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🗓️ 28 June 2019
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0:00.0 | And I would agree with you about one last thing I want to say, which is the idea of us having a real shot. |
0:05.2 | I mean, this campaign really does have a real shot. |
0:07.5 | And your point about it, a real shot for the kind of candidate Bernie is coming around so infrequently. |
0:14.7 | I mean, I don't want to say it's a once every 100 year phenomenon. |
0:19.1 | It's pretty rare. |
0:20.2 | I mean, it's really, if you really look back on history, it is really rare that it candidate with his politics, |
0:26.2 | who is building a grassroots movement that is independent from the power structure. |
0:33.5 | I mean, I don't know if there's a lot of examples of that in history that has a real shot to actually win a national election. |
0:39.4 | They're not particularly in America. |
0:42.4 | And I got to say, I just, I didn't really see Bernie coming. |
0:47.5 | It's not my sort of political socialist tradition. |
0:52.0 | I believe that a lot of people like Bernie won't bring socialism. |
0:56.0 | Well, no, he won't. |
0:57.7 | I firmly believe very traditional Marxist that only an invigorated trade union movement will bring socialism. |
1:05.4 | But Bernie could really help out getting the boots off of the union's neck. |
1:10.7 | And to me, that is going to be absolutely essential. |
1:15.2 | It's a big deal. |
1:16.4 | It's a presidential election that might actually make a difference. |
1:20.4 | Usually they don't. |
1:21.5 | It's huge. |
1:22.5 | It's huge. |
1:23.5 | It's huge. |
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