I’m an Aussie. I love the American people, but I have a great dislike for the American government. The government has killed more innocent civilians in such a short history than any other government in all of history. It must have been a great ride to the top, but it is a long way down. Hold on and enjoy the ride.😮
As an American who also hates what the American government has become, I am always curious about the contradictions that leftists inadvertently create by your positions. Assuming that your analysis is correct that the American government has “killed more innocent civilians than any other government in history”, this opens up a question. Why would leftists like Wolff want to feed a monster like that with more tax money than it already has? The US government is a multi trillion dollar corporation that uses at least a trillion of that per annum to create bigger and better ways to kill people and destroy things. If your positions made any sense whatsoever, you would want a smaller US government, with less resources to oppress and destroy innocent civilians across the globe, not more. Tell me I’m wrong.
I'm an American and I to have a great dislike for the American government. Everyone on the planet should have a great dislike for the American government by now.
thank you for not conflating the two. We the citizens have no control over our government anymore. in fact, any poll of the population will state that fact.
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."'
I worked for a multi national corporation for 21 years and was NEVER promoted. I retired at the same position I started at because I wouldn't be made into a puppet. I didn't surrender my self respect.
I love this program. It regularly helps me feel that I am not suffering from paranoid delusions. When a kindly and wizened economics professor, like Prof Wolff, echoes my darkest imaginings, I feel a little better about my own rational faculties.
Except for climate hysteria. So called green energy is a farce. China uses coal power to build solar panels. Twenty years later, those panels are in the toxic landfill. Old wind turbines end up there even sooner...
@treefrog3349 there is almost no such thing as paranoia anymore. A person who has irrational delusions that they are being persecuted is nowadays just making an accurate assessment of reality...
The best comment on American self-image vs how the world sees them goes like this: "America things they're Superman, but they're actually Homelander." Wrapped in the flag and saying the right things, but actually brutally destroying anything that slightly inconvenient or even partly in the way.
@@churrothiev8387 Israel is bad on its own way, but the USA is bad on a more global way. Also people in Israel seems to be more selfaware than people in the US of A.
Professor Wolff, Texaco destroyed areas of the Amazon in Ecuador, and on top of that, hundreds of people died of cancer. There was a lawsuit by the people of the region, and despite the fact that the lawsuit was moved several times from Ecuador to New York, the lawsuit was won! It is still on hold somewhere in Canada. The USA attorney who defended the Ecuadorians was house arrested for 2 years in the US because he refused to turn in his computer!!!! He was freed about 1 year ago. Merits to research this case further..
In the USA, we spend $TRILLIONS, to give $MILLIONS to $BILLIONAIRES. Meanwhile there are more homeless people popping up in lockstep with the number of billionaires.
Often, job titles are changed to 'manager' to prevent those jobs from unionizing. A manager is part of management. The true Middle Class basically hinges on being able to have a 40 hour work week and commensurate pay to make it work. The Middle Class were the people who afford their time to volunteer as Boy Scout leaders, team coaches, and volunteer for charity groups. They also paid tithes in church. The Working Class has to scrounge for money and unfortunately that eats up any spare time. The Upper Class doesn't do those sorts of things. So quite a lot depends on a Middle Class existing, and that in turn depends on job stability, fair pay, and 40 hour work weeks. Once those are gone, everything goes with it.
@@zuzanazuscinova5209 Here the break down. Lower class • People who are blue collared workers. People who have a high school degree or less. Middle class • People who have a 4 year college degree or more. People who are working in middle management. College educated professionals. White collared workers. Upper class • People who own a lot of assets, like land, equities, big businesses, vital industries, patents, and people who don't need to work.
I think we had a bright shining moment when there was a "middle class". That is when all of Europe and Asia decided to blow everything up and left North America alone. That gave us a monopoly and the oligarchs loosened their grip. The system was set up. You got a 30 year job and a 30 year mortgage. After that you had a pension, you had a paid off house, medical from medicare, and you could retire. The baby boomers, which I am a part of, pulled up the ladder and that went away. We bought into Reaganomics and gave away everything to the oligarchs as long as they didn't touch us. Now that selfishness is coming to roost.
When did "Europe and Asia decided to blow everything up?" I can't figure out what you could possibly mean. You're totally right about Reaganomics, aka neoliberalism.
@@AmianteTarvoke ww2 wasn't a European or Asian decision. It was a corporate class decision to wipe out the challenge of socialism and defeat the first workers revolt ever ( Russia) it was a strategy of war against all workers organizations under the cover of nationalist stupidity. And they succeeded. But in doing so they became prisoners of the system of destruction to rebuild. Setting humanity in the edge of doom. That is the consequence of capitalism at any cost.
@@Novusod Not so. Not by a long shot. Europe's far better in every respect, including the supposedly quintessential American thing called upward mobility. Research shows that there's significantly more upward mobility all across Europe than in the US.
Europe, that continent that can't keep itself from going to war with itself? The continent that was the site of the two world wars? That continent? It's a colonial shithole just as the US is.@@vaska1999
As a 72 year old black American woman who no longer lives in the US and has been an emigrant in Mexico for several years, none of this is news to me. I’ve always looked at white people with an eye of distrust since I was little and was spat upon by a little white boy on my way to school in a recently integrated community, for no reason whatsoever. White people even back then were very dangerous towards black people, but so long as the economy was good it didn’t really matter to them if minorities were economically deprived, but when things changed and they started getting hit it became a serious problem. My main concern is that the US has all those nuclear weapons and I’m afraid the wrong right wing Christian fascist is going to one day get in power and get control of those weapons and then the whole world will be in jeopardy. Just my opinion.
The share of people in the U.S. who identify as #White has been #declining, falling from 64% in 2010 to 58% in 2020, according to the new #census data. This trend stretches back several decades: Non-Hispanic White people declined as a share of the U.S. population from 1980 to 1990 (80% to 76%) and in every decade since then. White population in the U.S. that identifies with a single race is expected to fall below 50% by 2045, according to Census Bureau projections. The White population is older than other groups and aging faster, contributing to a lower birth rate and an increased number of deaths. In addition, immigration is not a source of significant growth for the White population. Immigrants account for a significantly smaller share of the White population than of other groups, in particular are Asians 6% Blacks 12% Hispanics 20%+; The share of people in the U.S. who identify as #Hispanic is #rising fastest in the U.S. since 1980's; From 2010 to 2020, Hispanics grew from 2.5 million to 18.9 million as a share of the U.S. population.
@@Zombai-wi4ce if you’re responding to my statement then my response to you is no I do not. I’ve lived in Puerto Vallarta, very briefly in San Cristobal and in Oaxaca de Juarez. I would also say that the only time I experienced any thing close to suspicion or hostility came from people who appeared to be white tourists. And I keep thinking of stuff to say, this has been my experience but there are several TH-camrs who are black from the US and in Mexico and they seem to have had similar experiences to mine. You should look them up. I’m sorry I don’t know the names of their channels, but if you’re genuinely interested in this subject you’ll put in the effort to find them. Take care and enjoy your life! I certainly am! Peace!
@@Zombai-wi4cedoes it matter if you've never heard of that? She lives there. How conceited. What's the point of bringing that up that you've never heard of it then? I'm sure you've never heard of a bunch of things too, should you constantly bring that up in every conversation as a point of validation of others' stories?
You sound like a proper black racist. You label all white people bad regardless. You've met some bad, stupid people and because they were white you condemn all white people. I've met some disgusting people. Some of them were black. But I'm not saying that all blacks are disgusting. I've met some black racists, including you, but I'm not saying that all blacks are racist. And if you think that I'm a white Christian American just defending my kind - you are wrong, I'm not. I just hate racists no matter what colour of skin they have, or nationality, or religion.
Being a pensioner in the UK, I watched the Space Race as it happened, and was thrilled by it all. Now that a supermarket owner and a car salesman have both become so rich they can afford a company space program, while infant mortality in their home nation is lower than some developed economies, the whole dream has become ashes. Never once thought that we shouldn't go into space until all the problems at home are fixed - that would be absurd. But if levels of inequality have become so high that individuals can fund space activity essentially out of their own pockets, then things have gone badly wrong.
"You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too" "In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof." "The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed, between capital and labor; it is between economic enterprise and the state." "It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the particular meaning that he himself prefers and to treat all others with indignation." "Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists." "The only function of economic forecasting is to make a strology look respectable." "Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised." John Kenneth Galbraith
The U.S. economy relies on ongoing credit and debt generation for sustenance. The Federal Reserve is expected to increase the money supply, leading to further debt accumulation for the average American. Meanwhile, foreign nations continue to desire the U.S. dollar, despite their own economies facing significant challenges, some even worse than that of the U.S. This situation raises concerns about who will ultimately bear the consequences of these economic dynamics.
They do say gold will crash in a liquidity crunch However, many of those holding precious metals are preparing for such an event. So they are unlikely to be forced sellers. The paper market would tank and hopefully collapse.
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Thanks Prof Wolff, for pointing out and clarifying in basic terms so many things that have been intentionally obfuscated by the people of wealth and power, and their massive mouthpieces such as Fox"news", MSNBC, CNN and others. Thank you as well for the deeper dives you have given. I've enjoyed and been educated by your books, and Video lectures that you have given. Not just the ones here at Democracy at Work, but on the Richard Wolff channel as well. I still have lots to learn. The resources you provide are amazing. I hope to be blessed with your insight and clear explanations as a resource for years to come.
Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics is worth learning about in regards to creating a truly Green circular economy to replace capitalism's avarice of endless growth Love to you all
Once again I am reminded of the old folk wisdom that states, "life is like a shit sandwich : the more 'bread' you have, the less shit you have to eat." It should be written on our money. P.S. forgive me for not spelling "shit" like sh*t. After all, "a rose by any other name is still...".
In Singapore, similar things are happening: a bus driver is now a bus captain, and a prison officer is a rehabilitation officer. But nothing very much has changed and that is the problem too here.
Professor Wolff, I think it would be a really great topic to discuss exactly how large the surplus extracted by employers is, perhaps over time if data permits. Just through my own research, I found the average US worker in 2015 produced around $107/hr in value for their employer. Compare that with the average hourly wage in 2015 at around $21/hr, and I think the problem becomes very clear. I believe that would do a lot for the average worker to understand just how exploitative capitalism is, and why they should oppose it. It would be a great way to reach people with something concrete they can easily wrap their minds around. I believe any worker with a reasonably critical mind confronted by that objective data would immediately understand why it's not right for a small group of people to appropriate that wealth, and why its handling should be a democratic process instead.
You might try "This View of Life" by David Sloan Wilson for an alternative perspective, or more directly, Michael Hudson and Steve Keen, whose presentations of the "present reality" and its causes, bear little resemblance to that of Wolff, historically or economically. These comparisons demonstrate Wolff's ignorance of capitalism, Marx and history itself, as well as, that of human nature...so that one cannot claim to understand and agree with Wolff, while simultaneously claiming that a similar understanding and agreement exists with any of the above.
I loved your Midnight book, it was what I was waiting for & now tonite to see you and Dr. Wolff together closes the circle. With you two helping us, I think we have a chance.
Like god, Wolff has demonstrated he can't handle money, even when It's "other people's" money...in this, he has a lot in common with government, except that he can't "print" it.
I don't think these religions are useless. Satan and Jesus are just metaphors for human architypes as far as I can tell. We can all act like Jesus and make the world a better place. Or we can all get fearful and greedy and point fingers... And the result will be evil. There are vicious and benevolent cycles, we just have to choose which path we go down.
@@totonow6955 For example, The myth that the average republican is some dangerous white supremacist, ultra nationalist who hates immigrants, ect., ect., Typical leftist strawman
should talk about koch brothers and fsu economics department as well as loopholes to let corporations like target claim they are individual companies amazon spiderweb got millions tax breaks from county for their fulfillment centers and no property taxes good show
Target came to Canada with great fanfare On opening day there was a lineup to get in. Shortly after you could count the customers on one hand They destroyed our local mall in Oakville🇨🇦 during that time Then they left Canada all together👍 Too bad; so sad.
❤ my Jimmy Carter, and Reagen did high Jack that election which was admitted finally a year ago by the guy who worked for Ronnie before he died...first thing old Ron did was take of the solar panels off the White House, God forbid he was trying to make us gas independent.Brando I love your take on issues,your a critical thinker which we need more of. Yes and Happy Birthday to a Great President , humanitarian and Southern Gentlemen.
Reagan “hijacked” the election against Carter??? By doing what, trouncing him in the debates and winning by landslide numbers? 😄 It was not even a close election. No one(except for you apparently) had any doubts about that election. It was won decisively. Carter was one of the worst presidents in our nations history.
You might say the same about many other groups today....for instance, when I became Catholic in 1973 the saying was, "The Church is the only organization that exists for those not its members." and many were moved to pray for and help others without distinction....like the mandate of God given to Abraham. Today a horrible clannish, ugly inwardness and cowardice is everywhere...hoarding, suspicion, 'correct' rules for religious obligations without sincere warmth for others or respect for them as brothers and sisters. What bomb went off under all of them?
See who 80% of the CEOs of media, banking, venture capital, legal firms, AI, Big Tech social media platforms, and Big Pharma are. They are from the same group that 8 of 10 Biden's Cabinet members are. There is your answer - crystal clear if you are not afraid to criticize the group who aggressively attacks anyone who points it out...
I loved Sexton’s closing comment on another interview: We do not have a political crisis in America; we have a mental health crisis in America. So true. Just watch interviews of Trump supporters at a Trump rally. Your friends and allies have watched the last years in disbelief. We wish you well.🇨🇦
Hey Jared, what about the labor movement? Where does the US labor movement fit in to all your trope descriptions? What party is representing workers in the US right now? Why has the two party - uniparty- system failed workers, is this by design and whats your solution?
@9:48. In architecture, "Job captain" iz the grand title of a person who does the bulk of the work, but his salary is barely over the one paid when he or she got employment in the company.
there is a Spanish opera written in early 1900's. about a worker and workers. it opens with the idea " in society "you are ether a hammer or an anvil. ". you can guess which one was a worker.
Growing up watching American movies gave me the impression that the United States is the opposite of a free country. Your local news channels make America seem like a movie with what can randomly happen.
You stated that the 3 largest sellers of food did $60B of business. There are quite a few individuals that have more money than that. That is an interesting fact. Your guest, Jared Yates Sexton said a lot of interesting things clearly. I ordered a couple of his recent books to follow up.
these economic systems, use these bodies (govt and nation/states) as hosts. You said it brother, but most Americans with just a little common sense understood this a long long time ago. Mr. Sexton, I agree with you but why did it take so long for your younger generation to realize this? And the bigger question is, what do you and the professor suggest Americans do in response to these global wonks and corporations?
Thank you for remind us of Marx's idea of realizing man's free and overall development in the future. This can only be done from workpalces worldwide. Thank you!
That’s what they did at the hospital I worked at, instead of calling it the house keeping dept, they called it the environmental dept. We still got the same shitty wages.
maybe you could get this guy on for an hour, or more, some time? it feels like we're just scratching the surface today. each comment feels like it could be expanded all day! Its good the way he seems to be thinking on his feet, unravelling stories, myths, lies, delusions and how he says he got to understand more as he wrote. Leaves room for questions hanging unspoken. For instance on the subject of immigration waves, all over the world, not just America, how the world has long been influenced by economies, resources, supplies, weather and climate and we, the public, are encouraged to get this. We are also encouraged to pay great attention to the experiences and rights, of the indigenous people everywhere. We need to look honestly at where these things collide or bump into each other. Otherwise progress is impeded. Nothing gets better but a new batch of stories get learned. The Right gets more fuel for cynicism.
Wolff always just scratches the surface...to go any deeper would would threaten the probability of achieving the subjective, emotional reaction" his rhetoric is designed to evoke.
The only thing I don't understand is the immigration issue. Why is immigration desireable? Is there any reason other than cheap labour? I am not suggesting immigration being prevented, as a matter of free choice. Nor as a matter of short term emergency. But wouldn't it be preferable for the immigrants being vilified, the ones fleeing their homes, for the US to fund and manage to make their homes better, rather than incorporating them into an exploited class in the US? In fact it seems to me that facilitating corruption, poverty and wars provides the US with a desperate class, which competes with the US working classes to keep all employed people, including the "middle" class, poor and under control.
The powers that be probably like how countries neighboring the US are economically troubled and dangerous; there have been conspiracies that the CIA has been endeavoring to keep them that way for decades and decades now.
I’m an Aussie. I love the American people, but I have a great dislike for the American government. The government has killed more innocent civilians in such a short history than any other government in all of history. It must have been a great ride to the top, but it is a long way down. Hold on and enjoy the ride.😮
As an American who also hates what the American government has become, I am always curious about the contradictions that leftists inadvertently create by your positions. Assuming that your analysis is correct that the American government has “killed more innocent civilians than any other government in history”, this opens up a question.
Why would leftists like Wolff want to feed a monster like that with more tax money than it already has? The US government is a multi trillion dollar corporation that uses at least a trillion of that per annum to create bigger and better ways to kill people and destroy things. If your positions made any sense whatsoever, you would want a smaller US government, with less resources to oppress and destroy innocent civilians across the globe, not more.
Tell me I’m wrong.
I'm an American and I to have a great dislike for the American government. Everyone on the planet should have a great dislike for the American government by now.
Facts! We gotta brace for impact, it's gonna hit all of us, it hit my country of Canada. The US gov't is great at exporting chaos.
thank you for not conflating the two. We the citizens have no control over our government anymore. in fact, any poll of the population will state that fact.
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire,
a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment
should it be left to irresponsible action."
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."'
I worked for a multi national corporation for 21 years and was NEVER promoted. I retired at the same position I started at because I wouldn't be made into a puppet. I didn't surrender my self respect.
Good for you. One has to have principles and dignity. Respect🤙🏻
Been there - promoted only becuase they didn't want me to leave.
Say you are broke without saying you are broke
@@jacobjorgenson9285He is not complaining . You don't know how much he was earning. You can't assume he is broke!
@@jacobjorgenson9285 Statistically speaking, so are about 70% of the people.
That's not a society that's going anywhere good.
At some point, we shifted to corporate welfare and killed social welfare which is insane, but that's what happens when you have a captured government.
I love this program. It regularly helps me feel that I am not suffering from paranoid delusions. When a kindly and wizened economics professor, like Prof Wolff, echoes my darkest imaginings, I feel a little better about my own rational faculties.
Same. It helps to hear a sane voice.
Except for climate hysteria. So called green energy is a farce. China uses coal power to build solar panels. Twenty years later, those panels are in the toxic landfill. Old wind turbines end up there even sooner...
Read Sexton Yates Midnight book, It's wonderful.
@treefrog3349 there is almost no such thing as paranoia anymore. A person who has irrational delusions that they are being persecuted is nowadays just making an accurate assessment of reality...
Lower Working Class - Field Slave.
Middle Working Class - House Slave.
The best comment on American self-image vs how the world sees them goes like this:
"America things they're Superman, but they're actually Homelander."
Wrapped in the flag and saying the right things, but actually brutally destroying anything that slightly inconvenient or even partly in the way.
That's Israel though
Yes we have been the biggest killers in the world since Hiroshima & Nagisaki , Korea, Vietnam,Afganistan, Irach.Etcetera....
@@churrothiev8387 Israel is bad on its own way, but the USA is bad on a more global way.
Also people in Israel seems to be more selfaware than people in the US of A.
What's Homelander?
@@CelestialWoodway Homelander is the evil superman from the tv series The Boys
Professor Wolff, Texaco destroyed areas of the Amazon in Ecuador, and on top of that, hundreds of people died of cancer. There was a lawsuit by the people of the region, and despite the fact that the lawsuit was moved several times from Ecuador to New York, the lawsuit was won! It is still on hold somewhere in Canada. The USA attorney who defended the Ecuadorians was house arrested for 2 years in the US because he refused to turn in his computer!!!! He was freed about 1 year ago. Merits to research this case further..
That US attorney is a rare case of bravery I've never seen in America. Ironic since the anthem is 'the home of freed and brave'
My brother-in-law was on the team of lawyers working for Chevron on that case. Total scumbag he is.
Wow! That's a crazy story! I had no idea about that.
Corporate monsters
@@Teshub B-but zealous representation of clients, and stuff! /s
Thanks!
In the USA, we spend $TRILLIONS, to give $MILLIONS to $BILLIONAIRES. Meanwhile there are more homeless people popping up in lockstep with the number of billionaires.
Excellent work, Prof. Wolff. Especially the part about the "middle class." We need to unmask these stupid, manipulative euphemisms.
Often, job titles are changed to 'manager' to prevent those jobs from unionizing. A manager is part of management.
The true Middle Class basically hinges on being able to have a 40 hour work week and commensurate pay to make it work. The Middle Class were the people who afford their time to volunteer as Boy Scout leaders, team coaches, and volunteer for charity groups. They also paid tithes in church. The Working Class has to scrounge for money and unfortunately that eats up any spare time. The Upper Class doesn't do those sorts of things. So quite a lot depends on a Middle Class existing, and that in turn depends on job stability, fair pay, and 40 hour work weeks. Once those are gone, everything goes with it.
Richard Wolff, what would I do without you? You have become... the Dad I never had. Thank you.
The middle class is the class of debtors. They need to get a loan to buy a home, vehicle, higher education, and credit cards to buy stuff.
You are 100%
So what?
There's no middle class. Just working class.
@@zuzanazuscinova5209 Here the break down.
Lower class
• People who are blue collared workers.
People who have a high school degree
or less.
Middle class
• People who have a 4 year college
degree or more. People who are
working in middle management.
College educated professionals.
White collared workers.
Upper class
• People who own a lot of assets, like
land, equities, big businesses, vital
industries, patents, and people who
don't need to work.
Great classification- middle class, class of debtors 😂.The middle class of debtors is perfectly ridiculed in the comedy "Fun with Dick and Jane."
I think we had a bright shining moment when there was a "middle class". That is when all of Europe and Asia decided to blow everything up and left North America alone. That gave us a monopoly and the oligarchs loosened their grip. The system was set up. You got a 30 year job and a 30 year mortgage. After that you had a pension, you had a paid off house, medical from medicare, and you could retire. The baby boomers, which I am a part of, pulled up the ladder and that went away.
We bought into Reaganomics and gave away everything to the oligarchs as long as they didn't touch us. Now that selfishness is coming to roost.
Middle class is another reaganomics kool aid.
When did "Europe and Asia decided to blow everything up?" I can't figure out what you could possibly mean. You're totally right about Reaganomics, aka neoliberalism.
World War 2. @@AmianteTarvoke
@@AmianteTarvoke ww2 wasn't a European or Asian decision. It was a corporate class decision to wipe out the challenge of socialism and defeat the first workers revolt ever ( Russia) it was a strategy of war against all workers organizations under the cover of nationalist stupidity. And they succeeded. But in doing so they became prisoners of the system of destruction to rebuild. Setting humanity in the edge of doom. That is the consequence of capitalism at any cost.
that was always propped up on exploitation of workers at home and plunder across borders. inevitably unsustainable and immoral.
I think reality is sinking in. Haven’t heard “we’re #1” in a long time.
A lot of #1 actually?
Gender
Pronoun
Military base
Mass shooting
Homeless
Debt
Number 1 is a relative term. The whole planet is swimming in dystopia. America is just the least bad of those dystopias.
@@Novusod Not so. Not by a long shot. Europe's far better in every respect, including the supposedly quintessential American thing called upward mobility. Research shows that there's significantly more upward mobility all across Europe than in the US.
@@NovusodI guess you didn't look at life expectancy and child poverty and preventable death.
Europe, that continent that can't keep itself from going to war with itself? The continent that was the site of the two world wars? That continent? It's a colonial shithole just as the US is.@@vaska1999
George Carlin warned about soft language and its consequences.
Indeed he did! No more shell shock. It's ptsd. I was just today listening to that piece.
The Brits also believed that they were the champions of God and it led to the Balfour Decree it's just that Americans are crazier.
Agree with Jared. We the people lost control of our country. It’s been taken by the capital/rich people and their politicians.
It was always designed that way since the day America was born. You didnt “lose” the control, you never really had it.
Good show, as usual. Great guest. Thanks
The nation state is dead. We now have the corporate state.
Great work Richard and Jared, thanks
This is one of the few channels I only recommend people watch.
As a 72 year old black American woman who no longer lives in the US and has been an emigrant in Mexico for several years, none of this is news to me. I’ve always looked at white people with an eye of distrust since I was little and was spat upon by a little white boy on my way to school in a recently integrated community, for no reason whatsoever. White people even back then were very dangerous towards black people, but so long as the economy was good it didn’t really matter to them if minorities were economically deprived, but when things changed and they started getting hit it became a serious problem. My main concern is that the US has all those nuclear weapons and I’m afraid the wrong right wing Christian fascist is going to one day get in power and get control of those weapons and then the whole world will be in jeopardy. Just my opinion.
The share of people in the U.S. who identify as #White has been #declining, falling from 64% in 2010 to 58% in 2020, according to the new #census data. This trend stretches back several decades: Non-Hispanic White people declined as a share of the U.S. population from 1980 to 1990 (80% to 76%) and in every decade since then. White population in the U.S. that identifies with a single race is expected to fall below 50% by 2045, according to Census Bureau projections. The White population is older than other groups and aging faster, contributing to a lower birth rate and an increased number of deaths. In addition, immigration is not a source of significant growth for the White population. Immigrants account for a significantly smaller share of the White population than of other groups, in particular are Asians 6% Blacks 12% Hispanics 20%+; The share of people in the U.S. who identify as #Hispanic is #rising fastest in the U.S. since 1980's; From 2010 to 2020, Hispanics grew from 2.5 million to 18.9 million as a share of the U.S. population.
@@Zombai-wi4ce if you’re responding to my statement then my response to you is no I do not. I’ve lived in Puerto Vallarta, very briefly in San Cristobal and in Oaxaca de Juarez. I would also say that the only time I experienced any thing close to suspicion or hostility came from people who appeared to be white tourists. And I keep thinking of stuff to say, this has been my experience but there are several TH-camrs who are black from the US and in Mexico and they seem to have had similar experiences to mine. You should look them up. I’m sorry I don’t know the names of their channels, but if you’re genuinely interested in this subject you’ll put in the effort to find them. Take care and enjoy your life! I certainly am! Peace!
@@Zombai-wi4cedoes it matter if you've never heard of that? She lives there. How conceited. What's the point of bringing that up that you've never heard of it then? I'm sure you've never heard of a bunch of things too, should you constantly bring that up in every conversation as a point of validation of others' stories?
A white boy spit on the top of my head on the playground, but I'm white. It was disgusting.
You sound like a proper black racist. You label all white people bad regardless. You've met some bad, stupid people and because they were white you condemn all white people. I've met some disgusting people. Some of them were black. But I'm not saying that all blacks are disgusting. I've met some black racists, including you, but I'm not saying that all blacks are racist. And if you think that I'm a white Christian American just defending my kind - you are wrong, I'm not. I just hate racists no matter what colour of skin they have, or nationality, or religion.
Being a pensioner in the UK, I watched the Space Race as it happened, and was thrilled by it all.
Now that a supermarket owner and a car salesman have both become so rich they can afford a company space program, while infant mortality in their home nation is lower than some developed economies, the whole dream has become ashes.
Never once thought that we shouldn't go into space until all the problems at home are fixed - that would be absurd. But if levels of inequality have become so high that individuals can fund space activity essentially out of their own pockets, then things have gone badly wrong.
I suppose you mean, infant mortality is higher in the US.
"You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too"
"In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof."
"The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed, between capital and labor; it is between economic enterprise and the state."
"It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the particular meaning that he himself prefers and to treat all others with indignation."
"Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists."
"The only function of economic forecasting is to make a strology look respectable."
"Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised."
John Kenneth Galbraith
The U.S. economy relies on ongoing credit and debt generation for sustenance. The Federal Reserve is expected to increase the money supply, leading to further debt accumulation for the average American. Meanwhile, foreign nations continue to desire the U.S. dollar, despite their own economies facing significant challenges, some even worse than that of the U.S. This situation raises concerns about who will ultimately bear the consequences of these economic dynamics.
They do say gold will crash in a liquidity crunch However, many of those holding precious metals are preparing for such an event. So they are unlikely to be forced sellers. The paper market would tank and hopefully collapse.
I wholeheartedly concur, which is why I appreciate giving an investment coach the power of decision-making. Given their specialized expertise and education, as well as the fact that each and every one of their skills is centered on harnessing risk for its asymmetrical potential and controlling it as a buffer against certain unfavorable developments, it is practically impossible for them to underperform. I have made over 1.5 million dollars working with an investment coach for more than two years.
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Mr Sexton said a lot of truths about the US. Great guest.
Thanks Prof Wolff, for pointing out and clarifying in basic terms so many things that have been intentionally obfuscated by the people of wealth and power, and their massive mouthpieces such as Fox"news", MSNBC, CNN and others.
Thank you as well for the deeper dives you have given. I've enjoyed and been educated by your books, and Video lectures that you have given. Not just the ones here at Democracy at Work, but on the Richard Wolff channel as well.
I still have lots to learn. The resources you provide are amazing. I hope to be blessed with your insight and clear explanations as a resource for years to come.
Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics is worth learning about in regards to creating a truly Green circular economy to replace capitalism's avarice of endless growth
Love to you all
I saw Kate Raworth on RT 🤗 , I'd like to see the return of RT , Lee Camp , Noam Chomsky and Richard Wolff would appear on it .
Once again I am reminded of the old folk wisdom that states, "life is like a shit sandwich : the more 'bread' you have, the less shit you have to eat." It should be written on our money.
P.S. forgive me for not spelling "shit" like sh*t. After all, "a rose by any other name is still...".
Thank you again Professor Wolff💪🏾Another very informative episode.
In Singapore, similar things are happening: a bus driver is now a bus captain, and a prison officer is a rehabilitation officer. But nothing very much has changed and that is the problem too here.
Same in Hong Kong , bus drivers are now bus captains. 😂
Are your grave diggers "soil technicians" too?
It never caught on down here in the Caribbean. We laughed it into oblivion.
Yes, the rank is excessive...maybe "bus sergeants"?
If that’s the only problem that Singapore has as a society and country, then Singapore is doing damn well.
You.become.somebody.when.you get.a.title.on.your.nane.never.mind your
..character😢😢😢😢
I think Professor Wolff is one of few legendary Philosopher in this era.
Really? He can't hold a candle when compared to The Brother's Grimm...
or George Orwell.
i prefer jerry springer@@jgalt308
Shit shoveler becomes organic logistics 😂
Bravo bravo bravo , encore !!!!!!
Professor Wolff,
I think it would be a really great topic to discuss exactly how large the surplus extracted by employers is, perhaps over time if data permits. Just through my own research, I found the average US worker in 2015 produced around $107/hr in value for their employer. Compare that with the average hourly wage in 2015 at around $21/hr, and I think the problem becomes very clear. I believe that would do a lot for the average worker to understand just how exploitative capitalism is, and why they should oppose it. It would be a great way to reach people with something concrete they can easily wrap their minds around. I believe any worker with a reasonably critical mind confronted by that objective data would immediately understand why it's not right for a small group of people to appropriate that wealth, and why its handling should be a democratic process instead.
You might try "This View of Life" by David Sloan Wilson for an alternative perspective,
or more directly, Michael Hudson and Steve Keen, whose presentations of
the "present reality" and its causes, bear little resemblance to that of Wolff,
historically or economically.
These comparisons demonstrate Wolff's ignorance of capitalism, Marx and
history itself, as well as, that of human nature...so that one cannot claim
to understand and agree with Wolff, while simultaneously claiming that a similar
understanding and agreement exists with any of the above.
one would hope. unfortunately, they've been manipulated
Thank you for intriducing me to Jared Yates Sexton. Subbed. Prof Wolff, you are doing essential work. 🎯
¡Gracias!
Well received in the UK. Many thanks.
Great interview. Thanks to you both.
I loved your Midnight book, it was what I was waiting for & now tonite to see you and Dr. Wolff together closes the circle. With you two helping us, I think we have a chance.
Thank you Prof Wolff and Jared Yates Sexton. Illuminating. Informative. Educational. Really appreciated. Shared.
DON'T STOP PROFESSOR!!!!!!
Like god, Wolff has demonstrated he can't handle money, even when
It's "other people's" money...in this, he has a lot in common with
government, except that he can't "print" it.
what a whopper of a restart of D@W!!! wonderful, thankyou.
I always learn something about everything.
This is my new favorite you tube channel. Thank you.
Thanks for talking about the middle class! Finally, a true description!
"Satan is out in the forest." I especially appreciate the use of the word forest. 'Forest' underlines the role of mythology.
I don't think these religions are useless. Satan and Jesus are just metaphors for human architypes as far as I can tell. We can all act like Jesus and make the world a better place. Or we can all get fearful and greedy and point fingers... And the result will be evil. There are vicious and benevolent cycles, we just have to choose which path we go down.
The only “mythology” being used here today was by prof Wolff and his myth peddling guest 😄
@@bluewater454 for example,
@@totonow6955 For example, The myth that the average republican is some dangerous white supremacist, ultra nationalist who hates immigrants, ect., ect.,
Typical leftist strawman
@@totonow6955 For example? What truth was being peddled by them?
Thanks for your logical analysis on the reality of environment destruction.
Good episode and Great explanations by your guest.
Great stuff as always!!
Great interview with JYS.
Thank you for educating me. Very helpful.
IN SWEDEN WE CALL CLEANERS " SANTITATION TECHNICIANS"
should talk about koch brothers and fsu economics department as well as loopholes to let corporations like target claim they are individual companies
amazon spiderweb got millions tax breaks from county for their fulfillment centers and no property taxes
good show
Target came to Canada with great fanfare
On opening day there was a lineup to get in.
Shortly after you could count the customers on one hand
They destroyed our local mall in Oakville🇨🇦 during that time
Then they left Canada all together👍
Too bad; so sad.
These numbers are always mind boggling.
Great video. Thank you
Thank you for the invitation to suggest material....very nice Prof ....I approve of this... social Democrat that I am.... !
Linda 🐝
Excellent discussion, Richard, thanks.
Only one of the Koch brothers survived. Thanks for the info. Keep up the good work.
❤ my Jimmy Carter, and Reagen did high Jack that election which was admitted finally a year ago by the guy who worked for Ronnie before he died...first thing old Ron did was take of the solar panels off the White House, God forbid he was trying to make us gas independent.Brando I love your take on issues,your a critical thinker which we need more of. Yes and Happy Birthday to a Great President , humanitarian and Southern Gentlemen.
Reagan “hijacked” the election against Carter???
By doing what, trouncing him in the debates and winning by landslide numbers? 😄
It was not even a close election. No one(except for you apparently) had any doubts about that election. It was won decisively. Carter was one of the worst presidents in our nations history.
Creating food deserts to a neighborhood near You!
You might say the same about many other groups today....for instance, when I became Catholic in 1973 the saying was, "The Church is the only organization that exists for those not its members." and many were moved to pray for and help others without distinction....like the mandate of God given to Abraham. Today a horrible clannish, ugly inwardness and cowardice is everywhere...hoarding, suspicion, 'correct' rules for religious obligations without sincere warmth for others or respect for them as brothers and sisters. What bomb went off under all of them?
See who 80% of the CEOs of media, banking, venture capital, legal firms, AI, Big Tech social media platforms, and Big Pharma are. They are from the same group that 8 of 10 Biden's Cabinet members are. There is your answer - crystal clear if you are not afraid to criticize the group who aggressively attacks anyone who points it out...
Enlighting interview.
Imagine that...all that "wisdom" diseminted in 15 minutes.
Colonialism sustains capitalism, which in turn corrupts the Empire and eventually causes its collapse.
Excellent video
Video was very fascinating.
Brilliant
Great work.
I like this guy seen him on other's channel's smart man
I loved Sexton’s closing comment on another interview: We do not have a political crisis in America; we have a mental health crisis in America.
So true. Just watch interviews of Trump supporters at a Trump rally.
Your friends and allies have watched the last years in disbelief.
We wish you well.🇨🇦
Workers are now called associates what a joke
Basically means you have very little rights.... almost none.
Oh, I can't wait to hear this episode....
Hey Jared, what about the labor movement? Where does the US labor movement fit in to all your trope descriptions? What party is representing workers in the US right now? Why has the two party - uniparty- system failed workers, is this by design and whats your solution?
Look who got on Democracy at Work.
@9:48. In architecture, "Job captain" iz the grand title of a person who does the bulk of the work, but his salary is barely over the one paid when he or she got employment in the company.
Thank you for the great guess Mr. Wolf
Love you Dr. Wolff & love you Jason Yates Sexton.❤
there is a Spanish opera written in early 1900's. about a worker and workers. it opens with the idea " in society "you are ether a hammer or an anvil. ".
you can guess which one was a worker.
Usa is a business with a country.
Seems like it's an oligarchy/ cleptocracy.
Very important video. I feel things will get worse.
Good program helped to understand lots of things
Today's debate is excellent, Prof Wolf sir, u have treasury of Corporate grass root Knowledge of US, great
This country is going over the cliff!
Excellent interview. Looking forward to read the book
I also ordered 2 of Jared's books. He describes the current situation and history well.
Definitely buying this book
I think Wolff should acknowledge Robert Heilbroner's theory of mal-distribution of income.
Does he glorify greed like Milton Friedman did?
@@Spock_Rogers quite the opposite.
@@clavo3352 I'll check it out. ✌️
Growing up watching American movies gave me the impression that the United States is the opposite of a free country. Your local news channels make America seem like a movie with what can randomly happen.
Pollution is a method of externalising cost pretty standard practice.
Charles is the only Koch brother left in the family business. David died in 2019
Don’t care! Evil swine
"Middle Class" is a commoner cope. Makes workers feel good about themselves and accept their difficult lot in life.
You stated that the 3 largest sellers of food did $60B of business. There are quite a few individuals that have more money than that. That is an interesting fact.
Your guest, Jared Yates Sexton said a lot of interesting things clearly. I ordered a couple of his recent books to follow up.
The.americans.citizens.feels.they.have.power.by.just.the.name.of.the.country.😊😊😊😊
these economic systems, use these bodies (govt and nation/states) as hosts. You said it brother, but most Americans with just a little common sense understood this a long long time ago. Mr. Sexton, I agree with you but why did it take so long for your younger generation to realize this? And the bigger question is, what do you and the professor suggest Americans do in response to these global wonks and corporations?
Really like the Sexton interview.
The Rich and the Poor
Fascism.- Democracy
Choose wisely citizens
Unfortunately, the only place I could find a once common staple, pearl barley, was at Target.
Thank you for remind us of Marx's idea of realizing man's free and overall development in the future. This can only be done from workpalces worldwide. Thank you!
That’s what they did at the hospital I worked at, instead of calling it the house keeping dept, they called it the environmental dept. We still got the same shitty wages.
maybe you could get this guy on for an hour, or more, some time? it feels like we're just scratching the surface today. each comment feels like it could be expanded all day! Its good the way he seems to be thinking on his feet, unravelling stories, myths, lies, delusions and how he says he got to understand more as he wrote. Leaves room for questions hanging unspoken. For instance on the subject of immigration waves, all over the world, not just America, how the world has long been influenced by economies, resources, supplies, weather and climate and we, the public, are encouraged to get this. We are also encouraged to pay great attention to the experiences and rights, of the indigenous people everywhere. We need to look honestly at where these things collide or bump into each other. Otherwise progress is impeded. Nothing gets better but a new batch of stories get learned. The Right gets more fuel for cynicism.
Wolff always just scratches the surface...to go any deeper would
would threaten the probability of achieving the subjective, emotional reaction"
his rhetoric is designed to evoke.
The only thing I don't understand is the immigration issue.
Why is immigration desireable? Is there any reason other than cheap labour?
I am not suggesting immigration being prevented, as a matter of free choice. Nor as a matter of short term emergency.
But wouldn't it be preferable for the immigrants being vilified, the ones fleeing their homes, for the US to fund and manage to make their homes better, rather than incorporating them into an exploited class in the US?
In fact it seems to me that facilitating corruption, poverty and wars provides the US with a desperate class, which competes with the US working classes to keep all employed people, including the "middle" class, poor and under control.
The powers that be probably like how countries neighboring the US are economically troubled and dangerous; there have been conspiracies that the CIA has been endeavoring to keep them that way for decades and decades now.
Becoming more evident that we are the bump in the night. With the occasional exception of supporting just campaigns like Ukraine.