The 2020 Opportunity: Bernie or Warren?

We live in difficult times. The shift toward right-wing “neoliberal” economics over the past 40 years has decimated social safety nets and resulted in a massive redistribution of wealth away from working- and middle-class people to the very richest in society. The average US worker is 4 times as productive as they were in 1973 while the average wage has fallen slightly. Youth are drowning in unprecedented amounts of debt and are entering a precarious, insecure job market. On top of financial troubles, the potential for ecological disaster looms as little progress is being made to reduce carbon emissions. Oh, and white nationalists are back. 

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