Global Capitalism: The U.S. Election and Trump 2.0 in Historical Perspective [November 2024]

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  • @M.M.Alam.Liberty
    @M.M.Alam.Liberty День тому +88

    Brave and Brilliant Dr Wolff 👏

    • @DBEdwards
      @DBEdwards 23 години тому +7

      Compassionate man. A heart of gold he has.

    • @Nemesisnxt
      @Nemesisnxt 22 години тому

      Absolutely. History tells us that communism is synonymous with compassion. Thank you, Professor.

    • @vivalaleta
      @vivalaleta 21 годину тому +3

      ​@Nemesisnxt He's not a Communist, he's a Marxist.

    • @WayOfTheZombie
      @WayOfTheZombie 19 годин тому

      All presidents ask us to buy things. We've been asking to regulate cost of those things.

    • @NO-LIVAS
      @NO-LIVAS 10 годин тому

      He has all of my respect

  • @AnnieT369
    @AnnieT369 19 годин тому +49

    If only the American poor would/could listen to the brave professor.

    • @azhassainia2492
      @azhassainia2492 11 годин тому

      They're programmed this way willing to die for capitalism ,why? nobody knows

    • @Vicky-Blue
      @Vicky-Blue 11 годин тому +3

      The poor are usually the easiest to fool, unfortunately.

    • @zeusvalentine3638
      @zeusvalentine3638 10 годин тому

      they listened and didn't agree. the Democrats failed in so many ways.

    • @lennonJoe
      @lennonJoe 8 годин тому +1

      @@Vicky-Blue It is capital that fools people, whether rich or poor. Capital alienates everyone equally.

    • @cowsandpigsmaketheearthwar1471
      @cowsandpigsmaketheearthwar1471 6 годин тому +1

      unfortunately they are largely evangelical christians who believe the prosperity gospel and are not sure if trump is the messiah or god incarnate. they have tasted the coolaide and believe the biblical interpretation of the dominion and the dominionists will bring them cash for praying to jesus as that particular patriarchy sees fit
      cpwsandpigsmaketheearthwarm

  • @luizamorim1626
    @luizamorim1626 21 годину тому +24

    Thanks Prof Wolff for such an eloquent and sobering lecture. Prof Wolff never ceases to amaze me in his ability to make sense.❤Thanks again!!

  • @jaidern
    @jaidern 22 години тому +32

    Brilliant. This is my favorite monthly on UA-cam.
    Maybe the best things in life are indeed free

    • @michellesmithunroe2463
      @michellesmithunroe2463 3 години тому

      Nothing is free. The professor has generous supporters who enable us to benefit, similar to a charitable donation. I'm grateful to them and the professor!

    • @missc.murphy3494
      @missc.murphy3494 3 години тому +1

      Not free. I am a subscriber thru Patreon

  • @payatchoi9516
    @payatchoi9516 День тому +32

    We rock with Prof Wolff cuz he's rocking with us!

  • @morganjohnson3228
    @morganjohnson3228 10 годин тому +7

    I can't figure it out, but Mr. Wolff soothes me. He puts to words those things in my mind that I can't understand but I feel.

  • @johnsarmiento410
    @johnsarmiento410 День тому +25

    Thank you Dr. Wolff.

  • @loufarrocco7023
    @loufarrocco7023 7 годин тому +2

    Thank you Richard Wolff for shedding all important light on deep rooted problems we all face in the US. May we be successful in our endeavors to address the causes of problems and not fiddle around becoming overwhelmed by symptoms.

  • @tagindenver2
    @tagindenver2 22 години тому +14

    Thank you, Dr. Wolff. I greatly appreciate this lecture.

  • @stevenbrassey3540
    @stevenbrassey3540 12 годин тому +5

    As ever, spot on analysis by The Prof Wolff. We need his voice to be heard at grass root levels and to challenge our politicians to deal with his perspectives.

  • @aurelian6313
    @aurelian6313 22 години тому +24

    I’m in Canada. The Canadian politician Tommy Douglas likened voters to mice voting for cats. The mice (voters) can vote for the white cats, or for the black cats. But their only choice is to vote for cats.

    • @zeusvalentine3638
      @zeusvalentine3638 10 годин тому

      have you been to a hospital lately? our system isn't working well either.

    • @loufarrocco7023
      @loufarrocco7023 7 годин тому

      Well said aurelian6313.

  • @coffeebean86
    @coffeebean86 4 години тому +2

    This is so hard to listen to, but terribly necessary. Thank you Dr Wolff for your consistent message over the last years.

  • @C.c52
    @C.c52 6 годин тому +2

    What an intellectual and moral delight to listen to you Professor Wolff ! Thank you from France for all the dedicated work you empower us with!

  • @libiroli
    @libiroli 14 годин тому +7

    I loved this talk, but 3 things:
    1:12:54 Social security is actually indexed to CPI.
    59:25 The U.S. hasn't had a major recession in 15 years, which is a historical anomaly. This is one of the legitimately unique characteristics of our current neoliberalism era: how the Federal Reserve is using unique new fiat tricks to manage the business cycle. Normally this would undermine the dollar, but every other central bank is doing it too so tbh I have no idea how this ends.
    42:00 China has been going through a serious economic crisis for 2+ years now. So while I agree China will probably overtake the U.S. this century, it's not as clear cut as Mr. Wolff makes it out to be.
    Thank you again, Mr. Wolff and D@W. This channel is a gold mine for political and economic commentary. Excited for the next talk in January! Cheers from Japan.

    • @michellesmithunroe2463
      @michellesmithunroe2463 3 години тому +1

      Perhaps the fiat trickery lies on proverbial paper only because it certainly feels like we've been in a major recession for that length of time due to the stagnation of wages to which Dr. Wolff referred.

  • @andrearenee7845
    @andrearenee7845 4 години тому +1

    Followed you for a long time. Thank you for your service...

  • @geoffreynhill2833
    @geoffreynhill2833 2 години тому +1

    Uniquely illuminating. 👍🤔 ( Democrat & Republican voters alike should watch this. )

  • @ironsnowflake1076
    @ironsnowflake1076 10 годин тому +2

    Just finished my third listen....the well-spoken truth nourishes the soul. Thank you.

  • @carfunc
    @carfunc 14 годин тому +3

    Thank you for your clear explanations

  • @Martha-s7u
    @Martha-s7u 19 годин тому +7

    A wow factor as usual 😊 thank you

  • @CarolFoegen
    @CarolFoegen 6 годин тому +1

    Have a happy Holidays and thank you!

  • @robertaprice6263
    @robertaprice6263 День тому +9

    Thank you brother Dr Wolff❤

  • @TheUntroubledMind
    @TheUntroubledMind День тому +8

    This dude is so smart. 🔥

  • @Spectre2434
    @Spectre2434 День тому +10

    Final Justice for American Exceptionalism ❤❤❤

  • @cowsandpigsmaketheearthwar1471
    @cowsandpigsmaketheearthwar1471 5 годин тому +1

    YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION
    I WILL GET AS MANY PEOPLE TO WATCH THIS AS POSSIBLE

  • @josephschaumberg4136
    @josephschaumberg4136 6 годин тому +1

    What a lesson, on economics backed by history.

  • @WE.ARE138
    @WE.ARE138 День тому +9

    But yes for sure, I couldn't agree more, he is a very good example of what we can strive to be. I'm always practicing staying curious enough to try look into what I don't understand.
    That's how I found out about him. There was and still is a lot to learn about our system. But wow am I glad I found him at all. Thank you Mr Wolff

    • @onegurl9
      @onegurl9 15 годин тому

      Try looking into EVERY he says, not what you're just courious about. He's lying to you.

    • @danielhutchinson6604
      @danielhutchinson6604 7 годин тому

      @@onegurl9Wolff is a Marxist.
      He believes in redistributing Currency.
      He makes that clear, you offer no evidence of lies?
      You appear to be the one who is not telling the truth?

    • @danielhutchinson6604
      @danielhutchinson6604 6 годин тому

      Wolff overlooks the involvement of Robert Mercer and Company, in 2016 as well as the 2020 election that saw Trumps Childern fail to produce results without Mercer's guidance.
      This go-round appears to involve the selection of the same old faces and the presentation of very large amounts of money to produce the proper results.
      The Electoral Industry "reported" almost $15 billion being involved in 2020 election business budget that directed that Election.
      The Investors who bought Hillary the Delegates needed to insure that her services as a Political Prostitute were available, this Year appear to have consolidated their funds with the Investors who buy stock in vote counting machinery Corporations.
      We can discuss the industry that supposedly insures the validity of the results if you choose to indulge in that discussion?
      But the appearance of the most corrupt government since the Gilded Age being installed by an overwhelming amount of money being applied to getting the desired results desired, does appear evident.

    • @danielhutchinson6604
      @danielhutchinson6604 3 години тому

      @@onegurl9 do you want to explain about the lies?

  • @stevemora7845
    @stevemora7845 День тому +7

    Great show! Thank you 🙏

  • @victorcanela2734
    @victorcanela2734 22 години тому +6

    Thank to you, I love your speech es all the time. God bless you.

  • @sarahcarder7076
    @sarahcarder7076 10 годин тому +1

    Thank you, I’m inspired to pass your education on to my kids and grandkids so they know what system they are living in and not find it out when they are 50 and have fallen through all the traps.

  • @wildbillak
    @wildbillak 23 години тому +6

    Thank you once again Professor Wolff.✌🏼👋🏼🖖🏼✊🏼

  • @WE.ARE138
    @WE.ARE138 День тому +7

    We're all supposed to be just as Brave as Wolff not just for the country for each other.

  • @davidguarin358
    @davidguarin358 День тому +8

    A Genius in geopolítical

  • @johnollerenshaw3077
    @johnollerenshaw3077 11 годин тому +1

    YOU Deep understanding, thank so much you, THE TRUTH of America and sadly many other countries

  • @JesusGarcia-rj3pn
    @JesusGarcia-rj3pn 8 годин тому +1

    Excellent analysis like always. Love your points of view.

  • @maryamNilforoushan
    @maryamNilforoushan 13 годин тому +2

    Thank you Richard 🙏🏼 and have a good thanksgiving and Christmas

  • @lindaamey-c5d
    @lindaamey-c5d 10 годин тому

    You’re my new favourite person to listen to. You are SO articulate and intelligent ~ easy to listen to! Everyone needs to hear you. You are GREAT. Thank you oh brilliant one. ❤

  • @josephschaumberg4136
    @josephschaumberg4136 6 годин тому +1

    Thank you!

  • @nthperson
    @nthperson 22 години тому +6

    A book I recommend to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of how our political system evolved is "First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans," by Thomas Ricks. Ricks examines the influences over the thinking of those most responsible for the making of national governance under a written constitution. There is no question that the greatest influence was exerted by James Madison, who had studied in detail the experience of all past republics and why they eventually succumbed to despotism and collapse. Madison was hopeful but far from certain that the American republic would survive, and survive despite the fact that important principles (not the least of which was endorsing the enslavement of some human beings by other human beings) were sacrificed in order to form a union of the newly-formed sovereign states. The protection of slavery as an institution confirmed that the most important function of government was to be the protection of property, however property was to be defined.
    The subsequent history of the United States of America has been a history of ongoing violence in defense of property over human rights.

    • @jgalt308
      @jgalt308 9 годин тому

      Human rights? What are those and what is their source?

    • @nthperson
      @nthperson 7 годин тому

      @@jgalt308 The existence of rights (as distinct from privileges) comes from the experience of cooperative behavior as essential to the nurturing of the young to reasonably ensure each person reaches the age of competency. Also integral to the basis for rights is the limit of the action's of the individual within the bounds of one's liberty (i.e., do no harm to others), beyond which (as John Locke explained) such behaviors fall in the realm of license, which jeopardizes the cooperative relations required for the just society and must be prevented.

    • @Porfi-1911
      @Porfi-1911 5 годин тому +1

      One could point to morals derived by philosophers or ideologies, but why cant we just listen to the majoirty of the working class no matter their party preference? If we do that I think its more than reasonable that human rights include things like universal healthcare (working class physical and mental health continue to decline), financial security (which could come from jobs guarantees, democratic workplaces and economy, massive reforms to debt), less war that we can now all see the horrors of on the ground through our phones (want a real step to world peace? Make war and any material support of it or others' wars only doable by house Rep vote), national abortion rights at some early/mid term level. All this can and should be considered human/peoples rights, and also linked to the economy and how it, along with technological progress generally, is not working to better the lives of working class people here.

  • @avtarsingh8948
    @avtarsingh8948 16 годин тому +1

    Richard Wolff, Jeffrey Sachs and John Mearsheimer-thank you for telling the truth. Brilliant lecture!

  • @AntoinetteTurkie
    @AntoinetteTurkie 15 годин тому +1

    Amazing lecture, thank you for dedicating your time and energy to share your invaluable insights with us.

  • @vincentrocks
    @vincentrocks 10 годин тому +2

    China is not an empire, it is a civilisation, Americans don’t have the ability to distinguish them

  • @AjarnKongmy
    @AjarnKongmy 13 годин тому +3

    I used to think that America is a great and smart Nation...!!😂😂😂😅😅 but in fact it's a DAMN self destructive Nation.

  • @philippebauve567
    @philippebauve567 2 години тому

    I am french been living in Australia for the last 45 years ,I have been watching your programs for years and I find you extremely interesting ,I would love to meet you in person ,Merçi Dr Wolff .

  • @AsifKhan-bv3iu
    @AsifKhan-bv3iu 12 годин тому +1

    Fantastic presentation.

  • @adrianaserdanvazquez631
    @adrianaserdanvazquez631 11 годин тому +1

    Great lecture, thank you very much.

  • @hhhmmm-zw6cs
    @hhhmmm-zw6cs 15 годин тому +1

    Brillant as always.
    Thank you Prof Wolff for another excellent lecture.

  • @Plan_it-Farm
    @Plan_it-Farm 10 годин тому +1

    Thank you Professor

  • @davidluckens3479
    @davidluckens3479 День тому +3

    Thanks,Prof Wolff

  • @kateh8269
    @kateh8269 14 годин тому +1

    Thank you , Professor. I love your talks

  • @JanetteHeffernan
    @JanetteHeffernan 8 годин тому +1

    Bravo!

  • @susankay497
    @susankay497 21 годину тому +1

    Thanks for another excellent show. It's so frustrating that so many people refuse to hear the truth and instead listen to lies.

  • @18breaths66
    @18breaths66 11 годин тому +1

    Example of declining empire:
    There are many single family ranch style houses in my neighborhood that have been split into individual rentable rooms (some with bathrooms attached). One building i know rents to 6 different people at $900 each.

  • @jackshultz2024
    @jackshultz2024 22 години тому +4

    A comment on the Evangelical support for the Republicans. I recall a debate in 2012 among 12 different candidates for the Republican presidential nomination.The moderator asked a quick question question. Raise your hand if you believe in the theory of evolution. Of the 12 candidates, only one raised his hand, Jon Huntsman, and he was immediately eliminated from the race.

  • @bcadams75
    @bcadams75 20 годин тому +2

    Much appreciated Prof Wolff

  • @iart2838
    @iart2838 22 години тому +3

    Thx soooo much

  • @jackshultz2024
    @jackshultz2024 21 годину тому +3

    I will finish with one more quick comment. A quote from Kishore Mahbubani, Singapore author, scholar and diplomat talk about the contrast between the US and China.
    “In this century, for more than 20 years, the US has been fighting and not winning while China has been winning and not fighting.”

    • @sichambers9011
      @sichambers9011 20 годин тому

      You can sort of see how the US might tear itself apart if China is patient and calm enough. The main concern is how much of the world the US will take down with it

    • @danielhutchinson6604
      @danielhutchinson6604 2 години тому

      @@sichambers9011 The US Colonial Empire that at one time delivered enough Tribute payments to keep the US Currency afloat, seem to have found better places to spend their money.

  • @gudubenben
    @gudubenben 12 годин тому +1

    Thanks

  • @Nine-Signs
    @Nine-Signs День тому +5

    Tariffs are painful. I live in the UK, used to be the case that buying anything off of AliExpress was VAT exempt, that all changed a few years ago and the mobile phone I purchased that was in your money about 160 dollars increased overnight to 199 dollars. What fun. -.-

    • @mozartsbumbumsrus7750
      @mozartsbumbumsrus7750 23 години тому +1

      I'm a San Franciscan living in London for FUN.

    • @Nine-Signs
      @Nine-Signs 22 години тому

      @@mozartsbumbumsrus7750 as a Brit, I can see you forgot the word sadomasochistic.

    • @nthperson
      @nthperson 22 години тому +1

      Tariffs were instrumental in deepening a serious recession after 1931 into a global economic depression by 1932.

    • @mozartsbumbumsrus7750
      @mozartsbumbumsrus7750 15 годин тому

      ​@Nine-Signs I didn't say "sadomasochistic" because I'm neither. In fact, I never even paid the TV licence or taxes and stay away from British BS. Brexit freed me from employment and I continue reading, writing painting, performing serious high art classical music and learning. I've had more sex than most so what's not to love?

  • @soccerjazz2022
    @soccerjazz2022 14 годин тому

    🤗 Thank you again for this clear overview, mr. Wolff. That yellow jacket is super ❣✌

  • @christiancommunistpartyoft8691
    @christiancommunistpartyoft8691 5 годин тому +1

    the USA was founded on genocide like Israel, the USA was founded as an imperialist oligarchic plutocratic nation by default in July 4th, 1776. And most countries of Europe have been oligarchic fascist empires. Europe has been the continuity of the imperialist oligarchic fascist empire of the Greeks and Romans. Where only a few of the population have been able to succeed and the majority have lived in poverty, taxed to death and billed to death
    I think former senator Robert Byrd (who was into alternative history) was correct when he said that mankind has been victim of a 5000 years old war, (since states were invented) by a few elites against the majority using their invention of states, governments in order to steal the wealth of the whole world.
    That’s why the philosopher Giani Vattimo said that the next world war will be a war of the poor against the rich.
    And these same people who invented states and governments as a tool to steal the world, thousands of years ago are the same people who killed Jesus, Lincoln, Hugo Chavez, Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Salvador Allende, Arafat etc
    Something has to give !!

  • @peterkerruish8136
    @peterkerruish8136 17 годин тому +1

    Excellent.Thankyou.

  • @Martha-s7u
    @Martha-s7u 19 годин тому +1

    If only more US citizens would listen to him, maybe one day soon

  • @Aboomar.Abdelgany
    @Aboomar.Abdelgany 10 годин тому

    To witness such brilliance in plain spoke English is truly rare and remarkable

  • @chupapi1283
    @chupapi1283 18 годин тому +1

    Thank you sir,for speak the true.

  • @NO-LIVAS
    @NO-LIVAS 10 годин тому

    Help us Richard, we need you now more than ever

  • @pardeeptandon
    @pardeeptandon 23 години тому +5

    In the last 40 years America has become a trading nation and has lost its manufacturing lead to China. In case of a war a Trading nation will always lose to a manufacturing country

    • @nthperson
      @nthperson 22 години тому

      China still has the problem of insufficient domestic demand for what it produces. China's workforce needs to somehow gain the ability to form unions and engage in collective bargaining for better wages and working conditions.

    • @George-k6o9t
      @George-k6o9t 22 години тому

      Yup - this was proven in the American Civil War where the Northern States were industrialized while the Southern States were agrarian and had to export their farm produce in exchange for armaments from the Europeans.

    • @onegurl9
      @onegurl9 15 годин тому

      So how do you explain that America remains the wealthiest and greatest country in the world.
      And if you haven't noticed lately, many companies have moved out of China, their economy is really bad, Businesses have all but closed down, people are homeless and jobless. So how is that doing for them?
      Do you know how many times in the last 5 years customers have went to withdrawal money from the bank accounts and their accounts were empty, money taken, by the bank or government. Some just making millions of dollars in deposits.
      This is why you don't want a CBDC, like they have.

    • @MaxBerry-j6d
      @MaxBerry-j6d 12 годин тому

      ​@@onegurl9 ....🤣🤣Are you serious? Let me guess.... you watch that ClA funded Serpentz@ and his buddy's videos on UA-cam.

    • @MaxBerry-j6d
      @MaxBerry-j6d 12 годин тому

      @@onegurl9 .... You've been br@!nw@shed. Now there are now literally thousands of videos by weztern vloggers showing the real Chh!yna. And it's 0pp0site of what you just wr0te.

  • @fellsmoke
    @fellsmoke День тому +3

    Time to end private money in our electoral process....public funding, public promotion, obligation to vote...the infrastructure needed too...

    • @nthperson
      @nthperson 22 години тому +2

      Better yet. Time to update the Greek system of selected legislators by lottery. The basic eligibility requirements would be a minimum age and successful completion during one's formal education of a rigorous civics program. Willing to serve? You put your name in the lottery. If selected when openings exist, you serve for one term after which you return to your private life. No fund-raising, no campaigns, no elections. Perhaps, just perhaps, deeper commitment to the public good by those holding office.

    • @michellesmithunroe2463
      @michellesmithunroe2463 3 години тому

      ​@@nthpersonwhile holding office, elected officials must only receive the mean salary of their constituents on which to live with additional bonuses based on performance.

    • @michellesmithunroe2463
      @michellesmithunroe2463 3 години тому

      Way past time for that but the system is so far rigged against us when it comes to changing it in any way that benefits us and, apparently, becoming more deeply entrenched with each passing day that it's difficult to see meaningful change.

  • @Kimu58
    @Kimu58 9 годин тому +2

    Reverse Citizen United, Campaign finance reforms, No PACs. No ads. otherwise it's just a bunch of wishful thinking.

  • @davidpretiz4439
    @davidpretiz4439 23 години тому +2

    Mr Wolf did not mention the turmoil and unrest in many Latin countries when the planes full of expelled people return to their countries.

  • @patriciaeamon1388
    @patriciaeamon1388 21 годину тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @jamespardue3055
    @jamespardue3055 17 годин тому +2

    Mr. Wolf, what do you think the chances are that Elon Musk will cut Social Security and Medicare to try and lower the country's debt? I realize it's not supposed to be counted against the debt, but congress has been borrowing from it for decades. (Do I have those assumptions correct?)

  • @albwilso9
    @albwilso9 12 годин тому +1

    This famous economist, is always so right , and unfortunately he will be right! Just like others like John Mearshimer and Jeffrey Sachs!!!

  • @flamani54
    @flamani54 21 годину тому +1

    A dose of reality. I think Americans' vision about how they interact with each other, based on the Sacro-saint individualism and hatred of anything that looks like "socialism" may be reconsidered in my opinion. Thank you.

    • @michellesmithunroe2463
      @michellesmithunroe2463 3 години тому

      That may be more likely were it not for the numerous sources manipulating, distracting, and dividing us.

  • @ynotamil
    @ynotamil 11 годин тому

    Thank you, thank you, always a master piece.
    Why aren't you the president some asks? Well, you just said it. You questions the rotten system capitalism. That's why. But you can bet your last cent that a new Lenin is around the corner.

  • @lindajeanschaffers3673
    @lindajeanschaffers3673 12 годин тому

    Thank you it was so interesting.

  • @nishanacht
    @nishanacht 2 години тому

    women/girls have always been scapegoated and a maligned target of boys/mEn since the dawn of time, not just bc of work and economic issues. The violence and cruelty may have just gotten worse in different ways.
    Otherwise, this was excellent. Reminds me of my Dad’s intellect and logic❤
    Thx Prof Wolff

  • @thomaskirkpatrick1134
    @thomaskirkpatrick1134 12 годин тому +1

    The WolffMan Be Bad!love him!!

  • @vivalaleta
    @vivalaleta 21 годину тому +3

    We taught the DINOcrats a lesson. You vote for jen-0-side? You pay the price.

    • @magoollaful
      @magoollaful 11 годин тому

      So do those facing more genocide worldwide, and now potentially a repeat of that here as well. Gee, thanks for your lesson and bragging about how you have preserved your delusionally superior state of purity and declared "innocence" while enabling more genocide, in response to genocide.

  • @DavidStanleymusic
    @DavidStanleymusic 9 годин тому

    its uncanny how Wolff has it so well thought out he has a very good understanding of the problems facing USA. What I find odd is how Lincoln a republican yet the black vote is mostly democrat its perplexing

  • @Paul-f3i8y
    @Paul-f3i8y 20 годин тому +3

    If it looks like a 💩 And smells like a 💩 It's Mc Donald's 🍟🍔🥞 It's amazing what they can do with 🌽 and toXic chemical's YUMMY THE AMERICAN DREAM 😂

  • @lauriecraw5033
    @lauriecraw5033 22 години тому +2

    Wish all the Trump voters could have heard this.

  • @Tony-gq8pi
    @Tony-gq8pi 15 годин тому +1

    Douglas McGregor for president and Scott Ritter for VP

  • @johnkruk6929
    @johnkruk6929 19 годин тому +2

    Wars lost yes but how much money was made !

  • @CarlosPena-pf5zi
    @CarlosPena-pf5zi 9 годин тому +1

    It would take a lifetime to get the United States back to the industrial capacity which it I started exporting 60 years ago. However the United States has already passed the point of no return and the Empire is dying like all empires do, it's cyclical.

    • @michellesmithunroe2463
      @michellesmithunroe2463 3 години тому

      I feel certain that there are few citizens who feel any desire to be an Empire and are exhausted by the continuous onslaught of manipulations. We just want to survive and make the best of our time on this planet like most around the world.

  • @brianwheeldon4643
    @brianwheeldon4643 18 годин тому +1

    Thank you Richard. May I say, in New Zealand we have MMP mixed member proportional representation. We've had this voting system since 1993. What's its track record? It's little better than First Past the Post which the British still use and the USA. It took about 5 years or so for the politial parties and the politicians to get bedded in, and now we're back to the same old - same old, to all intent and purposes. Is it worth having? It's worth having if you have decent, moral and ethical people as politicians. I don't know of any country that is in that situation, some a little better than others. I consider some form of deliberative democracy such as citizens assemblies or public assemblies by far and away the best option for democracy. Party representation for the most part operates poorly. Greed, power and wealth usually win in the end with careerists in charge. Finally, tariffs hurt the poor and less well off more than they hurt the rich. It's like Goods and Services Tax GST or Value Added Tax. The rich don't care if cars cost twice the price, or any consumer good. Expenditures for consumer goods don't affect the rich, only the poorer suffer.

  • @cowsandpigsmaketheearthwar1471
    @cowsandpigsmaketheearthwar1471 6 годин тому +2

    Thank you dr wolfe
    I appreciate you much
    Feel free to use amosexuals for gun lovers. I’m a coiner of phrases

  • @darrylhalden1948
    @darrylhalden1948 17 годин тому +1

    But we have certain regulations in regard to declaring source of donations in Australia - anything over $1000 has to be disclosed - we also have compulsory voting and preferential voting...yet we too have basically two major parties federal and state who share the election spoils at elections and when you strip away the blame game rhetoric , are basically taking us in the same direction- so perhaps this problem is a lot deeper than you think

    • @PaulZeeX
      @PaulZeeX 6 годин тому

      I agree Darryl with your essential point that the problem is a deeper systemic one: in particular in Australia, people's historic attachment to the predominant parties, but also - as elsewhere - the influence of global / international political power, global lobby-group power, and global business power, global finance, etc.on national politics.
      However, if you consider the last federal election, the greens increased their parliamentary seats on the back of more than a 10% increase in natiinal vote share. Likewise the independent "Teal" movement had a significant impact on the election result. Both the greens and the "teals" have had some positive impacts on aspects of how politics is operating on an ongoing basis - see the article published Nov 2023 in "The Conversation" entitled "Halfway through their term, the ‘teal’ MPs look here to stay - and may present a huge challenge in 2025".

    • @PaulZeeX
      @PaulZeeX 6 годин тому

      I agree Darryl with your essential point that the problem is a deeper systemic one: in particular in Australia, people's historic attachment to the predominant parties, but also - as elsewhere - the influence of global / international political power, global lobby-group power, and global business power, global finance, etc.on national politics.
      However, if you consider the last federal election, the greens increased their parliamentary seats on the back of more than a 10% increase in natiinal vote share. Likewise the independent "Teal" movement had a significant impact on the election result. Both the greens and the "teals" have had some positive impacts on aspects of how politics is operating on an ongoing basis - see the article published Nov 2023 in "The Conversation" entitled "Halfway through their term, the ‘teal’ MPs look here to stay - and may present a huge challenge in 2025".

  • @DavidDieni
    @DavidDieni 15 годин тому +1

    No one talks about the elephant in the room.
    The findings/charges of the juciarcy at the Nuremberg trials was that Nazi Germany had committed the supreme crime of launching a preemptive war of aggression, from which all other crimes flowed.
    In 2003 the USA launched a preemptive war of aggression unleashing unspeakable horrors on tens of millions of innocent civilians. Have you ever seen a pickup truck full of pieces of children sliced to ribbons by a cluster bomb?
    The significant difference between Nazi Germany and the USA is that Hitler's military aggression was sprung on the German people after assuming dictorial power. While US citizens have enabled mass murder at the ballot box for twenty years by choice, treating the lives of the victims of US imperialism with utter callous indifference. The invasion of the Middle East has bankrupted the country, and now people are screaming blue murder.
    America has the president richly America deserves

    • @moongardenglow
      @moongardenglow 9 годин тому

      How is there a choice when both sides are willing to engage in forever wars? As individuals we don't agree to this crap.

  • @blbeachin
    @blbeachin 6 годин тому

    Look into the Baha’i Government for your answers, PLEASE!

  • @Haderva
    @Haderva 10 годин тому

    People born in the 1940s have held leadership positions since 1993. Even during President Obama's eight-year administration, Joe Biden served as vice president. Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Biden, and Donald Trump hold the perspectives of a specific generation of Americans. As a result, I expect retirement age to be raised to 85.

  • @ACT4UCF
    @ACT4UCF Годину тому

    Well said. So sad we cant just say the obvious in politics and do the obvious like proportional representation. Cheap power plays (money or manipulation) work way to well for simple truths to ever hit the American people

  • @jermainemyrn19
    @jermainemyrn19 8 годин тому

    Im raising my kids up on richard Wolf. I need them rebellious. Im tired of this bs.

  • @booneulidan1077
    @booneulidan1077 20 годин тому +1

    An economist talks more sensibly than a "foolitician".

  • @mattcrouch9348
    @mattcrouch9348 23 години тому +2

    If Trump's policies cause a large amount of inflation, he's got a proven way to prevent damage to his political support: just say that there isn't any inflation.
    This approach was demonstrated this year, when he insisted that inflation is out of control. The fact that it isn't had no real bearing on his support.

    • @onegurl9
      @onegurl9 15 годин тому

      But it is. We are in a recession if not a depression. How can you not see it?

    • @danielhutchinson6604
      @danielhutchinson6604 2 години тому

      What makes you assume Inflation has fallen?
      Food seems to remain high.
      The Government selects the categories that they use to provide their opinions.
      Statistics are selected to approve their opinions.to prove their statements.

  • @ratnabahadurgurung9850
    @ratnabahadurgurung9850 16 годин тому

    Interesting

  • @davidbrowne5222
    @davidbrowne5222 7 годин тому

    Trump said " Gold Will destroy the FED " period. No FED = no income tax, simple choice. Win Win Win. 💂

  • @samkim8451
    @samkim8451 23 години тому +2

    Merry Christmas happy New Year’s to Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump please send some gift to Palestinian for New Year’s

  • @jackshultz2024
    @jackshultz2024 21 годину тому +2

    Trump has said very loudly that he will not allow other countries to de-dollarize their trade. He threatened 100% tariffs on those countries who try to de-dollarize.
    “We can’t let that happen.” He said. “It would be like losing a revolution.”
    From that statement, we know that clearly understood the importance of the dominance of the dollar to the American economy.

    • @danielhutchinson6604
      @danielhutchinson6604 2 години тому

      Apparently the event has already occurred?
      Since 2014 the BRICS Associates appear to have diverted enough money and Resources to drive Inflation up?
      Trump appears to be as ignorant as he sounds?

  • @PaulZeeX
    @PaulZeeX 5 годин тому

    19:18 I may be mistaken Richard, however my understanding was that votes for the office of US President and Vice President are candidate votes conducted via the electoral-college voting system. They are not Seat votes.
    "Seat" votes apply to the US House of Representatives, where Congress people and Senators compete for their respective "Seat" in the "house".
    A candidate representative wins or loses the seat they run for on a ballot, and the US House of Representatives is therefore made up of a mix of Representatives either from a range of parties or as an independent unaffiliated to a party.
    Is that correct?
    If so, I don't understand your comment here about "all of the seats" when at best it would appear only two seats are available in the US presidential election: one for President and one for Vice President.

  • @heyyall1912
    @heyyall1912 День тому

    True