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Graham Platner: “This whole system, in many ways, does seem to be built by…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Published | Video Starts at 21:38

And once you start being critical the political structure, you're like, well, why is our political structure like this? And that takes you into, like, an economic critique, and you start to realize that, oh, I like This whole system, in many ways, does seem to be built by people in power with wealth to maintain or expand their wealth and power. generally to the. To the immiseration or diminishment of regular working folks. And. And I think, you know, the reason my. (21:38–21:48)

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Asserts that the political and economic system is structured to benefit the wealthy and powerful.

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