When is "enough" really going to be "enough" for the billionaire class?
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- In the last 50 years, there has been a $50 trillion transfer of wealth from the bottom 90% to the top 1%.
$50 trillion.
When is "enough" really going to be "enough" for the billionaire class?
So true. Greed has no bottom
Do you realize how true this is? There will NEVER be enough for these people .
Worse than someone who eats all the delicious green M&Ms if you ask me.
And it’s worldwide
@@Magic-mushrooms113I first noticed it in Kentucky. There were some millionaires living right down the road from people in destitute poverty.
I saw it again in Mexico. Very rich people in mini mansions across the streets from ramshackle shacks that were barely standing.
Did any of the rich help the poor? I don’t think so.
It's not greed.
It's greed + capitalism.
You can't change the greed of a small segment of society.
But you can remove the tool they use to dominate and control the rest of us.
Thank you, Senator Sanders.
Thank You! Senator Sanders for you words of wisdom.
Don’t piss Bernie off he will put up those dukes! Warrior!! America passed over him in his younger years time to listen to a man who really does care. A man of conviction and wisdom and courage
Hes a commie. And youre a commie for liking the commie
Yes, Bernie would have been a superstar U.S. President!!
Hmm.
"Joe is a friend of mine"
Not such a warrior when all was said and done...
@@michaelrch I kinda was a little suspect when he said that too I understand why you feel that way but to deny him warrior I disagree. The man been at it a long time and fought against the machine alone by himself. Warrior. I’m sure you are a warrior in your own right as well and I would commend. I respect Bernie he has conviction and love backing him. ❤❤❤
It's never enough. They never have enough money because MONEY is their God.
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THERE IS NO GOD
Watch the series American Gods it's really eye-opening
@@janncoons7445Ty I'm a book and documentary fan .
Also read the book Dark Money. And Brian Tyler cohens new book is coming out this month. I ordered one.
"IN GOD WE TRUST" is printed on our money. MONEY is their GOD.
Bernie is a great gentleman of huge integrity!!!
Bless you Bernie
Thank you for your honesty and integrity and humanity ❤
It will never be enough for the 1%
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They would rather destroy all life on this earth than let go of their power and money.
@@JenniferRusso5what disgusts me is people saying, he’s worth, she’s worth, about millionaires and billionaires. They’re sick, they’re worth absolutely nothing. Instead of saying they’re worth, we should be saying they’re hoarding such and such amount.
@@nickiemcnichols5397what gets me is that when these people that never get dirty or drop a bead of sweat at work claim that the people that actually do get dirty and sweat every day are paid too much.
The wages of these people are kept as low as possible so the wages of those at the top can go as high as possible.
@@gregorymiller8888 can we start using “money hoarders” as the new term for million/billionaires? The Netflix money hoarders should be boycotted: $40M in compensation? smh
I started working in a unionized shop in the 70s, and the shop steward gave me a pamphlet on the union and wealth disparity. It had a pie chart showing how the top 3% owned 30% of the wealth. Compare that to today and it becomes obvious like Senator Sanders is saying here - the last 50 years has not been good for working people.
This is the deadly nature of the sin of greed; NEVER enough.
Deadly because it kills other humans
Not because some God will punish you in the imaginary afterflife
They want more 4themselves n less 4everybody else. Pinnacle of selfishness.
Enough for the needy, never enough for the greedy. 😢
And still people go and vote Republican 😢😢😢😢😢 against their own wellbeing
@@Abbas3491 they vote against their own best interests too. !
We should not be asking the greedy how much is enough. We should be telling them. I am convinced SCOTUS passed "Citizens United" for their own benefit and I think we should revisit that question bringing receipts.
Dems are ready to legislate away Citizens United and Presidential immunity and congressional insider trading. Guess who blocks it all?
We need to give Dems a congressional supermajority ASAP.
The ruling class does *everything* for their own benefit.
Don't expect politicians to come to the rescue.
Like every real struggle in history, if you want to take power from the powerful, you have to fight - and it gets ugly.
I have worked at Walmart 9 years n i make 16.65 an hour. My husband has been there 18 years, makes same wage as me. !! This is america, folks. 👎
yachts and chandeliers are not cheap.
I’m sorry you have to endure this. It’s a national disgrace. When I lost a career at age 50, I was fortunate enough to be able to get into nursing school. With a loan, which I paid back, I was able to save myself from certain poverty. I’m not quite in the middle class, but I feel lucky. Best wishes to both of you.
Slave labor is the only way these bs corporate models work-off the backs of the working class-sic pos's in the corporate world-zero humanity.
I bet neither of you get 40 hrs a week either. My daughter worked there and got 29 hours a week.
@@melindaunknown6411 we get 40. Both of us have been full time from the beginning. What saves us financially as a couple, is that we don't have children. Can't afford them.
Gotta get money out of politics. Billionaires are vampires, sucking us dry.
It's not just politics.
It's the system of capitalism which concentrates wealth which is undermining democracy.
The period of 1945 to 1980 when social democracy managed to curtail the excesses of capitalism is an aberration.
Oligarchy under capitalism is the norm.
And the politicians we elect are the blood source - easily bribed.
@@michaelrchdo you know Solvoy Zizek?
@@Joseph_thefather yep. Although I haven't heard much from him recently. I prefer listening to economists rather than philosophers generally but Slavoj has some interesting stuff to say.
I'm currently listening to the audiobook of Less is More by Jason Hickel. Fascinating and a bit more historical and practical than lefty philosophy.
@@michaelrch I think it’s interesting what Zizek says about the idea of techno feudalism and how capitalism developed into it. He essentially says that capitalism in and of it self is not the problem, but the way it developed. So cooperations that have hundreds of thousands of employees, hundreds of billions of revenue etc. and the way they are able to influence politics, especially in America. I will checkout the book you mentioned, thanks for the suggestion.
I heard someone say, long ago; "Enough is always enough but too much is never enough". Think about that. The boundaries of the greedy are unlimited. When they've got everything that we have, they'll start going after each other's wealth.
I do believe that part of this horror show has already begun. The 1% have funneled up nearly all of the money, now they're battling each other like a real life, real time game of Risk. Fighting over land and natural resources. We are their pawns which are easily disposable. Truly dystopian and Orwellian.
This should be expected when the "owner class" owns and operates our government. They decide who we can vote for; they fund the election system. Do we take to the streets by the millions to protest? No, we sit back and watch as their anointed candidates attend one private fundraiser after another in the homes of billionaires (where "private positions" are hammered out in the back rooms).
Well said and so true!! People need to wake up!
I believe it's part of the strategy. With everyone stretched so thin financially and having to work such long hours just to survive with the bare minimum, no one has the time or energy to protest and allow their voices - OUR VOICES - to be heard.
There is too much debt in this country. Who owes the debt? How much debt do the alleged BILLIONAIRES owe? There are no wealthy billionaire in this country. Why? According to Statista the public and private debt in the U.S is $93 trillion dollars.
We vote for protests-massive ones-chase em down for some up close & personal political debates. No wonder they created project 2025 thru drumpy-they know things are heating up & that's why we hear about this Marshall law horse nonsense. David & Goliath.......................
@@teenahweenah2608the billionaires hold the debt.
You owe it to them.
Bernie has fought against this his whole life!!! Thank you Senator!
proof that litigation and protests do nothing. want to see a difference, we need to take real action, his life is almost over and he didnt come close to achieving his goals.
@@TheRealJasonVoorhees I agree. It's shocking that no one here says anything...
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Greed consumes, and unchecked greed consumes absolutely.
That's a useful aphorism but it's also vital to understand why power is so concentrated in our society. The answer is capitalism.
The lack of morals is a prerequisite to becoming a billionaire and sociopaths make the best CEOs.
Spot on.
Capitalism rewards psychopathy.
Thank You Bernie, one income should provide, a home, health care, food, transportation, education, and recreation, just like the 50's and 60's. Why has our governing body allowed, or encouraged, this unsustainable financial situation for the workers of America.
PERSONAL GAIN - THE SENATORS WHO CAN GIVE THEMSELVES A RAISE AT ANY TIME DECIDED THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, THEY NEEDED BRIBERY TOO
Time for Citizens United to be overturned.
they work for the 1%. The goal: MORE representation with LESS taxation.
Thank You Bernie!!!
Thank you, Senator Sanders, for your years of serving. You are a true american.
It is always the banksters. Founding fathers did not want a central bank for exactly these reasons.
This is why credit unions are so important.
@@user-iy3dx1zl9q I would agree with this but credit unions just try to get bigger and bigger and then they essential become corporate in mentality and then they fixate on growth and profit and cost control and essentially at that time then they're banks. So, I wish you were right, but credit unions are not the solution unless some checks or self checks are put in place for them.
Thank you, Bernie. Am so sad.😥
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Billionaires will continue to siphon our lives until the climate burns away and we all cook/get covered by seawater. But hey, they were able to create a lot of value for those shareholders!
Capitalism is full of contradictions that create its own end...
And ours.
Bernie Sanders for VP! He would make the perfect running mate for Kamala Harris; a team that genuinely wants to make life better for 90% of people by stopping the insane greed of the richest 1%!
They said he was too old in 2016. We would have had a much better country if the DNC had supported his candidacy. As a boomer who has voted for the lesser of 2 evils. I had hope with bernie, but I knew the 1% and DNC wouldn't let us have him. Ugh
@@kerivastine2376 They ruined the one chance to have someone who actually had a living memory of contemporary activism with Martin Luther King's political movement about ending poverty, the last living man who remembered that time personally, and was running for office - all out of their greed, it had nothing to do with electability or political strategy - but with him not being on their bottom line.
Bernie for VP...? I'm sorry but Mr. Sanders is frontrunner material all the way.
@crptnite I agree, but if you split the left vote then Trump would win.
Agreed
Give Bernie the power he needs to make a difference he deserves it
I was reading a thread of comments the other day and heard SO many people saying they were working the same job as their parents did. The parents were able to buy a house, afford renovations, had 3 cars in their garage a generation or two ago. The child, working the same job now, is living paycheck to paycheck hoping to god that they don't need vehicle repairs or have any health emergencies, because that would ultimately lead to their demise from a financial standpoint.
We need change!!! And you can take that exclamatory statement any way you want.
Tell it Bernie. When are we going to wake up to the injustice.
Senator Sanders is our gift; our guardian angel, and the inspiration to every citizen on this plant. Thank you from your grateful admirer.
wealth for me, not for thee
ALL our representatives should be talking like this but they stay silent...I wonder why?
Thank you dear Bernie. We need you, our country needs you.
I had a summer job in 1975 as a draftsman in southern California and I made $15 an hour. I got a job as a vendor at Microsoft in Redmond, WA in 2007 for $14.50. Wage suppression is real, and I have felt it my whole life.
I agree. There have been many years (probably most in my life) where my wage stayed the same or was increased less than the inflation rates at the time. If it weren't for a few jumps in wage I've gotten (still small though), I would be broke. But, even with those brief increases, I'm still barely scraping by. People will argue then "do something about it" " get trained" or "go back to school, get a degree". These are all valid statements but they're also lacking empathy. It's easy to say what to do but much more difficult to actually find the drive, money, and time to do it. But, it is possible. We should empower ourselves so that we're less at the mercy of these greedy people whether that means starting our own business, schooling, technical training, whatever. But, hey, I'm a hypocrite because I'm not currently doing any of those (though I have tried in the past already). That's the thing, I think a lot of us feel already defeated so we just allow what you described to happen when we really shouldn't.
@@Tletna But here you are blaming yourself about not having enough drive (the bring yourself up by your own bootstraps fallacy) instead of looking at the companies who are holding you hostage with your healthcare or telling you to do three jobs when the company has laid others off or "can't afford" to backfill someone who left. Don't blame yourself, blame the companies who claim their businesses will fail if they have to pay living wages or who direct people to government programs or food stamps instead of paying fair wages (looking at you, Walmart). Don't blame yourself, be proud of yourself for having the resilience to keep working or continue to find jobs after slowdowns or layoffs. Be proud of yourself!!
You can thank Reagan and neoliberal capitalism.
It set out to destroy labor power and free capitalism to, once again, dominate society. And it succeeded.
So true. The world needs to be better than this.
Thank you Senator Sanders. Love from Spain
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Thank you Bernie for continuing to shed light on the corporate greed that is ruining our country, I know it's a tough fight when they own/control everything.
And Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the Man Corporate America fought tooth and nail against becoming our deserved Commander and Chief! But instead gave us Agent Orange! Why are we backing Kamala Harris??? I feel she should be forced to debate against Bernie for the nomination!
Dude, billionaires are backing Harris because she believes in cheap labor.
Why do you think she flooded our borders with illegals?
Bernie is BACKING Kamala. Bernie should've been the nominee in 2016 but that's over. We need to be UNITED against the GOP right now
sadly, the 1% did not want Bernie as president.
@@ThatOpalGuy What is sad is that the billionaire class can buy and influence America into voting against its own prosperity and health.
@@Infodumptruck Sometimes it's hard to tell whether the rest of the Democrats aren't fighting tooth and nail to make the working people's anger get aggravated by all this wealth inequality so that they elect Trump though.
How much ammunition has Hillary and Biden's corruption given to this already extremely corrupt pathological liar? All it takes is for a pathological liar to hold onto something that is true in his opponent, one small corrupt flaw, and he can use it to smear their entire nature and it's worked, because they weren't as honourable or decent as Bernie was the people couldn't distinguish their oath of honour from Trump's oath! If your candidate while next to Trump appears to be having a difficult time proving to the world he's less corrupt than this guy, to those people who take Trump as their saviour or second coming of the messiah or whatever, there is something deeply existentially wrong in that! And I can only say, that they must be so deeply politically incompetent that they are like children in adult's situations. It's like struggling to win an election against Al Capone. How bad must you look to the populous if you can't prove that Al Capone is the bad guy next to you?
Corruption in one party enables corruption in the other - Trump's corruption enables a higher level of corruption in Democratic leaders who we can't argue against if the only alternative to them is Trump - the corruption of the Democratic party, enables Republican voters to turn a blind eye to Trump's corruption levels, because they think the Democrats are the only alternative to Trump.
Corruption in either / or party is an encouragement and aid to corruption growing in the other. Trump is the fruit of decades of Washington corruption coming out into the open of plain view.
The simply fact is if they hadn't of been rancorously corrupt for so long, the political system would never have had Trump in it in the first place. Corruption not dealt with in the Democrat party, makes corruption harder to tame in the Republican one.
Thank you Senator Sanders - you have been saying the same things for years. Keep up this important work, please. We all thank you so much. ❤
When there are referendums on issues affecting ppl lives and future
The answer is simple: Never. Not because they want more money. At some point money provided power but we have passed this period, now if you accumulate enough money you can deny others having power.
I believe Senator Saunders understands the worker's anger of both parties and is doing his best to bridge the gap for all Americans. Thank you.
It's an addiction and these people are addicts!
Bernie is for the people. Always has been. Love you Bernie. Thank you for trying and for never giving up.
Thousands of game developers are getting laid off while the game companies gain record high billions of profits and their execs getting millions of bonuses. The world needs to change.
Back in the day, people in power DIED when they abused their power...
exactly what ive been saying... just enough gas money and some addresses.
Thank You, Bernie Sanders! We're LOST without you. I love you and I'm so THANKFUL for you ❤
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I consider myself a disabled veteran of the class war that I have been fighting in since before I joined the work force in the late 1970s.I have watched as corporate greed ruined the companies and trade unions that my family and I depended on for a living wage.
Billionaires want more because they feel empty inside. If they had talents and hobbies other than making money they wouldn't feel this way.
Some of them start out with dreams, talents, etc but then they get wrapped up in earning and protecting their money.
It's never enough for the billionaires Tax them into the millionaire class!
Thank you for always speaking the truth, Bernie!💙
I see the record of rich and poor ratio and it is terrifying. Not even mention about climate crisis now and the future. A.I. also would force changes. Capitalism makes rich become richer, and poor become poorer. It is about the governments to do the 2nd allocation rightly and then turn the way out. Also raise the wages. It is the healthy way of balancing capitalism, as indicated by Adam Smith. However, the way of today's world, we know about globalization. Businesses move away as if tax higher. I doubt that some governments even use lower tax to attract businesses to their countries because that is the way to get more funds to their countries. Things end up not benefiting all side. There are reasons some countries can offer lower cost. The funny thing is, we only live for decades, and no need to be greed for secure our next generations, but as if climate mess up, the nature mess up, society mess up, we all would be in trouble. Something needed to be addressed.
Meanwhile, there’s a two year waiting list to find ANY family doctor in my area.
They need to pay MUCH MORE IN TAXES!
Public financed elections are a start. Get that private money out of that shit
God bless you Bernie Sanders I agree with you 💯
Thank You Bernie, BLE, TEAMSTERS, UTU, UAW, Civil Service Union's, & FARMWORKERS ALL THE WAY !
Not to worry what is happening is simply not sustainable.
The current structure will collapse for the simple reason that resources are Not fairly or equitable shared.
Every dynasty in history has collapsed for the same reason.
A message to the corporate structure the only reason you are profitable is "because" of people working their asses off in your company.
There's a reason that you'll never see a luggage rack on a hearse.
They are also fighting to keep their estates from being taxed after they take that final drive
Thank you Bernie! You are an amazing plus for the working men and woman of this country! wages and salaries should be indexed on a yearly basis!! The greed and corruption is outrageous!!!
If things don’t change it will get worse! Much worse! Kids left the nest long ago. No deductions higher taxes. Even with a great job still leaving paycheck to paycheck!
Thank you, Bernie, for your steadfast dedication to the cause of justice for the average American, the working class & yout ongoing fight for healthcare for all Americans.
Thank you for your courage to speak out against the bloodthirsty tyrant Netanyahu, and the courage to stand up to his cronies & cohorts in Congress.
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Most billionaires are wealth hoarders. There is no such thing as "enough" to a hoarder.
Time to flip the monopoly board.
Its always the banker that wins.
Even if you don't support his policies, he says real statistics.
You don't become a billionaire if you have a concept of enough.
Bernie always tells it like it is.
When are the working and middle class people of this country going to reject the political party that has eroded their economic standing?
The rich one percent make campaign donations to those politicians who will help keep them rich. “You scratch my back I scratch your back. As long as I get you elected to Office and I maintain my wealth and not pay my share of taxes, I will donate to your reelection campaign.” (Ex: Donald Trump tax cut for rich people, his argument is that they will produce more jobs with their wealth, that’s not what is happening.)
"Thank you Bernie, thank you".
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The one thing I have noticed about people who accumulate excess wealth, is that the more money you have, the more you need and the more you want. It is a truly endless loop.
There is no such thing as "excess" wealth. It's an absurd notion. Wealthy people don't have all their money sitting in treasure chests buried in their back yards. It's being used by millions who borrow it to start businesses and purchase homes.
Billionaires don't "need" more money. They are driven people who like to create things. The money is just a bonus.
Every billionaire became a billionaire by providing humanity with the goods and services that are wanted, needed and demanded. In fact their profits are in direct correlation to the success of the product and how many people are enjoying it. The world needs more billionaires.
If senator Bernie Sanders can see what going on why. Why cant ever body else see
Some don't want to admit it, some don't care
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From what history unequivocally tells us, it's never enough and will continue until we put an end to it or collapse as a civilization. How it's worked out every time since recorded time.
Bernie is a true warrior for average American workers! 💙💙💙
Thank you for fighting for America her people Equality. Medication, Finance.
Thank you.
Honestly, extend this to millionaires too.
Millionaires are the lesser evil 😈
@@ChristineCircelli-go2yw still evil. Lesser is irrelevant. Let's have better standards shall we.
Some people thought Hiltler could be appeased. But they too were fooling themselves.
Man, can you imagine what our timeline would've been like if Bernie was POTUS??
It would've been amazing
This is one of the things that drew me to Bernie's campaign in 2016, it's why RFK Jr.'s & Nicole Shanahan's campaign draws me now, hard truths.
The United States is one big game of monopoly, and the game is nearing its end...
Citizens' United gave more power to donors & wealthy corporations in 2010 and has never been reversed. It enabled politicians to be bought by wealthy corporations through donations.
Thank You, Sir. Truth to power.
God Bless Bernie.
Bernie you are almost always right; I want all Americans to have enough money to live. We need unions because of the wealthiest people in America. Greed is alive and well in our country! We would not need financial safeguards from the upper financial group if they paid their fair share of taxes! Vote for tax reform now!
Like children or cats pushing their boundaries and seeing what you will do about it. If you do nothing they will keep pushing further and further.
Love you, Bernie x
GOD Bless You Bernie❤️🔥
And Many More Liberation and Freedom Fighters for Equality Equity Justice Liberty and One's pursuit of HAPPIENESS
We As human beings have only a limited time to be on this earth, let’s be real, live our lives like it’s our last hour, but let’s learn to be happy, share, be grateful and loving 🙏
Bernie is the best!
The billionaire class will never stop looking for more that they can have, more that they can take from the rest of us.
I wish you were elected US president - What a better world it would have been
"We can have Democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both" ~Louis D. Brandeis
It will never be enough Senator Sanders. They're greed is insatiable.
What you call greed, I call drive and ambition and it truly is insatiable. I'd never expect a socialist to understand this.
Psychopaths will never have enough. They are bottomless pits of fear and insecurity.
And dontcha just luuuuv how they came up with the wholesome name: citizens united? Allowing political parties to create misleading names which obviously confuse/deceive voters, is blatantly wrong and must be ended