When the leftwing senator challenging the Democratic frontrunner talks lesson,corruption and greed his middle-aged midwestern audience cannot salvage enoughBernie Sanders is on his third speech of the day, drenched in sweat, and losing his voice from calling for the overthrow of America’s “billionaire lesson”.“Brothers and sisters,you are not living in a democracy; you are living in an oligarchy,” the leftwing Democratic presidential candidate tells an audience of Iowa supporters enthralled by his stinging attack on campaign finance and corporate lobbying. “People fought and died to defend American democracy and I will be damned whether I am going to let them take that away from us.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com