Ralph Nader: 'Even Al Gore Knows I Didn't Cost Him The Election'
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In 1965, Ralph Nader came to prominence by way of his best-selling book "Unsafe At Any Speed," a seminal work which shook up the auto industry and led to a whole host of new safety requirements designed to protect the lives of drivers all across the country. (If you've ever worn a seatbelt, for example, you have Ralph Nader to thank.)
Today, 50 years on, his latest book shakes up the animal kingdom by giving voice to alligators, flamingos, earthworms and more. It’s a work of fiction entitled "Animal Envy: A Fable"—and it even has a blurb from Patti Smith, who calls it a clarion call. Of course, Nader is not just an author, he’s a leading consumer advocate and Green Party presidential candidate, and he joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan live at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. to discuss all that and more.
MARGERY EAGAN: I wonder, Ralph Nader, you've been watching the political scene for a while and were a candidate yourself. Anything you've learned about the United States of America on November 8th that surprised you that you didn't know?
RALPH NADER: When you only have 2 choices and they’re Trump and Clinton, you get a lot of impulsive behavior by voters who are fed up with government turning their backs on the people and selling out to wealthy donors and not solving problems. So they attached that syndrome to Hillary Clinton, yesterday’s candidate. And enough of them for the electoral college—she won the popular vote—enough of them in the electoral college voted for Trump simply because they didn’t like her and they didn’t like the establishment she represented. If we had a multiparty system, I think we would have had a greater mix of agendas and redirections to give people more choice.
Read more: http://news.wgbh.org/2017/01/17/local-news/ralph-nader-even-al-gore-knows-i-didnt-cost-him-election
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