Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Socialist really just a Democrat with strong social/moral values
Now that Bernie Sanders has used a grassroots movement to engage the body politic successfully, the media is starting to take him seriously. One hopes he is allowed to articulate his policies as opposed to have his policies reinterpreted by the corporate media.
Bernie Sanders was interviewed by Vox’s Ezra Klein.
When Sen. Bernie Sanders launched his presidential campaign, few treated it as a serious challenge to Hillary Clinton. Sanders, after all, isn’t even a Democrat: He’s a “democratic socialist.” But his campaign struck a chord. He’s raised more than $15 million, primarily from small donors, and he’s turning out the largest crowds of the presidential race. But amidst all the media attention given to Sanders’s rapid political rise, there’s not been that much exploration of what he actually believes.
So on July 16, Vox sat down with Sanders for a wide-ranging interview about his policy ideas and political theories. The discussion touched on everything from single payer to open borders to Zionism, but it began with perhaps the best-known but least-understood facet of Sanders’s political philosophy: his self-identification as a socialist. A transcript of the conversation, edited for length and clarity, follows.
The entire interview is well worth a listen. The moniker, Democratic Socialist, that Chris Matthews would want you to believe is scary or un-American simply seems to be the type of policies most Americans want.