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Bernie Sanders: “Musk, for example, contributed $270 million to make Trump…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published November 19, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:09:21

… aggressively in the area of AI, but they were powerful before they did that, have enormous control over the economy and the political life of this country through their ability. Musk, for example, contributed $270 million to make Trump the president. So it is not only AI, it is not only climate change, it's not only the economy. It's not. It's not only health care. (1:09:21–1:09:27)

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Asserts that Elon Musk contributed $270 million to support Donald Trump's presidency.

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“We're the only major country not to guarantee health care to all people, but we're spending twice as much per capita as other countries.”
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“60% of American people living paycheck to paycheck.”
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“We give a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the 1%.”
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“We spend a trillion dollars on the military.”
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“AI and robotics are going to have a very profound transformative impact on our country and the entire world.”
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“We are not hearing the kind of discussion we need in Congress, in the media and within American society about what this consequential change…”
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“Some of the very wealthiest people in the world, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, other multi, multi billionaires, are…”
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“Mr. Musk said last month that AI and robots will replace all jobs. Working will be optional.”
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“Bill Gates, also involved in AI, predicted that humans, quote, won't be needed for most things, end quote.”
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“Dario Amodai, the CEO of Anthropic, warned that AI could lead to the loss of half of all entry level white collar jobs.”
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“There are a whole lot of people, especially younger people, who are now relying on AI for companionship.”
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“Teachers, maybe here at Georgetown as well, worry that students are using AI rather than doing the critical thinking they need.”
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“It is quite likely...nations around the world will use some of these robots for military purposes.”
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“AI being more intelligent than human beings and essentially discarding human being control.”
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“Given the fact we have discussed the possibility of massive economic dislocation.”
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“We've talked about AI perhaps radically transforming issues of war and peace and foreign policy.”
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“We are living in a moment in American history where we have more income and wealth inequality than we've ever had.”
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“You have more concentration of ownership than we've ever had.”
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“Communities all over the country are rejecting these data centers for a couple of reasons.”
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“Their electric bills are going to soar, and communities in rural areas are saying, why am I paying an increase in my electricity bill in…”
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“It's not just enormous consumption of electricity, it's also consuming a great deal of water.”
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“The function of insurance companies is not to provide health care. It is to make a lot of money.”
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“Drug companies make an enormous amount of money.”
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“Some of the large unions like the UAW negotiating with the car companies and saying, you know what, our productivity is going up. We want a…”
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“Needless to say, the companies were not sympathetic.”
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“The people who are pushing this transformative revolution are the richest people in the world. They are not staying up nights worrying about…”
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“When Wall street went under, they knew what they were doing. They knew that they were investing in fraudulent mortgages, et cetera.”
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“We have a child care system which is basically dysfunctional.”
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“We have people who are working with those kids who make less than a McDonald's worker.”
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“We do very poorly compared to other countries around the world [on international exams in reading, science, and math].”
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“We are having a very difficult time for good reason. Attracting the best and the brightest to go into public schools.”
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