I was pretty good until he lost it around 22:00 when he lumps "deportations" into the "path of hatred".
Enforcing sovereign borders is not a path of hatred and even Julian Castro, who has the dead on arrival most liberal immigration policy of the current candidates so far, supports deportations.
Beyond that, I find that Bernie is easily undercut in politics by continuing to demonize the 'haves' by either intent or just his usual tone. Bang the drum that inequality builds an unstable economy, not that those 1% are some evil doers. Most of America does not hate the rich and trying to get them to do so isn't a win. Same with "the right to a good job". That's just not something that is being painted in a way that enough of the voting block will support policies to implement it. Most people don't feel you have a RIGHT to a good job.
Bernie's need to brand this and win the "democratic socialism" argument might win a long term battle in culture wars, but might also lose him the presidency. I think it's a bad move if he wants to be President, where such a bully pulpit would be a much louder megaphone to sell the brand.
38:00 on about freedom is his strongest argument in this whole video that no one will ever watch, and he hides it at the end after putting everyone to sleep for half an hour.
Sorry Doc, but you only hear that haves language that way because you are one. I tend to agree that alienating the wealthy means it will be difficult to share power with them, but so be it. We don't share power with you anyway.
Most on the Left, the real Left, not the "culture wars" social media leftbook, see Bernie as a Trojan horse to mainstream social democracy in order to build a grassroots movement at the local and regional level. If he wins the Presidency, great, there's an ally in the White House, but if not, the will is growing to do party building and to continue to reshape the Democratic party. This speech accomplished the goal of relaunching socialism for those still paranoid about gulags and bureaucracy. It also tied that redefinition to FDR and thus the Democratic party, casting him as the founder of a new America with an unfinished project. That's a decent narrative for a party without a clear identity (which characterizes both major parties today).
I agree that the freedom bit was the strongest and was buried a bit, but with social media mash ups and targeting, anyone can be exposed to whatever part someone wants them to see.
