26 - Bernie vs. the Rest (w/ Naomi Klein & Xiuhtezcatl Martinez)
Hear the Bern
Bernie 2020
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2019
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Briahna lays out why the notion that "everyone sounds like Bernie now" isn't really true at all, and nowhere is that more evident than Bernie's plan for combating climate change. Activist and musician Xiuhtezcatl Martinez shares Gen Z's frustration at the inaction of older generations in the face of an existential threat. Author Naomi Klein explains why small-bore, market-led solutions are too little, too late.
Xiuhtezcatl's NOW platform: https://www.generation-now.com/
Naomi's book This Changes Everything: https://thischangeseverything.org/book/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Here's a little tune you've been hearing since the very beginning of primary season. |
| 0:04.0 | A lot of the issues you were talking about in 2016 are now mainstream in the Democratic Party. |
| 0:09.0 | But do you still think that you are the leader on those ideas, |
| 0:13.0 | or are you concerned that other candidates in this race have taken over that mantle? |
| 0:16.0 | You've got candidates now who sound like Bernie Sanders. |
| 0:19.0 | So why do you need to run? |
| 0:21.1 | A lot of the other candidates are doing Bernie covers now. |
| 0:25.4 | So it works out. |
| 0:26.4 | It's like, hey, I know that song. |
| 0:27.4 | That's Bernie's. |
| 0:28.7 | In short, in the Democratic race to 2020, |
| 0:32.1 | everyone now sounds like Bernie Sanders has been sounding |
| 0:34.8 | since circa 1978 or earlier. |
| 0:38.2 | And often implicit in that take is, well, if everyone now sounds like Bernie, then Bernie's |
| 0:43.7 | job is done. |
| 0:45.4 | Bravo! |
| 0:46.4 | Pass a torch. |
| 0:47.4 | Take a gold watch, pack it up, and call it a day. |
| 0:51.0 | But the thing about that argument is that it is complete and total nonsense. |
| 0:58.0 | Even if you trust all the candidates for president to follow through on their campaign promises, |
| 1:02.6 | what they're promising differs quite a bit from what Bernie's promising, |
| 1:07.3 | not to mention how they propose to get there. |
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