and i meet people in every corner of the world who affirm it. from our studios in new york, bill moyers. moyers: welcome to the journal . once upon a time, a whole lot of just plain americans woke up to realize the economic system was working against them. they had believed in it; they worked hard to make it work for them. they knew its shortcomings but saw in it the way to a decent return for their labor and a better future for their families. then, one day, calamity struck: the system turned on them. and they discovered that they had been betrayed, bamboozled, by the people at the top. but they didn t hang their heads and turn tail, like a dog whipped by its master. they organized and fought back millions of them in a grassroots movement for democracy. what they did became known as the populist moment, an extraordinary time in our country s history. but, the bamboozled returned with a vengeance in our time the monied interests and political mercenaries who connived t