its a great line aaand, Trump has a lot of very smart people around him who are really pulling his strings so I am not sure Anand's description is totally accurate.
Beth Sanchez The Trump administration is so incompetent they couldn’t add a question to the census or rescind DACA due to procedural mishaps. That’s incompetence.
Sidney Pagart not sure I follow that “logic.” Hillary was hated by many plus a horrible candidate. Truth is, Hillary would’ve been a horrible President w the neoliberal policies but that doesn’t change the fact that trump has been extremely incompetent.
You’re confusing him for a independent thinker, He’s not that kind of thinker. He make great points and it’s intelligent but it’s totally indoctrinated and brainwashed. At least he admitted to that when writing his book. Hopefully he can get rid of the brainwashing so instead of bringing the elite solution, he can have one of his own. A more authoritarian government is not the solution to a corrupt government + system
Yes ... spot on. His ideology smells like a plausbile deniability cloak for the Neo lib crowd if you scape hard enough at its surface. While he does a great job of mixing in personal anecdotes to disguise it ... in the end he is advocating for big government and regulation with too much emphasis on the collective and government , not enough on the individual. If your solutions don't start at the bottom of the stack ( with the individual) and account for teh psychology there, they will suck in practice.
@@marykelly8408 Don't you think he should get paid the going rate for his labour? I think you missed the point. Check out Richard Wolff's Democracy at Work channel.
@Khaled Rapp Plato is more part of the problem than the solution. Socrates may have been a dissident, but the ideology that Plato attributed to him were often highly authoritarian, certainly not egalitarian.
I love and admire Anand Giridharadas' attitude but most of all I like that he doesn't talk over my head, thank you for that. I wish there were more like him in the mainstream media.
"Mocked by the future"...🤯 I've been stewing in that exact emo pot for about a decade now without ever having heard it articulated in such a profoundly accurate way. ima buy one of the dudes books now, he deserves it, I need it.
Surprised that you folks haven’t heard of this guy. He is right on many fronts. Read some of his books. He talks about “his” country from a common man’s perspective. Makes a lot of sense.
@8alot4t You guys like his promise to tax the incomes of the high earners (the more productive) and redistribute to the less productive, which simply indicates you are most likely among the "less productive", right?
@@clarestucki5151 u r 100% right. Most if not all whom you interact with on youtube in your entire life time are "underachievers", compared to the likes of Bezos or Zuckerbergs. And what you are hearing in this video is not a call to rob the productive and redistribute it to the unproductive. Its about how we have made the fundamental mistake of allowing annomalys or abberations resulting from our systen to dictate how the game should be managed and changed so that we can collectively all become like them. Shared.prosperity. Instead, what they had done is not only change the system in ways where the rules no longer apply to them, but they have now become so productive that they compete for the taxation dollars paid by the rest as bailouts and tax cuts at the expense of reducing funds for basic fundamentsl rights of the others like schools, public hospitals etc etc. But it was not enough productivity as far as they were concerned so they bought out the institutions where a common man is chosen to be the representative of the rest. But than that was not enough either. So they decided to control the chances of someone coming into office ans reversing the changes they had made for their benefit. So now the common mans chances of choosing someone who will advocate for them was also closed by ensuring that only corporate groomed and sponsored candidates get into the highest office of the land. In the words of one of the members of the 1% club, " I really cant understand what is it that a person does to justify being paid a billion dollars." Even a member of the 1% club realised that no matter how productive a person is, the current level of imbalance and monopoly cannot be justified.
⚡️'Generosity is not a substitute for justice'✨'Never has so much hatred been filtered through so much incompetence'✨ ~ Anand ranks a close second to Naomi Wolf as my favourite contemporary American.🌿
Simply put I am not convinced that mankind is going to survive another 50 years. But if I am wrong and it does survive, Anand Giridharadas is going to considered one of the great thinkers of our time, and perhaps of all time! I just hope that mankind figures this out before it's too late...and listens to what he has to say.
I've been saying it for decades: giving back stolen or ill-gotten money is not philanthropy. "Changing the World" is the new term for the old "noblesse oblige."
Check out Amazing Polly who investigates what they really get up to behind the scenes. That they get to virtue signal at the same time via so called Charitable Trusts with names like Health, Mankind in the title
Jeffrey Gold Yep, and in a way its a kind of bait and switch: "changing the World" really means "to transform what is not yet like us to what is more like us". So rather preaching status-quo. Kind of to polish away the problems caused by the system... with the cause of the problem.
I often ask clients that have emigrated from the Middle East as a way of opening the same kind of conversation because i, in my severely limited way, can maybe not understand, but empathize with them as I (a White American of Irish descent) married into an extensive immigrant Iraqi family. I do it to try to connect and let them know that we aren't all racist, immigrant hating, misogynists. I honestly adore cultural diversity. That's the stuff that makes life truly worth living.
Luv this brilliant young man. There is hope humans future. This coming from a French Canadian from Montreal 60 year old woman who is grateful. I agree why should the disadvantaged have to beg to the priviledged when most of the latter got it from stomping on the weakers economically.
Anand: Having lived in India (Tamilnadu) and loved it, I often want to ask those who look Indian, if they are from the place I loved so much. For me, Madras was a place of friendliness and beauty, which I wanted to revisit by reminiscing with them.
I love how Anand goes on all these corporate media cable news networks like msnbc. And just simply speaks truth to power on all the inequality, inequities, and injustices of this archaic medieval capitalist market system.
Because the solution he pushes is what the elite .01% is looking for. More power to the government (authoritarian) to fix the problem. Even Milton Friedman predicted the current conditions and their causes and how the same people that caused the problems will be in charge of the solution.
This is really great. Like Anand intimated, he's not expressing ideas that are unknown to me but rather ideas that I sensed but never articulated. As for Adam Smith saying that we don't expect to receive our dinner through the benevolence of the butcher, etc. but through the self interest of service providers. That also applies to services provided by slaves whose self interest is simply self preservation. Smith probably realized this.
None of his idea's were unknown to me...But I have not seen anyone putting them all together is such easily understandable, still very intelligent, fashion.
How would I LOVE to see a gathering of people like Anand: Anand GIRIDHARADAS Varund GROVER Sanjay RAJOURA Rutger BREGMAN Yuvaal Noah HARARI Andrew YANG Edward SNOWDEN Pankaj MISHRA Sushil SHUKLA Sanjeev DWIVEDI Kunal KAMRA Lawrence KRAUSS It will be a fantastic exchange of ideas and throw challenges at us all.
I am so glad to have Anand as an American. No other ethnic person has been known to be so eloquent and bright. Able to speak for the lower class in this country.
Just listened to the first segment, about "Where are you from" -- phrasing a question that way may be saying "You're not from here" so maybe not the best way to phrase it. And certainly not if you're talking to a person whose accent shows they were born in the US. But honestly, I love talking to people from different countries -- I worked for ten years as a "sample lady" at Costco and what I loved about that job was that it gave me a chance to talk to people from around the community I never would normally have had the chance to talk to, people from all over. If someone with a foreign accent came to my table, after they took a sample, usually I would ask them (if I didn't know) "How do you say thank you in your language?" Over time I learned how to say thank you in more than twenty languages, and I could use the right thank you even for people I had never met before. How? Because if I guessed wrong, they wouldn't notice what I said! Their ears only noticed the word in their own language. The Somalians in particular were shocked when I would say "Mahatsanet" because I think they don't expect any American to know a single word of Somalian (which is all I do know). Anyway, it's a sad commentary when "where are you from" is automatically perceived as an unfriendly question.
I wish more non-Americans were smart enough to invent stuff like the personal computer that you're typing your whiny, bitchy comments on. Or maybe you're using a SMART phone to do that--also invented by Americans.
@@MrGross-nm6dl You're an American? Really? Your handle on English is pretty shitty. You should maybe work on your language skills before you attempt to solve the world's problems.
@@profd65 I guess you are perfect example of what I was talking about. My comment was about ability to understand people. You sound so immature my friend.I hope your mind will open up one day.
@@user-sd7dm2zg7b You wrote what you fucking wrote, dimwit. You insulted Americans by calling them (in effect) stupid and immature. YOU ARE NOT THE VICTIM HERE, DIPSHIT.
When it comes to diversity, don't hate, celebrate. I sort of can't believe that what he's saying is treated like a new social conscious revelation. I don't mean this as an insult to him but rather as a sad statement of society,
Why can't you believe it? There's a plethora of people that have a feeling that something is taking place but can't articulate it nor have the wherewithal to sit outside the box of the rat race to even put all the pieces together. Thank God for people in the literary world. The proletariats are too busy trying to catch or keep up with the American Dream to contemplate on matters such as these
All the change is a reconstruction, advancement, and acceleration of progress of humanity in a humanistic approach in connection with the political the structures of government for the most part around the world. On the issue of the interviewed; he's an humanitarian humanist worth following by everyone open to commonsense thought.
11:25 to 12:02 I agree with this very much. I am a minority in North America and I pretend to not care about the origin about other minorities so as not to offend anyone by asking, but my interest in anyone's background is based on pure interest and curiosity of other people like me.
Hillary would have opposesed the bad ideas? I agree with you on everything except this i must respectfully push back on that notion. Hillary didn't oppose the war in iraq she didnt oppose dramatictly increasing the incarceration for black and poor people by the crime bill, she didn't oppose racial biases when she said they talking about black children: "super predators to heel". She didn't oppose the DNC rigging of the primary in her favor against Bernie in fact she orchestrated it.
Anand Giridharadas speaks truthfully about the paradoxical world we now live in. Social Egalitarianism and equitable arrangements are the places we are headed, the natural evolution of global human society. But it takes better ground rules to get there, and it's going to be a bumpy ride! 🙃🙂🌞🌛👣👣👣👣🏵️💐🌼🌻
0:00:00 - 0:08:45 - 0:09:10 - Where ya from? 0:09:41 - Frisky : Original Cleveland Indians 0:16:18 - Dumb American Luck : 0:21:29 - Defend values by example
I like the topics he brings to the mainstream. I think the idea of being mocked by the future to me comes down to living through a period of the greatest innovation and instead of this making a more secure and egalitarian future for humanity it’s adding to the most insecure future for the majority of mankind. This is a direct result of capitalism, an economic system that rewards people acting in their own interests with no regard for other humans nor the the destruction of the planet that is needed for their own survival. It’s as if it rewards individuals who are sociopathic.
theres always a call for sociopathy, regulating stress and diet cannot be discounted.. you sound vegan tho... one the world goes vegn, then things will change.. theres no way to end slavery without war tho, from what ive seen... but war is over, the modern war we face isnt with bullets, but its none the less the most important and dangerous war ever, ironic huh!!! of course, it seems it will be fought with guns and bombs on some fronts... its kinda like slavery, except instead of white people not wanting to die for slaves, its people not wanting to put their lives on the line to eat animal exploitation... its the impossible ask- make their lives as importnt as your own, and billions of peoples livelyhoods depend on it.. this idea of "thinking only about oneself" is a more religious ideology, one that says humans are more important than anything else, because they are in the image of god.. without value, the justification loses its validity, and thats a huge challenge to peoples world views... even people who give up religion often pretend that they think there is some other force... this idea that we are different is the bases for much of our conflict, and inables all this plutocracy etc... we refuse to close the door to exploitation, even literally with religious leaders getting away with molestation, but what drives that molestation of innocent creatures? the master/slave dynamic encouraged by religion, exploited by those in power, perhaps even believing in it.. you see the same problem with hunters, theres some evidence of counties with more hunters having more incidence of child molestation, with the master/slave dynamic being highlighted.. its an inherent power dynamic projected from the universe that is acted out in biology, and we struggle with living in a society where we are trying to remove the worst of those dynamics.. our maturity/evolution if you look hard enough you can see how we could have a more mature complete society, and why and how we didnt get there... its very "physical universe-power system"-esque, the way we learn is through example, theres just no coming back from learning from the example of self extinction
That's almost too predictable, I think. By not bringing up Bernie I think he powerfully shows that critique of capital and the billionare-donor classes doesn't just lie with one American politician. It can be expressed from different angles and voices and be just as relevant to the current moment
Don't forget that this event happened in November 2018 - a whole year ago. Bernie was (still is?) being ignored by the MSM and a significant minority of people do not think that Bernied will be successful. Arnand has been much more overtly positive of Bernie since then.
I think he's better not endorsing any one political party or candidate. He endorses the TRUTH! It's up to the rest of us to change our country for the better.
@Patricia M Silly Pat! That's a made up lie. We're red, white and blue slaves of all Corporate billionaires with diverse names. Some are even called Smith or Jones. But when you're their slave who cares what last name they call themselves
Thank goodness the "Lean In" has been recognized as untrue. The author - stated as such in her second book by Sheryl Sandberg co-written with Adam Grant: Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy. She realized that prior to her spouse's death, she had been speaking from a place of naiveté
During the Global Financial Crisis - the company I workd for didn't want to take TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) money - but the government forced them to do so - the thinking was - those that did take it would be seen as bad - so you would have a run on those banks and it would worsen the collapse - so all banks had to take TARP money. Then I saw video after video of soliders fighting in IRAQ or other families having their sub prime mortage folded and their family being evicted by the bank I worked for - even though they got TARP money. The TARP money was not used to help out the families, the soldiers fighting... it was used to write off the losses derived from sub prime loans. They still closed the loans and evicted families - instead of using TARP money to help them restructure the loan, to a better rate and keep the family in the home. No that rarely happened - eviction was more profitable - because they had the TARP money to pay off the loss and evicting the family and selling the home to recover some money was more profitable. AND when they did help a soldier refinance - that was publicized to show how TARP money was being used to save families - but the majority of times it was the opposite. No refinancing - eviction - fire sale to recover some money - slash and burn and move on. Seeing this made me rethink my role in this corporation.
You can't change the world. But you can change YOURSELF. You are Responsible for YOUR CHANGE. Nobody can do your push ups. Be the CHANGE... you Desire.
Anand makes great points which need immediate solutions. I suggest we establish the 8 fundamentals i have listed on my FB page @projectMKND and take things from there.
26:30 "...right behind Omarosa's book." HAHAHA Good one. He's too smart to be flattered by such meaningless label. Heck even Sean Hannity is a "NYTimes bestselling author."
Wait a sec. In the story about the PC Richard manager, did I miss something? It sounded to me like Anand had a negative "defiant" (his word) reaction to the man's question "where are you from?" The manager wanted to share something nice... The "conversation he didn't know how to have" (again, Anand's words). Yet I didn't get the feeling as Anand concluded the story and moved on, that he was entirely ok with the exchange. Is there some better way the PC Richard manager (who Anand - interestingly, and for a laugh line - presumed was "from" Long Island) SHOULD have initiated the conversation? Or should he just have kept the nice thing he wanted to share to himself?
Here is how I understood that story. Anand felt that some of us non white Americans take this "where are you from?" question in a negative way and his exchange with the manager made him realize that everytime he felt insulted because of this question, he missed an opportunity to bond with another Citizen.
Outside that world, life becomes exceedingly difficult and the frustration of facing futility quickly sets in. This, mental health issues and epidemic level suicides.
He's amazing, but I have to admit being distracted by the hats (?), and the (for me) eerie resemblance to Mystery Science Theatre 3000, due to the dark silhouettes when they pull back the camera!
Yes there is a way for the human to ask questions of the other to frame a hierarchy. That is to judge & figure out whether the other human is better, worse or the same as you. For a lot of humans life is being able to put other humans down to feel good for their own self. Why/ It stems from insecurity. Thats why we dress in ways to be flattering, trying to "fit in" etc. Be conscious of when you are judging & try and correct yourself every time. Whether you are on the subway, at the coffee shop, at the grocery store etc. Be aware and consciously try to be non judgemental or else accept you are flawed and on't bother changing.
I guess to a lesser extent, the question "what do you do" is also a way to categorize someone vs saying "what do you love to do" which would be more open.
Live in San Francisco and ask people all the time where they're from. Not based on their skin color usually based on their accent. It's because I'm curious. I want to know more about the world what language they speak how to say thank you in their language. What's the capital of their Native country, Things like that period plus it's a good conversation starter I get to show off I get tell them what I know about where they come from and usually they're surprised and start to tell me more. We have to talk to each other for gonna be friends. It's boring just talking about the weather or sports. I want to learn
34:50: Why are they doing that? Because they rose to the top in a system where it is eat or be eaten and they thus haven`t developed the little empathy they had while instead growing their lust for power. We all have that tendency, only some people have it more than others. Humans are generally not very flexible. We can un-learn it but that would require a shift in the whole social system, starting with our schooling which is very competitive.
But, Obama is not a positive example. He may have inspired a lot of people to vote for him in 2008, however he revealed himself as a huge disappointment. They all campaign as progressives, but they never turn out to be one. That is the problem with the establishment democrats. They are not the opposition party. They are the other half of the corporate hegemony. This is not to take away from many insightful points that the guest speaker made.
Evan Harris It's not about GOP vs Democrats. It's an ideology. It's a class issue. The main issue for the mass of Americans is the "haves vs have-nots". The "New Democrats" have the same economic ideology as the GOP. Obama never indicted a single banker. He adopted Citibank's cabinet recommendations in full. And to cap it all off he championed the TPP as his final project in office. He is not a progressive. You have to go back to the FDR administration to understand the essence of progressive ideology. Obama is a neo-liberal (global capitalist.) He was simply charming and smooth. He said all of the right things, but fought hard for nearly none. It wasn't only the GOP who was the problem. It was also many Democrats who were bound to their corporate donors. And Obama was just as bought off. Many will not acknowledge this fact, but it is a fact nonetheless.
@Evan Harris He was bought,end of story. So was \is Hilary. So have all Dem leaders been post Kennedy and even some pre. Repubs are no better. Traditional parties need to be torn down and corporate + special interest $ needs to be removed from politics if you want meaningful change for the better. End of.
You are exactly right. That "look forward, not backward" theory of criminal justice that Anand Giridharadas was condemning-- that is Barack Obama and Eric Holder in a nutshell, pretty much a direct quote in fact. But for some reason he did not explicitly point that out, and he should have. And Beto O'Rourke? Get out. Lot of good stuff here, otherwise, though.
@Evan Harris Dems and Repubs DID _work together_ - on the things that _served their common Big Donors_ and the war machine. - The stonewalling of the R's was only about things that were potentially good for the masses or would make the Dems popular with voters. Like good healthcare - they even feared the watered down ACA bill that was a gift to the industry. The racist attacks on Obama let the base circle the waggons - almost no one paid attention what a sellout and willing push-over Obama was and how he strategically ! dragged his feet to DEFLATE the energy ** of the base. ** blue wave 2006, Obama campaign 2008. In case you have wondered what happened in midterms 2010 and 2014. The oligarchs fear a fired up base the most. It is all well for shoving some of their servants into a position of power - but then it has to stop. The U.S. has 250 million people that have the vote - that's the sleeping giant. Obama already sold out in 2008 never mind the campaign _rhetoric._ - The Dems had a window of 60 days in spring 2010they had a filibuster proof majority then - so they passed ACA despite the tantrums of the Republican party. Then they could have passed any bill that was ready. (And the Tea Party was also a reaction to what more conservative voters saw going on with bank bailouts, millions losing jobs and homes while the banksters were protected. And a dragged out process to get an immensely complitcated healthcare bill that was no good. That right grassroots movement was immediately hijacked by some rightwing oligarchs. There would not have been anything to hijack if the voters (even those leaning to the right) had observed their president fighting FOR them. That is why mainstream media got the green light from the oligarchs / party establishment / Big Donors = big advertisers to cover Obama in a friendly manner in 2008. (As long as they make up b.s. about Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard they are a save bet for the voters). Supporters of Obama paying attention got their first shock early in 2009 when Obama (well not him !) picked the cabinet members. (Thanks to leaked Podesta emails we KNOW citibank made the proposals - they were followed). He appointed 2 Attorney Generals that carefully avoided prosecuting the banksters. (but they were people of color, bravo !) Obama EXPANDED the wars and started new ones. Went after the whistleblowers like no other admin. (Bush 2 had also run on a platform to keep the U.S. out of wars. That was a lie, he and Cheney absolutely WANTED to start wars). Later in 2009 there was a Senate hearing about healthcare. The industry was invited. Experts on single payer *** or the nurses or doctors organizations that are pro single payer were NOT invited. *** the successful system of the other wealthy nations since the 1950s or longer - to have at least ! a dominant non-profit public insurance agency. You know what FDR did when he got attacked ? He sidelined the bullshitters in the media and had another fireside chat. First thing when he was sworn in: they had a banking holiday of 5 days to sort out the banks and passed deposit insurance. The first fireside chat as president was listened to by approx. 60 million people, on Sunday late evening. The U.S. then had shy of 90 million people. FDR STRONGARMED the opponents in his own party. Right from the beginning. The first measures that did pass (fixing the banks when a nation-wide bank run was looming) worked well - it gave FDR more leverage. Then it was talk about having jobs programs that could be quickly implemented (it takes time to plan streets, bridges, even National Parks or to electrify the remote areas - that came for instance in 1936). He talked about INTRODUCING social security and unemployment benefits. he communicated the issues in a manner that the voters knew: the president meant business. And he did not shy away from exposing Democrats that stood in the way of getting those bills passed. FDR was also for implementing things quickly, and try them out. And then either course correct, give them up, try something new. One jobs program was to send young unmarried men to the woods of the North to do logging and take care of damaged forests (stroms, beetles). That program had the advantage that it was easy to set up as it did not need a lot of planning and securing of right of passage (streets) and it was easy to sell to the voters as being worthwhile work. It unexpectedly turned out to be very popular. The restless unemployed city boys were under the leadership of some ex-officers, isolated in the North. They had less opportunities to get girls pregnant, start revolutions, let themselves be recruited by the mob. They got food, sunshine, good air, an intense workout to vent off their energy and earned some money. You bet their relatives liked that combination of summer camp / military boot camp with a wage. There was not one family (outside rich circles) that would not have vastly benefitted from SS or unemployment benefits or a jobs program. That increased the political leverage of FDR even more and ESPECIALLY in his own party. Admitted the Dems had higher majorities in the houses then. But that is an issue that the voters can fix in 2 years if they know what they can expect to get. Democratic representatives then were also wealthy and rich people. Many could easily resign themselves to the suffering of the masses. Obama had inspired the base with the "hope and change" campaign. He could have leveraged that energy - but he never had the intention to become the next FDR. FDR talked about concrete measures like Social security, jobs programs - the voters KNEW he meant business - and so knew the politicians in both parties. It should be mentioned that the UNITED LEFT movements (several left parties, unions) gave FDR the political power to push for a New Deal. FDR's historic achievement is that he intended to make good on his campaign promises and that he put that leverage of the united left movements and communication (outside of corporate media) to good USE. And always had the firm intention to do so. While Obama needed and WANTED the enthusiasm of the sheeple only to get himself into the White House - and then he colluded with the special interests (or could not be bothered to stand up to them and to the war machine). The masses never got a chance to support their president or to give him a more supportive Congress and Senate (see the disapponting midterms 2010 and 2014). He - and the Democratic Party "leadership" did not give them anything to support or to VOTE FOR. (on the contrary the carefully avoided to support candidates that would have rocked the boat. when a a lot of upset would have been necessary because the "system" had failed twice in a spectacular manner. Going to war over a lie, torture, rendition - and capitalism failed completely with the GFC. After 1929 there were corrections. The oligarchs were spared those inconveniances between 2007 - 2010. Under FDR the minimum wage was challenged up to the Supreme court. Which in the 1920s and 1930s was also a right wing tool of the oligarchs. Well, FDR _talked_ about court packing. The minimum wage was found constitutional. If the court had any intention to reverse engineer another opinion - they thought better of it. The Dems saw a blue wave coming in the midtems 2006. Emmanuel Rahm (buddy of Obama) then chair of the DCCC saw to it that the primaries were packed with Wallstreet Democrats, conservative pro-gun, abortion-sceptic Democrats, etc. They were showered with money (go figure - Big Finance certainly was generous, they had an inkling the bubble was about to burst and that they would need "their" guys in Congress and Senate. They just could not assess how bad the downturn would be. If a working class type opponent still won the Democratic primaries despite the financial disadvantage they were abandoned by the party in the GE (no money, no support). A few made it nontheless. Those Wallstreet Democrats could not hold on to their bought and paid for seats. The voters were fed up with the Bush admin and the Republican party in 2006 - but they soon found out that their Democratic "representative" did nothing for them. For a Big-Donor-serving politicians losing an election does not matter: many enter Congress only as a stepstone to becoming a lobbyist, anyway. The Big Donors and the party establishment honor their obligation to provide a cushy job or contratcs for obedient ex-politicians. (That is also necessary so that the shills that are still holding a seat and are still needed by the oligarchs are not getting ideas: like that their job would be safer if they worked for the constituents instead of working for the special interests. The bought and paid for policitians must be certain that THEY will be doing fine even if they lose their seat. Likewise the progressives and FDR type Democrats must be convinced that they will never ever get a good job if they want to end their political career or are voted out of office (with the help of Big Donors and mainstream media smears).
Why the big focus on only Obama.. No other examples to prove your point.. Better yet.. What are the genius ideas you're contributing and by what vehicle, cause I will get onboard.. Post your website
Belonging is a two-way street. He's absolutely right. And human nature has this tendency to achieve and close others behind them out -- the "I got mine, now screw you!" brigade.
Why do people become upset when asked "Where r u from ?" Seems like a good open-ended question which could lead to many possibilities. This is unless the intent of the question does not stem from genuine curiosity.
I am a white male living in Canada, I don't know if I am a woke person. I am in my 50's , my father was a teacher and a principal in a rural school. I went to school with a lot of native children, I don't have a problem with native or metis people. I have worked and partied and shared my life with some. Growing up in a rural town the teachers children usually hung out together, their was a black family, whose father was a draft dodger from Texas who taught english. Mrs. Sandhu who taught grade 8 was from India. Mr. and Mrs Ocampo fom the phillippines taught in elementary and high school, I played or babysat all their children. One of my best friends in high school came out to a few of us as being homosexual, I was shocked but it didn't change who he was and we stayed good friends till he died of aids when he was 25 , that was really hard on me and my wife. The only thing I see now is how I am sometimes vilified for being a white male.
Darin Nixon You were sheltered from racism and you were fortunate. So you have not experienced the righteous indignation of those who have, so the idea that a white person could be the bad guy is foreign to you. Don’t take it personally. People in minorities do have reason to be angry. Read “The New Jim Crow” for instance to help you understand. Just because you yourself aren’t racist doesn’t mean that others aren’t; so when white people are rightly attacked, just remember it’s not you. It’s not all white people. But we do need to understand why how the system is set up to put minorities at a disadvantage.
I saw a video: Meritocracy is a joke, Brett Kavanaugh is the punchline, must have been in fall 2018 on TheMajorityReport Sam Seder. Forgot the name of the interviewed female - but it was very enlightening.
16:18 - Oh, he got that sooooo right ... maybe the next time orange mussolini will not be a loonie we can all spot ... I think "W" Bush was like that actually.
This man expresses my view better than I can put it in words.
@Manny Santiago too out of date.. this is like steam punk carl sagan
Very True
I literally just said the same thing out loud.
Anand is a man worth reading and listening to
I really enjoy listening to him speak. Really captivating man and funny!
The host's questions are insightful!
"Never has so much hatred been filtered through so much incompetence". Wow!!! 👏
@Steve I dont recall Anand denigrating everyday people for not being intelligent.
@Steve
The big difference is that he doesn't believe common people who may or may not have a low IQ should be screwed over and be deprived of dignity.
Never has such hatred been filtered through such incompetence. That line is gold
its a great line aaand, Trump has a lot of very smart people around him who are really pulling his strings so I am not sure Anand's description is totally accurate.
I actually thought u we’re talking about the speaker! Lmao pretty funny
Beth Sanchez The Trump administration is so incompetent they couldn’t add a question to the census or rescind DACA due to procedural mishaps. That’s incompetence.
david lievanos still beat hillary. Now that’s incompetence. Lol
Sidney Pagart not sure I follow that “logic.” Hillary was hated by many plus a horrible candidate. Truth is, Hillary would’ve been a horrible President w the neoliberal policies but that doesn’t change the fact that trump has been extremely incompetent.
I'm so thankful that thinkers like him are no longer being filtered out of media...
You’re confusing him for a independent thinker, He’s not that kind of thinker. He make great points and it’s intelligent but it’s totally indoctrinated and brainwashed. At least he admitted to that when writing his book. Hopefully he can get rid of the brainwashing so instead of bringing the elite solution, he can have one of his own. A more authoritarian government is not the solution to a corrupt government + system
@@arod1766 Are European countries with higher taxes and stricter regulation more authoritarian?
The rich will not change a world that benefits them.
Yes ... spot on. His ideology smells like a plausbile deniability cloak for the Neo lib crowd if you scape hard enough at its surface.
While he does a great job of mixing in personal anecdotes to disguise it ... in the end he is advocating for big government and regulation with too much emphasis on the collective and government , not enough on the individual.
If your solutions don't start at the bottom of the stack ( with the individual) and account for teh psychology there, they will suck in practice.
chris lane..LOL so says this RICH GUY!!
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Don't you think he should get paid the going rate for his labour? I think you missed the point. Check out Richard Wolff's Democracy at Work channel.
@Khaled Rapp Plato is more part of the problem than the solution. Socrates may have been a dissident, but the ideology that Plato attributed to him were often highly authoritarian, certainly not egalitarian.
"The rich will not change a world that benefits them." - Neither the poor, who aspire to achieve the position of the rich. It's an aporia.
I love and admire Anand Giridharadas' attitude but most of all I like that he doesn't talk over my head, thank you for that. I wish there were more like him in the mainstream media.
If more leaders understood this simple point, we'd all be better off.
@@sachinradhakrishnan4017 Amen.
"Mocked by the future"...🤯 I've been stewing in that exact emo pot for about a decade now without ever having heard it articulated in such a profoundly accurate way. ima buy one of the dudes books now, he deserves it, I need it.
I'm late to the game, only learning about Anand a month or so ago. But the guy is fucking amazing!
George Kraft I just found this guy today! N I couldn't agree with u more! He is quickly becoming my new hero!
Actually, he's a big liar. He claims the rich get rich by stealing from the poor. nonsense.
Surprised that you folks haven’t heard of this guy. He is right on many fronts. Read some of his books. He talks about “his” country from a common man’s perspective. Makes a lot of sense.
@8alot4t You guys like his promise to tax the incomes of the high earners (the more productive) and redistribute to the less productive, which simply indicates you are most likely among the "less productive", right?
@@clarestucki5151 u r 100% right.
Most if not all whom you interact with on youtube in your entire life time are "underachievers", compared to the likes of Bezos or Zuckerbergs.
And what you are hearing in this video is not a call to rob the productive and redistribute it to the unproductive.
Its about how we have made the fundamental mistake of allowing annomalys or abberations resulting from our systen to dictate how the game should be managed and changed so that we can collectively all become like them. Shared.prosperity.
Instead, what they had done is not only change the system in ways where the rules no longer apply to them, but they have now become so productive that they compete for the taxation dollars paid by the rest as bailouts and tax cuts at the expense of reducing funds for basic fundamentsl rights of the others like schools, public hospitals etc etc.
But it was not enough productivity as far as they were concerned so they bought out the institutions where a common man is chosen to be the representative of the rest. But than that was not enough either. So they decided to control the chances of someone coming into office ans reversing the changes they had made for their benefit. So now the common mans chances of choosing someone who will advocate for them was also closed by ensuring that only corporate groomed and sponsored candidates get into the highest office of the land.
In the words of one of the members of the 1% club, " I really cant understand what is it that a person does to justify being paid a billion dollars."
Even a member of the 1% club realised that no matter how productive a person is, the current level of imbalance and monopoly cannot be justified.
You must listen till the first hour to understand this mans brilliance.
This man brilliantly analyzes the problems our society has and why they are not being fixed. Worth watching all of it for sure.
⚡️'Generosity is not a substitute for justice'✨'Never has so much hatred been filtered through so much incompetence'✨ ~ Anand ranks a close second to Naomi Wolf as my favourite contemporary American.🌿
try naomi klein
Anand is a social genius the way he frames things that lets you see things so clearly.
Simply put I am not convinced that mankind is going to survive another 50 years. But if I am wrong and it does survive, Anand Giridharadas is going to considered one of the great thinkers of our time, and perhaps of all time! I just hope that mankind figures this out before it's too late...and listens to what he has to say.
this needs more views!
The crime scene problem and engine problem is such a brilliant analogy!!!
This guy talks the way i think.It feels lik i kno this guy forever lik a best friend.Its all clear when he speaks.
I've been saying it for decades: giving back stolen or ill-gotten money is not philanthropy. "Changing the World" is the new term for the old "noblesse oblige."
Check out Amazing Polly who investigates what they really get up to behind the scenes. That they get to virtue signal at the same time via so called Charitable Trusts with names like Health, Mankind in the title
Jeffrey Gold Yep, and in a way its a kind of bait and switch: "changing the World" really means "to transform what is not yet like us to what is more like us". So rather preaching status-quo. Kind of to polish away the problems caused by the system... with the cause of the problem.
Thanks for this bright spot of hope
I'm listening , with open mind.
God bless you, Crystal. God bless you!
I often ask clients that have emigrated from the Middle East as a way of opening the same kind of conversation because i, in my severely limited way, can maybe not understand, but empathize with them as I (a White American of Irish descent) married into an extensive immigrant Iraqi family. I do it to try to connect and let them know that we aren't all racist, immigrant hating, misogynists. I honestly adore cultural diversity. That's the stuff that makes life truly worth living.
Great points! This speech is totally worth listening too! All Americans need to listen to this!
Luv this brilliant young man. There is hope humans future. This coming from a French Canadian from Montreal 60 year old woman who is grateful. I agree why should the disadvantaged have to beg to the priviledged when most of the latter got it from stomping on the weakers economically.
Anand: Having lived in India (Tamilnadu) and loved it, I often want to ask those who look Indian, if they are from the place I loved so much. For me, Madras was a place of friendliness and beauty, which I wanted to revisit by reminiscing with them.
Tamilan Here....Your always welcome...
Can’t wait to get his book. So interesting and an amazing thinker.
I love how Anand goes on all these corporate media cable news networks like msnbc. And just simply speaks truth to power on all the inequality, inequities, and injustices of this archaic medieval capitalist market system.
Because the solution he pushes is what the elite .01% is looking for. More power to the government (authoritarian) to fix the problem. Even Milton Friedman predicted the current conditions and their causes and how the same people that caused the problems will be in charge of the solution.
This interviewer did the first proper introduction of this writer I’ve seen. She reminds me of Charlie Rose.
"When you put the people with most to lose from real change in charge of change, they change change".... wow!
He really gets it ... an he can even talk intelligently about it !!!
This is really great. Like Anand intimated, he's not expressing ideas that are unknown to me but rather ideas that I sensed but never articulated.
As for Adam Smith saying that we don't expect to receive our dinner through the benevolence of the butcher, etc. but through the self interest of service providers. That also applies to services provided by slaves whose self interest is simply self preservation. Smith probably realized this.
None of his idea's were unknown to me...But I have not seen anyone putting them all together is such easily understandable, still very intelligent, fashion.
Well I need to do more reading.
Literally chills... love this guy.
How would I LOVE to see a gathering of people like Anand:
Anand GIRIDHARADAS
Varund GROVER
Sanjay RAJOURA
Rutger BREGMAN
Yuvaal Noah HARARI
Andrew YANG
Edward SNOWDEN
Pankaj MISHRA
Sushil SHUKLA
Sanjeev DWIVEDI
Kunal KAMRA
Lawrence KRAUSS
It will be a fantastic exchange of ideas and throw challenges at us all.
Kamra ? Seriously!The fact that u could put an clueless Indian troll in between those names means u clearly don't get the ideas
I can relate most of his childhood experiences.
I am so glad to have Anand as an American. No other ethnic person has been known to be so eloquent and bright. Able to speak for the lower class in this country.
No other person. Never mind the "ethnic" label, ok?
Just listened to the first segment, about "Where are you from" -- phrasing a question that way may be saying "You're not from here" so maybe not the best way to phrase it. And certainly not if you're talking to a person whose accent shows they were born in the US. But honestly, I love talking to people from different countries -- I worked for ten years as a "sample lady" at Costco and what I loved about that job was that it gave me a chance to talk to people from around the community I never would normally have had the chance to talk to, people from all over. If someone with a foreign accent came to my table, after they took a sample, usually I would ask them (if I didn't know) "How do you say thank you in your language?" Over time I learned how to say thank you in more than twenty languages, and I could use the right thank you even for people I had never met before. How? Because if I guessed wrong, they wouldn't notice what I said! Their ears only noticed the word in their own language. The Somalians in particular were shocked when I would say "Mahatsanet" because I think they don't expect any American to know a single word of Somalian (which is all I do know). Anyway, it's a sad commentary when "where are you from" is automatically perceived as an unfriendly question.
I wish more Americans were as smart and mature like him.People need to open their mind.
I wish more non-Americans were smart enough to invent stuff like the personal computer that you're typing your whiny, bitchy comments on. Or maybe you're using a SMART phone to do that--also invented by Americans.
profd65 America is a great country, we have freedom to a point we can live the way we want that mostly puts us in debt 😂
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You're an American? Really? Your handle on English is pretty shitty. You should maybe work on your language skills before you attempt to solve the world's problems.
@@profd65 I guess you are perfect example of what I was talking about. My comment was about ability to understand people. You sound so immature my friend.I hope your mind will open up one day.
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You wrote what you fucking wrote, dimwit. You insulted Americans by calling them (in effect) stupid and immature. YOU ARE NOT THE VICTIM HERE, DIPSHIT.
Brilliant man. Brilliant, brilliant man!!!
When it comes to diversity, don't hate, celebrate. I sort of can't believe that what he's saying is treated like a new social conscious revelation. I don't mean this as an insult to him but rather as a sad statement of society,
It conflicts with Millenniums worth of indoctrination and domestication.
Why can't you believe it? There's a plethora of people that have a feeling that something is taking place but can't articulate it nor have the wherewithal to sit outside the box of the rat race to even put all the pieces together. Thank God for people in the literary world. The proletariats are too busy trying to catch or keep up with the American Dream to contemplate on matters such as these
All the change is a reconstruction, advancement, and acceleration of progress of humanity in a humanistic approach in connection with the political the structures of government for the most part around the world. On the issue of the interviewed; he's an humanitarian humanist worth following by everyone open to commonsense thought.
Man this guy is brilliant.
This guy's book is one of the best non-fiction books I've ever read ... amazing. A very talented writer.
I would love to see a presidential quintet that includes him, Peter Joseph, Mark Blythe, Thomas Frank, & Rutger Bregman.
It is the best of times and the worst of times? Welcome the New World. Anand is so right. We all belong.
I hope this man advises whoever the nominee ends up being.
Great speech; also, Matthew Broderick voice doppelganger
11:25 to 12:02 I agree with this very much. I am a minority in North America and I pretend to not care about the origin about other minorities so as not to offend anyone by asking, but my interest in anyone's background is based on pure interest and curiosity of other people like me.
This is so good
Wholeheartedly agree.
Hillary would have opposesed the bad ideas? I agree with you on everything except this i must respectfully push back on that notion. Hillary didn't oppose the war in iraq she didnt oppose dramatictly increasing the incarceration for black and poor people by the crime bill, she didn't oppose racial biases when she said they talking about black children: "super predators to heel". She didn't oppose the DNC rigging of the primary in her favor against Bernie in fact she orchestrated it.
this guy is great
So insightful!! Thank you sir!
In another life you coulda done stand-up like a 21st century Seinfeld.
#Bernie2020
Super interview
It's hard to feel like "Winners" when you can't afford to see a doctor. MEDICARE FOR ALL
Anand Giridharadas speaks truthfully about the paradoxical world we now live in. Social Egalitarianism and equitable arrangements are the places we are headed, the natural evolution of global human society. But it takes better ground rules to get there, and it's going to be a bumpy ride! 🙃🙂🌞🌛👣👣👣👣🏵️💐🌼🌻
Brilliant speech.
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0:09:10 - Where ya from?
0:09:41 - Frisky : Original Cleveland Indians
0:16:18 - Dumb American Luck :
0:21:29 - Defend values by example
I like the topics he brings to the mainstream. I think the idea of being mocked by the future to me comes down to living through a period of the greatest innovation and instead of this making a more secure and egalitarian future for humanity it’s adding to the most insecure future for the majority of mankind. This is a direct result of capitalism, an economic system that rewards people acting in their own interests with no regard for other humans nor the the destruction of the planet that is needed for their own survival. It’s as if it rewards individuals who are sociopathic.
theres always a call for sociopathy, regulating stress and diet cannot be discounted.. you sound vegan tho... one the world goes vegn, then things will change.. theres no way to end slavery without war tho, from what ive seen... but war is over, the modern war we face isnt with bullets, but its none the less the most important and dangerous war ever, ironic huh!!! of course, it seems it will be fought with guns and bombs on some fronts... its kinda like slavery, except instead of white people not wanting to die for slaves, its people not wanting to put their lives on the line to eat animal exploitation... its the impossible ask- make their lives as importnt as your own, and billions of peoples livelyhoods depend on it.. this idea of "thinking only about oneself" is a more religious ideology, one that says humans are more important than anything else, because they are in the image of god.. without value, the justification loses its validity, and thats a huge challenge to peoples world views... even people who give up religion often pretend that they think there is some other force... this idea that we are different is the bases for much of our conflict, and inables all this plutocracy etc...
we refuse to close the door to exploitation, even literally with religious leaders getting away with molestation, but what drives that molestation of innocent creatures?
the master/slave dynamic encouraged by religion, exploited by those in power, perhaps even believing in it..
you see the same problem with hunters, theres some evidence of counties with more hunters having more incidence of child molestation, with the master/slave dynamic being highlighted..
its an inherent power dynamic projected from the universe that is acted out in biology, and we struggle with living in a society where we are trying to remove the worst of those dynamics.. our maturity/evolution
if you look hard enough you can see how we could have a more mature complete society, and why and how we didnt get there... its very "physical universe-power system"-esque, the way we learn is through example, theres just no coming back from learning from the example of self extinction
I am surprised that given what he is talking, he did not endorse Bernie
That's almost too predictable, I think. By not bringing up Bernie I think he powerfully shows that critique of capital and the billionare-donor classes doesn't just lie with one American politician. It can be expressed from different angles and voices and be just as relevant to the current moment
Don't forget that this event happened in November 2018 - a whole year ago. Bernie was (still is?) being ignored by the MSM and a significant minority of people do not think that Bernied will be successful. Arnand has been much more overtly positive of Bernie since then.
I think he's better not endorsing any one political party or candidate. He endorses the TRUTH! It's up to the rest of us to change our country for the better.
This book mentions Bernie twice and in passing. As a diagnostician of the problem, maybe Anand has something to say. As an architect of solutions, no.
@Patricia M Silly Pat! That's a made up lie. We're red, white and blue slaves of all Corporate billionaires with diverse names. Some are even called Smith or Jones. But when you're their slave who cares what last name they call themselves
How does this video not have millions of views!? America is so blind to what is happening.
Thank goodness the "Lean In" has been recognized as untrue. The author - stated as such in her second book by Sheryl Sandberg co-written with Adam Grant: Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy. She realized that prior to her spouse's death, she had been speaking from a place of naiveté
During the Global Financial Crisis - the company I workd for didn't want to take TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) money - but the government forced them to do so - the thinking was - those that did take it would be seen as bad - so you would have a run on those banks and it would worsen the collapse - so all banks had to take TARP money. Then I saw video after video of soliders fighting in IRAQ or other families having their sub prime mortage folded and their family being evicted by the bank I worked for - even though they got TARP money. The TARP money was not used to help out the families, the soldiers fighting... it was used to write off the losses derived from sub prime loans. They still closed the loans and evicted families - instead of using TARP money to help them restructure the loan, to a better rate and keep the family in the home. No that rarely happened - eviction was more profitable - because they had the TARP money to pay off the loss and evicting the family and selling the home to recover some money was more profitable. AND when they did help a soldier refinance - that was publicized to show how TARP money was being used to save families - but the majority of times it was the opposite. No refinancing - eviction - fire sale to recover some money - slash and burn and move on. Seeing this made me rethink my role in this corporation.
Best ever seen
Pure wisdom
You can't change the world. But you can change YOURSELF. You are Responsible for YOUR CHANGE. Nobody can do your push ups. Be the CHANGE... you Desire.
Hahaha, so true what he said about the 2nd button on a man's shirt. I thought it was only me! Just ordered his book!
Anand makes great points which need immediate solutions. I suggest we establish the 8 fundamentals i have listed on my FB page @projectMKND and take things from there.
"You can't free ride on a Republic..." Ugh. YAAAASSSS!!!!!
26:30 "...right behind Omarosa's book." HAHAHA Good one. He's too smart to be flattered by such meaningless label. Heck even Sean Hannity is a "NYTimes bestselling author."
yeah, bestselling author doesn't mean what it used to.
Wait a sec. In the story about the PC Richard manager, did I miss something? It sounded to me like Anand had a negative "defiant" (his word) reaction to the man's question "where are you from?" The manager wanted to share something nice... The "conversation he didn't know how to have" (again, Anand's words). Yet I didn't get the feeling as Anand concluded the story and moved on, that he was entirely ok with the exchange.
Is there some better way the PC Richard manager (who Anand - interestingly, and for a laugh line - presumed was "from" Long Island) SHOULD have initiated the conversation?
Or should he just have kept the nice thing he wanted to share to himself?
Here is how I understood that story. Anand felt that some of us non white Americans take this "where are you from?" question in a negative way and his exchange with the manager made him realize that everytime he felt insulted because of this question, he missed an opportunity to bond with another Citizen.
.whitey it get not still to seem you but shut hole pie your keep white your if said He
Outside that world, life becomes exceedingly difficult and the frustration of facing futility quickly sets in. This, mental health issues and epidemic level suicides.
He has a Jerry Steinfeld thing. On a higher plane.
He's amazing, but I have to admit being distracted by the hats (?), and the (for me) eerie resemblance to Mystery Science Theatre 3000, due to the dark silhouettes when they pull back the camera!
BTW, I live in Arizona.
Yes there is a way for the human to ask questions of the other to frame a hierarchy. That is to judge & figure out whether the other human is better, worse or the same as you. For a lot of humans life is being able to put other humans down to feel good for their own self. Why/ It stems from insecurity. Thats why we dress in ways to be flattering, trying to "fit in" etc. Be conscious of when you are judging & try and correct yourself every time. Whether you are on the subway, at the coffee shop, at the grocery store etc. Be aware and consciously try to be non judgemental or else accept you are flawed and on't bother changing.
I guess to a lesser extent, the question "what do you do" is also a way to categorize someone vs saying "what do you love to do" which would be more open.
I think when he mentioned drinking coffee that summed it up.
Live in San Francisco and ask people all the time where they're from. Not based on their skin color usually based on their accent. It's because I'm curious. I want to know more about the world what language they speak how to say thank you in their language. What's the capital of their Native country, Things like that period plus it's a good conversation starter I get to show off I get tell them what I know about where they come from and usually they're surprised and start to tell me more. We have to talk to each other for gonna be friends. It's boring just talking about the weather or sports. I want to learn
That's not what he's talking about Ron. Good for you. But realize you are not everyone
How do we make the world a better place for who? This shit ain't complicated....
28:00
This story is Neoliberalism at it's "finest"
What she said at around 12 minutes is bonkers.
orange Mosalini!! died lmao
or Cheeto-Orange Mussolini
Cheetolini
@@zackamania6534 this is a great example of what we can come up with if we work together!
34:50: Why are they doing that? Because they rose to the top in a system where it is eat or be eaten and they thus haven`t developed the little empathy they had while instead growing their lust for power. We all have that tendency, only some people have it more than others. Humans are generally not very flexible. We can un-learn it but that would require a shift in the whole social system, starting with our schooling which is very competitive.
I agree 100%
But, Obama is not a positive example. He may have inspired a lot of people to vote for him in 2008, however he revealed himself as a huge disappointment. They all campaign as progressives, but they never turn out to be one. That is the problem with the establishment democrats. They are not the opposition party. They are the other half of the corporate hegemony.
This is not to take away from many insightful points that the guest speaker made.
Evan Harris It's not about GOP vs Democrats. It's an ideology. It's a class issue. The main issue for the mass of Americans is the "haves vs have-nots". The "New Democrats" have the same economic ideology as the GOP. Obama never indicted a single banker. He adopted Citibank's cabinet recommendations in full. And to cap it all off he championed the TPP as his final project in office. He is not a progressive. You have to go back to the FDR administration to understand the essence of progressive ideology. Obama is a neo-liberal (global capitalist.) He was simply charming and smooth. He said all of the right things, but fought hard for nearly none. It wasn't only the GOP who was the problem. It was also many Democrats who were bound to their corporate donors. And Obama was just as bought off. Many will not acknowledge this fact, but it is a fact nonetheless.
@Evan Harris He was bought,end of story. So was \is Hilary. So have all Dem leaders been post Kennedy and even some pre.
Repubs are no better.
Traditional parties need to be torn down and corporate + special interest $ needs to be removed from politics if you want meaningful change for the better. End of.
You are exactly right. That "look forward, not backward" theory of criminal justice that Anand Giridharadas was condemning-- that is Barack Obama and Eric Holder in a nutshell, pretty much a direct quote in fact. But for some reason he did not explicitly point that out, and he should have. And Beto O'Rourke? Get out. Lot of good stuff here, otherwise, though.
@Evan Harris Dems and Repubs DID _work together_ - on the things that _served their common Big Donors_ and the war machine. - The stonewalling of the R's was only about things that were potentially good for the masses or would make the Dems popular with voters.
Like good healthcare - they even feared the watered down ACA bill that was a gift to the industry. The racist attacks on Obama let the base circle the waggons - almost no one paid attention what a sellout and willing push-over Obama was and how he strategically ! dragged his feet to DEFLATE the energy ** of the base.
** blue wave 2006, Obama campaign 2008. In case you have wondered what happened in midterms 2010 and 2014. The oligarchs fear a fired up base the most. It is all well for shoving some of their servants into a position of power - but then it has to stop. The U.S. has 250 million people that have the vote - that's the sleeping giant.
Obama already sold out in 2008 never mind the campaign _rhetoric._ - The Dems had a window of 60 days in spring 2010they had a filibuster proof majority then - so they passed ACA despite the tantrums of the Republican party. Then they could have passed any bill that was ready.
(And the Tea Party was also a reaction to what more conservative voters saw going on with bank bailouts, millions losing jobs and homes while the banksters were protected. And a dragged out process to get an immensely complitcated healthcare bill that was no good.
That right grassroots movement was immediately hijacked by some rightwing oligarchs. There would not have been anything to hijack if the voters (even those leaning to the right) had observed their president fighting FOR them.
That is why mainstream media got the green light from the oligarchs / party establishment / Big Donors = big advertisers to cover Obama in a friendly manner in 2008. (As long as they make up b.s. about Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard they are a save bet for the voters).
Supporters of Obama paying attention got their first shock early in 2009 when Obama (well not him !) picked the cabinet members. (Thanks to leaked Podesta emails we KNOW citibank made the proposals - they were followed).
He appointed 2 Attorney Generals that carefully avoided prosecuting the banksters. (but they were people of color, bravo !)
Obama EXPANDED the wars and started new ones. Went after the whistleblowers like no other admin. (Bush 2 had also run on a platform to keep the U.S. out of wars. That was a lie, he and Cheney absolutely WANTED to start wars).
Later in 2009 there was a Senate hearing about healthcare. The industry was invited.
Experts on single payer *** or the nurses or doctors organizations that are pro single payer were NOT invited.
*** the successful system of the other wealthy nations since the 1950s or longer - to have at least ! a dominant non-profit public insurance agency.
You know what FDR did when he got attacked ? He sidelined the bullshitters in the media and had another fireside chat. First thing when he was sworn in: they had a banking holiday of 5 days to sort out the banks and passed deposit insurance. The first fireside chat as president was listened to by approx. 60 million people, on Sunday late evening. The U.S. then had shy of 90 million people.
FDR STRONGARMED the opponents in his own party. Right from the beginning. The first measures that did pass (fixing the banks when a nation-wide bank run was looming) worked well - it gave FDR more leverage.
Then it was talk about having jobs programs that could be quickly implemented (it takes time to plan streets, bridges, even National Parks or to electrify the remote areas - that came for instance in 1936).
He talked about INTRODUCING social security and unemployment benefits. he communicated the issues in a manner that the voters knew: the president meant business. And he did not shy away from exposing Democrats that stood in the way of getting those bills passed.
FDR was also for implementing things quickly, and try them out. And then either course correct, give them up, try something new.
One jobs program was to send young unmarried men to the woods of the North to do logging and take care of damaged forests (stroms, beetles). That program had the advantage that it was easy to set up as it did not need a lot of planning and securing of right of passage (streets) and it was easy to sell to the voters as being worthwhile work.
It unexpectedly turned out to be very popular. The restless unemployed city boys were under the leadership of some ex-officers, isolated in the North. They had less opportunities to get girls pregnant, start revolutions, let themselves be recruited by the mob. They got food, sunshine, good air, an intense workout to vent off their energy and earned some money. You bet their relatives liked that combination of summer camp / military boot camp with a wage.
There was not one family (outside rich circles) that would not have vastly benefitted from SS or unemployment benefits or a jobs program. That increased the political leverage of FDR even more and ESPECIALLY in his own party.
Admitted the Dems had higher majorities in the houses then. But that is an issue that the voters can fix in 2 years if they know what they can expect to get.
Democratic representatives then were also wealthy and rich people. Many could easily resign themselves to the suffering of the masses.
Obama had inspired the base with the "hope and change" campaign. He could have leveraged that energy - but he never had the intention to become the next FDR.
FDR talked about concrete measures like Social security, jobs programs - the voters KNEW he meant business - and so knew the politicians in both parties. It should be mentioned that the UNITED LEFT movements (several left parties, unions) gave FDR the political power to push for a New Deal.
FDR's historic achievement is that he intended to make good on his campaign promises and that he put that leverage of the united left movements and communication (outside of corporate media) to good USE.
And always had the firm intention to do so.
While Obama needed and WANTED the enthusiasm of the sheeple only to get himself into the White House - and then he colluded with the special interests (or could not be bothered to stand up to them and to the war machine).
The masses never got a chance to support their president or to give him a more supportive Congress and Senate (see the disapponting midterms 2010 and 2014). He - and the Democratic Party "leadership" did not give them anything to support or to VOTE FOR. (on the contrary the carefully avoided to support candidates that would have rocked the boat. when a a lot of upset would have been necessary because the "system" had failed twice in a spectacular manner. Going to war over a lie, torture, rendition - and capitalism failed completely with the GFC.
After 1929 there were corrections. The oligarchs were spared those inconveniances between 2007 - 2010.
Under FDR the minimum wage was challenged up to the Supreme court. Which in the 1920s and 1930s was also a right wing tool of the oligarchs. Well, FDR _talked_ about court packing. The minimum wage was found constitutional. If the court had any intention to reverse engineer another opinion - they thought better of it.
The Dems saw a blue wave coming in the midtems 2006. Emmanuel Rahm (buddy of Obama) then chair of the DCCC saw to it that the primaries were packed with Wallstreet Democrats, conservative pro-gun, abortion-sceptic Democrats, etc. They were showered with money (go figure - Big Finance certainly was generous, they had an inkling the bubble was about to burst and that they would need "their" guys in Congress and Senate. They just could not assess how bad the downturn would be.
If a working class type opponent still won the Democratic primaries despite the financial disadvantage they were abandoned by the party in the GE (no money, no support). A few made it nontheless.
Those Wallstreet Democrats could not hold on to their bought and paid for seats. The voters were fed up with the Bush admin and the Republican party in 2006 - but they soon found out that their Democratic "representative" did nothing for them.
For a Big-Donor-serving politicians losing an election does not matter: many enter Congress only as a stepstone to becoming a lobbyist, anyway.
The Big Donors and the party establishment honor their obligation to provide a cushy job or contratcs for obedient ex-politicians. (That is also necessary so that the shills that are still holding a seat and are still needed by the oligarchs are not getting ideas: like that their job would be safer if they worked for the constituents instead of working for the special interests.
The bought and paid for policitians must be certain that THEY will be doing fine even if they lose their seat. Likewise the progressives and FDR type Democrats must be convinced that they will never ever get a good job if they want to end their political career or are voted out of office (with the help of Big Donors and mainstream media smears).
Why the big focus on only Obama.. No other examples to prove your point.. Better yet.. What are the genius ideas you're contributing and by what vehicle, cause I will get onboard.. Post your website
Belonging is a two-way street. He's absolutely right. And human nature has this tendency to achieve and close others behind them out -- the "I got mine, now screw you!" brigade.
Even youtube algorithm is trying to keep all videos with Giridharadas in dark.
33:15 the unknown knowns
Once you become rich...and that is settled, your next inspiration will be to 'work' for an effort that will fight any world change.
"Orange Mussolini" 😂😂😂
Why do people become upset when asked "Where r u from ?"
Seems like a good open-ended question which could lead to many possibilities.
This is unless the intent of the question does not stem from genuine curiosity.
It's similar to someone asking, "Do you live here?" Because you look like a homeless person.
I can't believe I watched the whole thing.
I am a white male living in Canada, I don't know if I am a woke person. I am in my 50's , my father was a teacher and a principal in a rural school. I went to school with a lot of native children, I don't have a problem with native or metis people. I have worked and partied and shared my life with some. Growing up in a rural town the teachers children usually hung out together, their was a black family, whose father was a draft dodger from Texas who taught english. Mrs. Sandhu who taught grade 8 was from India. Mr. and Mrs Ocampo fom the phillippines taught in elementary and high school, I played or babysat all their children. One of my best friends in high school came out to a few of us as being homosexual, I was shocked but it didn't change who he was and we stayed good friends till he died of aids when he was 25 , that was really hard on me and my wife. The only thing I see now is how I am sometimes vilified for being a white male.
Darin Nixon
You were sheltered from racism and you were fortunate. So you have not experienced the righteous indignation of those who have, so the idea that a white person could be the bad guy is foreign to you. Don’t take it personally. People in minorities do have reason to be angry. Read “The New Jim Crow” for instance to help you understand. Just because you yourself aren’t racist doesn’t mean that others aren’t; so when white people are rightly attacked, just remember it’s not you. It’s not all white people. But we do need to understand why how the system is set up to put minorities at a disadvantage.
I saw a video: Meritocracy is a joke, Brett Kavanaugh is the punchline, must have been in fall 2018 on TheMajorityReport Sam Seder. Forgot the name of the interviewed female - but it was very enlightening.
Great mind, beautiful intentions but we need justice first!!!
he is for action. crime scene immediate attention to victim and look at Past not "move on" in chirpy matter
Justice will not happen without beautiful good intentions first
16:18 - Oh, he got that sooooo right ... maybe the next time orange mussolini will not be a loonie we can all spot ... I think "W" Bush was like that actually.
Very smart and very funny.
Another Pankaj here listening to "Pankaj Mishra's" concepts :)
Andrew Yang. #YangGang2020!
Market Fundamentalism
Love this guy and especially his opinions on how far behind the DNC is in this game. My only chuckle is how his opinion on Beto didn't age well.
Free trade benefits the people the most but intellectuals and business people are the biggest enemies of it