<p>On Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) chided the Democrats, saying they lack a &#8220;vision for the future.&#8221;</p>
<p>The critique was made as Sanders was being <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xL1iJR4xRM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interviewed</a> by moderator Kristen Welker on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press,&#8221; who brought up the senator&#8217;s so-called &#8220;Fighting Oligarchy Tour&#8221; with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).</p>
<p>&#8220;What Democrats lack right now is a vision for the future,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;How are we going to provide a decent standard of living for a younger generation, which, everything being equal, will be poorer than their parents? How do we repair a broken healthcare system? How do we raise the minimum wage to a living wage? How do we deal with a corrupt campaign finance system that allows billionaires to control both political parties?&#8221;</p>
<p>He added: &#8220;Those are some of the issues that need to be discussed. And we&#8217;re going out around the country right now asking people – working people, run for office. They want to run as a Democrat? Great. They want to run as an independent? That&#8217;s great. But you got to get involved in the political process, because right now, the two party system is failing the working class of this country.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sanders made the comment in the middle of responding to a question from Welker, who asked if he was trying to start a third party given his two failed campaigns in the Democratic Party&#8217;s presidential primaries over the years.</p>
<p>&#8220;No, we’re not trying to start a third party,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;What we&#8217;re trying to do is strengthen American democracy, where faith in both the Democratic and Republican parties right now is extremely low.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said that Democrats are &#8220;appropriately&#8221; talking about President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;movement toward authoritarianism&#8221; while opposing the GOP&#8217;s reconciliation bill and the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk.</p>
<p>Sanders also pushed back against Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who urged Democrats to stop harping on the &#8220;oligarchy&#8221; because the term does not resonate beyond coastal institutions, according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/slotkin-has-a-war-plan-to-beat-trump-dont-be-weak-and-woke-00308176" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think the American people are not quite as dumb as Ms. Slotkin thinks they are,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;I think they understand very well, when the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 90%, when big money interests are able to control both political parties, they are living in an oligarchy. And these are precisely the issues that have got to be talked about.&#8221;</p>

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