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Pete Buttigieg: “Democracy in America did not arise because people thought it…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 16:51

You're filling up your grocery bag and it costs too much. And that, that is related to these questions of political power and these questions of how our government is structured. Democracy in America did not arise because people thought it would be theoretically interesting. It happened because people thought their everyday life would get better. And that's what's really at stake. So we got to connect the dots. So how do we build a majority to win this is the most extraordinary thing. (16:51–17:00)

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Asserts that American democracy was established to improve everyday life, not for theoretical interest.

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