DoomsdaysCW<p>‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Revolution</span></a> With Joy’: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bernie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bernie</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a> Draw Massive Crowd in Los Angeles</p><p>Sanders appeared to draw his largest crowd ever as he warned supporters that “we are living today in an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oligarchic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchic</span></a> form of society”</p><p>by Naomi LaChance, April 12, 2025</p><p>"Sanders noted that Musk had posted a video to X on Friday showing that Sanders has been warning that America is becoming an oligarchy for decades. 'Well, Elon, you’re damn right, that’s what I’ve been talking about,' Sanders said.</p><p>" 'The difference is I’m no longer talking about how we’re moving to oligarchy. I’m talking about how we are living today in an oligarchic form of society. Three months ago, when Trump was inaugurated, standing right behind him during his inauguration, were the three wealthiest people in this country, Mr. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, Mr. [Jeff] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a> and Mr. [Mark] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a>. And right behind them, were 13 other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> who Trump had nominated to head up major federal agencies. And that, brothers and sisters, is what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> is all about.' "</p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bernie-sanders-aoc-los-angeles-crowd-fighting-oligarchy-1235316393/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-news/bernie-sanders-aoc-los-angeles-crowd-fighting-oligarchy-1235316393/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/V0grp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/V0grp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StillSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StillSanders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BernieSanders</span></a></p>