I agree, but technically they are sociopaths. Sociopaths uses social manipulation like lies, incited emotions, and propaganda to cause harm. Fauci has repeatedly used fear of disease to terrify people and coerce them into self-destructive behavior. This makes him feel powerful. People have pointed out that Fauci SMILES when he's accused of controlling and harming others, he enjoys the memories and he enjoys the speaker's pain.
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed "Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often. YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
No such thing is possible. It is the nature of human beings to seek their own benefit. The only way to prevent it is to eliminate governance. And while that has happened at various points, and works as well as anything in this world can, as soon as trouble arises most people panic and beg for someone to rule over them. This is foolish, as rulers can’t actually solve any problems that people can’t solve on their own. But that also is the nature of humanity. Those who are intelligent and wise enough to see past it are so few, and the power of fear is so strong, that the accumulation of power and the corruption that goes with it are inevitable.
I don’t look at that as attending, but paying close attention to his words. She is quick to offer her own analysis, and doesn’t hesitate to push back on his arguments if she disagrees. She is not there to look adoringly, or to appear to be arm candy, but to add support to, or poke holes in his arguments. This enhances the conversation/arguments forward,toward clarity and thus better understanding. A path that leads us all, closer to truth.
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed "Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often. YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
The problem with this public / private demarcation, is that short of declaring everything a state, county, or city matter, there _is_ no way to determine "public interest". The Great Barrington Declaration did not emerge from the "public" sphere, it emerged from Civil Society -- some private actors coming together to get the right answer in the right way -- which turns out to be in the "public interest". Individuals need to be able to be made aware of these answers, and decide for ourselves.
Corporate and NGO interests are worming their way into government. We need more attention paid to the interests of the people, regular citizens. For instance no one should be able to reduce or elliminate water to farms.
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed "Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often. YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
What’s the alternative? This isn’t a rhetorical question. One alternative is the opinion of an influencer. Or the opinion of a witness. What are other alternatives to expert opinion?
@donaldhaiphudaedalus3067 trust but verify, never believe the science is settled. It's not believe everything or nothing it always be skeptical so people don't become idiot woke fools.
Not entirely true, It depends on whether or not the expert opinion is actually coming from an expert. And an honest expert. There is a morality issue at hand here. Real experts can still lie, and people also can call themselves experts when they're really not. But it's also true. Somebody's opinion can be correct even though they don't have A prestigious degree or title of expert. They have wisdom . Even so, called experts disagree with each other . But if you want to know who you should trust One side would be. Don't trust the so-called expert. Who wants to suppress alternative opinions even from people in the same field. The people who like to suppress and black ball. Because they have different opinions or different results. From whatever those are, the people that are up to something. History proves that out many times
We knew all this would happen when campaign contributions from corporations got out of control. “Corporations are people too”. And the people who voted on that were put there by the corporations themselves. Pretty nifty trick, eh?
Astroturfing. You know fake grassroots orgs with untraceable donors and unlimited flow of money. "Citizens" United, Dad Saves America to name the first two which come to mind. Orgs working around the clock to make the world safe for billionaires.
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed "Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often. YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
It is also because we seem to always want to do what's popular because as a whole we seem to fear what others will think of us if we don't share the 'popular' view of the majority, as in "group think". We are venturing further and further, as a society, it seems, from the ability OR WILLINGNESS to become individual independent critical thinkers; we don't want others (especially in our personal circle of friends) to be mad at us if we don't share their views, see life through their eyes, and this is a sad reality.😢
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed "Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often. YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
@Individual_Lives_Matter Oh really? Most of the riskiest trading in exotic derivatives and swaps is completely unregulated. It's like granting a license to counterfeit, given that the central banks can and will tap into the money supply in the event of a crisis large enough to cause the entire system to implode. In the meantime, BRICS+ don't seem to be worried about "government intervention." It's how they intend to de-dollarize the world.
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed "Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often. YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
He, his brother and wife are very much in the know on this and many more subjects. He, in particular, speaks in very objective, clinical and scientific terms on whatever subject he's addressing. He's not hyperbolic nor does he speak in absolutes, like most of us are used to hearing these days. Refreshing!
I think the really deeper questions this didn't quite get into is how the public can at times reasonably intuit a ceiling for experts -- or a delimited scope for their expertise. Meaning, quite obviously, public health epidemiologists are not experts on the macroeconomic implications of lockdowns, which is far, far, far beyond their keen. Harder to evaluate for the public (but equally important) is when we're told that Doc Fauci represented consensus science on things like masking and social distancing when that fraud didn't. This is where science journalism failed us just as much as the journals and universities. The main critique of Bret's and Heather's otherwise laudable worldview here is that what we had was a mass panic / fear response that led to mob dynamics. It is very, very difficult if not impossible to pre-fit institutions to avoid this deep flaw of human nature. Which is why, on a deeper level, the center-right and conservative critique of their worldview gains especial traction here: It is better not to centralize power too much, given the vagaries of human nature.
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed "Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often. YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
That was good. I've been listening to Bret and Heather for several years and quite frankly you could not listen to two more balanced scientists, very genuine.
Supporting what you are saying is that most of the mainstream press has viewership, use, ratings dropping like a rock while a wide, diverse mix of alternatve information sources are booming. And additionally, many of these are long form conversation platforms, so not a very convoluted headline and equally vague but terrifying sub heads. People talking things out thoroughly enough for the viewer/reader to form their own opinion.
It ended in 1913 with the creation of the Federal Reserve and IRS. Woodrow Wilson sold us out and no one dares mention to whom. It's basically illegal to name them now.
There is a simple firewall, and one that would be popular. If the only entities that could donate to political campaigns were required to be registered voters, registered in the district of the campaign, the evolution of loopholes would cease. Congress would be forced to give attention to monopolies and to the corruption among regulators. The people no longer have a voice. This would give it back to them.
Heather makes a good point near the end. There are no solutions, only tradeoffs. Always seek the best results of the trades. And be aware of the side effects.
Whenever I see someone referred to as an “expert” I think of someone who has alot of “knowledge” in some specialized felid but has zero wisdom on how that knowledge can or should be applied to a broader environment with other dynamics at play. In other words when you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
It’s so fascinating watching “ intellectuals” wake up to the system that has literally programmed their own minds. They are trying to get out of the matrix while at the same time part of the system.
@@WhoareU_____not necessarily. The left bird is pre purchased synthetic propaganda. The right bird at least the populist relatively newcomers know the importance of the fight for the truth and are doing so.
The funny thing is them saying that we need a firewall between profit and governance. Literally a regulating body as if real regulation has never been tried.
I , since George Bush the first wondered how come nothing was done to stop millions of ' widget' making jobs from going overseas. To Taiwan, Japan predominantly then, later under Bill Clinton, China became the location. I remember Bush #1 saying as Reagans VP ' we don't need widget making jobs' as if they were beneath us. Middle class America had a firm grip on government during the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. A Cabinet by and large that was an advocate for civil regulation, truth and justice. From 1980 on it deteriorated slowly but surely. ROSS PEROT was the inflection point where the UNITED STATES failed. Bill Clinton was the corruption pinnacle since Ulysses Grant. This liberal is voting TRUMP 2024. SHOCK the System
Thank you for your honest and educated comment !! So True !! Ross Perot was frightened (by the CIA) out of actually running for President because he was Anti Establishment just like Trump .
@@Ann-op5kj Flawed as he was JFK in my lifetime was on track to be the best. 1. Using the Space Program & Peace Corp. to deflect the militarism was brilliant. 2. Secret peace talks with Soviet Premier was potentially a game changer for the WORLD. His assassination was really a coup d'etat.
Rent-seeking is not a concocted "linguistics term," but an accepted term ,in the economics and public policy literature, that characterizes the true motivations of cronyism.
Trying to take action without understanding the situation usually results in misery, so we need this as well. So if we each do our part, *that* is progress.
@@haraldthiI think most people understand it just fine. Nothing ever happens and they get away with doing absolutely egregious things. The system protects themselves and history repeats because there’s no reckoning. There’s no progress because the same grift happens over and over. Different industry and ‘experts’, but exact same playbook.
@@Indigoporcelain Yeah, but it's because they don't want to think about it and don't want to deal with the issues. They feel they have enough to deal with in their lives, when those things important to them may just be to prove how "successful" they are. So the real issue is coming to grips with the issues that lie ahead of us, not that they understand the troubles but don't want to deal with it. The real question we need to answer for this people is "Will taking part of this problem solving give me a better outcome?" instead of a "I don't understand why these people are running around like a bunch of headless chicken and I don't care either".
@@haraldthi well that’s the issue, most people don’t care about things that don’t directly concern them and that it’s how we get collectively screwed because people don’t pay attention to the things the psychopaths who run this world do. That is the reason why we are consistently manipulated and undermined. Psychos will run circles around us all day and they think of new ways all day, everyday. That’s how they got into positions they’re in in the first place and they also protect their position and power through legislation and influence. So yes this will only be talk and there will be no action. Whatever talk there is, only makes the people talking about it feel like they’ve done something and can give themselves a pat on the back. Any kind of actual accountability will never happen and they know it! That’s why they’re so brazen. Headless chickens? I beg to differ.. they’ve been super strategic, and made it look like incompetence.
@@haraldthi well that’s the issue, most people don’t care about things that don’t directly concern them and that it’s how we get screwed because people don’t pay attention to the things the egomaniacs who run this world do. That is the reason why we are consistently manipulated and undermined. They’ll will run circles around us all day and they think of new ways all day, everyday. That’s how they got into positions they’re in in the first place and they also protect their position and power through influence and legalese. So yes this will only be talk and there will be no action. Whatever talk there is, only makes the people talking about it feel like they’ve done something and can give themselves a pat on the back. Any kind of actual accountability will never happen and they know it!
And just like Scientology was sci-fi turned predatory profit driven cult, so too has “climate science”. The biggest hoax ever pulled run by an anti-human pagan death cult
The primary issue I see with this solution, which I do agree would fix some of the major challenges being thrust upon us, is this solution's creation and implementation must be entrusted to the very cabal of people that caused the problem in the first place. Who else is going to create, enact, and enforce this firewall between wall street interests and government interests, if not politicians? I don't know about you guys but I wouldn't trust politicians with legislating a lemonade stand, let alone broad sweeping issues they benefit from not fixing.
I think they should read the book written years ago “ the creature of Jekyl Island by g edward Griffin. The conspiracy has been running for a long time. It’s so bad it’s not fixible. Repentance and getting in our knees and praying to Jesus is the only answer left!
The solution (albeit tricky) is to buy out of everything. Sto voting, stop shopping. I have friends who went off grid and they talk like everyone should be doing it and act a little virtuos. The truth is if EVERYONE suddenly went off grid, soldiers would be turning up at everyone's door with guns coercing them back too work. One way or another life would change to make it happen. In medieval europe people were 'tied' to village and land, but as soon as it suited the landed gentry, the literally kicked everyone off the land that the poor never owned in the first place, made vagrancy illegal and forced them into towns to seek work in the burgeoning factories. Collectively we have the power, individually people are too scared to act.
“If an individual in a position of political power is a psychopath, he or she can create an epidemic of psychopathology in people who are not, essentially, psychopathic.” Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes by Andrzej Lobaczewski.
Exactly, just as the commenter below said “expert” is highly exaggerated. One little crack in the pavement and they could easily trip over their own toe.
Seems to me the best firewall is limiting the power of a centralized government. Many of the tasks the centralized government now controls could be conducted and financed by the states. The diversity of ideas and assessment of data between the states could act as cross checking against excessive power by the rent seekers. The states can collaborate on a policy, say environmental protection, but would have the ability to opt out of policies that seem excessive or are not supported by the evidence. This is how the Constitution was structured, but from which we have strayed to the point we now find ourselves in.
The term "good governance" is not only an oxymoron, it's nonsensical. Government evolved from the corporate parley in the battle of Parliament vs. Monarchy. Parliament evolved from the corporate form and its two major constituents were bishops of the corporate church and corporate executives of the merchant adventurer companies. Separating policy and profit is also a nonsensical idea; policy is the corporate protection of "the city present" in which corporate adventurers brought local protections with them into new trading jurisdictions. The explanation presented here lacks any grounding in legal or corporate history. I just laid out some of that basic history here: th-cam.com/video/LeZseiRsbZs/w-d-xo.html
I thnk that one of the key insights here is that when individuals or small groups have the potential of a materially impactful benefit (power, money, influence, etc) from a decision that is in their hands, there is a significant danger of corruption. The fight promoter getting his fighter to take a dive. The manufacturer who uses a cheap and possibly dangerous substitute element/ingredient for a product that massively increases profits. The decision maker on what drugs can and can't be used for a particular virus, and more to the point MUST be taken while the same person owns stock in the provider of that drug. The "We" and "Them" is unique to any particular situation. These are the kinds of decisions that are made every day, large and small. But the bigger the potential gain (money, power, influence) AND the more the ability to keep decisions secretive, the more temptation to tip the scales. What is so infuriatingly simple is that basic moral, ethical, truthful decisions fix it all.
I have been watching both Bret and Heather for some time. It is refreshing to see two individuals as well as a couple together be as intelligent and reasonable as this. Yet I have been made aware time and time again that Heather visibly acknowledges Bret with respect and appreciation while Bret looks away from her and does not visually acknowledge Heather. I have my reasons for this observation and the answer saddens me, Anyone else see this?
It's very simple. It's not a conspiracy - it's human self interested behaviour playing out. This is the way it works. Praxeology. It's behavioural not conspiratorial.
I read recently that in legal terms, an expert is simply someone who can answer hypothetical questions about a given subject. That demystifies a lot of the deference-to-experts and appeal to authority logical fallacies used to bully us into doing what the wealthy and powerful wants us to do!
I like Brett Weinstein and his wife. They seem sincere. And, since the COVID-19 issue became salient, they have been honest, as far as I can tell. Now, that they're delving deeper into the underlying causes, which are common across many societal problems, they are grasping at the root problem. The Weinsteins seem to be suspecting corporations are an important common factor to all of the societal ills we are collectively dealing with. The host, at one point, suggested "rent-seeking" is an important problem. Brett Weinstein seemed to concur. Then, he went on to calling for a "firewall" between profit and governance. That's a good point. He called it a "key to good governance." But there is so much left out in that simplistic analysis, with all due respect. Brett Weinstein said the problem of bad governance has been going on for too long, for 'the last 25 years', he said. But the root problem is capitalist modes of production, capitalist social relations. And that problem has been going on for centuries, not decades. The root problem, which is common to everything the host and the Weinsteins are grasping at is capitalism, which prioritizes profit over people. Capitalism represents class warfare from above against the working class. The capitalist power elite exploit a power imbalance against the working class on the job, in terms of the distribution of wages relative to profit. This power imbalance in the work place extends to a power imbalance in society. Mrs. Weinstein (Heather, I think her name is) talked about Anthony Fauci and his power to provide grants and funds, which benefit capitalist interests, over true public health interests. But this is a symptom of capitalist power elite dynamics, not a cause of them. I suggest the Weinsteins---and all, who want to get to the bottom of the problem---read about how capitalism operates. Reading modern, contemporary economists, such as Dr. L. Randall Wray, Dr. Stephanie Kelton, and Warren Mosler is a good place to start. Learn about how the job guarantee program policy proposal can end involuntary unemployment and strengthen the power position of the working class relative to the capitalist power elite. Then, read some of Dr. Michael Hudson's work for a stronger grasp on "rent-seeking" behavior, which this video touched upon. Then, read and learn from the history of economic thought and theory, starting with Hunt and Lautzenheiser's History of Economic Thought textbook. Then, read all of the important classics, from Keynes to Marx to classical economists. The problem is capitalism, which intends to drive down wages as low as possible, and which is incompatible with a democratic society. That's my time. I gotta get back to work. Peace. Lumpen.org
True capitalism with individuals as entrepreneurs is what created the wealth in this country. Corporations gaining political power through lobbying and paying for laws that protect their profits over the rights of individuals is the problem. Early settlers used to kick corporations out of their towns when the company overstepped. We don’t get to do that now.
@@vicklen51, small business capitalism, gave way to industrial capitalism and then the age of robber barons and monopolies. This is the tendency of unorganized (i.e., non-union) wage labor. The power imbalance leads to concentration of wealth and power. And big fish eat little fish, until small capitalists are put out of business by big capitalists. Organized labor afforded the working class some resistance against the robber barons, and gave the working class some of the best decades of American prosperity during the 20th century. But the state colluded with the capitalist power elite to crush organized labor with Pinkerton goons and the like. Factories were moved out of central cities, leaving ghettoes in their wake, as racial residential segregation and redlining prevented non-whites from following the jobs. (Read Kevin Fox Gotham on racial residential segregation.) Next, the U.S. economy was deindustrialized as manufacturing jobs were shipped overseas in a global race to the bottom. The U.S. economy became a service sector economy after the 1970s. And industrial capitalism gave way to financial capitalism, as economist Dr. Michael Hudson and others have explained. We need organized labor to have democracy at work and, by extension, a democratic society. We can refuse and resist corporate greed, corporate fascism.
Capitalism is a euphemism for greedism. Your fallacy is that you believe in the depths of your inner most being, that if done rightly, capitalism is good. American capitalism only brought you prosperity because of the economic umbrella the petrodollar gave you. I’m sure you’ve heard you are now drifting.
Brilliant fellow, a shame he doesn’t understand you cannot put up a firewall between human as he suggests. He sees many of the issues.. but his politics is confused. We can only limit the corruption, not eliminate it, and given that it will always go on, it is better to limit the size of the corruption by making the target, ie govt, small.
Most people have lived their entire lives under big government. The notion of small, constitutional government is as foreign to them as living on Mars.
This is not new at all, in my opinion. That is what they have been doing for many years. Information about us was disseminated via the internet. However, this persists and is difficult to cease.
What I cannot figure out is how they got so many Dr’s good one caring ones to dismiss the concerns over the V to the point of almost ridicule to the patient. Patients who had heart attacks immediately following admin and other serious reactions that 10 years ago would have had the product pulled from the market. I swear you would think they put them all together in a room and used the mind sweep thing from Men in black. These same Dr’s were telling people who had very serious reactions to the first vaccine to get a booster !!!
My sister is a nurse. She was completely bullied into taking the shots AND downplaying side effects, even though she experienced them herself. She now has her own heart palpitations to contend with.
It cracks me up to think of people who collude against us as “victims“ of their own collusion when the consequences come around. It’s like calling a criminal who ends up in jail of victim. Karma doesn’t have victims. It has cause and it has effect.
Say you're a cigarette company and you don't want to lose market when kids are using your product at a higher rate than adults and your marketing campaigns are based on getting kids to smoke so you hire lobbyists to coerce the public narrative by saying that cigarettes aren't that bad and besides, if they are, people die earlier than they otherwise would which reduces the burden on social security so why should the cigarette companies have to pay for their destruction when they actually save money? Then, the industry pays a bunch of politicians to say that second hand smoke hasn't been proven to be harmful, that cigarettes are not addictive but rather just a "habit" you can stop at any time, personal responsibility (until you want to do any other drug besides nicotine anyways) and so forth. Another example could be oil and gas companies doing research in the 60's and 70's that concluded their product would cause climate change but then hiding that research and buying politicians to bring snowballs to the senate floor. Those would be a couple of examples of what he seems to be trying to explain...
I think Christianity was the hidden ingredient that made the free market work so well. It added some nominal level of decency to proceedings that acted as a regulator.
Perfectly logical solution to gov’t/market collusion. You would have to strip 3 letter fed agencies by 70% at least to accomplish. And I just don’t see that happening. Too many people would have to willingly exit their taxpayer funded jobs/power
To second the comment about the word "expert" being misused... I had an issue in 2019 with identity theft. I even know the person who does it for a living.... The bank doesn't care to investigate and T-Mobile needs to be sued for labeling their ignorant staff as experts. They aren't properly or fully trained to ever be close to an "expert." I was lucky enough to catch the secondary name placed without my authorization on my account and was lucky enough my employer at the time was late on paying me. (Thank God) This guy still steals money from people and yet the law will never do anything about it bc he doesn't have a gun walking around threatening people.
I think exposure via Social Media and whatnot is the solution, if it remains unfettered by government. It’s the first time it’s socially ok to push back on big med thanks to shared info available to all….
There is much in this presentation ....but we must not forget that we need to eat bread and keep warm and dry and as healthy as we can and expertise has delivered much on this ...a few folks may have got rich from these enterprises ...but what is a few among the many ?
It's the corporate democracy, and the people's republic. When they say "threat to our democracy" they really mean its a threat to their plans... plans which are on a "need to know basis." They have determined that the public doesn't need to know.
Simple, they: those with power in government and those with enough wealth to influence and control them. We: the rest of us on receiving end of their laws and profit schemes.
You really did not understand at all what he was saying if that is your takeaway. "We" necessarily changes depending on the situation and circumstances, this is obvious. And even the ones who are the perpetrators can be included in the "we" to the extent that they also end up suffering from the effects of their own actions. But, broadly speaking, everyone knows who the "they" and "we" are in this collective dynamic, and you're simply being contrarian or willfully obtuse if you can't acknowledge that. See @MartyMcTube 's comment for simple clarification.
If you use a Marxist term like “rent seeking,” I think you should explicitly acknowledge that. And if you still think that’s a term you need, you should explain it. “Rent” means something very different to the majority of people than what you are using it to describe.
We are ruled by psychopaths.
I agree, but technically they are sociopaths.
Sociopaths uses social manipulation like lies, incited emotions, and propaganda to cause harm.
Fauci has repeatedly used fear of disease to terrify people and coerce them into self-destructive behavior. This makes him feel powerful. People have pointed out that Fauci SMILES when he's accused of controlling and harming others, he enjoys the memories and he enjoys the speaker's pain.
Aided and abetted by sycophants!
and criminals and Marxists
Yep...! Psychopaths & Sociopaths... : ( -70SomethingGuy
Because we allow it ....
"You don't need a formal conspiracy when interests converge" - George Carlin
He also said "Never Underestimate The Power Of Stupid People In Large Groups"
Thanks for providing that quote. I never watched/listened to him. People quote him all the time and it’s always incisive stuff.
@@darylfoster7944 he was also a coke head
@@jennymisteqq5399 very edgy and nihilistic
The have think tanks thinking this stuff up. They are conspiring against good people, cause they hate good people.
"We need a firewall between governance and profit." 💯%
DONT Just Blame "Government" for the Evil things that Big $$-Corporation Do...
@@jarichards99utube We have the best government money can buy.
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed
"Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often.
YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
No such thing is possible. It is the nature of human beings to seek their own benefit. The only way to prevent it is to eliminate governance. And while that has happened at various points, and works as well as anything in this world can, as soon as trouble arises most people panic and beg for someone to rule over them. This is foolish, as rulers can’t actually solve any problems that people can’t solve on their own. But that also is the nature of humanity. Those who are intelligent and wise enough to see past it are so few, and the power of fear is so strong, that the accumulation of power and the corruption that goes with it are inevitable.
They used to have that in medieval times. It's used to prevent poor people from being able to hold office......
Deepest gratitude to Brett and Heather🙏🏻 Love how Heather alooks at/attends to Brett when he speaks. (Love to see the courtesy reciprocated.)
I don’t look at that as attending, but paying close attention to his words. She is quick to offer her own analysis, and doesn’t hesitate to push back on his arguments if she disagrees. She is not there to look adoringly, or to appear to be arm candy, but to add support to, or poke holes in his arguments. This enhances the conversation/arguments forward,toward clarity and thus better understanding. A path that leads us all, closer to truth.
Heather nailed it! Our public institutions are acting on behalf of private interests, NOT public interests.
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed
"Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often.
YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
The problem with this public / private demarcation, is that short of declaring everything a state, county, or city matter, there _is_ no way to determine "public interest".
The Great Barrington Declaration did not emerge from the "public" sphere, it emerged from Civil Society -- some private actors coming together to get the right answer in the right way -- which turns out to be in the "public interest".
Individuals need to be able to be made aware of these answers, and decide for ourselves.
I agree but this has been the case for at least 25 years
Spot on. Corporations are now controlling governments. Covid proved it categorically.
Corporate and NGO interests are worming their way into government. We need more attention paid to the interests of the people, regular citizens. For instance no one should be able to reduce or elliminate water to farms.
Also look at the user fee structure at the FDA. The pharma companies are providing a sizable amount of the FDA’s budget through these user fees.
I think it's around 65%.
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed
"Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often.
YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
The word 'expert' means nothing, it's more overused than 'racist' these days. and expert opinion is just that, an opinion.
Yes, when someone is presented as an expert I always ask how often have they been correct in the past.
@rayross997 and studies show, or when the stats they quote are percentages. All deception, perception is everything.
What’s the alternative? This isn’t a rhetorical question. One alternative is the opinion of an influencer. Or the opinion of a witness. What are other alternatives to expert opinion?
@donaldhaiphudaedalus3067 trust but verify, never believe the science is settled. It's not believe everything or nothing it always be skeptical so people don't become idiot woke fools.
Not entirely true, It depends on whether or not the expert opinion is actually coming from an expert. And an honest expert. There is a morality issue at hand here. Real experts can still lie, and people also can call themselves experts when they're really not. But it's also true. Somebody's opinion can be correct even though they don't have A prestigious degree or title of expert. They have wisdom . Even so, called experts disagree with each other . But if you want to know who you should trust One side would be. Don't trust the so-called expert. Who wants to suppress alternative opinions even from people in the same field. The people who like to suppress and black ball. Because they have different opinions or different results. From whatever those are, the people that are up to something. History proves that out many times
Keep going. Do not let up on the criminals like Fauci
I would rather have the Fauci Covid vaccine than the Trump bleach vaccine.
Heather rounded it off perfectly.
I appreciate you two so much, for your eloquence and everything you are doing. Stay safe and healthy and keep on talking!
"Don't challenge me, I'm an expert."
"Priest" of the new church
"Back off man, I'm a scientist." Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters
"I represent science." Turns out that he didn't.
@@rik061154 A scientist that brings a powerful tranquilizer on a date.
@@darylfoster7944 his funding created it in the USA
We knew all this would happen when campaign contributions from corporations got out of control. “Corporations are people too”. And the people who voted on that were put there by the corporations themselves. Pretty nifty trick, eh?
Astroturfing. You know fake grassroots orgs with untraceable donors and unlimited flow of money. "Citizens" United, Dad Saves America to name the first two which come to mind. Orgs working around the clock to make the world safe for billionaires.
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed
"Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often.
YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
Unions making political donations is also bad.
Our main problem is not that we don’t know what’s right; our main problem is that we don’t have the will to do what’s right.
It is also because we seem to always want to do what's popular because as a whole we seem to fear what others will think of us if we don't share the 'popular' view of the majority, as in "group think". We are venturing further and further, as a society, it seems, from the ability OR WILLINGNESS to become individual independent critical thinkers; we don't want others (especially in our personal circle of friends) to be mad at us if we don't share their views, see life through their eyes, and this is a sad reality.😢
The sentiment of all would be dictators.
There's a grievous lack of integrity in today's market.
It's not a real market. It's rentier class exploitation. Adam Smith described it.
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed
"Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often.
YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
Also a surplus of payoffs and kick backs.
Integrity is not the problem; coercion is the problem. That’s government intervention (the problem)
@Individual_Lives_Matter Oh really? Most of the riskiest trading in exotic derivatives and swaps is completely unregulated. It's like granting a license to counterfeit, given that the central banks can and will tap into the money supply in the event of a crisis large enough to cause the entire system to implode.
In the meantime, BRICS+ don't seem to be worried about "government intervention." It's how they intend to de-dollarize the world.
“A firewall between governance and profit”
Real regulation has never been tried
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed
"Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often.
YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
@@yuriarlequimBrett’s inclination towards central planning is disturbing.
@@Individual_Lives_Matter just another self serving intellectual
One of the most brilliant minds of our time!
The guy saying absolutely nothing?
@@Tenebarumperhaps it is your hearing ability that is of concern.
No, you just don't understand it. Listen to more.
He, his brother and wife are very much in the know on this and many more subjects. He, in particular, speaks in very objective, clinical and scientific terms on whatever subject he's addressing. He's not hyperbolic nor does he speak in absolutes, like most of us are used to hearing these days. Refreshing!
@@robertholland7558 Perhaps it's not?
I think the really deeper questions this didn't quite get into is how the public can at times reasonably intuit a ceiling for experts -- or a delimited scope for their expertise. Meaning, quite obviously, public health epidemiologists are not experts on the macroeconomic implications of lockdowns, which is far, far, far beyond their keen. Harder to evaluate for the public (but equally important) is when we're told that Doc Fauci represented consensus science on things like masking and social distancing when that fraud didn't. This is where science journalism failed us just as much as the journals and universities.
The main critique of Bret's and Heather's otherwise laudable worldview here is that what we had was a mass panic / fear response that led to mob dynamics. It is very, very difficult if not impossible to pre-fit institutions to avoid this deep flaw of human nature. Which is why, on a deeper level, the center-right and conservative critique of their worldview gains especial traction here: It is better not to centralize power too much, given the vagaries of human nature.
It isn't that Potato-headed ROTUS. It's the whole enchilada.....The derelict, lawless, and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION (i.e., the "Federal Government), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities, of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed", by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders", of the Executive branch, and then, blithely overlooked, by a supposed
"Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded, to We, the People, through our State Attorneys, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. Then, We can Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that seized control of the "free market", early, and often.
YOU WILL NOT VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, CITIZENS. That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done, by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education"... Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness... As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
That was good. I've been listening to Bret and Heather for several years and quite frankly you could not listen to two more balanced scientists, very genuine.
Bret and Heather are possibly the most reasonable people I’ve ever heard.
It apparently works under durress of unemployment & exclusions from society.
That is the true innovation.
A must read "The Real Dr Anthony Fauci" by Robert Kennedy Jr.
AMEN!
Oooh. Ordering now….
Says it all …
@@Gr8flGrrl I can barely say anything with out it getting removed.
Should be required reading.
People are finally waking up. I realized years ago the world runs on bull shit.
Supporting what you are saying is that most of the mainstream press has viewership, use, ratings dropping like a rock while a wide, diverse mix of alternatve information sources are booming. And additionally, many of these are long form conversation platforms, so not a very convoluted headline and equally vague but terrifying sub heads. People talking things out thoroughly enough for the viewer/reader to form their own opinion.
Actually I prefer "Bovine Excrement"......😂😂😂❤
9/11 changed everything.and not in a good way.
It is a spiritual battle, and its all by design.
It surely is. It's a Kabbalistic beast system.
The intellectuals battle with this phenomenon.
@@vootamu1
You have to wonder whether he is one of them just screwing with our goyim minds.
@@vootamu1
I see I'm being censored again. I'll have to watch my wording. Is he one of them just messing with our minds?
I agree!!! God wins in the end!
The age of the expert ended over 20 years ago as that's when it became obvious that the experts were paid for my industry and were not independent.
It ended in 1913 with the creation of the Federal Reserve and IRS. Woodrow Wilson sold us out and no one dares mention to whom. It's basically illegal to name them now.
WE have known this for the looooooogest time.
💗 Heather & Bret, thank you
There is a simple firewall, and one that would be popular. If the only entities that could donate to political campaigns were required to be registered voters, registered in the district of the campaign, the evolution of loopholes would cease. Congress would be forced to give attention to monopolies and to the corruption among regulators. The people no longer have a voice. This would give it back to them.
There are no monopolies, except government.
@@darylfoster7944 Not Google. Not Apple. Not Amazon. Not Microsoft. ...
Whatever you say.
@@christemple8523 none of them are monopolies. You should look up the meaning of the word. The post office is a monopoly.
Your argument is flawed from the beginning. Why are campaign donations even necessary?
Do not allow political parties. Solved.
It is even more insidious than this. This is Cloward-Piven Theory in action.
Heather makes a good point near the end. There are no solutions, only tradeoffs. Always seek the best results of the trades. And be aware of the side effects.
Whenever I see someone referred to as an “expert” I think of someone who has alot of “knowledge” in some specialized felid but has zero wisdom on how that knowledge can or should be applied to a broader environment with other dynamics at play. In other words when you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
It’s so fascinating watching “ intellectuals” wake up to the system that has literally programmed their own minds. They are trying to get out of the matrix while at the same time part of the system.
Lefty intellectuals like Bret and Heather aren’t merely “part of the system” .
They are the architects 😂
@@angelozachos8777 left wing -right wing doesn’t really matter because it’s one bird.
@@WhoareU_____not necessarily. The left bird is pre purchased synthetic propaganda. The right bird at least the populist relatively newcomers know the importance of the fight for the truth and are doing so.
Liberal Professors red pilling themselves never gets old
The funny thing is them saying that we need a firewall between profit and governance. Literally a regulating body as if real regulation has never been tried.
Lying is NOT inovation
I , since George Bush the first wondered how come nothing was done to stop millions of ' widget' making jobs from going overseas. To Taiwan, Japan predominantly then, later under Bill Clinton, China became the location.
I remember Bush #1 saying as Reagans VP ' we don't need widget making jobs' as if they were beneath us.
Middle class America had a firm grip on government during the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. A Cabinet by and large that was an advocate for civil regulation, truth and justice.
From 1980 on it deteriorated slowly but surely. ROSS PEROT was the inflection point where the UNITED STATES failed. Bill Clinton was the corruption pinnacle since Ulysses Grant. This liberal is voting TRUMP 2024.
SHOCK the System
Thank you for your honest and educated comment !! So True !! Ross Perot was frightened (by the CIA) out of actually running for President because he was Anti Establishment just like Trump .
Happy you have joined the rest of us Deplorables, but I warn you that your chosen candidate will not be allowed his victory.
One thing everyone can agree on... Not 1 single president has made our country better .. not 1.
@@Ann-op5kj
Flawed as he was JFK in my lifetime was on track to be the best.
1. Using the Space Program & Peace Corp. to deflect the militarism was brilliant.
2. Secret peace talks with Soviet Premier was potentially a game changer for the WORLD.
His assassination was really a coup d'etat.
@@Ann-op5kj Trump was terribly flawed but not a hater of America.
“We own The Science”
Yeah, the "$¢i€n¢€"!😮😅❤🎉
A society the outsources it's manufacturing, is no surprise next that it outsources its thinking.
A Coordinated Chorus of Liars!
Google or yt the 30 million word gap hypothesis. This has been happening for centuries. Sign my petition to end the chaos.
this is great , Many will relate !
Rent-seeking is not a concocted "linguistics term," but an accepted term ,in the economics and public policy literature, that characterizes the true motivations of cronyism.
Talk talk talk. No action
Trying to take action without understanding the situation usually results in misery, so we need this as well. So if we each do our part, *that* is progress.
@@haraldthiI think most people understand it just fine. Nothing ever happens and they get away with doing absolutely egregious things. The system protects themselves and history repeats because there’s no reckoning. There’s no progress because the same grift happens over and over. Different industry and ‘experts’, but exact same playbook.
@@Indigoporcelain Yeah, but it's because they don't want to think about it and don't want to deal with the issues. They feel they have enough to deal with in their lives, when those things important to them may just be to prove how "successful" they are. So the real issue is coming to grips with the issues that lie ahead of us, not that they understand the troubles but don't want to deal with it. The real question we need to answer for this people is "Will taking part of this problem solving give me a better outcome?" instead of a "I don't understand why these people are running around like a bunch of headless chicken and I don't care either".
@@haraldthi well that’s the issue, most people don’t care about things that don’t directly concern them and that it’s how we get collectively screwed because people don’t pay attention to the things the psychopaths who run this world do. That is the reason why we are consistently manipulated and undermined. Psychos will run circles around us all day and they think of new ways all day, everyday. That’s how they got into positions they’re in in the first place and they also protect their position and power through legislation and influence. So yes this will only be talk and there will be no action. Whatever talk there is, only makes the people talking about it feel like they’ve done something and can give themselves a pat on the back. Any kind of actual accountability will never happen and they know it! That’s why they’re so brazen.
Headless chickens? I beg to differ.. they’ve been super strategic, and made it look like incompetence.
@@haraldthi well that’s the issue, most people don’t care about things that don’t directly concern them and that it’s how we get screwed because people don’t pay attention to the things the egomaniacs who run this world do. That is the reason why we are consistently manipulated and undermined. They’ll will run circles around us all day and they think of new ways all day, everyday. That’s how they got into positions they’re in in the first place and they also protect their position and power through influence and legalese. So yes this will only be talk and there will be no action. Whatever talk there is, only makes the people talking about it feel like they’ve done something and can give themselves a pat on the back. Any kind of actual accountability will never happen and they know it!
Ah Climate Change - surely the highest grossing sci-fi franchise so far. Sorry folks, just had to throw that one in
And just like Scientology was sci-fi turned predatory profit driven cult, so too has “climate science”. The biggest hoax ever pulled run by an anti-human pagan death cult
Genius points. Very nuanced.
The primary issue I see with this solution, which I do agree would fix some of the major challenges being thrust upon us, is this solution's creation and implementation must be entrusted to the very cabal of people that caused the problem in the first place. Who else is going to create, enact, and enforce this firewall between wall street interests and government interests, if not politicians? I don't know about you guys but I wouldn't trust politicians with legislating a lemonade stand, let alone broad sweeping issues they benefit from not fixing.
IQ test …. 🐑will be 🐑.
I think they should read the book written years ago “ the creature of Jekyl Island by g edward Griffin. The conspiracy has been running for a long time. It’s so bad it’s not fixible. Repentance and getting in our knees and praying to Jesus is the only answer left!
Or read Secrets of the Federal Reserve, by E. Mullins...
just end the conflicts of interest.
Lovely couple ❤❤
The solution (albeit tricky) is to buy out of everything. Sto voting, stop shopping. I have friends who went off grid and they talk like everyone should be doing it and act a little virtuos. The truth is if EVERYONE suddenly went off grid, soldiers would be turning up at everyone's door with guns coercing them back too work. One way or another life would change to make it happen. In medieval europe people were 'tied' to village and land, but as soon as it suited the landed gentry, the literally kicked everyone off the land that the poor never owned in the first place, made vagrancy illegal and forced them into towns to seek work in the burgeoning factories. Collectively we have the power, individually people are too scared to act.
There were no factories in medieval Europe
thank you.
Corruption is the enemy of us all. Most of our policy construction should be based on anti-corruption principles.
This was an excellent discussion.
very clear and well spoken
“If an individual in a position of political power is a psychopath, he or she can create an epidemic
of psychopathology in people who are not, essentially, psychopathic.”
Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes
by Andrzej Lobaczewski.
That sounds like a mass formation
Heather....❣️❣️❣️❣️💋💋
Exactly, just as the commenter below said “expert” is highly exaggerated. One little crack in the pavement and they could easily trip over their own toe.
Nobody, especially Fauccie ,controlled me.
Pure blood .
Ah, but the end of the petrodollar a few days ago changes all this.
Seems to me the best firewall is limiting the power of a centralized government. Many of the tasks the centralized government now controls could be conducted and financed by the states. The diversity of ideas and assessment of data between the states could act as cross checking against excessive power by the rent seekers. The states can collaborate on a policy, say environmental protection, but would have the ability to opt out of policies that seem excessive or are not supported by the evidence. This is how the Constitution was structured, but from which we have strayed to the point we now find ourselves in.
The term "good governance" is not only an oxymoron, it's nonsensical. Government evolved from the corporate parley in the battle of Parliament vs. Monarchy. Parliament evolved from the corporate form and its two major constituents were bishops of the corporate church and corporate executives of the merchant adventurer companies. Separating policy and profit is also a nonsensical idea; policy is the corporate protection of "the city present" in which corporate adventurers brought local protections with them into new trading jurisdictions. The explanation presented here lacks any grounding in legal or corporate history. I just laid out some of that basic history here: th-cam.com/video/LeZseiRsbZs/w-d-xo.html
Mercenary “experts” don’t “fail” when their expertise is in malicious manipulation.
Video is over, no need to watch the entire thing because he explained everything in the first couple sentences. Now let's fix it.
The question about “we” was one of the most useless questions to bring fourth. Thank you Brett and Heather for solidifying the answer.
I thnk that one of the key insights here is that when individuals or small groups have the potential of a materially impactful benefit (power, money, influence, etc) from a decision that is in their hands, there is a significant danger of corruption. The fight promoter getting his fighter to take a dive. The manufacturer who uses a cheap and possibly dangerous substitute element/ingredient for a product that massively increases profits. The decision maker on what drugs can and can't be used for a particular virus, and more to the point MUST be taken while the same person owns stock in the provider of that drug. The "We" and "Them" is unique to any particular situation. These are the kinds of decisions that are made every day, large and small. But the bigger the potential gain (money, power, influence) AND the more the ability to keep decisions secretive, the more temptation to tip the scales. What is so infuriatingly simple is that basic moral, ethical, truthful decisions fix it all.
I have been watching both Bret and Heather for some time. It is refreshing to see two individuals as well as a couple together be as intelligent and reasonable as this.
Yet I have been made aware time and time again that Heather visibly acknowledges Bret with respect and appreciation while Bret looks away from her and does not visually acknowledge Heather. I have my reasons for this observation and the answer saddens me,
Anyone else see this?
Most experts lack imagination. That is why they rely so heavily on their credentials.
Forty years of nothingness unless you are part of the club.
Experts started being touted by the media around 1957. Regular folk began using these so-called experts to do their thinkin for em in 1969.
None of this is new - it's as old as humanity. If you hold the axiom that humans will act in their own self interest - it's all exceptionally clear.
Like the ,"TRUTH" is hidden, the SOLUTIONS are not being introduced...WHAT'S A SOLUTION???
It's very simple. It's not a conspiracy - it's human self interested behaviour playing out. This is the way it works. Praxeology. It's behavioural not conspiratorial.
I read recently that in legal terms, an expert is simply someone who can answer hypothetical questions about a given subject. That demystifies a lot of the deference-to-experts and appeal to authority logical fallacies used to bully us into doing what the wealthy and powerful wants us to do!
I like Brett Weinstein and his wife. They seem sincere. And, since the COVID-19 issue became salient, they have been honest, as far as I can tell.
Now, that they're delving deeper into the underlying causes, which are common across many societal problems, they are grasping at the root problem. The Weinsteins seem to be suspecting corporations are an important common factor to all of the societal ills we are collectively dealing with.
The host, at one point, suggested "rent-seeking" is an important problem. Brett Weinstein seemed to concur. Then, he went on to calling for a "firewall" between profit and governance. That's a good point. He called it a "key to good governance." But there is so much left out in that simplistic analysis, with all due respect. Brett Weinstein said the problem of bad governance has been going on for too long, for 'the last 25 years', he said. But the root problem is capitalist modes of production, capitalist social relations. And that problem has been going on for centuries, not decades.
The root problem, which is common to everything the host and the Weinsteins are grasping at is capitalism, which prioritizes profit over people. Capitalism represents class warfare from above against the working class. The capitalist power elite exploit a power imbalance against the working class on the job, in terms of the distribution of wages relative to profit. This power imbalance in the work place extends to a power imbalance in society. Mrs. Weinstein (Heather, I think her name is) talked about Anthony Fauci and his power to provide grants and funds, which benefit capitalist interests, over true public health interests. But this is a symptom of capitalist power elite dynamics, not a cause of them.
I suggest the Weinsteins---and all, who want to get to the bottom of the problem---read about how capitalism operates. Reading modern, contemporary economists, such as Dr. L. Randall Wray, Dr. Stephanie Kelton, and Warren Mosler is a good place to start. Learn about how the job guarantee program policy proposal can end involuntary unemployment and strengthen the power position of the working class relative to the capitalist power elite. Then, read some of Dr. Michael Hudson's work for a stronger grasp on "rent-seeking" behavior, which this video touched upon. Then, read and learn from the history of economic thought and theory, starting with Hunt and Lautzenheiser's History of Economic Thought textbook. Then, read all of the important classics, from Keynes to Marx to classical economists.
The problem is capitalism, which intends to drive down wages as low as possible, and which is incompatible with a democratic society.
That's my time. I gotta get back to work. Peace.
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True capitalism with individuals as entrepreneurs is what created the wealth in this country.
Corporations gaining political power through lobbying and paying for laws that protect their profits over the rights of individuals is the problem.
Early settlers used to kick corporations out of their towns when the company overstepped.
We don’t get to do that now.
@@vicklen51, small business capitalism, gave way to industrial capitalism and then the age of robber barons and monopolies. This is the tendency of unorganized (i.e., non-union) wage labor. The power imbalance leads to concentration of wealth and power. And big fish eat little fish, until small capitalists are put out of business by big capitalists.
Organized labor afforded the working class some resistance against the robber barons, and gave the working class some of the best decades of American prosperity during the 20th century. But the state colluded with the capitalist power elite to crush organized labor with Pinkerton goons and the like. Factories were moved out of central cities, leaving ghettoes in their wake, as racial residential segregation and redlining prevented non-whites from following the jobs. (Read Kevin Fox Gotham on racial residential segregation.) Next, the U.S. economy was deindustrialized as manufacturing jobs were shipped overseas in a global race to the bottom. The U.S. economy became a service sector economy after the 1970s. And industrial capitalism gave way to financial capitalism, as economist Dr. Michael Hudson and others have explained. We need organized labor to have democracy at work and, by extension, a democratic society. We can refuse and resist corporate greed, corporate fascism.
Capitalism is a euphemism for greedism. Your fallacy is that you believe in the depths of your inner most being, that if done rightly, capitalism is good. American capitalism only brought you prosperity because of the economic umbrella the petrodollar gave you. I’m sure you’ve heard you are now drifting.
Brilliant fellow, a shame he doesn’t understand you cannot put up a firewall between human as he suggests.
He sees many of the issues.. but his politics is confused. We can only limit the corruption, not eliminate it, and given that it will always go on, it is better to limit the size of the corruption by making the target, ie govt, small.
Most people have lived their entire lives under big government. The notion of small, constitutional government is as foreign to them as living on Mars.
Like limiting government to the very strict limits authorized by the Constitution.
kennedy is the remedy
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THAT'S RIGHT
But but but The "SCIENCE"
This is not new at all, in my opinion. That is what they have been doing for many years. Information about us was disseminated via the internet. However, this persists and is difficult to cease.
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What I cannot figure out is how they got so many Dr’s good one caring ones to dismiss the concerns over the V to the point of almost ridicule to the patient. Patients who had heart attacks immediately following admin and other serious reactions that 10 years ago would have had the product pulled from the market. I swear you would think they put them all together in a room and used the mind sweep thing from Men in black. These same Dr’s were telling people who had very serious reactions to the first vaccine to get a booster !!!
My sister is a nurse. She was completely bullied into taking the shots AND downplaying side effects, even though she experienced them herself.
She now has her own heart palpitations to contend with.
Why to reveal a secret If majority can not understand enaugh ?
IT s easy to judge , but more difficult to understand.
It cracks me up to think of people who collude against us as “victims“ of their own collusion when the consequences come around.
It’s like calling a criminal who ends up in jail of victim.
Karma doesn’t have victims. It has cause and it has effect.
Feudalism of spirit.
Are the PHARMA companies making mRNA vaccines for RSV?
They want to make mRNA shots for everything.
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Say you're a cigarette company and you don't want to lose market when kids are using your product at a higher rate than adults and your marketing campaigns are based on getting kids to smoke so you hire lobbyists to coerce the public narrative by saying that cigarettes aren't that bad and besides, if they are, people die earlier than they otherwise would which reduces the burden on social security so why should the cigarette companies have to pay for their destruction when they actually save money? Then, the industry pays a bunch of politicians to say that second hand smoke hasn't been proven to be harmful, that cigarettes are not addictive but rather just a "habit" you can stop at any time, personal responsibility (until you want to do any other drug besides nicotine anyways) and so forth. Another example could be oil and gas companies doing research in the 60's and 70's that concluded their product would cause climate change but then hiding that research and buying politicians to bring snowballs to the senate floor. Those would be a couple of examples of what he seems to be trying to explain...
I think Christianity was the hidden ingredient that made the free market work so well. It added some nominal level of decency to proceedings that acted as a regulator.
Perfectly logical solution to gov’t/market collusion.
You would have to strip 3 letter fed agencies by 70% at least to accomplish.
And I just don’t see that happening.
Too many people would have to willingly exit their taxpayer funded jobs/power
CIA has so much invested that it could easily be self-funded and continue to run the show even if it was officially disbanded.
To second the comment about the word "expert" being misused... I had an issue in 2019 with identity theft. I even know the person who does it for a living.... The bank doesn't care to investigate and T-Mobile needs to be sued for labeling their ignorant staff as experts. They aren't properly or fully trained to ever be close to an "expert." I was lucky enough to catch the secondary name placed without my authorization on my account and was lucky enough my employer at the time was late on paying me. (Thank God) This guy still steals money from people and yet the law will never do anything about it bc he doesn't have a gun walking around threatening people.
Cannot help but consider that the "thief" you refer to, is actually the expert, albeit he is on the outside of moral principal.
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More secrets more power (?)
That s why secrets must remain secret
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I think exposure via Social Media and whatnot is the solution, if it remains unfettered by government. It’s the first time it’s socially ok to push back on big med thanks to shared info available to all….
Isn’t late stage American empire & capitalism a sight to behold?
There is much in this presentation ....but we must not forget that we need to eat bread and keep warm and dry and as healthy as we can and expertise has delivered much on this ...a few folks may have got rich from these enterprises ...but what is a few among the many ?
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"Rent-seekers"?
Those that have you under their roof, and are now able to charge you whatever they please to keep you safe.
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So, it’s their “we”, not anyone else’s, they get to define it and can’t answer it. Got it. Pass.
Delusional take 🤣
It's the corporate democracy, and the people's republic. When they say "threat to our democracy" they really mean its a threat to their plans... plans which are on a "need to know basis." They have determined that the public doesn't need to know.
Simple, they: those with power in government and those with enough wealth to influence and control them. We: the rest of us on receiving end of their laws and profit schemes.
You really did not understand at all what he was saying if that is your takeaway. "We" necessarily changes depending on the situation and circumstances, this is obvious. And even the ones who are the perpetrators can be included in the "we" to the extent that they also end up suffering from the effects of their own actions. But, broadly speaking, everyone knows who the "they" and "we" are in this collective dynamic, and you're simply being contrarian or willfully obtuse if you can't acknowledge that. See @MartyMcTube 's comment for simple clarification.
Comedy, another truth-seeking sector, has obviously been affected too.
Yup.
If you use a Marxist term like “rent seeking,” I think you should explicitly acknowledge that. And if you still think that’s a term you need, you should explain it. “Rent” means something very different to the majority of people than what you are using it to describe.