"Trump sold success. Sanders sold virtue, and then quietly cashed in. The left loves to accuse Trump of being a fake and a phony, but their hero is the real trickster. The revolution doesn’t fly private. And maybe, just maybe, it’s time to stop pretending it does."
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| Donkey Hotey |
" "It’s been a busy few weeks for Bernie Sanders, traveling around America on his Fighting Oligarchy tour. The message is clear: billionaires are bad, the economy is rigged, and the people must be empowered. Crowds roar, fists raised in solidarity. The same speeches. The same outrage. The same thunderous applause. The same garbage.
"While Sanders decries wealth inequality and corporate greed, he zigzags across the country in the ultimate symbol of elite privilege: a private jet. Not once. Not in an emergency. Just this past quarter, his campaign spent more than $220,000 on private air travel, an expense completely at odds with the populist, working-class image he’s spent decades cultivating. (RELATED: Bernie Sanders and AOC Go Hunting for Oligarchs)
"And that’s just the start.
"This is the man who once made a career out of attacking “millionaires and billionaires.” Then, when he became a millionaire, he quietly dropped one of those words. Now it’s just the billionaires who are the problem. His wealth, you see, is different. It’s justified. Sanders wrote a bestselling book, after all. However, if we’re being perfectly honest here, book sales alone don’t explain the numerous houses, private jet travel, and a campaign bank account that bleeds like a hedge fund.
"The man who preaches frugality lives like the system’s biggest beneficiaries. If that feels hard to square, you’re not alone. As Michael Bloomberg once remarked: “The best-known socialist in the country is a millionaire with three houses.” Sanders didn’t deny it. That’s because he couldn’t. He simply muttered something about one of the homes being a summer camp on Lake Champlain. Apparently, in Bernie’s weird world, lakefront property doesn’t count if you don’t call it a mansion.
"It’s a pattern that’s become impossible to ignore. The senator from Vermont isn’t just out of touch; he has become a parody of his own populist message. The lavish lifestyle. The ever-shifting definitions of who qualifies as a threat to democracy. In 2016, the problem was anyone who was wealthy. In 2020, it was just the ultra-wealthy. In 2025, it’s everyone who can afford a lifestyle he obviously enjoys but pretends not to." . . .
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| Broc Smith |
