What Bernie Sanders has said about Technological unemployment

1 quote · 1 episode · May 3, 2026

Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont who discussed mail-in ballots before the 2020 election, has been quoted on Technological unemployment once in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on May 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Sanders argues that retraining and unemployment benefits are insufficient because workers displaced by automation may never find new jobs.

    “You're a 50-year-old truck driver today, and you're replaced by a driverless vehicle. Where are you going to go out and get a job?”

    Pod Save America: Bernie vs. the Robots (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 19:31

Episodes

  • Bernie vs. the Robots

    Pod Save America · May 3, 2026 · 1 h 16 min

    Jon Lovett interviews Bernie Sanders on AI risk, super PAC money and Israel arms sales, then Peter Hamby on left-wing political violence, Maine and California races.

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