@23:33 Trump said "With Article 2 I can do whatever I want as President".... > That's scary - and I doubt he's changed his mind on that desire. If I were to mix party members as they did in America's EARLY days - I would consider Ron Paul and Ralph Nader to be a VERY good team for America's survival / revival.
If I didn't have a seat belt on in a rollover, I wouldn't have survived the car crash I was in. I didn't realize Ralph Nader had a roll in seat belt regulations. A big thank you to Mr. Nader!
I have voted for Ralph Nader all 4 times that he ran, then continued to vote Green Party every election after that. I also worked on his campaign in his 2000, 2004, and 2008 elections. Ralph Nader is a legend and a HERO! GO GREEN ... VOTE GREEN!!! 💚 💚 💚
You pretty much created the nightmare that is current day America. Nader helped Bush get into the White House. So go away with your bs that you did something good.
I voted for Ralph everytime he ran but stopped voting Green Party because they've folded in the last few elections. Vote 3rd party or vote uniparty. Those are our only choices.
Growing up I never heard anything good about him. Come to think of it I never really heard him speak. All I heard were smears. Years later I came to realize how absurd that was.
But we are definitely an oligarchy. If that's what the people want then t's hard to feel sorry for the working class and the state of the country. If democracy means "people rule" then it means the citizenry has to get involved for its own benefit. However, they "choose" to vote against their own benefit. America gets what it deserves.
He's overrated. He took bribe money from the republican party in 2000 in order to prevent an authentic environmentalist from getting elected president. The bribe money he took came from oilmen. There is *no way around that.* Sorry to burst your bubble, but Nader might as well work for the oil companies.
He sure held back about Kamala. He trashed Trump without trashing Kamala, thats absurd considering they are both equally opposed to human rights, the constitution, and giving Americans a real chance at survival. The country is fkd.
On the bulls&%#. His refusal to get out of the 2008 (could be wrong about the year) election caused Gore to lose the state of Florida and thus the election.
He did more harm than good as he should have realized he did not have a chance to win and that the votes he siphoned off left us with the Bush Crime Family in charge again.
The whole discussion of Nader "siphoning off votes" is ludicrous in that it fails to acknowledge the Electoral College system is broken, and punishes 3rd party voters. People like Nader, who struggled with it directly, just need to come out and call for its abolition- and to institute something like Ranked Choice Voting (President and Senate) or Proportional Respresentation (House). EVERYBODY needs to demand this, in unison, or nothing will ever change...
Ralph knew the election in FL was going to be close. He knew the Gov. was Bush's brother. He knew FL had a reputation for being crooked. Nader's own people begged him to suspend in FL... He didn't, getting over 90,000 votes. Gore lost by 530.
We def need RCV so that in future elections Nader can't just hand the victory to republicans who always trash the environment. *Idaho* of all places has RCV on their ballot so what is the excuse of all these other states?
The electoral college was necessary when the only secure way for the voting information to get from the states to the capitol was by horse or by train. However...The electoral college doesn't punish 3rd party candidates. Liberals just don't have realistic platforms.
Ralph Nader is one of the few public figures with integrity...for DECADES. His work with consumer protections has literally saved millions of lives, and even though he didn't win, eventually an independent candidate WILL win higher office, and they'll cite Ralph Nader as their inspiration. His has been a life worth living.
Ralph Nader is an American hero. Power to the people. Kennedy Shannihan 2024 All Independents, it is now time to stand together and fight against corruption.
@@kenm7179 Both of your candidates sound deranged! What’s interesting is, what they have in common: so-called “independents” who suck up to the Republican Party when it helps keep them in the news!
That is why I am voting for independent RFK JR. He is our best chance to break the two-party stranglehold on power in decades. We cannot afford to miss this opportunity to defeat the duopoly and open up the process to other independent and third party candidates.
@@dao8805This will be pointless. You may as well not vote. The only way to break it through congress. Pass an amendment saying a presidential candidate can gift their vote share to another candidate.
Breaking the duopoly isn't going to be easy. Imo the biggest barrier is the electoral college, especially the all or nothing system most states use. Then it will be building from the bottom up, not top down.
@@PMickeyDee Pretty much this. People are discouraged from voting third party because it hurts the chances of the side of the coin they support from winning. Voting third party helps the primary candidate of the other side to win.
@@reubenmcmurray4377 yep, it's a BS system that puts people trying to participate in their democracy in an awful position. I don't even think it'll necessarily have to start in congress (though it's possible), but state & local is another route to take as well.
I'm just glad he lived long enough to explain why what he did was so neccessary. I will never forget how ugly it got back in 2000 right after the election. This country has some serious problems.
The Video basically begins with Nader talking about the fight over seat belts. So the immediate question is why would anyone fight against seat belts if they save lives ? And why ? That answer explains why this country has serious problems that you mentioned in your post.
I wish that he never ran in 2000! Bush gave us 2 wars that lasted 20 years each. I don't think Al Gore would have done the same. Bad for the whole world outcome due to Ralph Nader's 3rd party candidacy. Brutal, unjustified war was part of his influence on the election.
I will never forgive Ralph Nader for taking oil money from the republican party in 2000 and *to this day* I see the Green Party as a subsidiary of the Republican Party because of it. Change my mind. Show me *one thing* the Green Party has done to help the environment. Just *one thing.* But there is no one thing because their only accomplishments have been handing power to the oil party on purpose.
@@markpartin8403 Ralph Nader's book, Unsafe at Any Speed, tried to answer that question by giving all the arguments that the American automobile industry gave against seat belts and other safety features. One argument that industry executives gave repeatedly was that "Safety doesn't sell," but as Nader wrote, when Ford offered seat belts, they literally sold out and Ford had to ship cars without them. I saw a cartoon in which an engineer tells a factory manager, "I can reduce your energy consumption by 20%," and the manager says, "It's working right now, and if I started messing with it, it might not be." Executives were marketing cars on the basis of glamour, as if they were handbags, and they just thought that if they introduced a new factor, safety, it might upset their marketing strategies. Engineers had a kind of arrogance, that they knew best, they had already made up their minds that they had designed as much safety as appropriate, and suggesting otherwise would challenge their authority. There are probably psychologists who understand this better than I do. As Nader wrote, the experience in Sweden was different. Nils Bohlin, an engineer for Volvo, designed the modern three-point seat belt, and published a study in 1967 demonstrating that it prevented fatalities in every collision under 60mph. That ended the debate.
No rank choice voting is just another bullshit way of confusing people. We just need free and fair elections plain and simple. Instead of what we have now that is absolutely Criminal.
Actually things have changed and that is actually for the worst because what Ralph Nader was saying was NOT LISTENED to. The wealthy Rulers, have ignore Nader's solution.
Nadar doesn't unconditionally support genocide like RFK, Jr. does. :( Why he is doing that is beyond reason as, IMHO, it is the primary reason given for not voting for him as a third party candidate.
@@kraka2oanIner If Kamala doesn't repudiate the current, apparently limitless supplying of US weapons to Israel soon, I may wind up voting for Jill Stein for my second time.
if Americans had voted for a moral figure like Nader in 2000 there would have been no Iraq war and America would be in a lot better place than it is now.
@paulkern7229 (01. Al Gore actually won in 2000. The Republicans stole that election. (02. Nader was one of the biggest voices against the Iraq war. He knew the justifications for going to war were based on verifiably false claims. Others in the media and both major parties were beating the drums for war. THEY deserve to be blamed. Blaming an antiwar activist is an obvious obfuscation. (03. By your logic, every third-party candidate who could conceivably take votes away from Democrats should be blamed for everything bad Republicans do. This is a blatant non-sequitor. We need ranked-choice voting so that people can choose their favorite candidate without worrying about being a "spoiler." (04. Most of those who voted for Nader wouldn't have voted for Gore anyway, especially with warmonger Lieberman as VP. (05. Choosing Lieberman was just one of many mistakes the Gore campaign made. Gore simply did not run a strong campaign.
@@MoonBerryShrimp I voted my conscience and I will vote again for that, Dr. Jill Stein. For decades, I was and I’m for a third party or even fourth party in this country! The Democratic Party has to split in two parties. Otherwise, we will continue to have two warmongering parties!
@@faniarethas2716Unless you are actively campaigning and raising the issues, just voting accomplishes nothing. Voting is at the end of the democratic process, not the beginning.
@@MoonBerryShrimp Albert Gore shouldn't have distanced himself from William Jefferson Clinton in 2000. And he also should have picked Russ Feingold as his running mate. Not Joseph Lieberman.
No, he should even be running. As an attention seeking liar who has offered his support for trump and Harris if they'll put him in their administration. His own family won't vote for him. His father and uncle would be ashamed.
@@thowl7065 he didn’t do that those were false headlines meant to make it look like he’s dropping out when he’s not. Sounds like you’re buying all the dnc propaganda and haven’t looked any deeper
that's fake news, part of the smear campaigns against him, don't fall for it!! Kennedy is in it for the WIN Staying in the race till election day Kennedy is not in search for a job Not endorsing anyone! Kennedy 24🍀💗🍀
@@danw.7935 most European countries have a proportion system or hybrid system. Every party who gets a decent proportion (in Italy it is 3%) of votes get a certain number of parliament members. If a party gets a vast majority of votes, in some systems they get a "bonus".
We left Europe obviously for a reason. It’s worked a couple hundred years until the democrats became a socialist Marxist party. Corruption was always easy to happen with democrats.
Zero ROI. A system based violence, a hierarchy of greed for power ‘over’ others (and Nature) rather than a ‘share power with’ others to meet the universal needs of Life will never produce balance. AND GLORIFYING A CONSTITUTION DOES NOT GIVE US PEACE, EQUALITY JUSTICE AND CERTAINLY NOT GENUINE KINDNESS. So enough of the silly flag waving nonsense. As George Carlin once said, “they are only symbols and I leave them to the symbol minded.”
@@michelangelobuonarroti916ahh yes, nothing is wrong if I am not, personally, suffering horrifically. Tell that to the tens millions of victims of US Imperialism each year, who live in malnutrition, homelessness, or die- due to the oppressive "open market" Capitalist system the US forces on every country it's able. Tell that to the 600k homeless people in the US, or the 100k victims of the Gaza Genocide (official counts, 40k, always omit the more than 60k deaths due to disease, starvation, and infected wounds- all caused directly or indirectly by Israeli air and drone-strikes, and obstruction of humanitarian aid...) The system we have is a disaster, and spirals closer every day to human extinction (either due to Global Warming or Thermonuclear War). So kindly, stop, troll.
90 years old and still sharp. One of the best stories I've heard was Cal Clark revealing that he showed up at Clark's Corvair Parts one day to buy parts for his Corvair. For those who don't know, the Chevrolet Corvair was one of his targets in his book "Unsafe At Any Speed."
True. But I think more ppl will vote independent this time. There seems to be more conversations about it, and with social media helping, I think there may be a chance for impact. Getting a plurality, not even a majority, of the popular vote for independent/"3rd" candidates will force a serious national conversation about RCV (ranked choice voting). Even if the Uniparty Duopoly Regime wins and stays in power again, the process towards RCV will make an impact and will make our democracy healthier.
THANK YOU! I CANNOT BELIEVE MORE PEOPLE ARE NOT MENTIONING RFK, JR.!!!!!!! AND THAT RALPH DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT HIM AS A CANDIDATE! WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?
@@rajinevin7273 It's almost like he's acting. No legitimate reason he would not mention RFK Jr unless he has something against him, or Nader is phony and has alliances with the machine.
@@johns7530RFK lost the progressive vote when he unconditionally supported Netanyahu's genocidal attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza. He didn't just support it. He vigorously defended everything they did and do.
@@tombradburn3935 I don't disagree that I was disappointed when his views on Israel were clarified, but he's still massively better than the 2 party duopoly on absolutely everything else. He's not without flaws, but I mean look who the alternatives are.
Definitely agree with his statements. It is a duopoly not a democracy. And both sides are so busy arguing and blocking each other and not working and supporting the American people.
Getting a plurality, not even a majority, of the popular vote for independent/"3rd" candidates will force a serious national conversation about RCV (ranked choice voting). Even if the Uniparty Duopoly Regime wins and stays in power again, the process towards RCV will make an impact and will make our democracy healthier.
@@janusroland You as an "independent voter" have had to deal with the consequences of Conservatism. So has everyone else. Safe state means Red or Blue; the outcome is near certain. These 35 or so states are where a critical mass of 3rd party voting could happen. That would get the results you want. But voting Green, for example, in swing states is madness and helped give us GW Bush & Donald Trump.
RFK was run out of the Democrat party running against Biden, election interference. Democrats are trying the same with Trump, getting rid of threatening political opponents. Ironically Biden was kicked off the Democrat ballot by the Democrat political bosses.
@@kraka2oanInerthe other two candidates are going to feed into that nonsense forever war… RFKJ still takes the cake on every other policy over the others!💜🇺🇸
@@RyanFeatherston - A devastatingly effective argument on your part! Two terms of GW Bush were an improvement? The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, 9/11, two recessions? Explain that to me. Explain how Nader fixed the mess.
it is an utter tragedy that Ralph Nader never became president.... on a greater scale than the JFK assassination and the removal of Henry Wallace as VP during the last election of FDR ...what America and the world could have been🌎 ... that America has Trump in the position he is, is appalling🤮 .. but thanks Ralph, 💚💙🩷♥🕊🌈🇺🇸🌞 for trying🌅
@@lisacollins3304 💙🕊🪺🌞 as Mr Nader is full of a lifetime of wisdom and perceptive ideas of justice, he should be consulted by any government that considers itself progressive!!
In 2,000, I was so thrilled to be able to vote for Ralph Nader as president. Finally, a leader who serves the working class! But, due to the media blackout, and conservative citizens, I was the only person in town to have a green "Nader for President" sign. I think I had three or four of them. 8^) My 7-year-old son had a 'school election' where each student cast a vote. In the eight hundred student school, there was just one vote for Ralph Nader. You can probably guess who that was.
Media blackout? I was around in 2000 and Nader was the darling of the media. The reason you were the only one who had a sign is because you're the only one he tricked. I love how you think that because grade schoolers don't know who Nader is that this means he wasn't in every media broadcast. How many seven year olds watch the news? I'd like to know who won the votes of the 800 kids in your school. I'd bet it was a tie between Donald Duck and Big Bird. Seriously.
Bobby has literally taken on corp corruption for many years as well as helped a lot of people. He earned my vote and he has it. I also agree with his views on the W E F, C B D Cs, F O S, mandates, our Border.
I voted for Nader in 1996. And I'm voting for Kennedy in 2024. I will never vote the lesser of two evils because because the latter keeps getting lesser. If people would stop voting from fear we would turn this country around .
That is exactly what people are going to say about independent candidate RFK Jr if he is not elected. We have a once in a lifetime opportunity with him to break the two-party stranglehold on power and we cannot afford to waste it
@@paulkern7229 I have a similar doubt about RFK, and I plan to vote for Jill Stein instead, but really no matter which independent candidate/party gets more support, it'll have an impact. Getting a plurality, not even a majority, of the popular vote for independent/"3rd" candidates will force a serious national conversation about RCV (ranked choice voting). Even if the Uniparty Duopoly Regime wins and stays in power again, the process towards RCV will make an impact and will make our democracy healthier.
@@janusroland - The only impact voting 3rd party has it helping one of the two main party candidates win. Usually the Republicans, who are the opposite of what you actually support. I do support RCV, it will be on the ballot this November in my state. Though our governor is working to prevent it.
@@kateoneal4215 RFK Jr does NOT have a rabid support for Israel. Remember when he first entered the race and said that Israel was wrong for how they were attacking innocent people? They went after him insanely and he immediately had to start saying that he's extremely pro-Israel. That's politics. You have to lie about SOME things to stay in the race. BUT, Nader hates RFK Jr for his supposed support of Israel,
@@kateoneal4215RFK is against any harm to innocent civilians. He stands against Netanyahu and Hamas. His view on the Gaza conflict is one that understands that the cause stems back thousands of years and that we can do nothing to stop it, nor is it our job to. RFK is the only candidate who has spoken about closing down foreign military bases, and Israel is _one_ of those military bases.
But will you vote on ONE issue?? 😖 Overall, Kennedy is the best candidate, by very far, and specifically, Kennedy is the peace candidate for these 2 clear reasons: 1) he'll cut the military budget in two 2) he'll begin closing US military bases abroad ... That makes him also the best candidate on the Isr conflict. Especially with his general capacity and intentions of listening, reconsidering when faced with serious new evidence. Please Americans, you have this wonderful chance to break the duopoly and have a true leader in the White House!! Vote independent President Kennedy !!
George W. Bush was responsible for an illegal war that lasted 20 years and was responsible for destabilizing much of the middle east. Getting millions killed and displaced. Cost trillions of dollars to the American taxpayer. The crimes Bush did has gone unpunished and set a precedence for other Presidents to continue same policies of corruption, war, and crime.
Overall, Kennedy is the best candidate, by very far, and specifically, Kennedy is the peace candidate for these 2 clear reasons: 1) he'll cut the military budget in two 2) he'll begin closing US military bases abroad ... That makes him also the best candidate on the Isr conflict. Especially with his general capacity and intentions of listening, reconsidering when faced with serious new evidence. Please Americans, you have this wonderful chance to break the duopoly and have a true leader in the White House!! Vote independent President Kennedy !!
Ralph Nader will remain on top of my list of "truly admirable Americans of my time". That admiration began while I was still a teen and before being invited to accept a technical position in the U.S. Back then I felt that 'most Americans' operated on his same wave length. However, the last 57 years in this country have taught me that most Americans identify by the terms of 'your own' comedian George Carlin, who claimed that most Americans are 'full of B.S.'. George's prediction is exactly why we are today. We are indeed: "Circling the drain". What an accomplishment foe a once great nation : - /
Both parties are the same on healthcare too. If they’re the same on Wall Street, they have to be the same on healthcare. It’s about maintaining the capitalist system and into whose pockets the money goes.
Not true, the democrats have fought to get healthcare universal or cheap, its the Republicans who keeps blocking it. Besides some states have healthcare for all. In nyc low income families get universal healthcare
@@janmortimer1758~ Absolutely! 👍🏽 That way, we can at least get the other two parties to recognize the advantage to themselves of having ranked choice voting!
@@JustMe-ec2ph~ No way.. he’d be running as a Democrat if they’d let him. His pick for VP is a hardcore capitalist, and capitalism is what’s wrong with this country!
@janmortimer1758 curious. Do you acknowledge the insurrection and coup that overthrew Yanukovych as well? I often wonder how many Green Party voters are just upset at the Israel/Palestine situation or if they are equally upset with the Russo-Ukrainian war situation.
@@kateoneal4215 All of them are, and this is just one of the issues, while the critical ones are related to the corporate capture (defense, pharma, food, energy etc.) of all the other parties and US institutions (gov't, congress, agencies etc.). There is no Perfect Candidate, you have to choose who gets the best average grade in all the important challenges that the US faces.
@@CrescimentoInclusivo JILL STEIN ACCEPTS NO BIG DONOR MONEY AT ALL-- and since she's pro-Palestine (and spoken at many demonstrations, been assaulted by cops and arrested multiple times) AIPAC & etc. despise her.
An activist par excellence. He really put his money where his mouth is even if it's a losing cause just for the sake of keeping the cause alive (which is really the last hope.) Indeed the US electoral college is a monopoly disguised as a duopoly. If you're not on either party (which is sponsored by the same multinationals with different names) it's virtually impossible to even be in the starting line. Some day, probably after we're all gone, he's gonna be remembered as the guy who started it all (or revived it all in a broader perspective.)
He put his money into Ford and Chrysler stock when he wrote "Unsafe at any speed" and only bashed GM for the Chevy Corvair when every other compact car at the time was unsafe at any speed.
Yeah. Let's vote for the creep who runs over a bear cub (but says a woman did it), then leaves the bear's body in Central Park. As a joke. Cuz that's normal behavior. 🙄
^^ I'm almost 82. I was 26 when Bobby Kennedy was assassinated . Some Precious part of me died the night Bobby was murdered. But that part of me has been resurrected with Bobby Kennedy Junior's candidacy for POTUS. When I first heard he was running, I had bought into the mainstream media portrayal of him as a conspiracy nut, but I felt I owed it to Bobby senior to at least give his son a listening to. After listening to many interviews ( on UA-cam and other social media platforms) I got a feel for his sincerity and Integrity. What's more, when I learned of his practicing a rigorously honest spiritual program, being an old friend of Bill's, well, that just put me over the moon! His emphasis on placing principles before personalities and not impugning the motives of others, but focusing only on policy differences keeps him out of the childish blame-game pettiness which has characterized politics for the last few presidential cycles. For the last 25 years or so I've heard Republicans complain that liberals, like communists, want to redistribute the wealth from the Rich to the Poor. Well, I've been around a while and my experience over the last 50 years tells me that through corporate lobbying, payoffs, financing campaigns, etc., Corporate America has more than just captured the Agencies which are supposed to regulate it. It has captured the Whole political system, both Republicans and Democrats to essentially establish a Political Duopoly which has dismantled the union movement, decimated the middle class, and created the homeless class thru exorbitant rental rates, interest rates on homes and credit cards, school loans, etc; and stagnated wages over the last 45+ years. And so, the Rich, as plutocrats will, have been Redistributing the wealth from the Poor and Middle-class to the Rich! Bobby knows how to Stop this because he's been suing Corporate America and the government agencies that are captured by Corporate America for polluting and injuring people, winning billions of dollars in judgments for the last 40 years. Please, just listen to his full interviews on UA-cam! And IGNORE the mainstream media interviews which are almost always EDITED to take his comments out of context to skew his meaning or views. When Bobby committed to this campaign to become president, he took a leap of faith. Let's all take a leap of faith with him because it's the right thing to do. Let's say goodbye and good riddance to the captured duopoly, thriving on us fighting one another, and take a leap of faith into a new consciousness of Hope and Healing and Caring for one another. As for the amoral notion that unless you vote for the "Lesser of Two Evils", you're WASTING your vote, well, the only truely "Wasted" vote is a vote Against Conscience because it violates and deadens your moral Integrity. Let's stop voting for the ones who Despise, and vote for the one who Inspires!
If you really want to stop voting for people who are tearing our country apart then you better not vote for RFK jr. He is in the pocket of Israel and he will do whatever Israel tells him he will not do what the people want. He's just another lying politician I hate to burst your bubble and I know it's a horrible thing that we really had hope in this man but he is sold out to israel. I refuse for to vote for another politician who is in the pocket of israel. He actually supports the genocide and thinks Israel's doing the right thing and you want to vote for him?
As a human species, we are CAPABLE of having a NON-MONETARY RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY....IF...all of the Earth's citizens agreed that we ALL inherit the Earth's resources(!) Money is a GLITCH to humanity. We're technologically able to DO this, but......emotionally, we're adolescent monkeys. If this incongruity were resolved, there would be NO poverty, NO pollution, NO advertising, NO lawyers, NO violence. My source for this idea: Jacque Fresco, Buckminster Fuller, and Peter Joseph. Take a look (online) at the VENUS PROJECT. R.I.P. Jacque Fresco, who devoted over 70 years of his LIFE (out of 101 years) attempting to resolve our issues on this planet.
@@netscrooge Cause Bobby can win. News flash to you smarty types; Bobby has won over 500 cases against corporate polluters, to the tune of billions. He restored waterways throughout the world. Protecting children from damage in court as well. But West, a career Academic, should run the country. What? like a semester at Fordham University?
It's CRAZY to me to not hear him talk about RFK Jr at all. He's quite literally the most successful presidential candidate in American History! He's got all the signatures he needs to be on the ballet in all 50 states. He had 11million views on his side debate when CNN did their illegal debate. The candidate we need is right in front of us and he needs our support!
@@Pyr_Chick The fact that this simple arithmetic needs to be explained to you speaks volumes. The way in which politicians have skillfully gamed our election system to utilize voters just like you, sickens me. The reasons that you choose not to critically analyze this situation beyond your personal principles and needs, are absolutely beyond my comprehension. I know you exist. I know you see the negative effect you’ll have on our efforts to keep trump away from the presidency. I just don’t understand why you would consciously choose to do it.
@@tonys4396anybody you dislike is not a Socialist, troll. You clearly don't have the first clue what that word even means: NONE of them are calling for actually Socialist policies like nationalizing the railroads, hospitals, or utilities (basic Socialist policies).
@@SupadubyaCommunism vs capitalism is just a culture war used to distract people from organizing into free-market labor movements _and_ at the ballot box. It's doesn't matter if you fix the economy with unions or economic policy, and you can actually do both at the same time. The _effective_ result is the same: more control over the means of production is handed to the working class. It's not capitalism vs communism, it's capitalism and communism for the _rich_ vs capitalism and communism for the _working class._
@@brucemarmy8500People love to call him a nepo-baby... My parents were never as rich as him, but at least they're still alive. I will take living parents above an inheritance any day. It's a much better form of nepotism to have two parents. JFK and RFK is about as much part of the establishment as the teenagers that get sent to war for a military industrial complex.... They paid the ultimate price for their service.
Gore threw in the towel. Was living in Texas and voted for the only guy who ever had my best interest in mind and actually did something for me Ralph, I was blamed for Bush winning but I pointed out that with winner take all system my vote didn’t count and never really has. We need all kinds of fixes to our problems most caused by politicians or judges, the heat will kill me before anything worthwhile happens.
Your vote counted. It's on the books. But voting is only effective if the numbers reach critical mass. There were at least 30 states where Nader could have maxed out his votes. Texas was one. But NOT Florida.
What's puzzling to me is that if anyone should be backing RFK Jr.'s it would be Ralph. Yet so far I have only heard him reminiscing about his long gone past campaigns. Not only Ralph, but both Jill, and Cornell should all be working together towards breaking the duopoly stranglehold. How on earth do they expect anything to change without pooling resources, and supporters to get the most likely independent to win to WIN!!!!!! Surely they have more in common than not. Together they have a shot. Competing with each other gets them nowhere.
The same is happening to Robert Kennedy Jr, only worse. He's been censored and kept off all major media outlets and has been smeared as a crackpot. He's one of the most intelligent people with more integrity than anyone I've ever experienced that knows how to unravel the duopoly with his knowledge of the system and corporate corruption.
@@eleonorabartoli2225 I also voted Nader in 2000, and thought it was a tragedy that Al Gore caved in to the machine. I spoke with him in 1987 and he was the sharpest person I had ever met back then.
RFKJr for President! Rebuild the middle class without which there cannot be a viable democracy, end the forever wars, unravel the corrupt merger of corporations and politics. Vote for hope, not out of fear!!
Nobody has ever been or will be perfect. It drives me nuts that people criticize one thing about him as reason not to vote for him. I mean, look at the alternatives! He's way more intelligent and honest. I'll take my chances, even worst case if he's a disappointment, he would still not be as bad as the other 2.
@@johns7530 He is a horrible choice. He lies and is attention seeking. He has also been directly responsible for many thousands of deaths in a 3rd world country. Then, he has offered support for both other candidates if they'll put him in their cabinet. His family is even against him. Look deeper into people you want to put in control of the nuclear codes and our daily lives.
If so, why has he not made a greater impact? Movements make better, longer lasting changes than Parties. The Greens, for instance, have had tremendous impact but have never been successful in politics. RFK could lead a movement, but politically, he's not palatable. MLK changed the USA but did not aspire to running for office.
@@evamurray4229 He's made a huge impact across this country for more than 40 years. Imagine if they didn't suppress his campaign? He'd win in a landslide
I've listened to over half of this interview, and while I appreciate the insights of Ralph Nader I'm a little surprised and somewhat disappointed that he has steered clear of mentioning that Robert f Kennedy junior is an option.
Disappointed no question about RFK jr who is poling higher… and stands a chance to break the chain. Why Molly- didn’t you query him ? Or was it edited out…
Ralph Nader's main agenda is his hatred of Israel. He knows that if the Dems win, Israel is DEAD. He hates Trump and RFK for one reason only. They both support Israel. Nader will do ANYTHING to destroy Israel and the only candidate that will cause that is Harris and the Democratic party. Nader doesn't want to draw ANY attention to RFK RFK Jr has my vote.
I think bottom line he thinks if he couldn’t do it then nobody can. Passing Mystic. He thinks that people never change and his experience will always be how it is. I don’t believe that though.
@@donyalucas2713 I agree. Nader's ego is boundless. That and his Trump derangement makes him betray his belief in breaking the duopoly. If he was genuine, he would at least stop pretending Kennedy doesn't exist. Very disappointing.
As a former Nader and Stein voter, I'm voting Kennedy even though I disagree with his views on Gaza. I believe it's worth gathering behind whatever third party candidate has a chance to break 5%. Plus Kennedy has some great policies that would help a lot of people.
@@benthomas4544 RFK has my vote. Which views on Gaza do you disagree with? He has the same exact views on Gaza as Nader always did. He, like Nader both want us out of Israel and let them fend for themselves. No more money to Israel. No more protection of Israel.. Pull out and let them fend for themselves. They have hated everyone not Jewish for six thousand years and have cause all the trouble on this planet.. I hope you're aware of Nader's and RFK's views on that evil empire.
No mention of RFK jr - unreal and I’m very disappointed in Nader. At his age, he should drop the ego and know what’s best for the polarization of Our Country and what’s best for bringing the people together, and not the corporations.
I've admired, LOVED and appreciated Ralph since the early 1970's.....
Such gratitude to you Mr Nader.
@23:33 Trump said "With Article 2 I can do whatever I want as President"....
> That's scary - and I doubt he's changed his mind on that desire.
If I were to mix party members as they did in America's EARLY days - I would consider Ron Paul and Ralph Nader to be a VERY good team for America's survival / revival.
Ralph Nader saved at least 20,000 lives a year with his seat belt regulations alone.
If I didn't have a seat belt on in a rollover, I wouldn't have survived the car crash I was in. I didn't realize Ralph Nader had a roll in seat belt regulations. A big thank you to Mr. Nader!
I have voted for Ralph Nader all 4 times that he ran, then continued to vote Green Party every election after that. I also worked on his campaign in his 2000, 2004, and 2008 elections. Ralph Nader is a legend and a HERO! GO GREEN ... VOTE GREEN!!! 💚 💚 💚
You pretty much created the nightmare that is current day America. Nader helped Bush get into the White House. So go away with your bs that you did something good.
I voted for Ralph everytime he ran but stopped voting Green Party because they've folded in the last few elections.
Vote 3rd party or vote uniparty. Those are our only choices.
@@simrdownmon6431So let's vote Jill Stein. Want to hear honest criticisms of her, but the Uniparty's candidates are conscienceless
Good for you being green! Rock on!
Thank you Ralph for speaking the truth when the establishment and their talking points do not like or want to hear it.
Ralph Nader, my hero when a teenager, his books/articles on the environment were eye openers... What a Man.
His was at the center of getting seat belts in cars in the US in the early 1960s.
Same. He spoke at my HS in 1999, and it was life altering
Growing up I never heard anything good about him. Come to think of it I never really heard him speak. All I heard were smears. Years later I came to realize how absurd that was.
He helped form my political beliefs as well, found him in high school and was immediately impressed.
Ralph Nader -- a great American, I really respect him and admire him.
Ralph is right on. He tells it like it is. We are definitely not a democracy.
what gave it away? the recount
LoL-!!! 😆🤣
But we are definitely an oligarchy. If that's what the people want then t's hard to feel sorry for the working class and the state of the country. If democracy means "people rule" then it means the citizenry has to get involved for its own benefit. However, they "choose" to vote against their own benefit. America gets what it deserves.
@@sanca5982 The USA is not a democracy. It is a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC.
The working class are asleep at the wheel and are becoming working poor.
One of the most under-rated people in America. Yet, he's a treasure.
He's overrated. He took bribe money from the republican party in 2000 in order to prevent an authentic environmentalist from getting elected president. The bribe money he took came from oilmen. There is *no way around that.* Sorry to burst your bubble, but Nader might as well work for the oil companies.
Ralph Nader doesn't hold back. 🌱🌻
He sure held back about Kamala. He trashed Trump without trashing Kamala, thats absurd considering they are both equally opposed to human rights, the constitution, and giving Americans a real chance at survival. The country is fkd.
On the bulls&%#. His refusal to get out of the 2008 (could be wrong about the year) election caused Gore to lose the state of Florida and thus the election.
@@kevinburnsonI beleive you mean 2000 when Gore actually won the popular vote however the electoral college gave it to Bush in the end NOT Nader.
Ralph Nader did more good than most people will ever know and they blame him when they shouldn’t.
I concur.
He did good then he F'd up
@@1ACL Even though Ralph Nader never screwed up anything at all.
He did more harm than good as he should have realized he did not have a chance to win and that the votes he siphoned off left us with the Bush Crime Family in charge again.
He was not qualified to be president either and he has been very ineffective in creating a force for change.
The whole discussion of Nader "siphoning off votes" is ludicrous in that it fails to acknowledge the Electoral College system is broken, and punishes 3rd party voters.
People like Nader, who struggled with it directly, just need to come out and call for its abolition- and to institute something like Ranked Choice Voting (President and Senate) or Proportional Respresentation (House). EVERYBODY needs to demand this, in unison, or nothing will ever change...
Ralph knew the election in FL was going to be close. He knew the Gov. was Bush's brother. He knew FL had a reputation for being crooked. Nader's own people begged him to suspend in FL... He didn't, getting over 90,000 votes. Gore lost by 530.
Sorry, but he F'd us because of ego.
@@1ACL Even though Ralph Nader isn't a narcissist. And never f'd us at all. Your apology is denied, btw.
We def need RCV so that in future elections Nader can't just hand the victory to republicans who always trash the environment. *Idaho* of all places has RCV on their ballot so what is the excuse of all these other states?
The electoral college was necessary when the only secure way for the voting information to get from the states to the capitol was by horse or by train.
However...The electoral college doesn't punish 3rd party candidates. Liberals just don't have realistic platforms.
Ralph Nader is a true patriot and national treasure. Thank you Ralph.
Ralph Nader is a national treasure. Long live Ralph Nader.
democracy?not even close
Jill stein 💚☮️
Ralph Nader says here that we have an oligopoly
Ralph Nader is one of the few public figures with integrity...for DECADES.
His work with consumer protections has literally saved millions of lives, and even though he didn't win, eventually an independent candidate WILL win higher office, and they'll cite Ralph Nader as their inspiration. His has been a life worth living.
He made sure Trump won.
@@robertmerritt4541 Not true at all.
YES, a national hero. It is painful to gear anyone blaming him for the democrat’s😢 loss, it was the democrats’s fault, not the green party
@@RyanFeatherstonlooks like Robert's comment got deleted. What did he say?
@@ReganLowrey Something about Ralph helping Trump.
Oh my God ! Ralph Nader Love him
He said not Biden! I watched this as I was looking him up nostalgia!! ❤
Ralph Nader is an American hero. Power to the people.
Kennedy Shannihan 2024
All Independents, it is now time to stand together and fight against corruption.
@@kenm7179 Both of your candidates sound deranged! What’s interesting is, what they have in common: so-called “independents” who suck up to the Republican Party when it helps keep them in the news!
Too bad RFK sold out
Write them in!!!!
Jill Stein has my vote!
I agree with him breaking off two party system.
That is why I am voting for independent RFK JR. He is our best chance to break the two-party stranglehold on power in decades. We cannot afford to miss this opportunity to defeat the duopoly and open up the process to other independent and third party candidates.
@@dao8805This will be pointless. You may as well not vote.
The only way to break it through congress.
Pass an amendment saying a presidential candidate can gift their vote share to another candidate.
Breaking the duopoly isn't going to be easy. Imo the biggest barrier is the electoral college, especially the all or nothing system most states use. Then it will be building from the bottom up, not top down.
@@PMickeyDee Pretty much this. People are discouraged from voting third party because it hurts the chances of the side of the coin they support from winning.
Voting third party helps the primary candidate of the other side to win.
@@reubenmcmurray4377 yep, it's a BS system that puts people trying to participate in their democracy in an awful position. I don't even think it'll necessarily have to start in congress (though it's possible), but state & local is another route to take as well.
I'm just glad he lived long enough to explain why what he did was so neccessary. I will never forget how ugly it got back in 2000 right after the election. This country has some serious problems.
The Video basically begins with Nader talking about the fight over seat belts. So the immediate question is why would anyone fight against seat belts if they save lives ? And why ?
That answer explains why this country has serious problems that you mentioned in your post.
He's still alive...
I wish that he never ran in 2000! Bush gave us 2 wars that lasted 20 years each. I don't think Al Gore would have done the same. Bad for the whole world outcome due to Ralph Nader's 3rd party candidacy. Brutal, unjustified war was part of his influence on the election.
I will never forgive Ralph Nader for taking oil money from the republican party in 2000 and *to this day* I see the Green Party as a subsidiary of the Republican Party because of it. Change my mind. Show me *one thing* the Green Party has done to help the environment. Just *one thing.* But there is no one thing because their only accomplishments have been handing power to the oil party on purpose.
@@markpartin8403 Ralph Nader's book, Unsafe at Any Speed, tried to answer that question by giving all the arguments that the American automobile industry gave against seat belts and other safety features. One argument that industry executives gave repeatedly was that "Safety doesn't sell," but as Nader wrote, when Ford offered seat belts, they literally sold out and Ford had to ship cars without them. I saw a cartoon in which an engineer tells a factory manager, "I can reduce your energy consumption by 20%," and the manager says, "It's working right now, and if I started messing with it, it might not be." Executives were marketing cars on the basis of glamour, as if they were handbags, and they just thought that if they introduced a new factor, safety, it might upset their marketing strategies. Engineers had a kind of arrogance, that they knew best, they had already made up their minds that they had designed as much safety as appropriate, and suggesting otherwise would challenge their authority. There are probably psychologists who understand this better than I do. As Nader wrote, the experience in Sweden was different. Nils Bohlin, an engineer for Volvo, designed the modern three-point seat belt, and published a study in 1967 demonstrating that it prevented fatalities in every collision under 60mph. That ended the debate.
We need Ranked Choice Voting-Now!
No rank choice voting is just another bullshit way of confusing people. We just need free and fair elections plain and simple. Instead of what we have now that is absolutely Criminal.
Nothing has changed!!! Thank you Ralph Nader!
@@FidesTehrani Yes and No ! In principle you're right. HOWEVER IN PRACTICE THE "RIGHT-WINGERS" ARE MORE ARROGANT !
What's that got to do with Mr Nader?
According to what Ralph Nader says here, things have changed for the worse.
What has changed is that Trump will become a dictator according to his own words. I don't want to have that happen. Do you?
Actually things have changed and that is actually for the worst because what Ralph Nader was saying was NOT LISTENED to. The wealthy Rulers, have ignore Nader's solution.
This is a good explanation of what is happening to RFK, Jr. We no longer have a democracy in this country.
He's no where close to being a Nader.
That’s cause RFK. sux
Nadar doesn't unconditionally support genocide like RFK, Jr. does. :( Why he is doing that is beyond reason as, IMHO, it is the primary reason given for not voting for him as a third party candidate.
I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000. And as much as I was (and am) appalled that Bush was awarded the election win, I am still proud that I did.
Sadly, W Bush was the first candidate I voted for at age 20. I soon changed my views of course.
Same here w/Jill Stein. I'll likely NEVER vote republican or democrat...for the rest of my LIFE.
@@kraka2oanIner If Kamala doesn't repudiate the current, apparently limitless supplying of US weapons to Israel soon, I may wind up voting for Jill Stein for my second time.
if Americans had voted for a moral figure like Nader in 2000 there would have been no Iraq war and America would be in a lot better place than it is now.
You can argue Nader cause the war
@@NaymitMaynelol no, you can't.
@@NaymitMayne And yet Democrats supported the war too.
@@LastBref - Then make that argument. "No, you can't" is how a child argues.
@paulkern7229 (01. Al Gore actually won in 2000. The Republicans stole that election.
(02. Nader was one of the biggest voices against the Iraq war. He knew the justifications for going to war were based on verifiably false claims. Others in the media and both major parties were beating the drums for war. THEY deserve to be blamed. Blaming an antiwar activist is an obvious obfuscation.
(03. By your logic, every third-party candidate who could conceivably take votes away from Democrats should be blamed for everything bad Republicans do. This is a blatant non-sequitor. We need ranked-choice voting so that people can choose their favorite candidate without worrying about being a "spoiler."
(04. Most of those who voted for Nader wouldn't have voted for Gore anyway, especially with warmonger Lieberman as VP.
(05. Choosing Lieberman was just one of many mistakes the Gore campaign made. Gore simply did not run a strong campaign.
RFK, Jtr/Shanahan 2024 ⛓️🎭⛓️⛓️💥✌🏼🙋🏻♀️
I voted for Ralph in 2004 and have never once doubted myself..
This Time: Vote FOR the TRUE Independent REFORM Candidate…
REMEMBER In November…! Vote RFK, ALL The WAY…!!!
Yessum!
YES!
Stein makes more sense to me.
Oh, I love and admire Ralph Nader! I voted for him in 2000. How America would have been if he was elected as president. ❤️👏
Nice job helping Bush win
@@MoonBerryShrimp
I voted my conscience and I will vote again for that, Dr. Jill Stein. For decades, I was and I’m for a third party or even fourth party in this country! The Democratic Party has to split in two parties. Otherwise, we will continue to have two warmongering parties!
@@faniarethas2716Unless you are actively campaigning and raising the issues, just voting accomplishes nothing.
Voting is at the end of the democratic process, not the beginning.
@@MoonBerryShrimp Albert Gore shouldn't have distanced himself from William Jefferson Clinton in 2000. And he also should have picked Russ Feingold as his running mate. Not Joseph Lieberman.
@moonberryshrimp it really depends on the state from which a Nader vote was cast.
RFK ALL THE WAY 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
No, he should even be running. As an attention seeking liar who has offered his support for trump and Harris if they'll put him in their administration. His own family won't vote for him. His father and uncle would be ashamed.
@@thowl7065 he didn’t do that those were false headlines meant to make it look like he’s dropping out when he’s not. Sounds like you’re buying all the dnc propaganda and haven’t looked any deeper
that's fake news, part of the smear campaigns against him, don't fall for it!!
Kennedy is in it for the WIN
Staying in the race till election day
Kennedy is not in search for a job
Not endorsing anyone!
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Happily, he's ending his campaign.
@@coraggio93 false!
Nader is so right. On the other hand I come from a country in Europe where we have 19 parties. It’s paradoxical in my eyes.
I am Italian 😂 parties over here are born and die every election.
@@JessicaDainese ~•~ 🇮🇹 💕
How does that work out? I imagine there are still a few parties that get a majority of the vote. Do you have rank choice voting?
@@danw.7935 most European countries have a proportion system or hybrid system. Every party who gets a decent proportion (in Italy it is 3%) of votes get a certain number of parliament members. If a party gets a vast majority of votes, in some systems they get a "bonus".
We left Europe obviously for a reason. It’s worked a couple hundred years until the democrats became a socialist Marxist party. Corruption was always easy to happen with democrats.
The RFK jr plurality will blow peoples minds
Ralph is a hero.❤
Love this podcast. Thank You 👍🏼. Will pass it down to friends and families
I voted for Nader in 1996 and 2000🙌🏽
From what state?
I voted for Jill Stein in 2016, and will do so in 2024!
@@kraka2oanIner From what state?
Excellent show.
I voted for Ralph in the past. He’s still a hero to me.
Voting for the lesser of 2 evils is a failing strategy that has gotten us exactly to the disaster of a country we have today
We don't have a disaster, unless we vote to suspend the Constitution.
It is so incredibly frustrating that more people can't see this pattern. Voting harder isn't the answer people think it is.
Kennedy 2024
Zero ROI. A system based violence, a hierarchy of greed for power ‘over’ others (and Nature) rather than a ‘share power with’ others to meet the universal needs of Life will never produce balance. AND GLORIFYING A CONSTITUTION DOES NOT GIVE US PEACE, EQUALITY JUSTICE AND CERTAINLY NOT GENUINE KINDNESS. So enough of the silly flag waving nonsense. As George Carlin once said, “they are only symbols and I leave them to the symbol minded.”
@@michelangelobuonarroti916ahh yes, nothing is wrong if I am not, personally, suffering horrifically.
Tell that to the tens millions of victims of US Imperialism each year, who live in malnutrition, homelessness, or die- due to the oppressive "open market" Capitalist system the US forces on every country it's able.
Tell that to the 600k homeless people in the US, or the 100k victims of the Gaza Genocide (official counts, 40k, always omit the more than 60k deaths due to disease, starvation, and infected wounds- all caused directly or indirectly by Israeli air and drone-strikes, and obstruction of humanitarian aid...)
The system we have is a disaster, and spirals closer every day to human extinction (either due to Global Warming or Thermonuclear War). So kindly, stop, troll.
90 years old and still sharp. One of the best stories I've heard was Cal Clark revealing that he showed up at Clark's Corvair Parts one day to buy parts for his Corvair. For those who don't know, the Chevrolet Corvair was one of his targets in his book "Unsafe At Any Speed."
RFK is closer to make it . They all should team with RFK to bring the change and after that everyone will respect the 3 rd party .
YES! Let's elect Kennedy & undo the duopoly's corruption & unite The People!
He's in trumps pocket and already looking for a place in trumps administration if he wins.
Exactly
Make bears safe again
Agreed
Thank you Ralph Nader for improving all of our lives. You’re a class act.
💯
I agree and I voted for him in 1996
Bizarre that RFK was not even mentioned during the interview as he is probably the most viable 3rd party candidate in terms of support
Totally relates to what is happening to RFK
Awesome interview and definitely well needed. The black out seems to still be in effect unfortunately.
Jill stein 💚☮️
Bobby2024
True. But I think more ppl will vote independent this time. There seems to be more conversations about it, and with social media helping, I think there may be a chance for impact. Getting a plurality, not even a majority, of the popular vote for independent/"3rd" candidates will force a serious national conversation about RCV (ranked choice voting). Even if the Uniparty Duopoly Regime wins and stays in power again, the process towards RCV will make an impact and will make our democracy healthier.
We have the opportunity once again to vote for an independent candidate who will heal the divide. He can win. He will win.
RFK JR 2024!!!!
THANK YOU! I CANNOT BELIEVE MORE PEOPLE ARE NOT MENTIONING RFK, JR.!!!!!!! AND THAT RALPH DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT HIM AS A CANDIDATE! WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?
@@rajinevin7273 It's almost like he's acting. No legitimate reason he would not mention RFK Jr unless he has something against him, or Nader is phony and has alliances with the machine.
@@johns7530RFK lost the progressive vote when he unconditionally
supported Netanyahu's genocidal attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza. He didn't just support it. He vigorously defended everything they did and do.
@@tombradburn3935 I don't disagree that I was disappointed when his views on Israel were clarified, but he's still massively better than the 2 party duopoly on absolutely everything else. He's not without flaws, but I mean look who the alternatives are.
lmao
❤Kennedy/Shanahan 2024 🗳️🇺🇸❤️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
FREE PALESTINE
Definitely agree with his statements. It is a duopoly not a democracy. And both sides are so busy arguing and blocking each other and not working and supporting the American people.
Like petulant children desperate for the adult's attention, but not like they'd ever actually listen to them.
Getting a plurality, not even a majority, of the popular vote for independent/"3rd" candidates will force a serious national conversation about RCV (ranked choice voting). Even if the Uniparty Duopoly Regime wins and stays in power again, the process towards RCV will make an impact and will make our democracy healthier.
precisely
Do that in safe states. Not swing states.
@@presence5426 I'm an independent voter. To me, no state is "safe"
Quit falling for these political bulshit ideas. You are being controlled and you don't even realize it.
@@janusroland You as an "independent voter" have had to deal with the consequences of Conservatism. So has everyone else. Safe state means Red or Blue; the outcome is near certain. These 35 or so states are where a critical mass of 3rd party voting could happen. That would get the results you want. But voting Green, for example, in swing states is madness and helped give us GW Bush & Donald Trump.
I'm very thankful t to have an independent candidate RFK Jr. Kennedy24... Great mind, heart and soul. This is my conscience
He's not independent. He is funded by Republicans. He launched his campaign at the urging of Republican Roger Stone.
JFK jr, ARE YOU LISTENING?
@@4jeffinseattle
Rfk jr
RFK was run out of the Democrat party running against Biden, election interference. Democrats are trying the same with Trump, getting rid of threatening political opponents. Ironically Biden was kicked off the Democrat ballot by the Democrat political bosses.
He joined Donald Dump. Vote 💙
Ralph is the man!!
🎉RFK, Jr all the way🎉
...but again, his position on Israel / Palestine has to be re-evaluated !
@@kraka2oanInerthe other two candidates are going to feed into that nonsense forever war… RFKJ still takes the cake on every other policy over the others!💜🇺🇸
But RFK is nasty on Israel/gaza war crimes
quack quack
@@kraka2oanIneris there ever a candidate that one agrees on 100%
Nader didn't have ambition for higher office. He ran to try and fix this mess.
And instead they called him a spoiler or vote splitter. Sad.
and he made it worse
@@paulkern7229 Not true at all.
@@RyanFeatherston - A devastatingly effective argument on your part! Two terms of GW Bush were an improvement? The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, 9/11, two recessions? Explain that to me. Explain how Nader fixed the mess.
There seems to be no fixing stupid by evidence of the voters who continue to vote for the evil they say they abhor
it is an utter tragedy that Ralph Nader never became president.... on a greater scale than the JFK assassination and the removal of Henry Wallace as VP during the last election of FDR ...what America and the world could have been🌎 ... that America has Trump in the position he is, is appalling🤮 .. but thanks Ralph, 💚💙🩷♥🕊🌈🇺🇸🌞 for trying🌅
It's a tragedy that is our 250 year history we have never had a woman POTUS
@michaelh...
Thank you for your amazing comment on Mr.Nader. It is appreciated.
Yes Henry Wallace!
@@lisacollins3304 💙🕊🪺🌞 as Mr Nader is full of a lifetime of wisdom and perceptive ideas of justice, he should be consulted by any government that considers itself progressive!!
In 2,000, I was so thrilled to be able to vote for Ralph Nader as president. Finally, a leader who serves the working class! But, due to the media blackout, and conservative citizens, I was the only person in town to have a green "Nader for President" sign. I think I had three or four of them. 8^) My 7-year-old son had a 'school election' where each student cast a vote. In the eight hundred student school, there was just one vote for Ralph Nader. You can probably guess who that was.
Media blackout? I was around in 2000 and Nader was the darling of the media. The reason you were the only one who had a sign is because you're the only one he tricked. I love how you think that because grade schoolers don't know who Nader is that this means he wasn't in every media broadcast. How many seven year olds watch the news? I'd like to know who won the votes of the 800 kids in your school. I'd bet it was a tie between Donald Duck and Big Bird. Seriously.
Bobby has literally taken on corp corruption for many years as well as helped a lot of people. He earned my vote and he has it.
I also agree with his views on the W E F, C B D Cs, F O S, mandates, our Border.
😂
@@schmuckytheraiderbear5043your name says it all RFK 2024!!!🇺🇸
And his huge support from AIPAC?????? He has no moral compass.
RFK ALL THE WAY!
@@kateoneal4215 All the people he has helped and taking on corruption for many years he has plenty of moral compass.
I voted for Nader in 1996. And I'm voting for Kennedy in 2024. I will never vote the lesser of two evils because because the latter keeps getting lesser. If people would stop voting from fear we would turn this country around .
Kennedy is in it for the WIN
Staying in the race till election day
Kennedy is not in search for a job
Not endorsing anyone!
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Nader, the best president we've never had. I wish i had known about him when I was a baby to polirics and i would've voted for him.
That is exactly what people are going to say about independent candidate RFK Jr if he is not elected. We have a once in a lifetime opportunity with him to break the two-party stranglehold on power and we cannot afford to waste it
@@dao8805
No. He supports Zionists. I’m voting for Dr.Jill Stein.
@@dao8805 - Explain how Kennedy "breaks" the two party stranglehold.
@@paulkern7229 I have a similar doubt about RFK, and I plan to vote for Jill Stein instead, but really no matter which independent candidate/party gets more support, it'll have an impact. Getting a plurality, not even a majority, of the popular vote for independent/"3rd" candidates will force a serious national conversation about RCV (ranked choice voting). Even if the Uniparty Duopoly Regime wins and stays in power again, the process towards RCV will make an impact and will make our democracy healthier.
@@janusroland - The only impact voting 3rd party has it helping one of the two main party candidates win. Usually the Republicans, who are the opposite of what you actually support. I do support RCV, it will be on the ballot this November in my state. Though our governor is working to prevent it.
Nader✌️✌️✌️✌️👏👏👏
Vote RFK Jr to oppose the two party system - he CAN win. Thank you Ralph for your efforts as well.
His rabid support for Israel is a bridge too far. JILL STEIN IS OVERALL THE VERY BEST!!!
@@kateoneal4215 RFK Jr does NOT have a rabid support for Israel. Remember when he first entered the race and said that Israel was wrong for how they were attacking innocent people? They went after him insanely and he immediately had to start saying that he's extremely pro-Israel. That's politics. You have to lie about SOME things to stay in the race. BUT, Nader hates RFK Jr for his supposed support of Israel,
@@kateoneal4215RFK is against any harm to innocent civilians. He stands against Netanyahu and Hamas. His view on the Gaza conflict is one that understands that the cause stems back thousands of years and that we can do nothing to stop it, nor is it our job to. RFK is the only candidate who has spoken about closing down foreign military bases, and Israel is _one_ of those military bases.
But will you vote on ONE issue?? 😖
Overall, Kennedy is the best candidate, by very far, and specifically, Kennedy is the peace candidate for these 2 clear reasons:
1) he'll cut the military budget in two
2) he'll begin closing US military bases abroad
... That makes him also the best candidate on the Isr conflict. Especially with his general capacity and intentions of listening, reconsidering when faced with serious new evidence.
Please Americans, you have this wonderful chance to break the duopoly and have a true leader in the White House!! Vote independent President Kennedy !!
The same people that continue to hate on Ralph Nader for partaking in Democracy in 2000 are the same people who now love George W. Bush.
Indeed !
I don't mind that he ran. I just mind that he consistently lied about Dubya and Gore being equivalent.
@@michelangelobuonarroti916 And yet Ralph wasn't wrong about the DNC and RNC being the same; Both parties are on the take from the major corporations.
George W. Bush was responsible for an illegal war that lasted 20 years and was responsible for destabilizing much of the middle east. Getting millions killed and displaced. Cost trillions of dollars to the American taxpayer. The crimes Bush did has gone unpunished and set a precedence for other Presidents to continue same policies of corruption, war, and crime.
More Florida Democrats voted for Bush than voted for Nader, in 2000. People voting against their own best interest
RFKjr is in same boat
RFK Jr --> POTUS 47!
RFK Jr is just a trojan horse.
Overall, Kennedy is the best candidate, by very far, and specifically, Kennedy is the peace candidate for these 2 clear reasons:
1) he'll cut the military budget in two
2) he'll begin closing US military bases abroad
... That makes him also the best candidate on the Isr conflict. Especially with his general capacity and intentions of listening, reconsidering when faced with serious new evidence.
Please Americans, you have this wonderful chance to break the duopoly and have a true leader in the White House!! Vote independent President Kennedy !!
Ralph Nader will remain on top of my list of "truly admirable Americans of my time".
That admiration began while I was still a teen and before being invited to accept a technical position in the U.S.
Back then I felt that 'most Americans' operated on his same wave length. However, the last 57 years in this country have taught me that most Americans identify by the terms of 'your own' comedian George Carlin, who claimed that most Americans are 'full of B.S.'. George's prediction is exactly why we are today. We are indeed: "Circling the drain". What an accomplishment foe a once great nation : - /
Both parties are the same on healthcare too. If they’re the same on Wall Street, they have to be the same on healthcare. It’s about maintaining the capitalist system and into whose pockets the money goes.
Not true, the democrats have fought to get healthcare universal or cheap, its the Republicans who keeps blocking it. Besides some states have healthcare for all. In nyc low income families get universal healthcare
Jill stein 2024
@@janmortimer1758~ Absolutely! 👍🏽 That way, we can at least get the other two parties to recognize the advantage to themselves of having ranked choice voting!
Bobby2024
@@JustMe-ec2ph~ No way.. he’d be running as a Democrat if they’d let him. His pick for VP is a hardcore capitalist, and capitalism is what’s wrong with this country!
Why can’t all the 3rd parties join forces and win this election. It could possibly be our last chance to break the duopoly.
@@scfaber369 - It wouldn't be enough people. Unaffiliated and Independents have the largest numbers.
That's obviously very wise.
@@Anthony_Aú.GreenPartyperhaps they'd join in. Obviously you gotta deny all possibilities of change if you're a Democrat.
@@patricialongo5870 - Third parties work harder to organize the unaffiliated rather then recruit the Dems. It's a battle.
I wrote in Bernie the last two elections here in PA. Im voting Green Party this election.
Same 😊☮️
@janmortimer1758 curious. Do you acknowledge the insurrection and coup that overthrew Yanukovych as well?
I often wonder how many Green Party voters are just upset at the Israel/Palestine situation or if they are equally upset with the Russo-Ukrainian war situation.
@@janmortimer1758 curious. How do you view the Russo-Ukrainian situation.
Bobby2024
@@LeftWingNationalist Those of us who really follow events completely understand and support Russia's stance.
This is the same thing they are doing to Robert Kennedy Jr
They (the dems at least) have done it to Cornel West as recent as last week.
@2:30 There should be NO PARTIES and RANK-CHOICE VOTING! Also, get rid of Citizens United, Electoral College and put term-limits in place!!!
We'll need an Article 5 Constitutional Convention to get most of that done.
Rank choice is nearly a cure to the whole thing.
RFKJr. 2024
You should have talked about RFK Jr. 50% chance of being elected.
RFK ALL THE WAY
You'll vote for a candidate heavily sponsored by AIPAC??????
@@kateoneal4215 All of them are, and this is just one of the issues, while the critical ones are related to the corporate capture (defense, pharma, food, energy etc.) of all the other parties and US institutions (gov't, congress, agencies etc.). There is no Perfect Candidate, you have to choose who gets the best average grade in all the important challenges that the US faces.
@@CrescimentoInclusivo JILL STEIN ACCEPTS NO BIG DONOR MONEY AT ALL-- and since she's pro-Palestine (and spoken at many demonstrations, been assaulted by cops and arrested multiple times) AIPAC & etc. despise her.
@@kateoneal4215 He’s not.
This report was so intelligent, the reporter so well informed that I can only say this is how the new should be done.
An activist par excellence. He really put his money where his mouth is even if it's a losing cause just for the sake of keeping the cause alive (which is really the last hope.) Indeed the US electoral college is a monopoly disguised as a duopoly. If you're not on either party (which is sponsored by the same multinationals with different names) it's virtually impossible to even be in the starting line. Some day, probably after we're all gone, he's gonna be remembered as the guy who started it all (or revived it all in a broader perspective.)
He put his money into Ford and Chrysler stock when he wrote "Unsafe at any speed" and only bashed GM for the Chevy Corvair when every other compact car at the time was unsafe at any speed.
@@CUMBICA1970 Recon how old Ralph made his money . Huh
+Anthony S. If that was the case, then Ralph would have never said anything about the Pinto.
Cryin'Featherbrain He never did. That was years after the Corvair thing,
+Anthony S. Excuse me sir, but by calling me Crying Featherbrain, you are committing libel and slander against me.
RFK can actually win third party!!! RFK SHANAHAN, they are brilliant and accomplished. 🌎🕊️🇺🇸❤️🔥
Kennedy is the Remedy 💜🇺🇸
Yeah. Let's vote for the creep who runs over a bear cub (but says a woman did it), then leaves the bear's body in Central Park. As a joke. Cuz that's normal behavior. 🙄
@@CB-ke7eqBS smear campaign!!
Thank you uncle Ralphie...
^^ I'm almost 82. I was 26 when Bobby Kennedy was assassinated . Some Precious part of me died the night Bobby was murdered. But that part of me has been resurrected with Bobby Kennedy Junior's candidacy for POTUS. When I first heard he was running, I had bought into the mainstream media portrayal of him as a conspiracy nut, but I felt I owed it to Bobby senior to at least give his son a listening to. After listening to many interviews ( on UA-cam and other social media platforms) I got a feel for his sincerity and Integrity. What's more, when I learned of his practicing a rigorously honest spiritual program, being an old friend of Bill's, well, that just put me over the moon! His emphasis on placing principles before personalities and not impugning the motives of others, but focusing only on policy differences keeps him out of the childish blame-game pettiness which has characterized politics for the last few presidential cycles.
For the last 25 years or so I've heard Republicans complain that liberals, like communists, want to redistribute the wealth from the Rich to the Poor. Well, I've been around a while and my experience over the last 50 years tells me that through corporate lobbying, payoffs, financing campaigns, etc., Corporate America has more than just captured the Agencies which are supposed to regulate it. It has captured the Whole political system, both Republicans and Democrats to essentially establish a Political Duopoly which has dismantled the union movement, decimated the middle class, and created the homeless class thru exorbitant rental rates, interest rates on homes and credit cards, school loans, etc; and stagnated wages over the last 45+ years. And so, the Rich, as plutocrats will, have been Redistributing the wealth from the Poor and Middle-class to the Rich! Bobby knows how to Stop this because he's been suing Corporate America and the government agencies that are captured by Corporate America for polluting and injuring people, winning billions of dollars in judgments for the last 40 years. Please, just listen to his full interviews on UA-cam! And IGNORE the mainstream media interviews which are almost always EDITED to take his comments out of context to skew his meaning or views.
When Bobby committed to this campaign to become president, he took a leap of faith. Let's all take a leap of faith with him because it's the right thing to do. Let's say goodbye and good riddance to the captured duopoly, thriving on us fighting one another, and take a leap of faith into a new consciousness of Hope and Healing and Caring for one another.
As for the amoral notion that unless you vote for the "Lesser of Two Evils", you're WASTING your vote, well, the only truely "Wasted" vote is a vote Against Conscience because it violates and deadens your moral Integrity.
Let's stop voting for the ones who Despise, and vote for the one who Inspires!
If you really want to stop voting for people who are tearing our country apart then you better not vote for RFK jr. He is in the pocket of Israel and he will do whatever Israel tells him he will not do what the people want. He's just another lying politician I hate to burst your bubble and I know it's a horrible thing that we really had hope in this man but he is sold out to israel. I refuse for to vote for another politician who is in the pocket of israel. He actually supports the genocide and thinks Israel's doing the right thing and you want to vote for him?
As a human species, we are CAPABLE of having a NON-MONETARY RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY....IF...all of the Earth's citizens agreed that we ALL inherit the Earth's resources(!) Money is a GLITCH to humanity. We're technologically able to DO this, but......emotionally, we're adolescent monkeys. If this incongruity were resolved, there would be NO poverty, NO pollution, NO advertising, NO lawyers, NO violence. My source for this idea: Jacque Fresco, Buckminster Fuller, and Peter Joseph. Take a look (online) at the VENUS PROJECT. R.I.P. Jacque Fresco, who devoted over 70 years of his LIFE (out of 101 years) attempting to resolve our issues on this planet.
RFK all the way!
If you're going to vote for someone who won't win, why not vote for West?
@@netscrooge Cause Bobby can win. News flash to you smarty types; Bobby has won over 500 cases against corporate polluters, to the tune of billions. He restored waterways throughout the world. Protecting children from damage in court as well. But West, a career Academic, should run the country. What? like a semester at Fordham University?
@@brucemarmy8500 West is against genocide. That makes the choice simple for me.
@@brucemarmy8500 He can't win and you should be thankful for that.
@@thowl7065 Because you say, he must abandon the campaign. I shoulda jus ask you whatzup?
Finally, I must say that I totally agree with Nader's final tirade against Trump. That's why I have great hopes for Kennedy's candidacy.
RFK JR 2024🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It's CRAZY to me to not hear him talk about RFK Jr at all. He's quite literally the most successful presidential candidate in American History! He's got all the signatures he needs to be on the ballet in all 50 states. He had 11million views on his side debate when CNN did their illegal debate. The candidate we need is right in front of us and he needs our support!
Nader took oil money from republicans but sadly for you will not take worm money from Kennedy.
He's got mine 💯‼️ I'm voting my conscience. RFK Jr for president!!!!! 💜❤️🤍💙
@@Pyr_ChickSo, what you’re saying is you’re voting for trump.
Way to keep a clear conscience.
@mxfxdlg Oh DO tell me why my vote for RFK Jr is a vote for trump.... I would love to read your (brilliant, I'm sure) explanation.....🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@Pyr_Chick The fact that this simple arithmetic needs to be explained to you speaks volumes. The way in which politicians have skillfully gamed our election system to utilize voters just like you, sickens me. The reasons that you choose not to critically analyze this situation beyond your personal principles and needs, are absolutely beyond my comprehension. I know you exist. I know you see the negative effect you’ll have on our efforts to keep trump away from the presidency. I just don’t understand why you would consciously choose to do it.
Ralph is a better version than bernie sanders
How so?
They're both Socialist/Communists. So how is Ralph a better Communist?
@@tonys4396anybody you dislike is not a Socialist, troll. You clearly don't have the first clue what that word even means: NONE of them are calling for actually Socialist policies like nationalizing the railroads, hospitals, or utilities (basic Socialist policies).
@@SupadubyaCommunism vs capitalism is just a culture war used to distract people from organizing into free-market labor movements _and_ at the ballot box. It's doesn't matter if you fix the economy with unions or economic policy, and you can actually do both at the same time. The _effective_ result is the same: more control over the means of production is handed to the working class. It's not capitalism vs communism, it's capitalism and communism for the _rich_ vs capitalism and communism for the _working class._
@@Supadubya
Yes,definitely a Troll. Thanks!
saw Ralph Nader talk in 2008 at University of Texas. Life changing talk to an overflowing auditorium
It would be so AWESOME if everybody wrote in Ralph Nader. He could do a good job.
Or, how about we pick Bobby Kennedy. From the first family of public service. Just a thought.
How about we vote for a ticket that wants to serve like Stein and Ware?
@@brucemarmy8500People love to call him a nepo-baby... My parents were never as rich as him, but at least they're still alive. I will take living parents above an inheritance any day. It's a much better form of nepotism to have two parents. JFK and RFK is about as much part of the establishment as the teenagers that get sent to war for a military industrial complex.... They paid the ultimate price for their service.
Some ballots don't have write in options.
@@brucemarmy8500
Great thought! Thanks!
Nader always speaks the truth which is why he never made it far in American politics.
❤️Ralph Nader and wish he were my President!
I campaigned for him and Medea Benjamin in 2000 in the safe state of California, aiming for that 5%
Gore threw in the towel. Was living in Texas and voted for the only guy who ever had my best interest in mind and actually did something for me Ralph, I was blamed for Bush winning but I pointed out that with winner take all system my vote didn’t count and never really has. We need all kinds of fixes to our problems most caused by politicians or judges, the heat will kill me before anything worthwhile happens.
I hear you.
Your vote counted. It's on the books. But voting is only effective if the numbers reach critical mass. There were at least 30 states where Nader could have maxed out his votes. Texas was one. But NOT Florida.
What's puzzling to me is that if anyone should be backing RFK Jr.'s it would be Ralph. Yet so far I have only heard him reminiscing about his long gone past campaigns. Not only Ralph, but both Jill, and Cornell should all be working together towards breaking the duopoly stranglehold. How on earth do they expect anything to change without pooling resources, and supporters to get the most likely independent to win to WIN!!!!!! Surely they have more in common than not. Together they have a shot. Competing with each other gets them nowhere.
I AGREE! IT'S WEIRD! SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH THAT! WHY IS RALPH NOT BACKING RFK, JR. ????????????????
@rajinevin7273 JFK Jr is Repub
Your comment is excellent. I appreciate your intelligent view. Thanks!
It's the Israel thing. Robert says Israel has a right to defend themselves.
Agree ..the fact that Nadwr didn't mention RFK jr is telling
I’m voting Kennedy for the win! I need a miracle🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🫵🏼
Wow i didn't know U.S has such sensible politician! I love him.
He's not a politician. He's a consumer advocate that ran for President in order to try and help change the system.
And there is the sad truth. Today.
I'm surprised to hear him saying that about Trump. I sincerely see both sides being as bad and not so sure Trump is worst.
He wasn't saying that. And yeah, either wing of the Uniparty is still the Uniparty.
The same is happening to Robert Kennedy Jr, only worse. He's been censored and kept off all major media outlets and has been smeared as a crackpot. He's one of the most intelligent people with more integrity than anyone I've ever experienced that knows how to unravel the duopoly with his knowledge of the system and corporate corruption.
He knows what's on the voters mind than the candidates in the other 2 parties. Imagine if Nader won in 2000 🤔
Jill stein 💚☮️
Imagine if Gore had not given up! I voted for Nader.
@@eleonorabartoli2225 I also voted Nader in 2000, and thought it was a tragedy that Al Gore caved in to the machine. I spoke with him in 1987 and he was the sharpest person I had ever met back then.
Ralph Nader, an icon of American Democracy.
💯
RFKJr for President! Rebuild the middle class without which there cannot be a viable democracy, end the forever wars, unravel the corrupt merger of corporations and politics. Vote for hope, not out of fear!!
THANK YOU! I was really upset that Nadar did not even mention RFK, Jr. What is going on with that? It's strange!
Rfk has brainworms.
RFK JR 2024. He's not perfect but he's clearly the best choice!
Nobody has ever been or will be perfect. It drives me nuts that people criticize one thing about him as reason not to vote for him. I mean, look at the alternatives! He's way more intelligent and honest. I'll take my chances, even worst case if he's a disappointment, he would still not be as bad as the other 2.
@@johns7530 He is a horrible choice. He lies and is attention seeking. He has also been directly responsible for many thousands of deaths in a 3rd world country. Then, he has offered support for both other candidates if they'll put him in their cabinet. His family is even against him. Look deeper into people you want to put in control of the nuclear codes and our daily lives.
If so, why has he not made a greater impact? Movements make better, longer lasting changes than Parties. The Greens, for instance, have had tremendous impact but have never been successful in politics. RFK could lead a movement, but politically, he's not palatable. MLK changed the USA but did not aspire to running for office.
@@evamurray4229 He's made a huge impact across this country for more than 40 years. Imagine if they didn't suppress his campaign? He'd win in a landslide
@@evamurray4229
It's because the centralized power of thr DNC since Perots time and Naders time has got much tougher
I've listened to over half of this interview, and while I appreciate the insights of Ralph Nader I'm a little surprised and somewhat disappointed that he has steered clear of mentioning that Robert f Kennedy junior is an option.
I’m voting 💚💚💚 this November 5th!!!
Disappointed no question about RFK jr who is poling higher… and stands a chance to break the chain. Why Molly- didn’t you query him ? Or was it edited out…
Thanks Ralph!
I am voting for Jill Stein 2024!
Just like I voted and campaigned for you in my NY state district in 2000.
I don't get it. Ralph Nader hates Israel with a passion and Jill Stein would take it up the Hershey Highway for Israel. What gives?
Gonna have similar results.
I will whole-heartedly vote for Jill, as I did in 2016.
@@kraka2oanIner and how did that work out or ya'
@@kraka2oanInerUndo the duopoly with RFK, Jr.
Why isn't he talking about RFKJr ?
Ralph Nader's main agenda is his hatred of Israel. He knows that if the Dems win, Israel is DEAD. He hates Trump and RFK for one reason only. They both support Israel. Nader will do ANYTHING to destroy Israel and the only candidate that will cause that is Harris and the Democratic party. Nader doesn't want to draw ANY attention to RFK RFK Jr has my vote.
I think bottom line he thinks if he couldn’t do it then nobody can. Passing Mystic. He thinks that people never change and his experience will always be how it is. I don’t believe that though.
@@donyalucas2713 I agree. Nader's ego is boundless. That and his Trump derangement makes him betray his belief in breaking the duopoly. If he was genuine, he would at least stop pretending Kennedy doesn't exist. Very disappointing.
As a former Nader and Stein voter, I'm voting Kennedy even though I disagree with his views on Gaza. I believe it's worth gathering behind whatever third party candidate has a chance to break 5%. Plus Kennedy has some great policies that would help a lot of people.
@@benthomas4544 RFK has my vote. Which views on Gaza do you disagree with? He has the same exact views on Gaza as Nader always did. He, like Nader both want us out of Israel and let them fend for themselves. No more money to Israel. No more protection of Israel.. Pull out and let them fend for themselves. They have hated everyone not Jewish for six thousand years and have cause all the trouble on this planet.. I hope you're aware of Nader's and RFK's views on that evil empire.
No mention of RFK jr - unreal and I’m very disappointed in Nader. At his age, he should drop the ego and know what’s best for the polarization of Our Country and what’s best for bringing the people together, and not the corporations.
The bringing people together is very important in our polarized nation
Nader isn't stupid he knows that RFK Jr is paid and bought off by israel. Why don't you, have you not been paying attention?
Kennedys are not to be trusted. Being turncoats run through the clan. Jimmy Hoffa as living example of such.
I agree...astonishing that he doesn't mention rfk jr like him or not he will impact this election