019 #132
Space time and all that stuff. Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #133
The present is already judging... brooklynite Jun 2019 #144
.... Skidmore Jun 2019 #137
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA awesomerwb1 Jun 2019 #152
Posts like this illustrate exactly why I refer to him as a Sacred Cow LanternWaste Jun 2019 #154
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