Meaning Spotlight on Anand Giridharadas
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- Journalist, author and political commentator Anand Giridharadas has made quite a name for himself ruffling the feathers of the global elite - an elite of which he is ashamed to be a part.
In his acclaimed book Winners Take All, Anand offers a scorching analysis of the self-styled change-makers who he believes only succeed in propping up a system that favours their interests - giving from one pocket while filling the other, with wealth acquired via a rigged economy. He vilifies the billionaire philanthropists who set themselves up as champions of humanity while propping up the broken system that put them at its top.
For this special Meaning Spotlight event we invited award-winning Guardian journalist Aditya Chakrabortty to ask Anand to explain and expand upon the arguments he puts forward in his book.
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I am on an Anand talk BINGE!! Loving every minute, thank you so much!
So it’s not just me!
Same! He speaks with such clarity
KartkKtana -I could listen to Anand all day, easy.
KaritKtana me too. Fascinating
Me Too
A film maker like Michael Moore is doing just that which he describes. Hollywood has NOT been kind to him yet he perseveres. He's lately been a great progressive on MSM as well. Problem is, the billionaires don't want the message heard. We, the people of the U.S. must demand we be heard.
Proud boomer for Bernie
Great interview!
Thank you, Anand Giradharadas.
The anti-government idea was promoted was a very well funded advertising campaign that was sustained for decades, grinding down the power and effectiveness of our government and at the same time telling Americans (drumbed down by modern tv & tech) that "government is bad" and "the only thing that can save us is business".
The oligarchs and corporations have been playing the very long game with their extremely slow moving soft coup ever since FDR stuck his foot in their asses. If you take away our government in dribbles at a time, the public won't realize what is happening until it's too late. We are the proverbial frog in the pot and it is rigorously boiling and 2 seconds from "too fucking late" at this point.
@Michael Freed lol what the flying fuck are you rambling on about
Many have realized the Emperor has No Clothes, but few can speak with such CLARITY ABOUT IT.
Anand is a gift.
He is always so spot on! Thanks for this.
We need more self-aware rich people like Anand, who are willing to do what's right, rather than what's convenient.
Anand's critique of the rich is directed towards those who exploit labor and exploit "the market", consumers, and scarcity - as well as what he regards as the "exploitation of progress". I figure Anand's wealth was achieved from the publication of his books and from his speaking tours. The exploitation chain in book publishing is limited.
Ye he got somewhat rich by writing books like Bernie, he's not a corporate puppet
I doubt he is rich, his books may yet make him so. He says he couldn't afford health insurance until ObamaCare.
I doubt Anand is exceptionally rich.
He may be wealthy, but far far away from those people he's addressing. Just like anyone else here. Who knows a billionaire? No one.
This should have more views.
Anand great interview !!!
Raise the cap on social security taxes, tax capital gains like we do employment income, raise the tax rate on the wealthy and jail tax dodgers and I think we would have a good start.
Your suggestions show that you do not know how federal money actually works. Although we definitely need to tax the wealthy to remove much of their wealth, that is NOT because the federal govt needs their money in order to "pay for" anything, it is done so that the rich cannot buy political power as they have in the past 5 decades since they very successfully hijacked our government.
Here are some links to help you learn about the truth vs the lies we have been told:
1. How EASILY we can have healthcare for all and other good things -
mythfighter.com/2019/01/24/if-you-could-provide-free-comprehensive-healthcare-to-everyone/
2. Debunking the fearmongering and lies about Social Security being "at risk":
itsthepeoplesmoney.blogspot.com/2014/04/money-myth-7-social-security-and.html
3. They even lie about our national 'debt', which is NOT an actual debt!
itsthepeoplesmoney.blogspot.com/2014/04/money-myth-4-we-are-leaving-debt-burden.html
4. Texas professor of economics who writes for Forbes - great articles, I guess the Forbes people figure not enough of us "peasants" will read Forbes:
www.forbes.com/sites/johntharvey/2015/11/06/yes-there-is-a-free-lunch/#5de30d205a6d
@@debbiedogs1 Um, I do know all about modern monetary theory. Look up Stephanie Kelton. Your smug attitude shows that you are a little full of yourself, but thanks for the lesson that I already know. The problem is that most people don't understand MMT, so I was trying to give an example that they would relate to. If you're serious about teaching others, then you might want to be a little less condescending, smarty.
@@crystalparker100 - terrific! So you know about it but spread the lies on behalf of our corrupt oppressors; yeah, that is obviously a better approach than my earnest response and taking the time to give you links when I thought you were merely a brainwashed stooge as I used to be.
lol
@@debbiedogs1 If you want to influence people, you need to get rid of the smug attitude. I am speaking to the people who would completely dismiss your links and your condescending comment. Unfortunately, we live in a country that has been brainwashed by the media. Most of them won't read anything more than a paragraph, let alone click on 5 links. Even Bernie Sanders, who knows full well about MMT, doesn't talk about it. The masses can't yet digest it.
You can stick with your approach and I'll stick with mine. But, seriously, you need to get rid of the attitude.
@@debbiedogs1 your suggestions show why illiterate plebes are why we can't have nice things. And neither of you have an accurate understanding of economics or monetary policy.
Monopoly of power to secure more power and sustain the status quo.
The trouble started about 1980 in the UK too.
Maggie and Ron were a tag-team-of-evil.
Canada followed along, as well. Our wages have stayed stagnant to this day. I am rewatching all the clips with Anand & promoting his book with my circle& beyond. We need to get together & vote for change for our sakes & our kids & grandkids.
A single individual FDR, with pressure from groups like Afl-cio was able to completely change the conditions of the mass of American people the still last to this day.
Imagine if we didn't have social security, unemployment insurance, welfare, Medicare, government based employment, and programs that are a shelter from our oppressive corporate system.
Yep, I would be dead or majorly in debt or both
@Berg Djelderian Sorry for your complications. I had a spinal cord surgery which Medicare fully paid for. I wasn't satisfied with the results. I was left a bit disabled.
But luckily both of us have Medicare thanks to Democrats like FDR and LBJ. Creeps like Trump and Bloomberg would to take away these programs and pocket the savings.
Sanders seems to be our best hope. I will campaign for him in Florida.
Utilize the silver sneaker program to help heal yourself Berg. You health is mostly up to you. Our healthcare system is unfortunately now mostly profit driven.
He is my favorite, he was today on Morning Joe, and I was trying to find it here but no luck
He's great, he manages to be both balanced and fair while cutting to the heart of things. I always learn at least one new thing whenever I listen to him talk. 10/10
It’s so many of the same talking points but I can’t get enough. So much truth!
His book is one of the most profound and thought provoking work I have read recently.
Watch his talk on "creative mornings" as well, it's wonderful and comprehensive and the interviewer is excellent
Right on, we are helping ourselves to the profits. You do not count, you are labor.
Two of my most favourite journalists / commentators, discussing the biggest issues of our times, and talking complete sense, as always. A drop of heaven in a sea of pollution. Thank you.
It’s always frustrating when the interviewer takes up so much time talking without speaking to the guest!
L. Ravindran I thought I was the only one thinking like you. Thank you.
L. Ravindran OMG you guys are so ADD! The host is introducing Anand then Anand goes on to talk the whole time with just a couple questions. Somethings very wrong with you people.
Just fast forward the video a bit
L. Ravindran Its an instant gratification world. Another symptom of the problem... and certainly one of the reasons we find ourselves in this mess. Nobody needs to take the time to learn anything. You can just click on the thing that reinforces what you already think you know.
this interviewer is not bad at all. his questions were very good.
Covid 19 has given me time I would not normally have and I have been using a great deal of it watching Anand's videos and reading his books. I must say that I am both impressed with and refreshed and energized by what he has to say as well as by the experiences he cites in support of his ideas. "Like breathing pure oxygen" may be an overworked phrase but it is nonetheless the physical sensation i've experienced while familiarizing myself with Anand Giridharadas's ideas and opinions. I am halfway through "Winners Take All" and as someone who has opted to be one of the losers in rejection of so-called "winner" values I am finding it a remarkably apt description of where we are in America and how precisely we got there.
In America, politics is broken because there are politicians who actually go into politics specifically to break it.
The Vision of the anointed, ladies and gentlemen, in all its grotesque form 👆
I think he believes in the government as a structure. Whether we believe in a greedy selfish ppl we have in politics currently is questionable. If you love the game of soccer, you won't hate the game just because you have toddlers playing it, you change the players - same with government. It is really frustrating that we can only have the elites run for office and expect them to understand the needs of the poor and actually want to help them.
Anand is a great speaker and his talks on winners take all really made me think.
This dude is hero
I wonder why the interviewer was so biased? Anand, as always, was great and very articulate.
Every word...syllable he speaks is a gem...his voice - the tenor of it - calms me especially needed during these tumultuously fraught times in which we are living. .
He is articulate alright.
Anand’s comments on Warren sure have aged well.
I said a prayer and Anand showed up. You are spoon feeding me knowledge. Your host needs a new job assignment. You were very respectful, Anand, I love your maturity. Thank, you, Sir
Well, ya, they want to be above the law and free from control, the very thing they are accused of selectively enforcing and entertaining. Hypocrisy is indeed the biggest sin!
Canapés galore! Love his candor...
London Bridge is falling down
Love the dialogue.
Excellent!
Public schools and public colleges are better than private ones
I think I would clarify that it is not politics as a whole that is broken in America as politics is a discussion of ideas, but the electoral process is broken with gerrymandering, bribary, fraud, and conflicts of interest running rampant even in the high courts. At the very least it seems a Declaration of grievances and constitutional convention might be the only electoral lever that still works....is it worth putting our efforts into that basket, or the revolutionary one? (Peaceful or otherwise) Just curious...
Change the video title so you get more traction on UA-cam, gee.
Ghiridas DESTROYS billionaires with SALIENT points
Genius indeed....the arsonist putting out the fire....
Oh dear indeed!
It should be easy to outlaw being a billionaire by taxing the f#$k out of them for example and outlawing being poor by something like a guaranteed income.
Billionaire handicap society in being able to properly live productive lives because too many of us are forced to concentrate on getting money.
Billionaires are sick accumulators of money by choice where as being poor is a situation that is imposed on you.
@ Anand has stated that he left out the solutions and talked about culture only for a reason. He wanted us to come up with the solutions or legislature. The FD Roosevelt administration came up with numerous solution some of which are enjoyed to this day like social security, unemployment insurance, Glass Steigal, government emp[oyment programs, above 90% taxes on the rich, and many more measures to pull us out of a depression. Your ahistorical non action solution is why all of the programs initiated was able to be rolled back in the first. You probably are a Clinton Democrat.
@ So adamant. Who 'really' writes the legislature, the corporate or the Government?
America became a rich nation because of its institutions and a motto that we will accept immigrants and give everyone a genuine shot to success. Again success maybe an immigrant from a war torn country or poor nation to earn a decent wage and raise a family or become a millionaire. But they have lost the way majorly because of Republicans. We the world admire America because it's a great nation that brings in immigrants and stood for something. I learnt America role in defeating nazi when in school & became instant admirer. We cried when 9/11 happened and I live 1000 of miles away.
Anand "Indian Spice" Giridharadas
I deleted all music from Bono and U2 from my iTunes.
Did you need someone to give you them?
Love the phrase "reputation laundering" ...bazinga Anand...
"When back rubs become too rubby!"
Obviously they want to limit the scale of reform and change to trickling down acts of goodness that win admiration but are far from adequate and meaningful.
Interesting and odd, my posting removed instantly. Re-posting, "Freedom of speech" must be honored.
The only differences of the element ingredients between the West and East is the "soul", "empathy", and virtue of basic "humanity" that the West never
equipped with to able make the world a better place. in short, a Culture without a "heart" and "spirit" instead of "rock N roll, drug and sex" couldn't bear the capacities making difference of
status quo. So, the story is not the 1% are greedy, yes, it is, But "Apathy" in DNA and in their blood failed to changed the world. Me, Me, Me Society is the "road block" for social change. That is, unless upheaval the transfixed culture system.Which literally impossible, the System works wonder, why change?
I often watched Anand. Last night I watched him thru this morning when sleep on and off. Guess what? I couldn't find any of Anand's program this morning on "UA-cam", even I copied down his program, but the videos I watched disappeared from my note. I finally google his book, and immediately the "UA-cam" has his program. scaring says the least. So they got in your brain is not a fairytale, it also, jaded proven, in my case, my thought occupied handicapped my normalities.
Talking is not able changes the ingrained DNA which made the people as whom they are. It is the "Culture" problems nothing else.
The caste system in India continues
What has that got to do with American billionaires?
I'd watch that LeBron movie
Anchor laughed at Koch joke and his career ended there.
Putting mosquitos in the beer????
For a long time using marijuana was free until it was bought and sold. It could be used as a rope.
another person that grew up in cleveland fighting for justice...in a place that has been decimated by capitalism another person that doesn't believe in the benevolent rich. go figure
Bernie Sanders is Progressive a Social Democrat
Meianng
These are great excuses when we want to justify our work no matter how we are working hard to rip hard our fellow people....
Biden and momentum???
I LOL when I heard that. Anand got it so wrong. If it's Biden that the DNC coronate against the will of the people, we will have Drumpf for 4 more years.
Tories, and their ilk, stood in the way in every revolution.
We used to have 48 stars on the flag. But with Alaska and Hawaii we have 50 stars on the flag
Government is necessary, unless you think we should go back to monarchy and feudalism. Rich oligarchs playing God, is not acceptable!
We got two men on the Moon
More than 40 years ago...
Pre neoliberal Ideology...
So you became the token stream! OH to often the precusors of estate building starts with freeing the hands of those enslaved by educational barriers. Revolution means re-voice THE the solutions that move nations forward ..... With new emerging infrastructures . Plan a way for human habitats to be healthier and more vigilant to healing aches and pain.
Trump’s ego is tremendous
The host is freakin clueless! And terrible at the job of interviewing.
LACK OF FUCKING FOCUS. Just to b u s y paying the rent.
"trump pretends to be the savior of people he hates"....yes yes yes
Marijuana is a weed
Sounds like you could use some of that weed, Peggy
35:28
"... good outcome or a bad outcome... why is the the model of society we want? Why do we allow some people to capture almost all of the gain of change itself?? ..."
mmmm... we also know what other type MOST people want, but is it sustainable?? he never says it but he wants a more radical socialism in place of what we have now... I don't think socialism is a bd word per se, but how or why SHOULD anyone do that that is successful... if I got a SUCCESSFUL business and the government comes with this enforcement, I would reduce the business to a smaller level, and if the government continues with it, I would just close the business... Imagine you get a paycheque and you walk outside and some homeless person, or some alcoholic, or some unemployed person, approaches you and tells you that you MUST SHARE the money you just earned, it is justice and all that, what would you do??
This guy doesn't actually have or offer real solutions, he says shit like "a more equitable system..." what the hell does that mean!! I want to be on his side, and I even LIKE the guy but his actual talk is some mix of guru-motivational speaker, radicalism, and change inducing idea... but no real offerings in the way of THIS IS THE WAY TO SOLVE IT, implement this or that. Just asking that money be distributed more fairly is just hot air.
dude, youre throwing the baby out with the bathwater here!
so you mean the top one percent not taking over three quarters of all assets is automaticly... homeless alcoholics taking your paychecks?!
what anand is talking about is not even socialism bro.
you need to break out of the red scare propaganda that is still affecting you world view.
you know, for an example: a single yacht for a super rich is costing millions of dollars. so maybe instead of letting one person have that, we build some housing and healthcare systems.
so YOU (of course only if youre not a billionair) are not gonna be bothered about your middle income check. in fact, the homeless alcoholic gets to be housed and medical help so he can do something productive.
not only do you not lose, everyone wins (except for the billionair class, who are at the moment robbing everyone else).
What a dead crowd!
Cyber war on democracy? Wtf is he talking about?
I want so badly to be on this guy's side.... but his bullshit makes no sense. He speaks of "justice" and taxing people more because they make more money, but he doesn't explain well WHY that is justice or fair or why if I work hard and earn more, why should I pay more on taxes other than what they already deduct from the paycheque.
If I open a business and is one of the one-in-ten that survives, and I risked money and time and effort and gave people jobs, why should I pay more on what my risk rewarded me with??
He gives anecdotes and gives a good talk about a sense of injustice but he never really explains exactly why that is unjust... I mean why don't the people with a job they don't like start their own business, what's stopping them, all he says is why it is hard for them or why it can't be done, "well, if you got two kids and have to ... you just can't do it"
If you actually listen to what he says and not how he makes you feel like a victim with the talk, you realise he makes no sense!!
Anand and most people here have nice sounding phrases about "doing what's right, etc etc" but no facts!!
There is absolutely nothing wrong being a victim. Lay off the Tony Robbinses and self-help for a while.
" I mean why don't the people with a job they don't like start their own business, what's stopping them,...."
Always the same trite and glib talking point.
@@themanwhoknewtoomuch6667
Apparently your name is false... you don't know too much!!
Who did capitalism work for in the heyday of British Empire??? He. Completely missed the point...
Duh
The rich and powerful
The guy implies that if Soros had not made so much money speculating in the currency markets, that some poor people somewhere would have more money. That is utter noinsense. Soros getting rich did NOT make any poor people less rich.
Speculation does not build wealth,and causes many more losers than winners b. One way is to help confuse what's true value and what is not. When systems are opaque or confusing there is plenty of opportunity to cheat people and take far more than you should.
Which is why many of our systems are deliberately opaque. Case in point our medical system
Another point speculation helps to drive financial bubbles. If you have been awake you have seen the lost money for most people when the bubble pops
I love Anand, but I don't find it hard to imagine him driving a Lamborghini if he had a billion dollars.
Guardian sucks
Anand looks like he's been eating like a billionaire.....go vegan and truly live your theories
Vegetarians opium of the prevelige