Alek - week 6 B. Sanders

Bernie Sanders

Throughout the video, Sanders is always thinking about the people. He is always stating what they have, what they don't have and what they need etc.

He makes a lot of comparisons to the things America does not have but the rest of the world does and how he states that there are rights that individuals of America should have but don't - in this case, he mentions Health Care.

Though he mentions a lot of negatives that America has, he does not fail to end the video with showing that America can be and what it can do to become a nation united. 

He states that the top tenth of 1% owns as much wealth as the bottom 90%. Millions of people are working long hours, working very hard, putting in so much effort into their job and getting paid beneath the minimum wage. The video that plays in the background backs up what he is saying as we are able to identify that people are putting in so much time and getting very little from it. We see the use of the clock spinning really fast which is able to show the significance of how much people do just to remain off the streets.

Within the video, he speaks in very short sentences. This allows the audience to fully engage in what he is saying as we are able to acknowledge the points he makes. He does not raise his voice to get his point across but instead, he speaks directly at you showing concern of the topic he is speaking about.
We are easily able to understand and see that he has concern within his voice as he is someone who wants best for the youth.

A Bit About Bernie Sanders

He has always been keen on trying to make finances better for the American people due to the fact that he himself grew up with very little.
He represents the Democratic Party and is in complete favour of making College and University tuition free as well as substantially lowering interest fees on student loans. He believes that a better economy is a result of having better well-educated work force.

He first got involved with following the civil rights movement when he was studying at university in which he was able to see the movement for himself and understand about true equality. 

So what does he do now?

He is America's longest-serving independent within congressional history who is currently serving his second term within America's Senate in which he represents the state of Vermont. Sanders had actually won the re-election in 2012 after winning a huge 71% of the peoples votes. Along with this, he was also a congressman in the House of Representatives in which he represented his own state of Vermont.