JUST IN: Bernie Sanders Issues Dire Warning About State Of U.S. As 2024 Draws To A Close

In a video released to social media, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) warned that the U.S. is veering into an oligarchy controlled by billionaires.

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[bouzouki]

Quick note: For those of you who don’t know, Citizens United was passed (March 1, 2009) by the Supreme Court, and in essence it says Corporations are people and money is speech! It lifted restrictions on political campaign contributions. You can google for a complete description. Repealing this amendment is the best first step to start giving this country back to its people.

[patriotrising]

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more they will hate those who speak it ❗

[zatoichijiku]

You know it's bad when Forbes is featuring a warning from Bernie Sanders on oligarchic rule. Yikes 😬

[Freebird_]

He's been saying this for like 40+ years already... Say what you want but we can all agree he's been consistent in his beliefs and has fought for the average American all the way.

[slicktheslickster]

"3 people own more wealth than the bottom half of our society"

Says it all...

[WandaSmith-js]

It is no longer "We the People" its We the Corporations.

[ILoveWoolerbear]

Too bad our country was stupid enough to not elect Bernie for President. Now look where we are.

[MrWphilips]

The latest numbers for homelessness in America today, is
shockingly, 770 thousand individuals! And rarely is this crisis
ever discussed by our political leadership! This clearly reveals an unsustainable society!

[JoeCharogoff]

Ironically, this video is on the channel of a company that celebrated extreme wealth and corporate America for decades.

[andrewingram]

AT&T was broken up a long long time ago because no company should be so big to have that much power, yet here we are again.

[scottwebb]

Anyone else wondering how despite being older than Biden, Bernie is still able to form coherent sentences?

[deanschuette]

Wake up America let’s Unite and take are country back. So we can all take care of each other.

[davidgoodman]

I'd like to thank Bernie for being an absolute rock and pillar of strength and a speaker of truth for decades now, never wavering, never taking big dollar donations and always being the bug in the ear of corporate politicians, for always being the chisel that may finally Crack the gigantic rock that is politics in America. HOPEFULLY AND FINALLY

[_Kremit]

Seems like the bottom 50% should pick up their pitchforks? But what do they do? They vote these people into government positions.

[dxseven]

I'm relatively wealthy, but I could never have the influence or power of the oligarchs. I'm amazed that we've never been able to affect health care reform or stop the support of foreign entities rather than support domestic interests. Bernie really outlines where our problems lay.

[danfannon]

Bernie Sanders is a Prophet of Biblical proportions; a voice crying in the wilderness of a dying America. When the dust settles and this once great nation is reduced to the ashes of oligarchy and feudalism, his words and will be the only remainder of what once was, and what could have been had the United States not abandoned its soul and sense of decency. God bless this man.

[JohnDaniels]

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless" -Thomas Jefferson

[JLindsay-vv]

60, 000 US citizens die each year because they can't afford medical care. This is a towering injustice.

[maryfries]

Then why not enforce anti trust laws and stop all lobbying

[ninocrown]

There’s a reason a lot of oligarchs are building huge, luxury bunkers. I recall reading Zuckerberg has a $250M bunker in Hawaii. Reminds me of a scene from the Netflix movie “Leave The World Behind”.