Democratic socialism has been on the rise since Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential bid. But what are the roots of the philosophy and growing movement?
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00:00The United States must reject that path of hatred and divisiveness and instead find the moral conviction to choose a different path, a higher path, a path of compassion, justice, and love.
00:20That is the path that I call democratic socialism.
00:30What do you want as a result of this campaign? Revenge? Tweedledum versus Tweedledee? Or do you honestly want to make progress in a war against poverty, exploitation, and war itself? Only the Socialist Party offers you that hope.
01:00The United States must reject that path of hatred and divisiveness and instead find the moral conviction to choose a different path, a higher path, a path of compassion, justice, and love.
01:15By discouraging adherence to the principle of private ownership of property, they have established the prerequisites to a socialistic or even later a communistic state.
01:28Of course, as far as war is concerned, we're at war with the communist half of the world. That war wasn't started by us. It can't be ended by us except by ultimate victory.
01:37As a Republican sympathizer, I am gratified to see that the principles of radicalism and socialism, as exemplified by George McGovern, have been repudiated by a tremendous majority of the American people.
01:58Socialist minded people have invaded the Kennedy administration. Those are the people I worry about.
02:16John McCain calls this socialism. I call it opportunity. And there's nothing more American than that.
02:22And there's nothing more American than that.
02:52What I am seeing is that millions of people in our great nation are beginning to question in a very fundamental way the status quo of today.
03:15It wasn't until I heard of a man by the name of Bernie Sanders that I began to question and assert and recognize my inherent value as a human being that deserves health care, housing, education, and a living wage.
03:45Thank you very much.