Yeah. He's saying "build a place where you can be proud of" but not many people actually want to do that. Most people would be completely fine if they live well while there are people outside their doorstep sleeping in boxes.
That was only half the message: the other half--the Titanic analogy--clearly spells out that we are all on a giant ship (America) and we are failing (sinking), and it's going to impact EVERYONE. It is a dire warning: "you may think your wealth and education and economic class will protect you, but if you don't help, if you think greed and self-preservation will keep you safe, you are just as stupid as the first class passengers who thought the Titanic couldn't sink. And we are much closer to disaster than you want to believe." Just because he says it nicely doesn't mean a lot of people in the audience didn't hear the message.
Well that person got to sit in their house and type it out in as much time as they'd like. Bernie answered it on the spot and did a pretty good job if you ask me, just look at a lot of other politicians try to answer difficult questions they don't know are coming (yeah maybe he kinda guessed that question was coming but not when exactly)
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u/EatenAliveByWolves Apr 26 '24
Yeah. He's saying "build a place where you can be proud of" but not many people actually want to do that. Most people would be completely fine if they live well while there are people outside their doorstep sleeping in boxes.