David Simon on Our Rigged Political System

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  • In part two of his interview, David Simon, creator of the TV series "The Wire" and "Treme," talks to Bill about the triumph of capital over democracy.
    See part one of Simon's interview: bit.ly/1emBz7P
    Subscribe to 'Moyers & Company' channel: bit.ly/LGjeaM

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  • @jeep21243
    @jeep21243 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I love david Simon and share a lot of his ideas, especially his thoughts on class divide as it relates to the application of criminal law. I think he's right, there is so much money in politics now that the legislature is essentially dead with no chance of repair due to the fact that those who broke it have gerrymandered and passed laws to ensure it stays broken. It's a sad situation America has gotten itself in to

  • @SCWoodbury2009
    @SCWoodbury2009 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "While money doesn’t talk, it swears."
    Dylan

  • @TheGuitarver
    @TheGuitarver 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Rupert Murdoch is all in on this btw. Paul Verhoeven's "Starship Troopers" put this idea into prophetic motion. Teachers telling pushing people into serving in the Military and using bad Nietzsche to bolster their arguments lol Tell me he didn't see this one coming back then. Same with Robocop lol Getting to be a Robocop world out there [gahhhhhhhhhhh].

  • @patphatkitten
    @patphatkitten 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Even wolves in a pack will try to take care of the elderly and sick wolves to the best of their ability. While traveling, the slowest wolf goes first and sets the pace for the pack. The sick and elderly are not left behind and the male /female alpha wolf walks in the back and brings up the rear. Are we less caring than wolves?

    • @patphatkitten
      @patphatkitten 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @The truth hurts i will have to agree with you there.

  • @Kruppt808
    @Kruppt808 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All these political videos on TH-cam, with both sides saying what's wrong, who's to blame and sometimes this is how you fix it have maybe a 50 million views all combined, 1 Drake song or Just Bieber song have more than a billion........... people don't care. They really don't.

  • @noapology88
    @noapology88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Once you replace trust with fear, there is no going back."
    - Dragonheart Vengeance

  • @leslierobtduncan7823
    @leslierobtduncan7823 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Like Omar said paraphrasing.........money isn't owning dawg, it is the spending.

  • @gregorys6838
    @gregorys6838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm retired and this is the worst travesty of ALL time. What happened? It's absolutely amazing how good things would be with out money getting in the way.

  • @kn9ioutom
    @kn9ioutom 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    KOCH ROACH BROTHERS WANT TO OWN AMERICA !!! VOTE FOR SENATOR SANDERS

  • @tt-tc2xo
    @tt-tc2xo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m willing to pick up that brick at this point.

  • @Sherayx
    @Sherayx 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for sharing, peace.

  • @RobD2000
    @RobD2000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you think you cant, Illl agree. And if you think you can, Ill agree. Guess what? Y O U C A N ! =-)

    • @coreycox2345
      @coreycox2345 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why now? It was you that made the suggestion to meet and then actually did not want to in a way that appeared to have been lifted from "Brief Interviews with Horrible Men.' This seems screwy somehow. I will have to think about it. That doesn't sound like an invitation..."You can meet me." No thanks. Thanks anyways. :)

    • @coreycox2345
      @coreycox2345 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you invite me, I will visit. I still haven't seen an invitation. You are still here. :)

  • @jerryjones7293
    @jerryjones7293 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be... - Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

  • @mfpinterceptor
    @mfpinterceptor 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sisyphus indeed... Picking up a brick - reminds me of lyrics in "Lives In The Balance" by Jackson Browne

  • @silkhead44
    @silkhead44 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    who's no't greedy?...the baker does not wake up at 4am in the morning for the health of bread eaters

    • @evera1505
      @evera1505 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Baker supplies a product to the bread eater for an agreed price. That's not greed that's commerce, that's life.

  • @coleeandro6110
    @coleeandro6110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One bromide after another from David Simon. Yawn.

    • @evera1505
      @evera1505 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then don't watch. Yawn.

  • @larryfoster3766
    @larryfoster3766 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Term limits would help