Why wealthy young people should care about a political revolution.

hi Senator I'm J Junior at the college most of us in this room are direct beneficiaries of the system that you described um so I'm just wondering in that sense what incentives are there for you to speak to us today and what incentives are there for us to quote unquote bring about that long-term political revolution well um if you're telling me that many people at Harvard come from a point that come from money is that your point yeah okay all right you know I am here today because Harvard is one of the great intellectual institutions in the world uh and uh I'm delighted to be able to speak to you uh during this coming campaign uh I will not be speaking at many universities I be speaking at Trade union halls and to workingclass audiences where you know I think the future of the America our country primarily rest but I think you are getting the best education that America can provide uh and I think you need to make very fundamental decisions we are on the Titanic and it's going down and you have got to decide whether or not you can play a role in preventing that destruction we need you we need great doctors we need nurses we need dentists we need people willing to Serve the People since Ronald Reagan there has been a war against government and it has succeeded post office having a hard time doing Simple Things Medicare is under severe attack Social Security is under severe attack public education under severe attack and all of this is done by Big Money interest who want to make money in every aspect of our lives so I'm here to urge you with your very good education to stand on the side of working families and people who are struggling and work hard to create the kind of nation that all of us will be proud of we can eliminate childhood poverty we can lead the world in addressing climate change we can have a foreign policy which promotes democracy and the needs of the poor around the world rather than the military-industrial complex really we can but we're going to need an infrastructure of people well educated people who are prepared to get their hands dirty not make the kinds of money that they can make in the private sector we desperately need that and maybe that's why I'm here to appeal to you in that sense all right let's take

Channel: Bernie Sanders

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Length: 2min 46sec (166 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 16 2024