I’ll be 50 in a month, and I see what you mean. A year ago I was exploring incrementalism in social programs, and now I’m here with yuh! DEFINITELY better late than never.
It’s amazing how much of a diamond Parenti was in the pile of shit which was the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s western intellectual community and how prophetic he was in terms of how he thought capitalism is progressing. Hearing Parenti talk in 1986 or 2008 and seeing the relevance of what he was saying then even now.
People that work for living, have no problem and never had a problem to understand, what he is talking about. Only the "parasite class", have a hard time to understand...
Kind of sad when you think more than a million people are dying from a world-wide pandemic - not to mention the millions out of work - but the 1% managed to get richer... What a system!
Free enterprise has many contradictions but it's the only economic system so far envisaged that has not resulted in tyranny. Parenti complains about hierarchy but if capital falls we can reasonably predict that he will enjoy an elevated position in the replacement hierarchy.
@@popshaines5492 ummm akshually the capitalist reigns in tyranny over the workers here and reigns in utter terror over workers in the developing world. Dafuq you mean?
@@skis_injeans If you live in the West and consider yourself oppressed by capitalists you are free to set up a commune. If you live in a communist country it's unlikely you will be permitted to set up a business. I'm not aware of any communist country that has brought freedom or prosperity to it's people. Please, please be careful what you wish for.
@@skis_injeans If capitalism is as bad as you portray, why do refugees seeking a better life invariably head to free market western countries? I don't recall hearing that refugees are escaping from the wicked capitalists in the US are heading to Cuba? If you're a bot you might benefit from a rewrite.
Parenti's best books: Inventing Reality To Kill a Nation Reds and Blackshirts Democracy for the Few Sword and the Dollar Assassination of Julius Caesar
@@rudyhowie Yes! That one is tremendous. I should definitely add it to my list. What's funny is that over at Michael's official website he actually quoted a review for that book that I wrote and posted it on his website. I deserve a few lashes. Keep up the good fight, stay strong.
I agree with this but just btw in case anyone looks it up or can’t find it it’s actually “Blackshirts and reds”! That and Inventing Reality are my top 2 tbh
@@cd8467 Thanks for the clarification. It's my favorite book by him and I can't get rid of my stupid mental block of always flipping the words in the title! Take care.
@@AntonioGarmsci-cy5vt blackshirts and reds is a great read and has radicalised a lot of people (in a good way). he's a great communicator and it'll be a real loss when he goes.
2:48 - "There's another secondary myth I want to put aside. When I'm talking about capitalism I'm talking about giant corporate capitalism, okay. I'm not talking about Mum-and-Pops' small businesses. We're talking about transnational corporations and banks." I would have tended to agree with this a few months ago, but after having learnt from UA-cam channel 'MisesMedia' about Austrian economics (pro capitalism, pro free market, anti-socialism, anti government, anarchism, libertarianism), I have warmed to capitalism. Michael Parenti, in my opinion, correctly identifies corruption as destructive, but inaccurately attributes that corruption to capitalism and the free market. I have been compellingly given the impression that free enterprise actually brings about equality via its inherent mechanisms of competition and self-regulation, and that government (which eventually gets so big that it becomes a (virtual or literal) dictatorship), inevitably fails in the end to provide equality as it nationalizes all business and property and disincentivizes the population. McDonald's was a mum-and-pop's restaurant in the beginning. People have always loved McDonald's and are happy it has become a corporation because they can buy it everywhere. They buy from it and work in it voluntarily. Should McDonald's have been prevented from becoming a corporation? I think not. Austrian economists argue that corporate corruption (corporate cronyism) is enabled by government, and that without government, they wouldn't be able to carry out corruption (law-makers, regulators and security forces would be private). That's why Austrian economists call for the dissolution of government. 14:07 - "Marx said it was a ruthlessly rational system that demystified and shattered the Dark Ages. You know there's that incredible paragraph in the Communist Manifesto where Marx and Engels talk about the dynamic productive energy of capitalism and how it broke loose from the shackles of a thousand years of the Dark Ages." Michael Parenti is quoting Karl Marx, one of the founders of communism/socialism. These two isms are responsible for 100,000,000 deaths [democide = DEMOcracy+genoCIDE = death by government]. www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE1.HTM There is no evidence that governments prevent public companies from causing less environmental destruction than self-regulating private companies. Everyone knows private healthcare and education is better than public. Austrian economists question the veracity of the official narrative on global warming and argue that it is fictional menace designed to cow and oppress the people.
@@maciej.ratajczak What is a corporation without government? How does the population regulate corporations without government? What is stopping corporations from committing wrongdoing without regulation? The “free market” is a fantasy, a delusion. The Austrian school is comprised of quacks and shills.
@@maciej.ratajczak If you believe private companies will regulate themselves without public intervention, how do you explain cigarette manufacturers knowingly selling poison and lying to the public until governments intervened to stop them? How about oil companies that have known they are causing climate change, all while keeping this info from the public. What, you think getting rid of government would mean we’d have more and smaller cigarette companies, and what, some of them would become whistleblowers in hopes they’d derive greater profit? What is your explanation in your fantasy “free market” land?
@@SoundsSilver Thanks for engaging, Silver. Here's some information which I hope helps. I could write all day in response to your questions, but here's the best I can do for now. Cheers. A corporation without government is just another competitor in the market. The market is a level playing field that cannot be bought. Regulation is not necessary; if a corporation's products or services are unsatisfactory, people stop paying for it. This is called the 'dollar vote'. In government-free societies, corporations are free to commit wrong-doing, but unlike in government-run societies, they cannot be bailed out by the government. That is the problem with governments: they are corrupt and bail out their corporate cronies (the people running corporations are the same people running government [lobbying/revolving door]). I've learnt about countless examples of corruption in government intent on promoting special interest groups such as weapons manufacturers, energy companies, big pharma and construction companies to name a few. Governments (the corrupt actors in government) actually play an active role in committing crimes through corporations. Governments are the instruments of corporations. I'm sure you're aware of the appalling track record of cronyism in government. There is nothing fantastical or deluded about government-free society. Tribal people today live quite happily without them. The USA was virtually government-free in its early days. Israeli Kibbutzim were and are anarchistic, Spain was anarchistic during and after its Civil War. I consider Austrian economists freedom fighters who are not afraid to point out the failings of governments, no matter how unpopular their views might be. Government has always been involved in the cigarette industry (both for and against them- they commit as much wrong-doing/profiteering as they can get away with). Do you really think governments are making a meaningful impact on the amount of pollution or CO2 emission that corporations cause? Are you convinced that all private companies and corporations pollute equally? Look at poor countries- they're all socialist (ie. powerful governments)- do they treasure their lands? Although I believe in anthropogenic pollution and destruction of the biosphere, I'm sceptical about meaningful anthropogenic climate change. If governments really gave a damn about nature, they would have switched to nuclear energy decades ago. The reason they haven't is because of their oil, coal, and gas cronies. Nuclear energy puts fossil fuels out of business in short order wherever they're introduced. If we had no governments, and mainstream media was free to say whatever it wanted, whistleblowers' exposés would reach people unrestrictedly, which would benefit the people and allow them to make better informed judgements. I'm sure you don't need to be told how dramatically governments censor information.
thats a misnomer tho, its capitalism for the rich and capitalism for the rest. There is no trick or inversion of the system for the top, thats just how its supposed to work, its class domination
I just about pissed myself discovering this was given at my old alma mater two years after I'd graduated. I wasn't nearly woke enough back in those days to have appreciated this kind of insight, but now I'm soaking up every lecture of his that I can find.
2:48 - "There's another secondary myth I want to put aside. When I'm talking about capitalism I'm talking about giant corporate capitalism, okay. I'm not talking about Mum-and-Pops' small businesses. We're talking about transnational corporations and banks." I would have tended to agree with this a few months ago, but after having learnt from UA-cam channel 'MisesMedia' about Austrian economics (pro capitalism, pro free market, anti-socialism, anti government, anarchism, libertarianism), I have warmed to capitalism. Michael Parenti, in my opinion, correctly identifies corruption as destructive, but inaccurately attributes that corruption to capitalism and the free market. I have been compellingly given the impression that free enterprise actually brings about equality via its inherent mechanisms of competition and self-regulation, and that government (which eventually gets so big that it becomes a (virtual or literal) dictatorship), inevitably fails in the end to provide equality as it nationalizes all business and property and disincentivizes the population. McDonald's was a mum-and-pop's restaurant in the beginning. People have always loved McDonald's and are happy it has become a corporation because they can buy it everywhere. They buy from it and work in it voluntarily. Should McDonald's have been prevented from becoming a corporation? I think not. Austrian economists argue that corporate corruption (corporate cronyism) is enabled by government, and that without government, they wouldn't be able to carry out corruption (law-makers, regulators and security forces would be private). That's why Austrian economists call for the dissolution of government. 14:07 - "Marx said it was a ruthlessly rational system that demystified and shattered the Dark Ages. You know there's that incredible paragraph in the Communist Manifesto where Marx and Engels talk about the dynamic productive energy of capitalism and how it broke loose from the shackles of a thousand years of the Dark Ages." Michael Parenti is quoting Karl Marx, one of the founders of communism/socialism. These two isms are responsible for 100,000,000 deaths [democide = DEMOcracy+genoCIDE = death by government]. www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE1.HTM There is no evidence that governments prevent public companies from causing less environmental destruction than self-regulating private companies. Everyone knows private healthcare and education is better than public. Austrian economists question the veracity of the official narrative on global warming and argue that it is fictional menace designed to cow and oppress the people.
@@brainbane8550 I support capitalism, Brian. I make no bones about that. My support for capitalism has been inspired by the Mises Institute who I learnt from for a few months a few months ago. I've now moved on to researching native American shamanism. I'll gladly make a riposte to your comment, though. The US government spends almost $1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion dollars) a year on the military. Many private weapons companies and private defense contractors sell their weapons, equipment and services to the government (and to governments of other countries). Tell me this- who is ultimately killing- the private sector, or the government? [without governments, these same companies would hardly be providing a fraction of the goods and services that they provide under the aegis of governments]
@@brainbane8550 It's striking how much similarity capitalists have with socialists. Again and again I have this very same conversation, Brian. Look, mate, we're both looking for a solution to corruption, you're looking at it from one angle, and me from another. We have virtually the same enemy- the powerful rich cocksuckers of huge businesses who are in league with the lawmakers of the land. Yes, indeed, war is a racket, as Smedley Butler famously put it. Yes, armed forces serve the interests of the rich. The rich are the powerful cocksuckers of huge businesses who are in league with the lawmakers of the land. Governments serve the interests of the rich, be it the arms, pharma, energy, materialistic industries. This goes without saying. They're actually one and the same: the powerful rich cocksuckers of huge businesses who are in league with the lawmakers of the land. Mate, the way I see it, the gangsters who run the world use the tool that is government to enact their crimes and appease the populace (think revolving door). Without the official congressional lawmakers and the facade of sincerity of politicians and mainstream news outlets, they wouldn't be able to exploit the people. Take away their governments and you take away the sorcerers' spells. If we had honest people in government, people ready to die for truth, then it would work, but that's not the way it's rigged. Good people can't get into government. Peace, my friend.
@@brainbane8550 I think the capital that provide harmful goods and services are able to get so big because the masses are willing to pay for them. If the masses woke up out of their waking sleepwalk they would stop spending their money on all that shit that they don't need. It seems we need some kind of global awakening for that to happen. Capitalism may well often serve the greediest, most ambitious and elitist among us, but Austrian economists argue that that type of person is also most attracted to government, due to the promise of wealth and power that government positions hold. I hear what you're saying about 'reined in' corruption- it's a keystone of tyranny. If we were literally living in slavery, the corruption would be evident and we would oppose it, but because we only work 4 out of 12 months for free (we give only 4 months' income to the government in the form of taxes), and can keep 8 months' income, we labour under the illusion that we are free. [if we don't pay taxes we get a visit from bailiffs, lose benefits and rights, get invited/sent to court, imprisoned, or killed if we resist arrest- similar to gangsterism] [socialism is the 'imposition of equality'] Have you ever asked yourself why there are not more nuclear power plants, Brian? It's because the fossil fuel energy companies lobby against it and foment left wing opposition to it. Nuclear energy would solve so many problems, as would the legalization of all drugs- the end of the 'war on drugs'. Haha, it seems one of us have drunk the Kool-Aid; me the capitalist Kool-Aid or you the socialist Kool-Aid. Perhaps we both have! We both have strong arguments and you clearly know what you're talking about. Shit, you seem reasonable, Brian, and it seems you want the same thing as me. It seems you're a truth seeker and a freedom fighter. Could you explain to me in a nutshell the illusion that I am labouring under?
@@brainbane8550 The parents who send their children to so-called 'sweatshops' depend on them for sustenance. Without them, the children/family would prostitute themselves or turn to crime. Child labor is a double-edged sword, Brian. I don't think it's black and white, mate. Covidiocy- tell me about it! China, the US, and India (in that order) are the world's greatest polluters. They're communist/socialist/social democracies- government doesn't seem to be able to do anything about it. Government often contributes to the problem through crony-socialism. Private energy companies often invest heavily in cleanups if they have oil spills or compromise a tract of natural habitat. It's important for their reputation and publicity. Public companies don't necessarily need to worry about reputation or publicity as they have a monopoly. Nuclear energy has no CO2 emission. It's the cleanest, greenest, safest, cheapest, most effective and efficient form of energy. Nuclear waste (expired nuclear rods/ molten thorium) with today's technology can be converted into further energy, buried underground, or simply encased in concrete and kept in small cylinders at the end of a 50-year life cycle above ground- not a big deal- far less death, destruction, intervention with nature, pollution than all other forms. Hydro energy and geothermal springs seem acceptable, too. Nuclear can be unsafe in earthquake zones. Chernobyl was a corrupt USSR reactor built on the cheap without a containment dome! Modern reactors don't have to be built on the coast and be susceptible to tsunamis, like Fukushima. I recommend listening to Michael Shellenberger. I understand your point, thank you for sharing it: People without government will do the right thing- that is my fallacy. I actually believe something different, in my opinion. I believe that without government, the people would regulate each other more effectively than government regulates the people. I believe that government is actually the heart of darkness and the source of all corruption. Without government, there would be uncompromising oversight, journalism and activism- a lot of angry uncompromising people desperate to get their point across. Everybody would find out the truth about private companies' misdeeds due to this strict and rigorous form of mass protest and unfettered investigation. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe these journalists and investigators would get bought off. We could probably go on without end and just go around in circles, Brian. We can end our debate here, if you like :-) It seems we're both flogging dead horses ;-) Peace
On recession(s): I was on an airplane one day and was sat next to a businessman and we got talking. It was during the height of the "Great Recession" and I was taken aback when I was told that "Recession is the best time". I couldn't workout why someone would say that. Though in his mind he was giving me good advice; then he explained his reasoning; "this is the time to buy property, businesses and stocks". I never forgot this conversation and I guess sadly from a purely economic point of view he was/is right.
Unregulated Capitalist Systems (like the U.S. system) crash on average once per decade. Last one was 2007,8 We're due again. Those that caused the crash will be bailed out... then they acquire by disposession the foreclosed assets (homes mainly) of regular folks for pennies on the dollar. Rinse, Wash Repeat ..Parenti covers this topic
Second thought tends to break some of these ideas down into simpler forms if anyone's interested. I would also recommend their podcast "The Deprogram" Hosted by Second thought, Hakim and Yugopnik.
I liked this lecture alot. His way of speaking lively help alot when the videos are long. Noam chomsky does lectures to but he tells it is such a boring way. The good thing about Chomsky is that he wrote a book about the same topics spoken about here. Those are called "necceracy illusions" and manufacturing consent".
@@gloums I was in the struggle before I was aware of Parenti so that I will continue the struggle when he is not around. Just the same I would like to hear his take on the current global political situation. The most important thing is that he is doing ok.
Returning to this speech 7 years later, I find not only that it is true, but it is even more true now in 2020. Since Parenti and those equally clear-sighted got the crap out of my eyes, the best I can add is this: Patriarchy is an emergent social mode that takes control in times of abundance. Perversely, human patriarchy acts to create false scarcity. This is a clear indication that the human genome is now obsolete. It will adapt or be as gone as T-Rex. And I look forward to that. There might be a human-like thing walking this Earth in 10 or 20 years. But it will not be homo sapiens-sapiens.
thanks. i dont claim to have a monopoly on truth, but i definitely think 1 person 1 vote democratic jobs is a revolutionary step in the right direction.
Who goes to jail? Not the Bankers , politicians or anyone with some juice in the game . Only the pedestrian is hammered with the so called justice system.
I am a long-time (30-year) admirer of Dr. Parenti, and mean no disrespect when I point out that, as far as I know, there has NEVER been a 'civilization'--a culture/society rooted in 'cities' ('civis')--which did not operate according to the strictures of 'social class.'
I wonder if Jimmy Carter feels guilty starting Reagan Economics in 1979 and that's why Carter started Habitat for Humanity to feel less guilty! Views 112 177 views!
Much better than Chomsky, Noam is a coward who says he’s an anarchist yet always supports the status quo in the end and refuses to defend alternatives to capitalism and does the same boring heard it all before interviews on liberal central democracy now
Read Derrick Jensen's book - 'Endgame: The Problem of Civilization' It states "Civilization is not and can never be sustainable. This is especially true for industrial civilization." See the rest of his premises here on his website.
@@efthimios1917 Okay, societal ownership the means of production. That means everybody is an owner despite not everybody not doing the same work That's mathematically stupid, need anything else?
This is a very good presentation , it shows how capitalism works !!! however the views show that people haven't caught up and they will pay for it !!!!!!
The problem with his arguments is that he plays right into the Uniparty theater. Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin. They are two sides of the same system. Why do you think so many wall street folks vote Democrat? Or why so many Democrats own Raytheon stock? They are the same.
23:12 - We see it in Britain today. 14 years of mismanagement, 18 months of an unelected leader, multi-millionaire deciding on government policy. Disaster!
@m. a. in what regard? In which instances? I'd like examples. The pro Palestine, anti-imperialist, anarcho-syndicalist is crazy far from liberal academia... At least in everything I'VE heard him espouse. Perhaps you can disabuse me of my incorrect understanding.
@@solidaritytime3650 My guess would be is that the distinction in what to do about it. Anarchism takes a more passive approach and we can kind of see how that's working out. I respect Chomsky and especially Manufacturing Consent which pierced the veil for me personally, but he views Lenin and Marxist-Leninism in general as a "right-wing shift" from Marxism and don't get me wrong in a way it absolutely is (vanguard party vs. democratic) but I would say it fails to take into account the historical context which is to say that we wouldn't have even heard of the soviet union had they not implemented a swift state-capitalist program to prepare to face the west militarily. If that makes sense. China is kind of evolving this principle and are usurping US hegemony as we speak thanks to Deng's long term consideration of this. Lenin's Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism might explain the inevitability being prepared for better than my shitty paraphrasing: www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc
Michael Parenti is one of the few current heroes of mine. A great man. His knowledge and insight/ accuracy/ depth of understanding is immense. He hits nail upon nail upon nail on the heads.
Democracy defined (in the reality asserts itself sense): Some walk between the raindrops, some are sought for spoil and prey. Some gather to gawk, some circle like sharks in chummed waters, some walk on by. This is the law and the order. This is just-us. Have a nice day?
My post was deleted by UA-cam apparently. Here is what you wrote me about Chomsky... who is still a "liberal" anti-Communist in my opinion. " My study of labor history leaved me hating capitalism and longing for a political party that was Socialist. Not sure what got you riled up to write this much. But I like your earnestness. I admire Parenti immensely. Yes, I think you are right about Chomsky being condescending or snooty-sounding. I still think Chomsky's attacks on the Soviet Union show a side to him that I do not like. He is pandering to the anti-socialists. But, perhaps, you know Chomsky much better than I do. Parenti is much more direct, profound, stirring and humorous. I wonder if you would agree with that. Chomsky's observations just do not enlighten me. Your Comment: William inUS You could say he seems condescending to you with his optimism in everyday people and hope for the future. The only people or parties I've seen or read him condescending to are elites, unjust power structures, totalitarian structured corporations that run this country, etc. However to say he is anti-communist is just wrong and if you read his works then you would know it. He rarely speaks about other countries in the first place unless it's in relation to how US foreign policy has negatively effected that country. It's through Chomsky that I learned that there has yet to be a successful communist state; in some cases because it's been thwarted by US efforts and in others because the movement was hijacked by political radicals that used that particular communist movement to enact a totalitarian state. He constantly defends socialist/agrarian oriented democratic/communist movements and condemns the parties responsible for subjugating them. The messages that Parenti and Chomsky repeatedly deliver is exactly the same. Parenti goes back a little further in history while Chomsky usually starts with the colonization of the Americas; Only real difference. Parenti calls America an empire while Chomsky calls it the worlds leading sponsor of state terrorism that gave birth to and is controlled by totalitarian institutions and that also has colonies and imperial ambitions. The linguist thing I'm getting a little tired of hearing about. It's primarily said by republican/democrat diehards who try to discredit him so I wouldn't jump on that wagon so readily if I were you. For instance I know you only as a comment on youtube . . . does that define everything about you? I would hope not. His works on political discourse far outweighs his linguistic works in terms of quantity and years spent in the field. Reply
Chomsky is an anarchist and paranti ML, they ignore the flaws of the authoritarian socialism. He explains how the Soviet Union practically quelled the truly socialist or anarchist society in Catalonia. He doesn't have double standards unlike Parenti and Vijay prashad in my opinion.
My point is, without the deep discussion of theories, if you truly look at the form of exchange of resources- "free market" is organic in the sense that it's always been with us, and will always be. Take bartering, and even emerging black markets for example - it's not a way to get something for nothing, it's how human's exchange resources. There will always be a point of imbalance, however, equilibrium will also be reached as well. Balance isn't a constant state for anything nor anyone.
Do people think "Mom and Pop" businesses automatically care about the environment, pay and treat their employees fairly and aren't trying to get their hands on that wealth and power?
The rich rule the poor. It is an eleventh commandment which gives qualified immunity to those that rule from the first ten. Governments are instituted to codify, adjudicate and enforce this commandment.
i think were getting to maybe replacing capitalism with another system or at least creating another choice between capitalist enterprises and government run enterprises. occupy has correctly identified the third choice which is democracy at work. when ppl talk about the federal reserve, or ppl conspiring at the top, they need to call it for what it is which is capitalism, ppl trying to make money by any means necessary. capitalism is dirty and ppl need to comes to terms with it.
@@asad5067 yes, revolution is the answer, but who wants to be on the front row of that? Each repression puts off the revolution, and makes the the revolution that much more inevitable. -Karl Marx- I think anyway
@@theboyisnotright6312 ppl sacrifice all the time. It can b done. Ppl need to start doing anything political all the time. Bumper stickers, clothing, youtube videos, protest and exercise at the same time, etc
@@asad5067 I hope we can change it before we destroy the planet. I'm seeing more and more waking up to the reality. I see how the BLM protests were tolerated but the truckers protest was crushed. They WANT to divide us all racially, by gender, by sexual preference. They love those divisive protests. But working class aka truckers protesting in any way shape or form is NOT allowed, that's dangerous to the plutocracy.
Its funny I was just thinking about this with Covid since we are making Economic decisions. Not scientific decisions. The exact same as with the environment.
predicting the gig economy. Everyone is their own business and assumes all the responsibilities without the opportunity to grow. A business of slavery.
this lecture is at least 9 years old, but in those 9 years, English-speaking countries have moved further to the right than they were then. so was he wasting his breath? what is it about the sense he speaks that the majority of voters evidently cannot see?
I wonder if one can re-frame this entire global debate as one of civlization trying to globalize culture and standards in a reasonable way to expanding economic system, and that is so important to some people, and the only tool that they see that can be used to accomplish this, that all the other - what Parenti is discussing, which I totally get and just about totally agree with, because the side-effects of a social-evolutionary historic process. In other words, look at the global wage structure. Assuming linearity, which is a big assumption, when there are enough jobs, and enough wages then wages will rise all over the world and people will have the means to impose their wills on government, but until then the pressure is on all working people who are more or less treated as commodities. We , the left, need to create a vision that is understandable and discussable by all, because just agreeing among ourselves in a way that does not and has not led to real change and improvement is very flawed. We need a way to re-frame the world economy that they 0.01% cannot run away from or deny - which then can lead to productive debate, discussion and even social and political action.
@@franklewis2757 Most humans are not in a strategic position to carry out let alone survive a revolution in their politico-economic systems, and if they were most of them would not have the courage to face the guns. You think you're funny but that is what is basically reduces down to - a gun in most people's faces.
@@justgivemethetruth thats not true. Most humans live in relative poverty and if recruited to the cause, would be more than likely to cary out the revolution. Look at Che Guevaras revolution in Cuba if you want proof. Recruit people to cause, create organisations for the cause and for Gods sake read theory.
@@franklewis2757 I think you have a point if you restrict your discussion to the third world where many of those people are being genocided and have to fight. I was talking with respect to what could ever change the American government. You should read some of the history of the labor movement from after the Civil War to the present day - it is pretty sad.
@@justgivemethetruth It is true the revolutionary action is significantly easier in the third world. but do you want to know the reason that countries like America aren't like the third world. Exploration of foreign countries. Instead of taking away the wealth from the rich and giving it to the poor , we steal from poor countries as to make the living standards for American workers just good enough as to not spur any revolutionary action. But if we support third world revolutions ,eventually we will have no foreign factories to exploit for our cheeps goods and will be forced to start building them here. Once this exploitation is at home it will be significantly easier to start a revolution as workers conditions will plummet.
Ok we are hearing these truths and validation about what is going on....now why are we not getting together somewhere and designing something different,..why are we not meeting together. We know what the problems are..how do we change things?
War spending is WELFARE, form of Keynesian "alt socialism". Keynes bastardized is "trickle down" welfare, vs. "social welfare" from below. Both ultimately boost profits, but "social welfare" supports money circulating gradually UP the chain to TN corps, while "entitlement cuts" can only lead to NEED of even bigger subsidies for the top 0.1%, and more business failures for Mom & Pop biz. An economy that goes for net imports (from Third World "developing" states) MUST deficit spend.
Notice that when you look up the standard definitions of Individualism vs. Collectivism, you are given political proxy definitions of other things? This is because the definitions given are not "Source" definitions. It is offered that, we've been given definitions that don't fully explain what is occurring and that this has been done intentionally to control the narrative. For this, and furthermore, the definitions given are subjective opinion, not objective physics. The real and true meaning of Individualism vs. Collectivism boils down to this: "Are you for only yourself and your likeness or are you for others as well?" You see, the current understanding that Individualism is the "Individual over the Collective" and Collectivism is the "Collective (mob) over the Individual", is at once incorrect and misleading. That cliche is actually citing two threads of the same string- is actually describing two forms of the same thing and here is why: While an Individual projection over the collective is Individualistic, so is the "mob mentality", ie the “Collective over the Individual, as the mob mentality is also only projecting one “Individual” nature/ideology itself over another. Individual Projections and “Individual Group Projections” (mob mentality) are really just two of the same thing. Truly collective systems require diversity, not one individual brand of ideology.... True collectivism reflects, and does not project. Here's the physics: 1) Individualism- The collection of power and energy into specific Individual densities, such as (power)- Dictators/Fascist States and Billionaires/Corporations... - (energy)- Black Holes, Cancers, and literally Nothing- (in/endothermic). All project their Individual nature over the Collective. All are only tolerant of their own likeness. All divide and consume. Just as every mass murderer throughout history has done. Always the "Individual projection over the Collective"... 2) Collectivism- The dispersal of power and energy over the Collective, such as (power)- Democracies/Civil Rights and Income equality... - (energy) Galaxies, Families, and literally Everything else- (out/exothermic)... All reflect the Collective nature throughout the Individual. All are tolerant of others. All join and provide. Just as every social justice pioneer has ever been. 1a) Conservative- to conserve or retain to the preferred likeness of the self, (in/endothermic) 2a) Liberal- as in Liberty and freedom for all, (out/exothermic) For this, it is undeniable that Conservatism is sourced in true Individualism whereas Liberalism is sourced in true Collectivism. If you take a look at all the groups in the world, there are commonalities that can be explained by the previously given. Whereas Conservatism (as seen in groups such as ISIS or the KKK) is only tolerant of those of its likeness (Individualism), Liberalism (as seen by social justice movements) tend to be tolerant of everyone/thing (Collectivism). In fact, no matter the race, religion, culture, country, or political/economic construct, Conservatives (Individualism) are only tolerant of their likeness whereas Liberals (Collectivism) are generally tolerant of everyone/thing. All things in the Universe, barring a handful, are truly Collectivist. From planets and galaxies to families and cell structures- all collective processes. Very few things are truly Individual: Black Holes, Cancers, and literally Nothing. All are only tolerant of their likeness. All project their Individual nature over the Collective whole. All divide and consume. With these key razors in mind, one can instantly see that every crime on another is a manifestation of Individualism as corruption begins with the Individual self. Racism, as can be seen anywhere in the world, is a narcissistic manifestation rooted in fear and ignorance of the Individual. With this, one can see that every mass murderer in history was an Individual projection over the Collective whole. You see, as Collectivist constructs only truly work when people refrain from projecting their Individual nature over a Collective, common examples decrying Collectivist constructs are incorrect as those examples were actually Conservative/Individualist. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot ect, were all Conservatives of their respective brands, even as they helmed Liberal/Collectivist constructs. They were only tolerant of their likeness. They all projected their Individual nature. They all divided and consumed. Mass murderers do the same thing. All Individual Projections over the Collective. Brevik, Manson, McVeigh, OBL- All Conservatives... Just as mass shooters are. As any killer is. The very act of harming another for Individual gain is in of itself, a Conservative action. True Individualism even propagates the "Me First- expletive Them!!" mentality behind all harm on another. The Economic/Political Construct of the US is one that closest mirrors Individualism out of the spectrum three from right to left, Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism. Capitalism is the farthest "right" learning of these three and as each can swing left or right, the US is swinging right into critical mass Individualism: Conservative Capitalism. As Fascism is the source of Individualism, after 9/11 we are seeing the emergence of the Police State which precedes the Fascist State in order of arrival. There is no difference between the dictators of old and the .1% today as they are represent the collection of power and energy into specific Individual densities... Capitalism is a conservative construct that is rooted to true Individualism... It is the very "evil" warned about in the "holy books"....
I really enjoyed reading your comment, I am trying desperately to educate myself on every topic and I truly believe it can be done it just takes time and my commitment to the process which began six years ago when I reached the age of 50. My problem is that I don't know or meet like minded people so I follow a lot of people you know the big thinkers and intellectuals, but I'm always left with many questions. Do you have any advise? I do realize that your comments are three years old.
I love socialists but I really hate the fact we live under industry. Whether we collectivize it or not extractive economies can't function long term. We are reaching the ecological limits this century.
Parenti was /is too nice........Instead of slowing the bus, don't slow it just kick them out. .....these psychopathic "free marketeers,"...never have and still don't show any sympathy for humanity..............
When you take the title out of “ism.” The world would be a better place in a combined syst. We need both socialism & capitalism. In all reality the problems fingers point to the rulers. It doesn’t matter what System we live in. IT isn’t designed for the commoners.
How could you get Socialism and capitalism? In Socialism the people own the means of production. In capitalism, the capitalist owns the means of production. So who would own the means of production in your 'Combined system'?
He's being a bit of GMO denier and promoting Organic agriculture uncritically. GMO and Organic aren't strictly products of capitalism or anti-capitalism respectively, nor does accepting one over the other prove how "left" or environmental you are. I one hundred percent agree with everything else he says.
Too busy working for the man, to discover Mr. Parenti this late in life.
Better late than never.
Same here
Don't worry, some people never work a day and still haven't managed to find a clue.
same
Big same
I’ll be 50 in a month, and I see what you mean. A year ago I was exploring incrementalism in social programs, and now I’m here with yuh! DEFINITELY better late than never.
It’s amazing how much of a diamond Parenti was in the pile of shit which was the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s western intellectual community and how prophetic he was in terms of how he thought capitalism is progressing. Hearing Parenti talk in 1986 or 2008 and seeing the relevance of what he was saying then even now.
People that work for living, have no problem and never had a problem to understand, what he is talking about. Only the "parasite class", have a hard time to understand...
'Mom and pop don't get a bailout'
As relevant then as it is now.
Marx and Parenti become more relevant every day
Well, you fucked that up...
'As relevant now as it was then.'
This is 8 years old, he's not describing late antiquity.
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@Martin Pospisil So we agree!
@Chaim Ty fuck off
@@D2A962 Indeed.
Kind of sad when you think more than a million people are dying from a world-wide pandemic - not to mention the millions out of work - but the 1% managed to get richer... What a system!
Exactly as he said. Capitalism making economic decisions. Not scientific decisions. The pandemic would be over if we did.
Free enterprise has many contradictions but it's the only economic system so far envisaged that has not resulted in tyranny.
Parenti complains about hierarchy but
if capital falls we can reasonably predict that he will enjoy an elevated position in the replacement hierarchy.
@@popshaines5492 ummm akshually the capitalist reigns in tyranny over the workers here and reigns in utter terror over workers in the developing world. Dafuq you mean?
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If you live in the West and consider yourself oppressed by capitalists you are free to set up a commune.
If you live in a communist country it's unlikely you will be permitted to set up a business.
I'm not aware of any communist country that has brought freedom or prosperity to it's people.
Please, please be careful what you wish for.
@@skis_injeans If capitalism is as bad as you portray, why do refugees seeking a better life invariably head to free market western countries?
I don't recall hearing that refugees are escaping from the wicked capitalists in the US are heading to Cuba?
If you're a bot you might benefit from a rewrite.
Parenti's best books:
Inventing Reality
To Kill a Nation
Reds and Blackshirts
Democracy for the Few
Sword and the Dollar
Assassination of Julius Caesar
You left out the book he wrote about Julius Caesar. It talks a lot of about clashes between oligarchs and commoners.
@@rudyhowie Yes! That one is tremendous. I should definitely add it to my list. What's funny is that over at Michael's official website he actually quoted a review for that book that I wrote and posted it on his website. I deserve a few lashes. Keep up the good fight, stay strong.
Assassination is a great read
I agree with this but just btw in case anyone looks it up or can’t find it it’s actually “Blackshirts and reds”! That and Inventing Reality are my top 2 tbh
@@cd8467 Thanks for the clarification. It's my favorite book by him and I can't get rid of my stupid mental block of always flipping the words in the title! Take care.
I am so thankful for this teacher.
*professor lol mine got butthurt when i called him teacher
@@1repmex659 One of professors referred to himself and his colleagues as teachers like it's no big deal at all.
Braŭljo yeah but many are liberals and get offended
insight9111 F communism
@@TheGodYouWishYouKnew What's so bad about a system that seeks to end injustice and inequality that makes you say that?
0:23 did they edit out the essential part where Parenti wrestles with the microphone? This is revisionism
😀😀😀 good catch!
so true, funny that he does that in most of his lectures
@@seductive_fishstick8961 It's like he can't help himself (e.g., 21:26, 21:32, 22:15, 23:39, 25:02, 41:08, 41:13, 44:41). : )
Michael Parenti vs. Microphone is as epic as Bela Lugosi vs. Octopus.
one hundred percent true.
global warming is anti environment akin to tree huggers and environmental terrorism as this youtube says and explains
pirate television and michael parenti have also cultural history to explain and enjoy refreshing ...
action required by the young
@@phillipking792 whats the summary of what hes talking about
Oh boy I sure am glad that we learned our lesson and fixed all of this stuff and that none of it is horrifyingly relevant to today.
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I just "discovered" M Parenti rather recently. Thanks for posting these. I love these lectures.
Ah, I was give one of his books in the early nineties by a UE organizer. It was instrumental in turning me from a right wing worker to a HARD lefty.
@@AntonioGarmsci-cy5vt blackshirts and reds is a great read and has radicalised a lot of people (in a good way). he's a great communicator and it'll be a real loss when he goes.
Me too, just came here from @azurescapegoat
@@johnsmith5139
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I found him through TikTok
Fifty-eight minutes of eyes wide open. Thank you, professor.
recommend this man to others they will appreciate it and the world will be better informed
2:48 - "There's another secondary myth I want to put aside. When I'm talking about capitalism I'm talking about giant corporate capitalism, okay. I'm not talking about Mum-and-Pops' small businesses. We're talking about transnational corporations and banks."
I would have tended to agree with this a few months ago, but after having learnt from UA-cam channel 'MisesMedia' about Austrian economics (pro capitalism, pro free market, anti-socialism, anti government, anarchism, libertarianism), I have warmed to capitalism.
Michael Parenti, in my opinion, correctly identifies corruption as destructive, but inaccurately attributes that corruption to capitalism and the free market.
I have been compellingly given the impression that free enterprise actually brings about equality via its inherent mechanisms of competition and self-regulation, and that government (which eventually gets so big that it becomes a (virtual or literal) dictatorship), inevitably fails in the end to provide equality as it nationalizes all business and property and disincentivizes the population.
McDonald's was a mum-and-pop's restaurant in the beginning. People have always loved McDonald's and are happy it has become a corporation because they can buy it everywhere. They buy from it and work in it voluntarily. Should McDonald's have been prevented from becoming a corporation? I think not.
Austrian economists argue that corporate corruption (corporate cronyism) is enabled by government, and that without government, they wouldn't be able to carry out corruption (law-makers, regulators and security forces would be private). That's why Austrian economists call for the dissolution of government.
14:07 - "Marx said it was a ruthlessly rational system that demystified and shattered the Dark Ages. You know there's that incredible paragraph in the Communist Manifesto where Marx and Engels talk about the dynamic productive energy of capitalism and how it broke loose from the shackles of a thousand years of the Dark Ages."
Michael Parenti is quoting Karl Marx, one of the founders of communism/socialism. These two isms are responsible for 100,000,000 deaths [democide = DEMOcracy+genoCIDE = death by government].
www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE1.HTM
There is no evidence that governments prevent public companies from causing less environmental destruction than self-regulating private companies.
Everyone knows private healthcare and education is better than public.
Austrian economists question the veracity of the official narrative on global warming and argue that it is fictional menace designed to cow and oppress the people.
@@maciej.ratajczak What is a corporation without government? How does the population regulate corporations without government? What is stopping corporations from committing wrongdoing without regulation? The “free market” is a fantasy, a delusion. The Austrian school is comprised of quacks and shills.
@@maciej.ratajczak If you believe private companies will regulate themselves without public intervention, how do you explain cigarette manufacturers knowingly selling poison and lying to the public until governments intervened to stop them? How about oil companies that have known they are causing climate change, all while keeping this info from the public. What, you think getting rid of government would mean we’d have more and smaller cigarette companies, and what, some of them would become whistleblowers in hopes they’d derive greater profit? What is your explanation in your fantasy “free market” land?
@@SoundsSilver Thanks for engaging, Silver. Here's some information which I hope helps. I could write all day in response to your questions, but here's the best I can do for now. Cheers.
A corporation without government is just another competitor in the market. The market is a level playing field that cannot be bought. Regulation is not necessary; if a corporation's products or services are unsatisfactory, people stop paying for it. This is called the 'dollar vote'. In government-free societies, corporations are free to commit wrong-doing, but unlike in government-run societies, they cannot be bailed out by the government. That is the problem with governments: they are corrupt and bail out their corporate cronies (the people running corporations are the same people running government [lobbying/revolving door]). I've learnt about countless examples of corruption in government intent on promoting special interest groups such as weapons manufacturers, energy companies, big pharma and construction companies to name a few.
Governments (the corrupt actors in government) actually play an active role in committing crimes through corporations. Governments are the instruments of corporations. I'm sure you're aware of the appalling track record of cronyism in government. There is nothing fantastical or deluded about government-free society. Tribal people today live quite happily without them. The USA was virtually government-free in its early days. Israeli Kibbutzim were and are anarchistic, Spain was anarchistic during and after its Civil War.
I consider Austrian economists freedom fighters who are not afraid to point out the failings of governments, no matter how unpopular their views might be.
Government has always been involved in the cigarette industry (both for and against them- they commit as much wrong-doing/profiteering as they can get away with).
Do you really think governments are making a meaningful impact on the amount of pollution or CO2 emission that corporations cause? Are you convinced that all private companies and corporations pollute equally? Look at poor countries- they're all socialist (ie. powerful governments)- do they treasure their lands?
Although I believe in anthropogenic pollution and destruction of the biosphere, I'm sceptical about meaningful anthropogenic climate change. If governments really gave a damn about nature, they would have switched to nuclear energy decades ago. The reason they haven't is because of their oil, coal, and gas cronies. Nuclear energy puts fossil fuels out of business in short order wherever they're introduced.
If we had no governments, and mainstream media was free to say whatever it wanted, whistleblowers' exposés would reach people unrestrictedly, which would benefit the people and allow them to make better informed judgements. I'm sure you don't need to be told how dramatically governments censor information.
We need to hear more from Dr. Michael Parenti. Please, please.
He is an excellent source of insightful thought! 👍😊
Read read read and bye bye bye his books
Thank you Michael Parenti for being the professor you are. Thank you for all your lectures and knowledge. 🙏
The GREAT Dr. Michael Parenti!!!
Quiet and discrete socialism for the rich and loud and proud capitalism for the rest. That's western capitalism!
thats a misnomer tho, its capitalism for the rich and capitalism for the rest. There is no trick or inversion of the system for the top, thats just how its supposed to work, its class domination
@@TechMik3LP so how to you explain all the gov handouts to the wealthy? That's socialism in my book.
@@beesplaining1882 Money going to rich people from the goverment is capitalism in my book
@@TechMik3LP interesting!
I just about pissed myself discovering this was given at my old alma mater two years after I'd graduated. I wasn't nearly woke enough back in those days to have appreciated this kind of insight, but now I'm soaking up every lecture of his that I can find.
2:48 - "There's another secondary myth I want to put aside. When I'm talking about capitalism I'm talking about giant corporate capitalism, okay. I'm not talking about Mum-and-Pops' small businesses. We're talking about transnational corporations and banks."
I would have tended to agree with this a few months ago, but after having learnt from UA-cam channel 'MisesMedia' about Austrian economics (pro capitalism, pro free market, anti-socialism, anti government, anarchism, libertarianism), I have warmed to capitalism.
Michael Parenti, in my opinion, correctly identifies corruption as destructive, but inaccurately attributes that corruption to capitalism and the free market.
I have been compellingly given the impression that free enterprise actually brings about equality via its inherent mechanisms of competition and self-regulation, and that government (which eventually gets so big that it becomes a (virtual or literal) dictatorship), inevitably fails in the end to provide equality as it nationalizes all business and property and disincentivizes the population.
McDonald's was a mum-and-pop's restaurant in the beginning. People have always loved McDonald's and are happy it has become a corporation because they can buy it everywhere. They buy from it and work in it voluntarily. Should McDonald's have been prevented from becoming a corporation? I think not.
Austrian economists argue that corporate corruption (corporate cronyism) is enabled by government, and that without government, they wouldn't be able to carry out corruption (law-makers, regulators and security forces would be private). That's why Austrian economists call for the dissolution of government.
14:07 - "Marx said it was a ruthlessly rational system that demystified and shattered the Dark Ages. You know there's that incredible paragraph in the Communist Manifesto where Marx and Engels talk about the dynamic productive energy of capitalism and how it broke loose from the shackles of a thousand years of the Dark Ages."
Michael Parenti is quoting Karl Marx, one of the founders of communism/socialism. These two isms are responsible for 100,000,000 deaths [democide = DEMOcracy+genoCIDE = death by government].
www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE1.HTM
There is no evidence that governments prevent public companies from causing less environmental destruction than self-regulating private companies.
Everyone knows private healthcare and education is better than public.
Austrian economists question the veracity of the official narrative on global warming and argue that it is fictional menace designed to cow and oppress the people.
@@brainbane8550 I support capitalism, Brian. I make no bones about that. My support for capitalism has been inspired by the Mises Institute who I learnt from for a few months a few months ago. I've now moved on to researching native American shamanism. I'll gladly make a riposte to your comment, though.
The US government spends almost $1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion dollars) a year on the military.
Many private weapons companies and private defense contractors sell their weapons, equipment and services to the government (and to governments of other countries).
Tell me this- who is ultimately killing- the private sector, or the government?
[without governments, these same companies would hardly be providing a fraction of the goods and services that they provide under the aegis of governments]
@@brainbane8550 It's striking how much similarity capitalists have with socialists. Again and again I have this very same conversation, Brian.
Look, mate, we're both looking for a solution to corruption, you're looking at it from one angle, and me from another. We have virtually the same enemy- the powerful rich cocksuckers of huge businesses who are in league with the lawmakers of the land.
Yes, indeed, war is a racket, as Smedley Butler famously put it.
Yes, armed forces serve the interests of the rich. The rich are the powerful cocksuckers of huge businesses who are in league with the lawmakers of the land.
Governments serve the interests of the rich, be it the arms, pharma, energy, materialistic industries. This goes without saying. They're actually one and the same: the powerful rich cocksuckers of huge businesses who are in league with the lawmakers of the land.
Mate, the way I see it, the gangsters who run the world use the tool that is government to enact their crimes and appease the populace (think revolving door). Without the official congressional lawmakers and the facade of sincerity of politicians and mainstream news outlets, they wouldn't be able to exploit the people.
Take away their governments and you take away the sorcerers' spells.
If we had honest people in government, people ready to die for truth, then it would work, but that's not the way it's rigged. Good people can't get into government.
Peace, my friend.
@@brainbane8550 I think the capital that provide harmful goods and services are able to get so big because the masses are willing to pay for them. If the masses woke up out of their waking sleepwalk they would stop spending their money on all that shit that they don't need. It seems we need some kind of global awakening for that to happen.
Capitalism may well often serve the greediest, most ambitious and elitist among us, but Austrian economists argue that that type of person is also most attracted to government, due to the promise of wealth and power that government positions hold.
I hear what you're saying about 'reined in' corruption- it's a keystone of tyranny. If we were literally living in slavery, the corruption would be evident and we would oppose it, but because we only work 4 out of 12 months for free (we give only 4 months' income to the government in the form of taxes), and can keep 8 months' income, we labour under the illusion that we are free.
[if we don't pay taxes we get a visit from bailiffs, lose benefits and rights, get invited/sent to court, imprisoned, or killed if we resist arrest- similar to gangsterism] [socialism is the 'imposition of equality']
Have you ever asked yourself why there are not more nuclear power plants, Brian? It's because the fossil fuel energy companies lobby against it and foment left wing opposition to it. Nuclear energy would solve so many problems, as would the legalization of all drugs- the end of the 'war on drugs'.
Haha, it seems one of us have drunk the Kool-Aid; me the capitalist Kool-Aid or you the socialist Kool-Aid. Perhaps we both have!
We both have strong arguments and you clearly know what you're talking about. Shit, you seem reasonable, Brian, and it seems you want the same thing as me. It seems you're a truth seeker and a freedom fighter.
Could you explain to me in a nutshell the illusion that I am labouring under?
@@brainbane8550 The parents who send their children to so-called 'sweatshops' depend on them for sustenance. Without them, the children/family would prostitute themselves or turn to crime. Child labor is a double-edged sword, Brian. I don't think it's black and white, mate.
Covidiocy- tell me about it!
China, the US, and India (in that order) are the world's greatest polluters. They're communist/socialist/social democracies- government doesn't seem to be able to do anything about it. Government often contributes to the problem through crony-socialism. Private energy companies often invest heavily in cleanups if they have oil spills or compromise a tract of natural habitat. It's important for their reputation and publicity. Public companies don't necessarily need to worry about reputation or publicity as they have a monopoly.
Nuclear energy has no CO2 emission. It's the cleanest, greenest, safest, cheapest, most effective and efficient form of energy. Nuclear waste (expired nuclear rods/ molten thorium) with today's technology can be converted into further energy, buried underground, or simply encased in concrete and kept in small cylinders at the end of a 50-year life cycle above ground- not a big deal- far less death, destruction, intervention with nature, pollution than all other forms. Hydro energy and geothermal springs seem acceptable, too. Nuclear can be unsafe in earthquake zones. Chernobyl was a corrupt USSR reactor built on the cheap without a containment dome! Modern reactors don't have to be built on the coast and be susceptible to tsunamis, like Fukushima. I recommend listening to Michael Shellenberger.
I understand your point, thank you for sharing it: People without government will do the right thing- that is my fallacy.
I actually believe something different, in my opinion. I believe that without government, the people would regulate each other more effectively than government regulates the people. I believe that government is actually the heart of darkness and the source of all corruption. Without government, there would be uncompromising oversight, journalism and activism- a lot of angry uncompromising people desperate to get their point across. Everybody would find out the truth about private companies' misdeeds due to this strict and rigorous form of mass protest and unfettered investigation. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe these journalists and investigators would get bought off.
We could probably go on without end and just go around in circles, Brian. We can end our debate here, if you like :-) It seems we're both flogging dead horses ;-)
Peace
Chad Parenti got a good sound system so the water must have been disgusting in that town
HA!
Space Monkey bro it’s a reference to a different lecture
I like this guy.
My favorite thing about all Michael parenti lectures I’ve seen is how they all look like they were filmed 20 years before they took place
25 years ago(commenting at end of 2021) I listened to a talk he gave and he was really fiery. I like this mellower version, too.
He doesn't seem nearly aggressive enough. Logic seems to be his main arguing strength, something Limbaugh wouldn't be able to grasp.
Now and then though the passion and rage takes over and it's electric, especially younger Parenti
He's in his 70s dude lol
@@Petey0707 Fr 😭
@@Petey0707 80s.
You just Need to watch more of him
Brilliant start. So astute. They only care about what you THINK. The rest is a myth.
Scary but true
On recession(s): I was on an airplane one day and was sat next to a businessman and we got talking. It was during the height of the "Great Recession" and I was taken aback when I was told that "Recession is the best time". I couldn't workout why someone would say that. Though in his mind he was giving me good advice; then he explained his reasoning; "this is the time to buy property, businesses and stocks".
I never forgot this conversation and I guess sadly from a purely economic point of view he was/is right.
Capitalism crashes on average once per decade. Last one was 2007,8 We're due again.
Unregulated Capitalist Systems (like the U.S. system) crash on average once per decade. Last one was 2007,8 We're due again. Those that caused the crash will be bailed out... then they acquire by disposession the foreclosed assets (homes mainly) of regular folks for pennies on the dollar. Rinse, Wash Repeat ..Parenti covers this topic
That just shows how f***d up our definition of economy is
Glad i stumbled upon this guy!
Second thought tends to break some of these ideas down into simpler forms if anyone's interested. I would also recommend their podcast "The Deprogram" Hosted by Second thought, Hakim and Yugopnik.
second this!
9:35 solid robert reich critique
12:35 corporations getting 100 billion every year in government subsidies and leases
republicans love welfare, don't kid yourself.
I liked this lecture alot. His way of speaking lively help alot when the videos are long. Noam chomsky does lectures to but he tells it is such a boring way. The good thing about Chomsky is that he wrote a book about the same topics spoken about here. Those are called "necceracy illusions" and manufacturing consent".
Parenti wrote Inventing Reality first.
Dr.Parenti wrote his book "Inventing Reality" two years before Chomsky's "Manufactured Consent"
Chomsky is pointless once you learn about Parenti and the absolute shyster that is Noam
I said the same thing.
Chomsky is two-faced and supports American imperialism.
global instability favors free market capitalism.
Right! Recessions and depressions are a feature of stable global output
I enjoy listening to Michael Parenti. Thank you for posting. I just discovered him recently.
I knew I recognized this voice, always wondered who the guy from No Gods /No Managers was but never enough to check. Better late then never I guess
Poorest are they that cannot share in love.
Yes, sir. You're right on.
It is 2021. Where is Parenti when we so desperately need him! Is he 👌?
He's retired man. He's 87 and it is up to us to continue the fight. He has committed his whole life to this.
@@gloums I was in the struggle before I was aware of Parenti so that I will continue the struggle when he is not around. Just the same I would like to hear his take on the current global political situation. The most important thing is that he is doing ok.
@@carmeniglesias1714 I too would like to hear what he has to say but I'd imagine it would be the same. We continue the struggle together ✊
@@gloums OK. People like Parenti and James Petras are badly missed.
@@gloums Isn't Christian Parenti his son & doesn't he do similar teaching/speaking?
Brilliant lecture. shared many times
And no one in America cares. They just keep marching toward the cliff edge.
bloody excellent!
Dr. Parenti, would you please call Limbaugh and give him a piece of your mind?
No need now
Too late now !!!
Returning to this speech 7 years later, I find not only that it is true, but it is even more true now in 2020.
Since Parenti and those equally clear-sighted got the crap out of my eyes, the best I can add is this: Patriarchy is an emergent social mode that takes control in times of abundance. Perversely, human patriarchy acts to create false scarcity.
This is a clear indication that the human genome is now obsolete.
It will adapt or be as gone as T-Rex. And I look forward to that.
There might be a human-like thing walking this Earth in 10 or 20 years. But it will not be homo sapiens-sapiens.
How could you get such a silly idea from watching such a smart man?
Great lecture ! Per usual
So glad to hear truth.
thanks. i dont claim to have a monopoly on truth, but i definitely think 1 person 1 vote democratic jobs is a revolutionary step in the right direction.
1) google "election fraud" and "corporate lobbying." corporations have made it so your vote no longer counts. 2) what are "democratic jobs"?
@@ohmusicsweetmusic Is that why all those corporates lobbying can't make Hillary won the election?
@@markarmage3776 no, they elected Trump, and now are partying down. All limits off, as long as they praise the king fabulous new clothing.
Who goes to jail? Not the Bankers , politicians or anyone with some juice in the game . Only the pedestrian is hammered with the so called justice system.
It's this kind of brilliant leftism that can actually bring humanity together.
Listening to the comments on the US Post Office, and how they want to dismantle it in 2020 😨
I was about ready to go find some of these caffeine cigarettes.
I am a long-time (30-year) admirer of Dr. Parenti, and mean no disrespect when I point out that, as far as I know, there has NEVER been a 'civilization'--a culture/society rooted in 'cities' ('civis')--which did not operate according to the strictures of 'social class.'
@@raptornugget5385 daddy marx was right
Never heard of him before. Thanks to twitter and UA-cam.
I wonder if Jimmy Carter feels guilty starting Reagan Economics in 1979 and that's why Carter started Habitat for Humanity to feel less guilty! Views 112 177 views!
Michael Parenti > Noam Chomsky
Much better than Chomsky, Noam is a coward who says he’s an anarchist yet always supports the status quo in the end and refuses to defend alternatives to capitalism and does the same boring heard it all before interviews on liberal central democracy now
So true. Chomsky makes me see a PRIG. He is a condescending anti-Soviet, anti-Communist. He is a linguist by training. It shows.
Agreed... I still like Noam though
@Oners82 you a fucking lib lmao
@Oners82 lol libs mad
Read Derrick Jensen's book - 'Endgame: The Problem of Civilization' It states "Civilization is not and can never be sustainable. This is especially true for industrial civilization." See the rest of his premises here on his website.
Makes so much sense with social media
If you don't have much time to watch this, go to 22.03 and listen to 23.34.. that should give everyone something to ponder.
Thanks for the book suggestion. It's on my list.
And it’s all coming to fruition in a pandemic.
Alwaya tells the truth, always will.
BTW, the creation of bubbles that collapse ain´t a flaw of stock exchange trade-it´s its true feature
No to capitalism, no to exploitation, big or small! Down with businesses, big or small! Societal ownership of the means of production now!
Go back to school, comrade, you're just purely ignorant.
@@markarmage3776 No details. That's a sign.
@@antediluvianatheist5262 No, pal, no argument, that's a sign to yours.
@@markarmage3776 Please, explain.
@@efthimios1917 Okay, societal ownership the means of production.
That means everybody is an owner despite not everybody not doing the same work
That's mathematically stupid, need anything else?
This is a very good presentation ,
it shows how capitalism works !!!
however the views show
that people haven't caught up and they will pay for it !!!!!!
he is the best
The problem with his arguments is that he plays right into the Uniparty theater. Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin. They are two sides of the same system. Why do you think so many wall street folks vote Democrat? Or why so many Democrats own Raytheon stock? They are the same.
Keynes was probably thinking of Montagu Norman when he used those words.
Still so relevant.
23:12 - We see it in Britain today. 14 years of mismanagement, 18 months of an unelected leader, multi-millionaire deciding on government policy. Disaster!
I hope he is fine and our teacher David
Virgin Chomsky Chad Parenti
Where do you see them as being in conflict?
@m. a. in what regard? In which instances? I'd like examples.
The pro Palestine, anti-imperialist, anarcho-syndicalist is crazy far from liberal academia... At least in everything I'VE heard him espouse. Perhaps you can disabuse me of my incorrect understanding.
@@solidaritytime3650 My guess would be is that the distinction in what to do about it. Anarchism takes a more passive approach and we can kind of see how that's working out. I respect Chomsky and especially Manufacturing Consent which pierced the veil for me personally, but he views Lenin and Marxist-Leninism in general as a "right-wing shift" from Marxism and don't get me wrong in a way it absolutely is (vanguard party vs. democratic) but I would say it fails to take into account the historical context which is to say that we wouldn't have even heard of the soviet union had they not implemented a swift state-capitalist program to prepare to face the west militarily. If that makes sense. China is kind of evolving this principle and are usurping US hegemony as we speak thanks to Deng's long term consideration of this.
Lenin's Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism might explain the inevitability being prepared for better than my shitty paraphrasing:
www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc
@@Bisquick I thought I was a socialist but if China is an example count me out.
@@Camcolito What a weird thing to take from what I said. Nuance is pretty cool.
Michael Parenti is one of the few current heroes of mine. A great man. His knowledge and insight/ accuracy/ depth of understanding is immense. He hits nail upon nail upon nail on the heads.
Democracy defined (in the reality asserts itself sense): Some walk between the raindrops, some are sought for spoil and prey. Some gather to gawk, some circle like sharks in chummed waters, some walk on by. This is the law and the order. This is just-us. Have a nice day?
My post was deleted by UA-cam apparently. Here is what you wrote me about Chomsky... who is still a "liberal" anti-Communist in my opinion. " My study of labor history leaved me hating capitalism and longing for a political party that was Socialist. Not sure what got you riled up to write this much. But I like your earnestness. I admire Parenti immensely. Yes, I think you are right about Chomsky being condescending
or snooty-sounding. I still think Chomsky's attacks on the Soviet Union show a side to him that I do not like. He is pandering to the anti-socialists. But, perhaps, you know Chomsky much better than I do. Parenti is much more direct, profound, stirring and humorous. I wonder if you would agree with that. Chomsky's observations just do not enlighten me.
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William inUS You could say he seems condescending to you with his optimism in everyday people and hope for the future. The only people or parties I've seen or read him condescending to are elites, unjust power structures, totalitarian structured corporations that run this country, etc. However to say he is anti-communist is just wrong and if you read his works then you would know it. He rarely speaks about other countries in the first place unless it's in relation to how US foreign policy has negatively effected that country. It's through Chomsky that I learned that there has yet to be a successful communist state; in some cases because it's been thwarted by US efforts and in others because the movement was hijacked by political radicals that used that particular communist movement to enact a totalitarian state. He constantly defends socialist/agrarian oriented democratic/communist movements and condemns the parties responsible for subjugating them. The messages that Parenti and Chomsky repeatedly deliver is exactly the same. Parenti goes back a little further in history while Chomsky usually starts with the colonization of the Americas; Only real difference. Parenti calls America an empire while Chomsky calls it the worlds leading sponsor of state terrorism that gave birth to and is controlled by totalitarian institutions and that also has colonies and imperial ambitions. The linguist thing I'm getting a little tired of hearing about. It's primarily said by republican/democrat diehards who try to discredit him so I wouldn't jump on that wagon so readily if I were you. For instance I know you only as a comment on youtube . . . does that define everything about you? I would hope not. His works on political discourse far outweighs his linguistic works in terms of quantity and years spent in the field.
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Chomsky is an anarchist and paranti ML, they ignore the flaws of the authoritarian socialism. He explains how the Soviet Union practically quelled the truly socialist or anarchist society in Catalonia. He doesn't have double standards unlike Parenti and Vijay prashad in my opinion.
37:40 = rolling back the Social Democracy
Social Democracy not here
This video needs subtitles.
2021...
Bam.
How did ya like me now ???
Not myths but LIES
My point is, without the deep discussion of theories, if you truly look at the form of exchange of resources- "free market" is organic in the sense that it's always been with us, and will always be. Take bartering, and even emerging black markets for example - it's not a way to get something for nothing, it's how human's exchange resources. There will always be a point of imbalance, however, equilibrium will also be reached as well. Balance isn't a constant state for anything nor anyone.
You think we are living with a 'free market'? Look again. We have socialism for the corporate elite. The rest of us are free for the picking.
Do people think "Mom and Pop" businesses automatically care about the environment, pay and treat their employees fairly and aren't trying to get their hands on that wealth and power?
They’re not the ones lobbying to control legislation and eating up government money
The rich rule the poor. It is an eleventh commandment which gives qualified immunity to those that rule from the first ten. Governments are instituted to codify, adjudicate and enforce this commandment.
i think were getting to maybe replacing capitalism with another system or at least creating another choice between capitalist enterprises and government run enterprises. occupy has correctly identified the third choice which is democracy at work. when ppl talk about the federal reserve, or ppl conspiring at the top, they need to call it for what it is which is capitalism, ppl trying to make money by any means necessary. capitalism is dirty and ppl need to comes to terms with it.
You really come close to changing the system and they will kill you. This isn't a game. They would kill millions to maintain the system.
@@theboyisnotright6312 true. But this system will kill billions if left as is
@@asad5067 yes, revolution is the answer, but who wants to be on the front row of that?
Each repression puts off the revolution, and makes the the revolution that much more inevitable. -Karl Marx- I think anyway
@@theboyisnotright6312 ppl sacrifice all the time. It can b done.
Ppl need to start doing anything political all the time. Bumper stickers, clothing, youtube videos, protest and exercise at the same time, etc
@@asad5067 I hope we can change it before we destroy the planet. I'm seeing more and more waking up to the reality. I see how the BLM protests were tolerated but the truckers protest was crushed. They WANT to divide us all racially, by gender, by sexual preference. They love those divisive protests. But working class aka truckers protesting in any way shape or form is NOT allowed, that's dangerous to the plutocracy.
It’s sad to me that Europe looked towards the US for so long for some change. I’m not sure if many were aware they were doing it.
Its funny I was just thinking about this with Covid since we are making Economic decisions. Not scientific decisions. The exact same as with the environment.
A good pandemic solves middle class problems!
predicting the gig economy. Everyone is their own business and assumes all the responsibilities without the opportunity to grow. A business of slavery.
Michael Parenti would be so disappointed with the current state of the world today
He's still alive but I heard he has dementia
Michael is stil alive, Julia!
Pirate Television: The Myth of (big Corporate) Capitalism with Michael Parenti
There, fixed it for you!
Yes, that is what capitalism inevitably leads to. Systems aren't static.
The bus will crash but a few will survive and start again from square one. Civilization is doomed.
this lecture is at least 9 years old, but in those 9 years, English-speaking countries have moved further to the right than they were then. so was he wasting his breath?
what is it about the sense he speaks that the majority of voters evidently cannot see?
We are the authors of our own poverty because we sheepled after their lies and deceptions.
We didn't go willingly, read Invention of Capitalism by Michael Perelman
I wonder if one can re-frame this entire global debate as one of civlization trying to globalize culture and standards in a reasonable way to expanding economic system, and that is so important to some people, and the only tool that they see that can be used to accomplish this, that all the other - what Parenti is discussing, which I totally get and just about totally agree with, because the side-effects of a social-evolutionary historic process.
In other words, look at the global wage structure. Assuming linearity, which is a big assumption, when there are enough jobs, and enough wages then wages will rise all over the world and people will have the means to impose their wills on government, but until then the pressure is on all working people who are more or less treated as commodities.
We , the left, need to create a vision that is understandable and discussable by all, because just agreeing among ourselves in a way that does not and has not led to real change and improvement is very flawed. We need a way to re-frame the world economy that they 0.01% cannot run away from or deny - which then can lead to productive debate, discussion and even social and political action.
its called revolution.
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Most humans are not in a strategic position to carry out let alone survive a revolution in their politico-economic systems, and if they were most of them would not have the courage to face the guns. You think you're funny but that is what is basically reduces down to - a gun in most people's faces.
@@justgivemethetruth thats not true. Most humans live in relative poverty and if recruited to the cause, would be more than likely to cary out the revolution. Look at Che Guevaras revolution in Cuba if you want proof. Recruit people to cause, create organisations for the cause and for Gods sake read theory.
@@franklewis2757
I think you have a point if you restrict your discussion to the third world where many of those people are being genocided and have to fight. I was talking with respect to what could ever change the American government. You should read some of the history of the labor movement from after the Civil War to the present day - it is pretty sad.
@@justgivemethetruth It is true the revolutionary action is significantly easier in the third world. but do you want to know the reason that countries like America aren't like the third world. Exploration of foreign countries. Instead of taking away the wealth from the rich and giving it to the poor , we steal from poor countries as to make the living standards for American workers just good enough as to not spur any revolutionary action. But if we support third world revolutions ,eventually we will have no foreign factories to exploit for our cheeps goods and will be forced to start building them here. Once this exploitation is at home it will be significantly easier to start a revolution as workers conditions will plummet.
Virgin Chomsky Chad Parenti baby.
no.
Ok we are hearing these truths and validation about what is going on....now why are we not getting together somewhere and designing something different,..why are we not meeting together. We know what the problems are..how do we change things?
Revolution
War spending is WELFARE, form of Keynesian "alt socialism". Keynes bastardized is "trickle down" welfare, vs. "social welfare" from below. Both ultimately boost profits, but "social welfare" supports money circulating gradually UP the chain to TN corps, while "entitlement cuts" can only lead to NEED of even bigger subsidies for the top 0.1%, and more business failures for Mom & Pop biz.
An economy that goes for net imports (from Third World "developing" states) MUST deficit spend.
Notice that when you look up the standard definitions of Individualism vs. Collectivism, you are given political proxy definitions of other things? This is because the definitions given are not "Source" definitions. It is offered that, we've been given definitions that don't fully explain what is occurring and that this has been done intentionally to control the narrative. For this, and furthermore, the definitions given are subjective opinion, not objective physics. The real and true meaning of Individualism vs. Collectivism boils down to this:
"Are you for only yourself and your likeness or are you for others as well?"
You see, the current understanding that Individualism is the "Individual over the Collective" and Collectivism is the "Collective (mob) over the Individual", is at once incorrect and misleading. That cliche is actually citing two threads of the same string- is actually describing two forms of the same thing and here is why: While an Individual projection over the collective is Individualistic, so is the "mob mentality", ie the “Collective over the Individual, as the mob mentality is also only projecting one “Individual” nature/ideology itself over another. Individual Projections and “Individual Group Projections” (mob mentality) are really just two of the same thing. Truly collective systems require diversity, not one individual brand of ideology.... True collectivism reflects, and does not project. Here's the physics:
1) Individualism- The collection of power and energy into specific Individual densities, such as (power)- Dictators/Fascist States and Billionaires/Corporations... - (energy)- Black Holes, Cancers, and literally Nothing- (in/endothermic). All project their Individual nature over the Collective. All are only tolerant of their own likeness. All divide and consume. Just as every mass murderer throughout history has done. Always the "Individual projection over the Collective"...
2) Collectivism- The dispersal of power and energy over the Collective, such as (power)- Democracies/Civil Rights and Income equality... - (energy) Galaxies, Families, and literally Everything else- (out/exothermic)... All reflect the Collective nature throughout the Individual. All are tolerant of others. All join and provide. Just as every social justice pioneer has ever been.
1a) Conservative- to conserve or retain to the preferred likeness of the self, (in/endothermic)
2a) Liberal- as in Liberty and freedom for all, (out/exothermic)
For this, it is undeniable that Conservatism is sourced in true Individualism whereas Liberalism is sourced in true Collectivism. If you take a look at all the groups in the world, there are commonalities that can be explained by the previously given. Whereas Conservatism (as seen in groups such as ISIS or the KKK) is only tolerant of those of its likeness (Individualism), Liberalism (as seen by social justice movements) tend to be tolerant of everyone/thing (Collectivism). In fact, no matter the race, religion, culture, country, or political/economic construct, Conservatives (Individualism) are only tolerant of their likeness whereas Liberals (Collectivism) are generally tolerant of everyone/thing.
All things in the Universe, barring a handful, are truly Collectivist. From planets and galaxies to families and cell structures- all collective processes. Very few things are truly Individual: Black Holes, Cancers, and literally Nothing. All are only tolerant of their likeness. All project their Individual nature over the Collective whole. All divide and consume. With these key razors in mind, one can instantly see that every crime on another is a manifestation of Individualism as corruption begins with the Individual self. Racism, as can be seen anywhere in the world, is a narcissistic manifestation rooted in fear and ignorance of the Individual.
With this, one can see that every mass murderer in history was an Individual projection over the Collective whole. You see, as Collectivist constructs only truly work when people refrain from projecting their Individual nature over a Collective, common examples decrying Collectivist constructs are incorrect as those examples were actually Conservative/Individualist. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot ect, were all Conservatives of their respective brands, even as they helmed Liberal/Collectivist constructs. They were only tolerant of their likeness. They all projected their Individual nature. They all divided and consumed. Mass murderers do the same thing. All Individual Projections over the Collective. Brevik, Manson, McVeigh, OBL- All Conservatives... Just as mass shooters are. As any killer is. The very act of harming another for Individual gain is in of itself, a Conservative action.
True Individualism even propagates the "Me First- expletive Them!!" mentality behind all harm on another. The Economic/Political Construct of the US is one that closest mirrors Individualism out of the spectrum three from right to left, Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism. Capitalism is the farthest "right" learning of these three and as each can swing left or right, the US is swinging right into critical mass Individualism: Conservative Capitalism. As Fascism is the source of Individualism, after 9/11 we are seeing the emergence of the Police State which precedes the Fascist State in order of arrival.
There is no difference between the dictators of old and the .1% today as they are represent the collection of power and energy into specific Individual densities...
Capitalism is a conservative construct that is rooted to true Individualism... It is the very "evil" warned about in the "holy books"....
I really enjoyed reading your comment, I am trying desperately to educate myself on every topic and I truly believe it can be done it just takes time and my commitment to the process which began six years ago when I reached the age of 50. My problem is that I don't know or meet like minded people so I follow a lot of people you know the big thinkers and intellectuals, but I'm always left with many questions. Do you have any advise? I do realize that your comments are three years old.
@@johnholloway6739 and your comment is three years old from mine :o
Excellent!!
I love socialists but I really hate the fact we live under industry. Whether we collectivize it or not extractive economies can't function long term. We are reaching the ecological limits this century.
A lot of externalities can be mitigated or at least decreased with a pivot on sustainability and not profit.
Parenti was /is too nice........Instead of slowing the bus, don't slow it just kick them out. .....these psychopathic "free marketeers,"...never have and still don't show any sympathy for humanity..............
I was told about A Jesus instead of This Man .I was lied to.
The Lenin quote is interesting. Didn’t he go after the petite bourgeoisie?
the formation of the military industrial complex
When you take the title out of “ism.” The world would be a better place in a combined syst. We need both socialism & capitalism. In all reality the problems fingers point to the rulers. It doesn’t matter what System we live in. IT isn’t designed for the commoners.
How could you get Socialism and capitalism? In Socialism the people own the means of production. In capitalism, the capitalist owns the means of production. So who would own the means of production in your 'Combined system'?
He's being a bit of GMO denier and promoting Organic agriculture uncritically. GMO and Organic aren't strictly products of capitalism or anti-capitalism respectively, nor does accepting one over the other prove how "left" or environmental you are.
I one hundred percent agree with everything else he says.
but gmo food can be "patented" and used to control supply of food artificailly. Organic not so much.
@@gninja92 the way it was phrased made the other interpretation plausible too.
Yes GMO is not inherently bad but it is easily controlled by capital and patent laws and in that sense it is an increase of private control over food
god this is so fucking good