It is impossible to represent their interests while also trying to represent the interests of those that exploit them. I think that that is a fundamental contradiction that you cannot get past. And my problem is that The Democratic Party used to be the party that represented those people, was the party of labor unions. It was the party of thinking of large structural change that brought about things like Social Security or Medicaid and Medicare. (15:57–16:02)
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Asserts that the Democratic Party historically represented labor unions and working people.
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