Millions of Americans are doing it tough, the wealth gap is widening and despite the Democrats letting many of those people down, Bernie Sanders tells 7.30 a vote for Donald Trump would be much worse.
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00:00 - How did America become the land of crushing inequality?
00:40 - Why American voters turned to Donald Trump
02:12 - How the Democratic Party gave up on the working class
03:33 - The "extreme levels" of inequality in the US
05:42 - The discontent among the US working class
06:59 - Democracy at stake
09:52 - Should Joe Biden have stood aside for a younger candidate?
11:35 - The importance of young voters and working-class voters
14:53 - Getting younger people into politics
16:00 - The Israel-Gaza war
17:32 - Bernie Sanders reflects on his political impact
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