WE TALKED WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES ñ CLIMATE CHANGE,
SINGLE-PAYER ñ I READ AN ARTICLE THE OTHER DAY, THE BLUE DOG
DEMOCRATS ARE BACK, AND THEY ARE SAYING LET'S GO TO CENTER,
AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE LOSING.
AND THEY ARE LOSING, THEY'VE LOST THE WHITE HOUSE, THE
SENATE, CONGRESS, THE SUPREME COURT, AND A HOST OF
LEGISLATURES.
THEN THERE IS THE PROGRESSIVES WHO ARE SAYING LET'S FIGHT
FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN, AND GO STRONGER IN THAT DIRECTION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT?
WHAT DIRECTION DO THEY GO IN?
YOU KNOW, WHEN I RAN THE LAST TIME FOR PRESIDENT, MY
SLOGAN WAS, FOR THE PEOPLE NOT THE POWERFUL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CRITICIZED THAT AS LEANING TOO FAR TOWARD THE
PROGRESSIVE SIDE, BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME, WITH RISING
INEQUALITY IN INCOMES, AND NETWORKS, AND ALSO THE
INEQUALITY OF POLITICAL POWER ñ OUR DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN HACKED BY
BIG MONEY, LONG BEFORE THE RUSSIANS HACKED IT ñ
AND WE NEED TO WRITE THE SHIP.
WE NEED TO RESTORE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, AND I THINK THE WAY
TO DO IT IS TO REALLY GO TO THE PEOPLE AND SAY, WE ARE FOR YOU,
AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO BEND TO THE WILL OF THESE WEALTHY AND
POWERFUL POBAH'S.
YOU KNOW, BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN, WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH
HIS MESSAGE OR NOT, HIS AGENDA, JUST LOOKING AT THE
MECHANICS OF IT, HERE, SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT,
BEYOND POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY.
HE PROVED THAT IT NOW AS POSSIBLE, IN 2016, 2017, 2018,
2019, 2020, TO RUN A VERY SUCCESSFUL, POTENTIALLY WINNING
CAMPAIGN, WITHOUT TAKING ANY SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY, ANY
FATCAT CONTRIBUTIONS.
JUST GOING OUT ON THE INTERNET AND TRYING TO MOTIVATE THE
AVERAGE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY TO FINANCE THE CAMPAIGN
WITH SMALL DONATIONS.
THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, AND I THINK THAT THE INTERNET AND
SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE NOW EVOLVED TO THE POINT WHERE THAT REALLY IS
POSSIBLE, AND THAT POSSIBILITY GIVES ME TREMENDOUS HOPE THAT WE
MAY BE ABLE TO REKINDLE THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA, AND
REINVIGORATE THE WAY OUR DEMOCRACY IS INTENDED TO
OPERATE.
AND THAT'S BEST DONE BY GOING TO THE PEOPLE WITH SOLUTIONS THAT
SPEAK TO THEM, AND DON'T, YOU KNOW, BEND OVER TO BE SO
CAREFUL WITH ALL THESE POWERFUL SPECIAL INTERESTS.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE FIRST BILL YOU EVER
INTRODUCED WAS ABOUT GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS?
YEAH.
I MEAN, EVERY TIME I ñ WHEN I WAS ñ ALLEGEDLY HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, I INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO HAVE 100%
FEDERAL FUNDING OF ALL FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
WAS PART OF THE PLATFORM IN EVERY CAMPAIGN I RAN IN THE
HOUSE, AND THE SENATE, BOTH TIMES I RAN FOR PRESIDENT.
I WAS NEVER REALLY ATTACKED ON IT, CENK, BECAUSE THEY
COULDN'T GET PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT I WOULD POSE SUCH A
THING, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE SECRETS.
NOW, IT'S HARD TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT PASSED, I'M NOT NAœVE
ABOUT IT, BUT I REALLY DO THINK THAT GETTING BIG MONEY OUT
OF POLITICS IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO SAVE THE
AMERICA THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE.
I THOUGHT I WAS EARLY ON IT, BUT YOU INTRODUCE THAT BILL WHEN?
1977.
SO, YOU MIGHT HAVE FIGURED OUT THINGS A LITTLE QUICKER, THEN
NOT ONLY ME BUT THE REST OF THEM ñ
ON A LOT OLDER.
SO, CLIMATE CHANGE, MONEY IN POLITICS, ALL THESE ISSUES,
YOU WERE WAY OUT AHEAD.
I HOPE THAT PEOPLE LEARN FROM THAT.
AND ONE LAST THING, AS I WATCH THE MOVIE, THIS IS FOR YOU
GUYS, I KEPT THINKING, HOW MAY TIMES DOES A GUY HAVE TO BE
PROVED RIGHT BEFORE I LISTEN TO HIM?
DID I MENTION THE WEBSITE?
INCONVENIENTSEQUEL.COM.
YOU CAN BUY ADVANCED TICKETS.
IT OPENS IN LOS ANGELES TOMORROW, AND IN NEW YORK.
AND A WEEK FROM TOMORROW IT OPENS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
AND YOU'VE GOT VIEWERS ALL ACROSS THE WORLD; THIS MOVIE IS
GOING TO BE PLAYING IN COUNTRIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD, AND USE
YOUR VOICE, USE YOUR VOTE, USE YOUR CHOICES IN LIFE, BE A PART
OF THE SOLUTIONS, AND GO AND SEE THIS MOVIE: AN INCONVENIENT
SEQUEL, TRUTH OF POWER.
THE OTHER THING IS, GET INVOLVED.
CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT.
AND THE FIRST THING IN GETTING INVOLVED IS BEING AWARE IS
ñ AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING.
IF YOU DIDN'T SEE INCONVENIENT TRUTH, GOES THE INCONVENIENT
TRUTH, AND THEN GO SEE INCONVENIENT SEQUEL.
IT IS STARK.
PEOPLE COME AWAY HOPEFUL.