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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.07,0:00:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1967, Democratic Senator \NEugene McCarthy entered the Primary,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.50,0:00:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here in New Hampshire, to challenge\Nhis own party's sitting President,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.93,0:00:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he feared the most important \Nmoral issue of the time, the Vietnam War,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.66,0:00:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was going to be invisible in that election.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.57,0:00:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In four months, McCarthy went \Nfrom almost nothing in the polls
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.08,0:00:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to almost beating Lyndon Johnson\Nin the Primary.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.69,0:00:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the one issue that no one \Nwanted to talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.43,0:00:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became the one issue \Nthat no one could ignore.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.31,0:00:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the core of our democracy, \Nthere is a basic inequality.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.82,0:00:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the inequality of wealth\N-- though that is a problem --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.95,0:00:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the inequality of speech\N-- though some think that a problem too --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.58,0:00:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the inequality of citizens.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.58,0:00:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jefferson's truth that \N"All are created equal"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.95,0:00:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has become Orwell's meme, that\N"Some are more equal than others."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.77,0:00:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with this change,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.52,0:01:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the core commitment\Nof a representative democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.03,0:01:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.78,0:01:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This inequality shows itself\Nin a thousand ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.40,0:01:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's why we must even say:\N"Black lives matter."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.35,0:01:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's why Congress \Nbends over backwards
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.52,0:01:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to benefit those \Nwho fund their campaigns.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.46,0:01:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's why a huge proportion of us\Ndon't waste our time voting.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.98,0:01:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's why the system,\Nas Elisabeth Warren puts it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.28,0:01:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is rigged.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.54,0:01:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rigged to block reforms that \Nmost Americans would benefit from,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.59,0:01:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rigged to help the very few:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.83,0:01:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those with the money \Nto fund the politicians' campaigns.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.50,0:01:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to challenge this rigged system\Nlike MacCarthy challenged the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.21,0:01:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make fixing it \Nthe first priority
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.93,0:01:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the next President \Nand next Congress,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.76,0:02:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because until it is fixed, \Nno sensible reform is even possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.14,0:02:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet though every major candidate in \Nthe Democratic Primary for President
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.64,0:02:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has acknowledged this corruption,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.96,0:02:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so far every one of them\Njust puts it to one side,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.26,0:02:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if without fixing \Nthe rigged system first,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.17,0:02:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could get \Nclimate change legislation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.25,0:02:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or sane limits on guns;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.04,0:02:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if without changing the way\Ncampaigns are funded first,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.62,0:02:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could reform Wall Street,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.24,0:02:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or take on the insurance companies;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.23,0:02:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if this corruption \Nwere just a detail,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.93,0:02:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something to be solved \N"in the long run";
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.85,0:02:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if fixing democracy \Nby achieving equality
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.49,0:02:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were something that could just wait.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.31,0:02:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't wait.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.53,0:02:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This must end now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.01,0:02:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a campaign that's more\Nthan yet another partisan squabble.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.92,0:02:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a campaign \Nfor a referendum,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.09,0:02:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a referendum that speaks \Nour mandate clearly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.72,0:03:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ends this inequality \Nand corruption,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.23,0:03:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give us a government \Nfree from the money,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.73,0:03:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give us a Congress \Nfree to lead.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.27,0:03:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here is the idea \Nwe're going to test:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.66,0:03:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Referendum President,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.93,0:03:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a candidate who runs for President\Nmaking a single promise,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.69,0:03:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if elected, he would serve \Nas long as it takes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.80,0:03:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- but only as long as it takes --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.08,0:03:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pass fundamental reform \Nto finally achieve citizen equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.26,0:03:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once that reform is passed, \Nthis President would step down
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.60,0:03:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the elected Vice-President\Nwould become President
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.63,0:03:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fill out his term.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.47,0:03:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The candidate is the referendum.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.22,0:03:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The campaign is for\Nthat referendum.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.73,0:03:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I am asking you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.48,0:03:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help me crowdfund a campaign\Nfor a Referendum President,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.84,0:03:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we can give the next \Nextraordinary President
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.12,0:03:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- whether Hillary or Bernie or Joe\Nor someone else --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.86,0:04:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Congress that can represent us\Nand a Congress that is free to lead.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.76,0:04:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we hit our funding target
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.19,0:04:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the leading candidates \Nin the Democratic Primary
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.91,0:04:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not commit to making \Nthis fundamental reform
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.34,0:04:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first priority \Nof their administration,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.26,0:04:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I will enter the race\Nas a Referendum candidate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.38,0:04:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would tie every issue \Nin the campaign
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.51,0:04:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- from climate change \Nto student debt --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.89,0:04:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this fundamental corruption.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.18,0:04:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would make citizen equality\Ncentral to this election.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.16,0:04:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if this referendum won,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.46,0:04:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its mandate would be as powerful\Nas any that's possible
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.74,0:04:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within our political system.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.80,0:04:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This would be the clearest \Npeaceful rally for equal democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.96,0:04:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our lifetime.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.70,0:04:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This won't be easy, I get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.14,0:04:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no doubt, there should be\Nsomeone better than me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.81,0:04:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have tried to recruit them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.34,0:05:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if someone better known\Ncredibly commits to making this run,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.94,0:05:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would happily step aside.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.28,0:05:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This campaign is not about a person,\Nit's about a principle,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.55,0:05:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an American principle\Nthat we must reclaim:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.72,0:05:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all are created equal
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.55,0:05:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that a Democracy must \Nrespect us all as equals.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.86,0:05:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please give whatever you can\Nand more importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.52,0:05:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please share this as broadly\Nas you can,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.27,0:05:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because with the Net,\Nwe can change this election,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.77,0:05:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if we do, we will change every \Nelection that comes afterwards as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.41,0:05:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our shot to make \Ndemocracy possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.80,0:05:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to take it now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.26,0:05:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music]