Bernie Sanders talks to Naperville students about 'Political Revolution'

8/30/2017 5:02 PM

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"The struggle of American Democracy has been to become a more encompassing democracy, to involve more and more people," Sanders told the students. "And none of that happened by accident. It happened because people stood up and struggled and fought to make that happen."

Sanders promoted his bottom-up philosophy of change and told the crowd that for every bill a president signs, there have been millions developing its premise, researching its merits and advocating for or against it. He advised students to learn about national issues by putting the topics into their own terms.

Economics to a high school student means how much their after-school jobs will pay, how much it will cost to go to college, what kind of careers will be available after graduation, Sanders said. Health care to a high school student means how much their parents must pay to take them to the doctor or how they'll get emergency care if they suffer an injury.

It's illogical to feel passionately about an issue -- such as the environment, social justice, women's rights, LGBT rights or the minimum wage -- and not get involved politically, he said. Because politics is "how you implement your feelings into public policy."

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