Senator Bernie Sanders lays out an urgent case for confronting the economic, social, and political dangers of artificial intelligence before they reshape the nation beyond in this Meidas exclusive.
Yeah without a doubt! Could you imagine where we would be if he had been allowed to win in 2016? No Trump, just a pro working family, liberal administration that would have benefitted us all (except the billionairs, he scares the shit out of them!)
I wish he had, but he would not have had the Congress behind him as we imagine. I do think good would have come of it overall, just not as fast as we wish.
He was my guy from the moment he announced he was running. I was stunned by the number of Bernie haters that existed — he’s only ever talked about affordability and making life better for working people…still shocked when people profess they hate him. Wild.
It’s probably safe to say that a lot of Americans are really bad at picking presidents who actually want to help improve their lives. I can’t think of anyone in politics who’s more in touch with the grim realities we the people are facing, or anyone more concerned about it
Bernie would have made America the envy of the planet......not the rejected nation of today. Cankles giving the microphone a blow job.......and now Putin has pictures of Taco going down on "Bubba?"
Bernie’s Sanders is down to earth, speaks from the heart and knows what America needs and wants. His honesty and integrity shines through, something all politicians need.
💯 % These SOBs are hoarding all of our money. We are the ones that made them rich. Don’t forget the BLACKOUT from Nov 25 to Dec 2. No purchases to the rich bastards like Amazon, Walmart. Stay off Meta FB, Instagram, Threads & Twitter. If you can call out of work that would be great. Even if it’s just one or two days of everyone doing that. Buy from local stores if you need something.
I believe we need to put the breaks on AI for all the reasons Sanders has said. It is going way too fast. We don’t need to replace Amazon workers with robots while these workers are left high and dry. AI also steals ART, makes AI slop songs on Spotify, wants to take over the game industry. They also want to use AI as killing machines. I see constant wars started by the most AI armed militaries. Just because we have the ability to do something does not mean we should do it. It’s terrifying.
Please listen to this engineer. AI is just a tool. And just because people own tools, it doesn’t make them expert mechanics. I write programs in what is considered to be AI. I as well as hundreds of thousands of engineers are NOT impressed by what is being called AI. It’s just clever programming.
IBM in Lexington, KY spent $250 million on robots years ago to assemble the Selectric Typewriter consisting of 3000+ parts. A week before the project to automate the assembly line was completed, a competitor from South Korea introduced a typewriter consisting of 7 parts. IBM stopped making typewriters after that and the robots were never used for that purpose.
Don’t count on Universal Basic Income, it’s a myth. Do, however, spend as much time as you can afford to become more tech savvy. Study physics first, because that’s the science of why things act the way they do. Don’t worry too much about programming, but learn about the AI tools. Just like other tools, AI can’t do things it was not designed to do without an enormous amount of memory. And that just might slow things down a bit.
Bernie is 100% correct. It seems we always develop the technology before we really develop an understanding of the impact the technology will have not just on this country, but in the global sense. Why are we like that? 🤷♀️
I'm 84 too and know that realistically speaking Bernie can't run in '28 but he and AOC made a great team in their cross-country tour and reached huge crowds everywhere. Maybe she could be our first woman president.
We will not be able to put the genie back in the bottle, so to speak, but we need to find a way to remove the oligarchs. The oligarchs only care about making more money, like it is some sort of disease. This same group does not care about the rest of the people.
"Remove the oligarchs" - much harder than it sounds but it is of course key. One of the answers is "tax them". As we know they've bought the major media outlets and own many politicians. They've also done things like use PR firms to influence public opinion. But the government can tax, regulate, file court cases to test some that need to be overruled (Citizens United is of course the first that comes to mind), etc.
So, how do we get the government to do what we need it to? First, we need to educate so people understand what they are about to lose (as Mr. Sanders is trying to do); and then put people in office that will start putting the brakes on it. For those of us without power the way is to form groups, because we have more power collectively. I recently decided to join Indivisible. I think young Ezra & Leah are very bright and have a handle on a lot of this. Joining together is the way we can elect candidates and get them in the position to fight against all of this.
The US would’ve really benefited if Bernie had become president
Yeah without a doubt! Could you imagine where we would be if he had been allowed to win in 2016? No Trump, just a pro working family, liberal administration that would have benefitted us all (except the billionairs, he scares the shit out of them!)
He definitely scares the broligarchs- it’s probably part of why he wasn’t more successful
I wish he had, but he would not have had the Congress behind him as we imagine. I do think good would have come of it overall, just not as fast as we wish.
Yeah, they like to say Bernie is a socialist,.
And the USA is a capitalist country,. it has no place for socialism,..except,..
It’s been pointed out many times and there are many instances of government bailing out failing industries,..
industries too big to fail,.the auto industry the,.housing market,. financial industry ,.
It’s been said ,..
“ socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor”
“ we privatise profits and socialise losses”
He was my guy from the moment he announced he was running. I was stunned by the number of Bernie haters that existed — he’s only ever talked about affordability and making life better for working people…still shocked when people profess they hate him. Wild.
Well, you’re 💯 right about that, but we’ve still got his wisdom now. And we are LISTENING. Let’s GOOOOOOO.
I agree 💯🔥🌊🐦🌹
That depends on your perspective Kim,..
Personally, I agree with you, but there are many that don’t agree with us ,..
It’s probably safe to say that a lot of Americans are really bad at picking presidents who actually want to help improve their lives. I can’t think of anyone in politics who’s more in touch with the grim realities we the people are facing, or anyone more concerned about it
Absolutely agree with you,. Bernie has been saying the same things for 20 years or for as long as I’ve been listening.
September 8, was his 84th birthday?
He’s an impressive guy 💙
Bernie would have made America the envy of the planet......not the rejected nation of today. Cankles giving the microphone a blow job.......and now Putin has pictures of Taco going down on "Bubba?"
And this is not front page news?
America has really gone downhill.
YES!
I support Bernie Sanders!
🐦🌹🔥
I loved the time when the little bird landed, and stayed on his podium as he spoke!
Bernie’s Sanders is down to earth, speaks from the heart and knows what America needs and wants. His honesty and integrity shines through, something all politicians need.
Great interview. Thanks, Ben.
💯💙👀🇨🇦
Bernie Sanders a mane For the less fortunate❤️✌🏼
I totally agree.
🇺🇸 “The Tariff That Ate Our Town” 💸
In a shop on the corner where welders would spark,
Where makers made magic from daylight to dark,
The hum of the tools and the clang of the steel
Were the sounds of a town with a pride you could feel.
But one windy morning, a storm rolled in fast—
Not clouds, not rain, not a shadow it cast.
It came from a desk with a signature stamp,
A tariff-sized tantrum from Trump’s tariff camp.
It gobbled up metal, it swallowed supplies,
It devoured the lumber that builders would buy.
The cost of the copper shot up like a kite,
And sheet metal tripled before Friday night.
Moms in the markets felt pain in their purse,
While dads fixing tractors said, “This is getting worse!”
A hammer now cost what a ladder once did,
And the price of a fridge? You’d need three extra bids.
The welders grew worried, the plumbers did too,
The baker, the barber, the whole business crew.
Small shops were squeezed till their ledgers turned red—
All from tariffs cooked up in a billionaire’s head.
Manufacturers groaned, “How can we survive?”
Families said, “This hurts the cost of our lives!”
Every widget and gadget, each gizmo and gear
Got slapped with a markup year after year.
Trump boasted and bragged, “It’s good for the land!”
While folks felt the squeeze he refused to understand.
A tariff, you see, isn’t paid by the kings—
But by farmers and fixers and everyday things.
Yet towns linked together from city to hill,
Determined to push through the weight of the bill.
They marched and they voted, they lifted their voice—
“We want lower costs, and we’re making that choice!”
So remember this tale when they boast and they bluff:
Economies crumble when leaders act rough.
For a nation grows strong when the people stand tall—
Not when tariffs eat towns
and hurt workers most of all.
🦅 #SupportSmallBusiness | #GrandmasForDemocracy | #WeDeserveBetter | #TruthTellers 💙
I loved this true to life poem!
Uncle Bernie dropping the truth again.
If working becomes “optional,” then everyone ought to receive a guaranteed income.
💯 % These SOBs are hoarding all of our money. We are the ones that made them rich. Don’t forget the BLACKOUT from Nov 25 to Dec 2. No purchases to the rich bastards like Amazon, Walmart. Stay off Meta FB, Instagram, Threads & Twitter. If you can call out of work that would be great. Even if it’s just one or two days of everyone doing that. Buy from local stores if you need something.
I will be on a shop in the middle of the ocean…never supported Amazon at all…im all in!
Sanders is one of the best leaders in the Senate (along w/ E Warren and C Murphy)
These senators need to keep speaking out so it won't matter that much that we are stuck with Schumer as minority leader.
I believe we need to put the breaks on AI for all the reasons Sanders has said. It is going way too fast. We don’t need to replace Amazon workers with robots while these workers are left high and dry. AI also steals ART, makes AI slop songs on Spotify, wants to take over the game industry. They also want to use AI as killing machines. I see constant wars started by the most AI armed militaries. Just because we have the ability to do something does not mean we should do it. It’s terrifying.
And the pollution it will cause and the water it will dry up will further devastate the earth and its inhabitants.
The most cruel, lawless and corrupt President ever! The pedo in-chief is a malignant narcissist and has frontotemporal dementia.
Bernie 2028! We need to ban AI or institute a universal basic income. We must continue to protest in the streets. Here is a No Kings Anthem we can sing together: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/no-kings-anthem-no-crown-no-throne
Please listen to this engineer. AI is just a tool. And just because people own tools, it doesn’t make them expert mechanics. I write programs in what is considered to be AI. I as well as hundreds of thousands of engineers are NOT impressed by what is being called AI. It’s just clever programming.
IBM in Lexington, KY spent $250 million on robots years ago to assemble the Selectric Typewriter consisting of 3000+ parts. A week before the project to automate the assembly line was completed, a competitor from South Korea introduced a typewriter consisting of 7 parts. IBM stopped making typewriters after that and the robots were never used for that purpose.
Don’t count on Universal Basic Income, it’s a myth. Do, however, spend as much time as you can afford to become more tech savvy. Study physics first, because that’s the science of why things act the way they do. Don’t worry too much about programming, but learn about the AI tools. Just like other tools, AI can’t do things it was not designed to do without an enormous amount of memory. And that just might slow things down a bit.
Water is critical to life.
Bernie is 100% correct. It seems we always develop the technology before we really develop an understanding of the impact the technology will have not just on this country, but in the global sense. Why are we like that? 🤷♀️
Thank you for podcast … When Bernie Sanders speaks , yes we get truth! NO IFS , ANDS or BUTS about IT…
Age 84, just same as myself, and both from New York State…
It’s about serving the people of our Country! Truth To Power. Thank you for your great work and getting IT straight from Bernie…
I'm 84 too and know that realistically speaking Bernie can't run in '28 but he and AOC made a great team in their cross-country tour and reached huge crowds everywhere. Maybe she could be our first woman president.
I was a Bernie Bro before, and I would be so again. He is one of the few, "non-corporate," politicians left.
We need regulation and guardrails around AI - stat.
I don’t know how AI has been allowed to get to this point, but it has and now we need to get rid of it.
We will not be able to put the genie back in the bottle, so to speak, but we need to find a way to remove the oligarchs. The oligarchs only care about making more money, like it is some sort of disease. This same group does not care about the rest of the people.
"Remove the oligarchs" - much harder than it sounds but it is of course key. One of the answers is "tax them". As we know they've bought the major media outlets and own many politicians. They've also done things like use PR firms to influence public opinion. But the government can tax, regulate, file court cases to test some that need to be overruled (Citizens United is of course the first that comes to mind), etc.
So, how do we get the government to do what we need it to? First, we need to educate so people understand what they are about to lose (as Mr. Sanders is trying to do); and then put people in office that will start putting the brakes on it. For those of us without power the way is to form groups, because we have more power collectively. I recently decided to join Indivisible. I think young Ezra & Leah are very bright and have a handle on a lot of this. Joining together is the way we can elect candidates and get them in the position to fight against all of this.