This country as compared to others for example well and thats an important conversation to have if you go back to the 1950 s. And sixtys there was a time in this country where you could have graduated with a High School Degree and gotten a good paying union job in a factory that would have provided Good Health Care a good Retirement Benefits in the form of a pension you could have a work there and had a productive life those kinds of jobs simply dont exist anymore they dont exist in part because of automation but also in part because of globalization one of the reasons why for instance the trade tariffs are so detrimental to u. S. Consumers is that we get so many of our consumer goods right now from china its clothing its footwear its electronics a lot of the things that simply dont make economic sense to make here in the United States anymore in part because our labor costs are so expensive so to the extent that we have manufacturing right now it a lot of it is assembling assembling t
Base i think not i think that sanders more radical approach to governing and to his candidacy will appeal to Younger Voters and digital voters and social media voters in a way that perhaps a poll gauging warren and biden might miss were not going to know these voters because they were busy in College Classes when those poll of polls were coming in so i dont see it eating into sanders base as much as sanders is an outlier thats out there that may just come in and blow the whole thing up im interested in both your thoughts on defining some of these terms a little bit because theyre super complex and i dont mind taking a moment to unpack it a little bit specifically with regards to when we talk about whether or not its wise for someone from the Democratic Party for example to run a centrist or even to that matter whether whether trump to great degree during his candidacy period was also appealing to a kind of a centrist voter and what that means because i think that progressives would pro
Elizabeth warren and warren rather she has positioned herself as the outsider the fighter the fighter with the plan hes going to you know take it to donald trump i think as michael points out however well that might be appealing in the democratic primary and that Elizabeth Warren she talks about you know revolutionary change we dont want just incremental changes we want to you know to rework the whole system the whole way that America Works that might be appealing to the a. O. See weighing the squad flank of the party but is that going to be an easy pivot when it comes to a general election where she has to appeal to more centrist voters who dont necessarily want is a radical vision for america well see if she gets the nomination and has you know the opportunity to make that sale but joe biden hes banking on the fact that those centrist voters will be with him in the general the question is can he appeal to those Democratic Left wing progressive voters in the primary michael. Lets not
Over creators the ability to determine whether or not they can pay their rent but also just access to the news in the 1st place at this point whether youre on the left or the right or wherever you pretty much have to use these platforms and thats not necessarily best for american journalism but he also identifies large corporations and wealthy individuals who are buying up Media Outlets around the country owning more and more. You know theyve changed the rules in terms of how many different outlets you can own in a particular area and all of this is happening at the same time that more and more communities are losing their small newspapers or more independent local news as well Something Like 1400 communities in the past 2 years of lost a newspaper thousands of journalists have lost tens of thousands in the past couple of decades some like 3800 journalists lost their jobs in the last year and you cant lose 3800 journalists without losing Something Else something probably important to d
Of decades some like 3800 journalists lost their jobs in the last year and you cant lose 3800 journalists without losing Something Else something probably important to democracy and so im glad that he has a solution that he has set of solutions and also i think its savvy because you know whether youre a natural Bernie Sanders supporter or a hard core maga head you have issues with the media and you should have issues with the media because the media has a lot of issues so lets get into some of the details i was really surprised to hear you just say that youre actually in favor of breaking up these Big Companies i assume youre talking about Facebook Google im talking about you know big tech generally ok roles so much of the flow of information and i think theyre playing unfairly they want to have their cake and eat it too weve seen this senator cruz has brought this up a lot the distinction between being a tech platform and a publisher of content which curates the content wont let certa