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Bernie Sanders: Why do you make it look like it’s a broken, dysfunctional system? The reason is to get people to lose faith in the…

On the recordMarch 10, 2025
Why do you make it look like it’s a broken, dysfunctional system? The reason is to get people to lose faith in the system and then you can give it over to Wall Street.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders criticizes Musk's portrayal of entitlement programs as dysfunctional.

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