I agree. The little I really learned in late 60s was not much. Just what are 3 branches. Not much more. By adulthood its too late. Start education of our children in depth early. So they dont need to wait till adults to learn all this.
No this should be taught,thezog.wordpress.com/ When Victims Rule: A Critique of Jewish Pre-Eminence in America holywar.org/jewishtr/wvr.htm a clearinghouse for information featuring over 10,000 citations from about 4,000 scholarly and mainstream bibliographic sources
Reich conveniently left out the fact he was part of Bill Clintons administrations neoliberal third way campaign that rolled back the benevolent community and the welfare state.
@@PoliticalEconomy101 Okay, but what does that mean, given his current output? Or are you implying that his political baggage disqualifies him? Cause that would be understandable.
@@mistercohaagen It means in practice, like most democrats he talks a good game but once in office he fucks you. Politicians tell people what they want to hear. The question is what is their record? Be skeptical. And since i know that he is a liberal and NOT a socialist. That also tells me that he cant be trusted
@@PoliticalEconomy101 But did he really agree with it/promote it or did he simply stay for 4 years (he did leave before Clinton's 2nd term) and try to be a voice of dissent and promote progressive/democratic socialist policies? Because if you look at his record during the Clinton years, he did push many things that were helpful to the workers/common person against the corporate dem/moderate repub that is Clinton.
@@PoliticalEconomy101 I'm all for younger people serving politically. They're more responsible when creating a future they'll also be subjected to. I think the cutoff for voting and political duty, should be about 50 years old. He had his shot, and he blew it.
Me sticking up for Robert Reich is obviously silly. He has served under three presidents. The man is huge brains with a fair stance. Respect!@@becomejvg
This is one of the voices that needs to be heard from the mountain tops! The voice of reason! The voice of knowledge! The voice of truth! Keep the voice strong Robert Reich! Thank you for all of your support and efforts.
Fourth paragraph from the bottom of this text is particularly interesting in the light of current events in the world, as it mentions Angola, Cambodia, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Korea (DPRK) and Vietnam, but the main thing is pattern mastered on Yugoslavia, applied later on those countries. Share this if you find it convenient. Origins of the breakup-a U.S. law A year before the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, on Nov. 5, 1990, the U.S. Congress passed the 1991 Foreign Operations Appropriations Law 101-513. This bill was a signed death warrant. One provision in particular was so lethal that even a CIA report described three weeks later in the Nov. 27, 1990, New York Times predicted it would lead to a bloody civil war. A section of Law 101-513 suddenly and without previous warning cut off all aid, trade, credits and loans from the U.S. to Yugoslavia within six months. It also ordered separate elections in each of the six republics that make up Yugoslavia, requiring State Department approval of election procedures and results before aid to the separate republics would be resumed. The legislation further required U.S. personnel in all international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to enforce this cut-off policy for all credits and loans. There was one final provision. Only forces that the U.S. State Department defined as "democratic forces" would receive funding. This meant an influx of funds to small right-wing nationalist parties in a financially strangled region suddenly thrown into crisis by the overall funding cut-off. The impact was, as expected, devastating. This law threw the Yugoslav federal government into crisis. It was unable to pay the enormous interest on its foreign debt or even to arrange the purchase of raw materials for industry. Credit collapsed and recriminations broke out on all sides. At the time there was no civil war. No republic had seceded. The U.S. was not engaged in a public dispute with Yugoslavia. The region was not even in the news. World attention was focused on the international coalition the Bush administration was assembling to destroy Iraq-a war that reshaped the Middle East at a cost of half a million Iraqi lives. What was behind the sweeping legislation directed at Yugoslavia, especially when U.S. policy makers themselves predicted that the sudden unraveling of the region would lead to civil war? With the collapse of the Soviet Union, U.S. big business was embarking on an aggressive march to reshape all of Europe. Nonaligned Yugoslavia was no longer needed as a buffer state between NATOand the Warsaw Pact. A strong, united Europe was hardly desirable. Washington policy makers considered both to be relics of the Cold War. Control of the purse strings This one piece of legislation-Law 101-513-demonstrates the U.S. government’s enormous power. It was one part of annual legislation that defines in detail policies to be pursued in every region of the globe. The Foreign Operations Act implements U.S. corporate control through major funding to international financial institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Fund, the African Development Fund, and through direct assistance to individual countries. The deadly restrictions on Yugoslavia took a mere 23 lines. Compare this to the more than nine pages that detail sanctions to be imposed on Iraq. As of January 1995, the U.S.-UN sanctions on Iraq had killed more than half a million children. This projection is from Thomas Ekfal, the United Nations Children’s Fund representative in Baghdad. (New York Newsday, Dec. 19, 1994) The 1990 foreign appropriations law also prescribed various forms of economic strangulation for several other countries deemed enemies, including Angola, Cambodia, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Korea (DPRK) and Vietnam. On the other hand countries moving hastily toward a capitalist market economy in 1990, such as Poland, were to receive special funding. In all the expressions of concern and sympathy for refugees and displaced people in countries all over the globe, but especially in the former Yugoslavia, no U.S. official ever mentions the terrible suffering caused by U.S. economic strangulation. Of course, financial strings were hardly new to Yugoslavia in 1990. Yugoslavia had become utterly dependent on loans from Western banks. The increasingly onerous conditions had dislocated the economy. A year earlier, the price of continued U.S. loans and credits was a brutal austerity program that devalued the currency, froze wages, cut subsidies, closed many state industries deemed unprofitable for capitalist investors and increased unemployment to 20 percent. The result was strikes, walkouts, a sharp increase in political and economic tension, and, above all, an upsurge in national antagonisms on all sides. Once the U.S. acted so decisively toward Yugoslavia in 1990, the European powers were hardly willing to be bystanders to the enforced break-up of a country in their own backyard. The U.S. Foreign Appropriations Bill sent a clear message to the European powers that Yugoslavia and the whole Balkan region of Europe were again up for grabs. On their own they might never have dared to act. Now they dared not be out of the action.
Robert Price I totally agree. He leaves a lot of things out. Not only does Trump live rent free in his head but so does Reagan. He also says that republicans are racist because they want to limit immigration. The union Democrats warned that massive immigration would weaken unions and suppress wages. I guess with his logic if you complain about outsourcing to third world countries then you just don’t like brown people.
@@Navy35 you are right. Democrats have destroyed black families, cities, and schools. They have turned them into needy pets. Republicans treat them like people. They hate Trump because they were scared he would turn black voters. Without black voters, democrats can't hold office. Reich is a socialist, and the only way to get people to support it is to lie to them.
@@Sushi33312 I blame the corrupt Christian conservatives that are entrenched in most of the local governments. It is impossible to get ahead in a corrupt system
Robert, your interpretation of the four American myths resonates with viewers whose knowledge of history enables them to keep up with your ideas. In a sense you are preaching to the converted. As for reaching Trump supporters . . . I have reluctantly concluded there is no hope of finding common ground with people who disdain knowledge and put their trust in demagogues. Even their children have given up on them. Just let them age out of relevance while a new generation of savvy and determined Democrats re-invigorates your founding myths and gets America back on track.
I have thought this for years. Just wait for all these old farts to die off so we can have a more common sense way of life. But it's not happening. Their children are coming up and the false attitudes they are brought up with are far more dangerous. As in the narcissism of you know who. We have to break thru an unseen barrier, it may take civil war but I can't see us winning it. Too many pansy ass people on this side. My imagination and knowledge of history is also limited. I'm one of the pansy ass people. I'm not a sheeple. And I'd like to say I'd step up if needed. The only thing I can do right now is plant the seeds in peoples heads, get them thinking on the right tract and get them out to vote. Be an enthusiastic reminder to vote and feel proud to do your part. Sometimes we win. Lets go for it.
In agreement with your statements , We can’t just wait for them to die off. We have to take action. Counteract their narrative, work hard for change, make our voices heard, and keep moving forward. Show we won’t stand for deception and misinformation. The danger in waiting for them to die is they are still able pass legislation that stays, they still mind l-wash and indoctrinate the young, and they are invigorated by oppressing others. It can be dangerous to lay around and wait for a better day. We need to make a better day.
John - well said. As for Trump supporters.... I'm still trying to understand how there could be this many American voters who are in such denial as to elect a person like Trump in 2016. Fact deniers, conspiracy theorists and/or white supremacists.... the "Mob at the Gates" wants to vote for the "Rot at the Top"...
Whistleblower note! Professor Reich, please read this. I am an old Berkeley grad from 1970 who still must list anti-war arrest on the "have you ever been arrested" forms. In protests, writing for Daily Cal, meetings, and agitation, I wound up preaching to the left choir. In my opinion this is what you do -- with phenomenal quality. Get your message out to the 100 million people who can change things, not just the left or absolutely ignored by the right. Fall back on great (and not so great) American institutions to get ever more people to pay attention to great videos like "The Real American Story." Tupperware did great at getting millions of women involved via their pyramid scheme of awards, not just money but the "honor" of signing up the most people to the network. Why not you? Create a gift of a free visit to Cal to stay at the Durant Hotel to meet you, Michael Pollan, other intellectuals of our era. How about second place being a signed copy of a good from you? Award these gifts to those who get the most people to watch your vids. Without something like this Tupperware idea, my Trumpet sister would never watch you, especially if I asked her to. But if a network of friends got her to, she might well watch and get your message. Thousands of people like her could be enlightened. You are brilliant and no doubt surround yourself with brilliant young people. Without doubt, one among you can see the feasibility of this seemingly crazy idea. Yours, Randy Smythe.
Yet again .. Robert has it all correct. If only we had more young Democrats that will listen to the older Democrats, our Democratic Party will survive this onslaught of evil being perpetrated upon our party. We MUST begin talking about these 4 Stories to the people, bring our country back together as one, and truly make our country even greater than before Reagan came along and began the downfall of our democracy. I hope everyone will have opportunity to review this of Robert's videos .. as always, they are loaded with the, actual, FACTS !!! God Bless America!!!
Robert....regarding your "onslaught of evil" comment. You are in the 90% category of peon working class Americans. This 90% includes "good" and "evil" people. But mostly corrupted people. I am wise enough to respect your morals....even though there's no "proof" in your comment. You got influenced by thinking you had a "tough life". You probably think "lazy minorities" are part of our economic challenges. Good for you?! You just proved you are part of the majority!! I am positive you still believe in reading newspapers. I have no need to teach second graders ....eighth grade problem solving material. I do believe in a creator. Sadly, you and over one hundred million Americans got exploited for your good nature. There is no political party that has our best interests in mind. Care to test me? I'll keep it civil and dignified. But understand what you're expecting. I'm expected to prove your 40 years of brainwashing as wrong? ....in three paragraphs? Hahahahaha! The joke is on two hundred million of you who never learned marketing, sales or psychology. Go ahead and assume I am not "worthy" of such words.. Just like who was persecuted?
@Bryzz Lull Obviously their platforms switched. There is no similarity between the Lincoln Republicans and the Republicans today www.livescience.com/34241-democratic-republican-parties-switch-platforms.html
I think historically you are spot on. Unfortunately, there are very few that I've met who understand how ideologies greatly effect society. I am trying to sound the alarm about how new technologies will soon endanger Americans way of life, destroy families , and limit prosperity to far too many people. My friend told me in so many words its useless. On UA-cam you will get infinitely more hits with video about people doing something stupid than you will receive dealing with an important issue, that could potentially destroy their lives. Despite this, I will continue to notify the public on these coming changes. See the dangers of 5G Towers. My soon to come website. Instrument of Change.org
Well, the basic point is that there needs to be some factor that can induce people to set aside their differences and unite behind a common goal. Responding to danger/threat is an easy, powerful motivator, but you'd like to think that people could also get excited and unite around some positive goal or vision for the future.
A three-legged stool is the most stable, but in the real world you need that fourth leg for the “X factor,“ probably best defined as the mob at the door
Robert teich is a genius at making sense of american status in the world. Wish he was running. But i know he s got to much sense. Thats why wr ended up with trump.
First of all what you meant to say is The “enemies” “at” the gate, and second of all there are plenty of large multinational corporations who do honest business and pay people a decent wage. But there are others, so called “special interest” groups that try to rig the whole system so that they can keep more of their money, or sell sub par products, or damage the environment with impunity.
Reich is SO good. He not only sees the real issues with ultra clarity, he suggests practical and attainable solutions. I've gotta re-watch this regularly.
I was never confused by what was happening, straight out of the pits of hell. Didn't understand the map to how we got here, to this amount of corruption.
Mr. Reich, I am not a US citizen, but someone like you needs to run for President. Bernie comes to mind, but big business interests in the DNC would never allow that.
Mr Robert, The narrative concept is kind of cool but i think i need to tell you that the US is the one behind the majority of fascist states on this planet not the contrary and i think throwing blame and spewing anti Russian garbage as a means of deflecting this pathological American Exceptionalism is well, ignorant and arrogant. I like you a lot and find solace in knowing that there are intellectuals such as yourself sowing the seeds of decency but this little bit is another tale of je ne sais quoi. Really, if you want to accomplish anything in this country, may i suggest that you peer over at the gorilla in the room? I'm talking about the extreme corruption. Corruption is behind systemic racism and poverty and the election sham. It is behind senseless continuous war, It is behind every step of government waste and misappropriation, the courts and health and the environment. What is the worst problem, that a guy like Trump spews some of the most heinous sort of racist BS or is it the corrupt republicans bought and paid for by the Koch Bros that support him. Let's start with reforming the electoral process, from an election day holiday to stopping gerrymandering to voter suppression and intimidation. Campaign finance reform and citizen's united. Super delegates, WTF? I don't know, there is so much wrong from the gitgo. Inside the gears. For example, Hillary was the cancer that most likely was responsible for getting Trump elected. Are the democrats coming to terms with this yet? I don't know, i might be wrong but Bernie had some pretty good momentum... oops i'm rambling on
I just have to disagree with you. Global climate change is not funded by the big money. But it does accelerate technology where big money will lose out. Oil companies definitely don't want to hear about electric cars, solar power, windpower Etc.
@Greg Moonen no. I'm referring to the Mob at the gates are entities that seek to destroy our way of life. Fighting for Global warming seeks to improve our way of life. Big companies and big money want you to believe that we are not causing global warming. They are the mobs at the gate. It isn't a question really of whether or not burning oil is contributing a little or a lot to global warming as it is a question of are we going to go forward with new technologies and new businesses that will help preserve and increase our standing on the global economy. It's kind of like the little people having their say. There is a video with a man named Dan Pena who is adamant that we are not contributing to global warming. He is a very wealthy Oil Man. In the interview he says that if the OPEC nations are forced to go public with there stock on oil, because of global warming hype, then they would have to let it be known how much they have in oil Reserves. He says if they do that, that the price of oil will drop like a rock. I thought to myself, that would mean the wealthy would lose a lot of money and everybody else would pay $0.10 a gallon for gas. What's wrong with that? What's wrong with that is the rich would lose out and the common person would win.
@Steve Aye, because believing in it means everything you have worked hard to achieve and attain to provide for your children, is robbing your very family's future. Speaking out against it risks damaging your career prospects. We scientists have been afraid to overstate the problems and cause panic, but really, now the "grownups" with something to lose are also getting involved.
I have now watched this piece several times and am convinced that it should be the backbone of every democratic presidential contender. They must have a powerful, true and persuasive set of 4 stories just at Robert describes. It makes so much sense and it will be a way to keep focused on what really matters and what will actually resonate with voters of all types. Again, this is brilliant work! Thank you deeply Robert Reich and all those who are part of this effort. Gratefully, Dale Biron
Except this format, well educational and informative, basically preaches to the choir. To gather the attention of the right, you have to observe what gathers their attention
Thank you for this! You've taken a complex subject and made sense of it in a clear and insightful way. I hope these ideas can guide us toward restoring our democracy.
Robert: Totally agree about how you start this clip but unfortunately we all have to wait many many years, if not a decade or more, to do so and to wipe up the damage already made!
This may be the most important video of all time. “The once and future liberal” by Mark Lilla talks about this very problem. The left/liberal America has No story for America. Reagan had the best story in a generation, and that’s why people on the right still worship him to this very day. Extremely informative. This is the story that could shape a generation. There’s too much focus on “how far left is Bernie??”. I don’t remember seeing anyone ruminating on “Reagan’s too far right to secure independents”. We need a story that INSPIRES, and UNITES.
I like the idea of the Benevolent or National Community. We should take care of each other. It's called "being a good neighbor", or for you conservatives, the epitome of what a "Christian nation", or just a moral nation, should be like.
Loving others is being a good nation and the "Christian Right" is nothing more than justifying your sins against humanity. I truly believe in the message of Christ and hate what the scammers have done with it to enrich themselves.
BillyGoat no it isn’t - guess you have to decide for yourself what kind of country you want to live in -Venezuela accused of being socialist yet: Venezuela brings free heating oil to poor in NY. ... The heating oil program, which provides a one-time heating oil delivery of 100 gallons to low-income Americans, will donate 45 million gallons, or more than $100 million worth, of heating oil to more than 200,000 families in 23 states this winter, according to Citgo.Dec 14, 2007 In response to that US puts on sanctions and wants to invade them - only one question - are you for real?
What about intersectionality? What is the effective story to tell about how poor women and children of color in this country have been marginalized and need more, as a group, than the rest of Americans, because of the historic discrimination over the centuries? How do we make sure that the benevolent community does not exclude this group as it has in the past? (the GI bill, farm loans, mortgages, unions for farm workers and domestic workers) I know one short tape cannot address all issues. I don't recall any clip of yours that directly addresses white supremacy and racism. Maybe it is time? (please direct me to one if it exists) I believe the Green New Deal does just that, and more, for all Americans.
Thanks, Bob- your discussion and amazing illustrations cut top the heart of the matter! Seriously, not only does this video speak volumes about the American stories we have all been told since childhood but you've clearly illuminated where the Left has gone wrong over the last 40 years since Reagan- the master tall tale teller- swept into office and kicked the rot at the top into high gear. This is the outline of our times. The candidate who tells the best stories in these four narratives will win the White House House the right to lead the country. Personally, I believe nothing less than the future of our nation and even our species is at stake.
Excellently thought out and great production value! What really saddens me is how the Mob at the Gates story has been warped to include Democrats (or Republicans, depending on your side). The vilification is abundant nowadays, and both sides pour money and psychological string-pulling to reinforce that story line. Whats good for us all, vs. what's good for just us seem to be a major difference in one core value. Hard to imagine how to fix that difference. Maybe one will naturally obsolete the other. Anyways thanks for the great and informative video! Look forward to more!
We never shouldve gotten involved in rescuing Britain,,Hitler only came to power,,like Trump ,,because Wilson interfered & rescued a country that only 50 years before was supplying our enemy ,the Confederate states.
Excellent video and summary describing how American values have regressed. My only criticism is that while you have correctly portrayed Bernie Sanders as the populist movement on the left in opposition to Trump at 16:04, it appears that you exalt Bernie as the 'Triumphant Individual'. I think that is probably accidental. At least I hope it is accidental, because if not, it could be construed as propaganda designed to influence voters to support Bernie Sanders. I don't have any issues with anyone supporting any candidate, but I do have an issue with how propaganda is used. Americans have been totally immersed in all forms of propaganda for so long. It's really no wonder that so many have difficulty arriving at decisions independently, or defending them coherently. Many consumers of right wing propaganda seek out messaging that resonates with their world views and core values. They eagerly breathe in the most toxic propaganda and are willing to go to great lengths to justify and defend the most cruel, callous and inhumane actions. These are the same people who are most resistant to change, desperately clinging to their idols who they believe 'speak for them'. I can't pinpoint when the 2nd civil war began, but it is a war of words. At stake is the truth and western democracy. I believe you may need to consider taking some pointers from the right in order to break down some of the barriers that prevent you from reaching the right in any meaningful, lasting way. I came across this article which I thought was interesting and could be helpful, at least as a starting point. www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hnsgrassegger/george-soros-conspiracy-finkelstein-birnbaum-orban-netanyahu I'm Canadian and have the advantage of being at arm's length to make observations. I put my personal life on hold for the last 2+ years to help to resist Trump in any way I could. I wish I could say that my efforts were productive, but I can't.
I fell linking this video to propaganda is interesting. What is propaganda it used to be state sponsored but in the age of Fox News and bright Bart this is not the cass. I think there is a bar we could see in transparency where if you flame to be news or balanced and are in fact just generating biased hit pieces aka Alex Jones style then u are self financed propaganda. this however is a video directly meant to publicly coach the left on how to win so presenting Bernie as the up side of populism seems to make perfect sense. Some have and I think reasonably argued that fighting the ground swell that came with him last time around cost the dem’s the election. If you ignore a powerful message you can end up losing again. Additionally gorge soros is an easy target for good reason he is not the monster the right would make him out to be but you are on thin ice when coming to his defence. My first intellectual love is economics and I have followed gorge from my early 20’s in Awe of his ability’s but he has hurt a grate many people becoming who he is and he has messed with entire state economy’s for profit and political beliefs. Often my politics and his aligned but that was and is irrelevant the problem is he and others like him the Koch brothers for instance highlight a real problem in our society where individuals are not constrained by democracy from using their welts to make there views reality. We can split hares about the tactics (morals) employed by theme or the validity of there ideals but the core problem would remain there influence needs to be limited in order to have a functioning democracy. The left should not emulate the right they need their own ‘jam’ to win and right now I think that’s one of sanity and fact over fiction but how can you have facts if you cant speak troth to power become the sole box you stand on is paid for by that power.
@@ruidykeman7422 I am not aware that George Soros has hurt people or messed with economies for profit. I'll research that, but I disagree with any comparison between George Soros and the Koch brothers who have spent billions of dollars to promote climate change denial and to circumvent the political process to enact their extreme-libertarian agenda. George Soros and Tom Steyer have contributed some of their wealth to political campaigns, but there have been no strings attached. I have spent a significant amount of time researching the Koch brothers and their network of organizations. The Koch brothers are superb propagandists. I recommend you read Dark Money by Jane Mayer and Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean. This is an excellent article too: www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/meet-the-economist-behind-the-one-percents-stealth-takeover-of-america I'm not sure how many times I can possibly repeat this, but Bernie didn't have anything to do with Dems losing the election in 2016. We ALL lost. Foreign influences, voter suppression, questionable election practices, strategically targeted disinformation campaigns won, and the media contributed. It would not have mattered who ran against Trump, they would have lost and that includes Bernie. Bernie seems to campaign non-stop. He has been reluctant, even resistant to producing his tax returns. He has diminished the role of Russian interference. And his legislative record is less than stellar. www.govtrack.us/congress/members/bernard_sanders/400357 www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/apr/06/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-has-released-few-tax-returns-compar/ That being said, I do not care who the nominee for 2020 is. Everyone needs to rally behind them for the singular purpose of ousting Trump.
MC McDonald I whole heartedly agree with supporting just about anyone to take out trump. My main point was in questioning if this could be considered propaganda. To the comparison of meddlers the problem is not the individuals or even there ideals it’s the ability for them to Exert influence there will always be some gorge’s in the elites you can find may super rich who will talk about doing good and how they should pay more ext. this is how people work some of us care for our fellow man and some do not. The falling is in restraining the influence of the wealthy. There where many factors in why the election was lost and if b Bernie had ran who knows what may have come of it but when you are a political party and u give berth to a grass roots movement carful to turn your back on it. I would say I’ve enjoyed having a reasonable conversation about the nuance of these things don’t get that vary often on the net.
Mr. Reich, you are a wonderful, honest and honorable person. Thank you for your hard work and service to our country. The current corruption and wealth inequality in the U.S. is outrageous. Hopefully more people like you will join in this effort to educate and empower our citizens.
This is one of the best Robert Reich videos I have ever seen. This was a well-organized and prepared lesson on the four themes of concern that have most influenced US political discourse.
I agree with your characterization of the quadrants of statehood. I just want to point out that you have handily pointed out four elements of statehood as a general concept, rather than per se the US American experiment. To the extent that we foster the triumphant individual and link each in the benevolent community we express solidarity with social benefit, common policies, and economic justice. A little frustrating, and where I had to talk back to your video, has to do with the supposed "mastery" of Reagan. I know you are a true policy creator, so due respect, but without paying essential attention to the rise of corporate media and the incipient scandalous election financing system we allow to fester (say the epoch began to fester with Nixonian electioneering); saying nothing about media complicity and its tendency to give crackpot ideas equal billing (hello, trickle-down economics) thus raising them from a conservative thinktank thought experiment into official policy. Even Obama was caught out practicing such policies, to point out how inculcated were austerity and its elements. Like a social-whip to straighten out the workforce and its expectations from life. Discipline labor (firing Air Traffic Controllers, & etc), and let young people know what to expect. Our young people as a general mass know nothing of the American Dream of my own upbringing. Now to have a vertical home among little compartments and a decent job counts as a 'dream.' People live like students until retirement these days. The sub-workforce scrabbles about looking for what are cleverly called 'gigs.' These are at will work, normally, and short term. Cousin to zero-hour. This is inconsistent with long term planning and collegiality. Try to organize a bunch of contractors. Could happen, but the network is much easier to read than (wo)men's hearts. Security state bundles us along: nothing to see 'hear.' Whom the police favor counts for much in some sectors of society. When ownership is gray area, police conduct, the conduct of the law, indicates what callowness rests within the state, as use of the crutches of the enemy at the rampart and rot at the top both indicate by their reliance just how fascist is the community. In this way, I enjoyed very much your video, but you will forgive me if I spoke back to you about these essential uses.
I would argue with you, or anyone else that we're in this position, because we, asked, begged for it. This machine doesn't run without us, the state citizens of these United States. We have turned it up, balls to the wall, flat out, so we can live insignificant lives, collecting insignificant treasures, ignoring the now to preserve it on a deity, for the world to see, as you scream out, look at me, I'm important, please like me. Truly so sorry 💔. I feel like the 1 eyed king amongst the blind. The answers, there right there in front of you at the mirror. The power is in the people, only United we stand, divided we fall. The rhetoric, whether Dem/republic, black/white, gay/homophobic, etc. It's all by design, to keep you from looking up. Edward Bernays, Sigmunds nephew, helped with that part, at least how it pertains to the 20th/21st century. Reagan's biggest help for today's bull$h?t, that would be the abolishment of the "Fairness Doctrine". That would be his 21st century contribution. We don't teach our kids critical thinking skills, we don't learn the laws and how they're so much different from statutes, we just listen to anyone who says "you have to" or "just listen, I'll tell you what we want you to know". So sad 😪 Thanks 🙈 🙉🙊
I'm afraid you overestimate yourself like most everyone else does. There is a thread of disdain in your very long winded comment that chastises and attempts to set right the views being expressed. It's this decisive attitude that is pulverizing this countries greatness.
@@scottielambert9312 No delusions of grandeur. My opinion is from my perspective. I don't see your world, through your eyes, creating your opinion. I've been blessed to live a very interesting life, giving me my perspective. If you believe I'm long winded in my misinformed understanding, then please, state those points and explain them in fact, not opinion. We can go as far back in history as you wish, and we can go through the construct of rule over the masses. If you believe that you, combined with the whole, can not, make this beautiful world, a free one, then again, it's history of this very principal, that I implore you to rebut with fact. If you believe Edward Bernays, is not the architect of modern misinformation, then again, I implore you to rebut it with fact. If you believe that abolishing the "Fairness Doctrine" was not the keystone, to modern leading misinformation, then I implore you to rebut with fact. If you believe that the creation of the "Spoils Doctrine", is not the reason, we have imbeciles in office because they donated to a campaign, therefore giving them a legal right to hold whatever official title and capacity given, then I implore you to rebut with fact. Please don't try and put myself in some group, giving me a title of any kind, I am who I am, but I'm not who I think that you think I am. Thanks 🙈 🙉🙊
@@eddiegreg7064 I do not engage in debate or even converse with people who so clearly see themselves as the center of all critical thought. They tend to be under the unfortunate assumption that they are unique and feel the need to share with the poor huddled masses all of the singular insight that only they possess. They tend not to discuss but rather prefer to opine from their lofty pulpits and as a result rarely if ever learn or have a true discussion. Just read something you have written,anything, from anothers perspective and I'm fairly comforatable you will find it as off-putting as I do. Just my opinion from my unique perspective acquired through my singular life.
You couldn’t help it, I suppose, because you are a Democrat - But I feel this was slanted toward showing the wonderful things Democrats have done - And they HAVE done some good things. Or at least they tried. The consumer protection from credit card companies the Obama administration enacted...unfortunately banks did a work-around on & that caused even more credit card woes for people...And the cash for clunkers program was good for getting old air polluting vehicles off the roads but then created a burden for people who wanted inexpensive used vehicles for themselves or for the young college students (there weren’t many affordable vehicles for people who really needed them). I think now that the clunker buyout program was worth it for the environment. Question though -weren’t the Democrats many decades ago more like Republicans & vice versa? I would really appreciate an explanation of that...I’ve heard they were the same in name but the parties’ philosophies changed? I found this very interesting. We do have a tradition of stories that keep us moving - Either out of perseverance or out of fear. I’m an Independent that Mr. Trump & crew has turned into a Democratic Party voter through their exceptional talents.
Long ago Plato proposed that nations should be led by Philosopher Kings. I can only think that Robert Reich is the perfect example of the kind of person Plato had in mind.
@@jedlimen123 In Plato's time all learned people and the teachers of knowledge were called Philosophers no matter what area of knowledge they taught. The pursuit of knowledge was the pursuit of Truth. Robert Reich is therefore a Philosopher as he is a learned man and he teaches. A little more learning on your part would help you avoid such mistakes in the future. Plus you didn't even get my name right. Look before you leap. Think before you speak.
@@jedlimen123 At the time Plato was living, all intellectual pursuits and searches for the truth about everything was known as philosophy. Go back to school and learn, gain knowledge and how to think then do it before before you attempt to correct others.
This is my first time watching this channel and I am already in love with it. So therefore I have subscribed to it. Now Professor Reich, thank you sir you have beautifully explain each story and each one of them have definitely spoke to me. I got a history lesson, an economics lesson, and more importantly a lesson on humanity within this video.
What would you do if your UA-cam channel was shut down? What about other methods of communication? Also, if you want to be a true defender of personal liberties, you must also accept the inherent flaws that can’t be removed.
This and men like him of all ideologies should be broadcasted in all media. We lack education on politics, history, sociology, mass psicology, geopolitics,..
Bravo! As a storyteller I've been screaming my head off asking Democrats this same question. What is the story you co-create with us? Why don't you communicate with us in terms that are relevant? And I agree with you. This has been what has weakened Democracy more and more, and look where that has taken us. The madness that has befallen us now did not start all of the sudden. It was created while we watched TV while the rich got richer and RICHER and RICHER while no one mentioned the elephant in the room. And now BOOM! The very fiber of democracy is threatened. THanks again, Reich, for not only telling the truth, but given us the pieces we need to reweave our democracy. God bless you!
Interesting how you use the words benevolent community, where I would use the words democratic sosialism. A system that supports you in your daily life and if you "fall", it helps you back on you feet again to achive your potential. Has democratic sosialism always been hiding in the american dream?
I think it's because many of "those people" see Secretary/Professor Reich as an "intellectual" or worse! I've heard him speak in person and just watched this video. We need more and more people to speak out as he does.
It could be because he comes from a socialist perspective.many will not listen because they have seen socialist governments fail around the world.it sounds good,looks good on paper,but when there are no more rich to fleece of their money,then they turn to full blown communism.ask mr.reich,he knows how it goes.
Biden's Labor Secretary cabinet position is still open. I nominate R.Reich. While his success under Clinton was limited, that had more to do with the lack of a complete story. Reich has learned much since then and has honed his message and delivery. His time is now, I think.
"Naturally the common people don't want war. But after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and to exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country." - Hermann Goering, Hitler's Reich Marshall, at the Nuremberg Trials after WW II.
Mr. Reich your message applies not only to America but to many other nations. The message you impart, my grandmother and my father used to tell my when I was young. So very sad. I also believe you must do all you can to bring awareness to the citizens of America. Blessings.
This is the most brilliant and instructive political video that I know of. You have done a service to the entire country by producing this. I thank you very much.
I love your stories, Robert. We can’t leave this state of affairs to our children to fix, I have had to become an activist, altogether I do most of my volunteering from home. With an app that only Democrats could use, I was able to contact about 20,000 people to vote in 2018. I was even able to answer their questions, or pick up where someone else left off. The app is called Hustle.
We need more videos like this and they should be shown in all high schools and colleges.
Steven Cross Start in middle school, maybe 5th grade.. Kids are way smarter than some realize.
Yes...and more subscribers!
We need no more fairy tales and
Steven Cross I agree wholeheartedly. I have a lot of respect for Robert Reich, and enjoy all his videos.
I agree. The little I really learned in late 60s was not much. Just what are 3 branches. Not much more. By adulthood its too late. Start education of our children in depth early. So they dont need to wait till adults to learn all this.
This should be taught in school. It once was.
No this should be taught,thezog.wordpress.com/
When Victims Rule: A Critique of Jewish Pre-Eminence in America
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☝Flat Earther* by the way. Get off UA-cam and go back to school.
@@raggamuffin2682 can't tell who you're referring to bud
@@raggamuffin2682 I do not get it
ryan goepfert it’s Woody Pecker who don’t get it.... Woody Pecker is a shill for the people who are trying to tear the country apart, enough said.
At the very least R.R should be a senior advisor to the DNC. Robert Reich, a TRUE Patriot.
@Oma Cool CAP LOCK OFF....P L E A S E
If Bernie can win over the Democratic Party to get the nomination to run against Chump then I could maybe see R.R doing that
I think he worked for Bill Clinton
@@thegodfather1907 he did. and we had a surplus during that time.
Oma Cool And you need to turn off your caps lock. Makes you look profoundly dumb.
You sir are SPOT ON.
Spread the word as far and wide as you can.
Please
Why don’t you run for President? You would get my vote!!!!! You’re one of the few I have listened to who actually understands what is happening.
Reich conveniently left out the fact he was part of Bill Clintons administrations neoliberal third way campaign that rolled back the benevolent community and the welfare state.
@@PoliticalEconomy101 Okay, but what does that mean, given his current output? Or are you implying that his political baggage disqualifies him? Cause that would be understandable.
@@mistercohaagen It means in practice, like most democrats he talks a good game but once in office he fucks you. Politicians tell people what they want to hear. The question is what is their record? Be skeptical. And since i know that he is a liberal and NOT a socialist. That also tells me that he cant be trusted
@@PoliticalEconomy101 But did he really agree with it/promote it or did he simply stay for 4 years (he did leave before Clinton's 2nd term) and try to be a voice of dissent and promote progressive/democratic socialist policies? Because if you look at his record during the Clinton years, he did push many things that were helpful to the workers/common person against the corporate dem/moderate repub that is Clinton.
@@PoliticalEconomy101 I'm all for younger people serving politically. They're more responsible when creating a future they'll also be subjected to. I think the cutoff for voting and political duty, should be about 50 years old. He had his shot, and he blew it.
You the man Robert Reich. Keep speaking the truth. People are listening.
You nailed it Robert Reich
Thank you, Robert Reich, for this history lesson! Your thinking and explaining is so clear and crisp. I admire you a lot.
This isn't history; it's an alternative fantasy (false) narrative.
Me sticking up for Robert Reich is obviously silly. He has served under three presidents. The man is huge brains with a fair stance. Respect!@@becomejvg
I want to live in a benevolent community/nation. That's why I'm voting for Bernie
Sorry, that's Not how it works . . . . .damn . . . .
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This is one of the voices that needs to be heard from the mountain tops! The voice of reason! The voice of knowledge! The voice of truth! Keep the voice strong Robert Reich! Thank you for all of your support and efforts.
Well said! Robert Reich knows the big picture.
Fourth paragraph from the bottom of this text is particularly interesting in the light of current events in the world, as it mentions Angola, Cambodia, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Korea (DPRK) and Vietnam, but the main thing is pattern mastered on Yugoslavia, applied later on those countries. Share this if you find it convenient.
Origins of the breakup-a U.S. law
A year before the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, on Nov. 5, 1990, the U.S. Congress passed the 1991 Foreign Operations Appropriations Law 101-513. This bill was a signed death warrant. One provision in particular was so lethal that even a CIA report described three weeks later in the Nov. 27, 1990, New York Times predicted it would lead to a bloody civil war.
A section of Law 101-513 suddenly and without previous warning cut off all aid, trade, credits and loans from the U.S. to Yugoslavia within six months. It also ordered separate elections in each of the six republics that make up Yugoslavia, requiring State Department approval of election procedures and results before aid to the separate republics would be resumed. The legislation further required U.S. personnel in all international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to enforce this cut-off policy for all credits and loans.
There was one final provision. Only forces that the U.S. State Department defined as "democratic forces" would receive funding. This meant an influx of funds to small right-wing nationalist parties in a financially strangled region suddenly thrown into crisis by the overall funding cut-off.
The impact was, as expected, devastating.
This law threw the Yugoslav federal government into crisis. It was unable to pay the enormous interest on its foreign debt or even to arrange the purchase of raw materials for industry. Credit collapsed and recriminations broke out on all sides.
At the time there was no civil war. No republic had seceded. The U.S. was not engaged in a public dispute with Yugoslavia. The region was not even in the news. World attention was focused on the international coalition the Bush administration was assembling to destroy Iraq-a war that reshaped the Middle East at a cost of half a million Iraqi lives.
What was behind the sweeping legislation directed at Yugoslavia, especially when U.S. policy makers themselves predicted that the sudden unraveling of the region would lead to civil war?
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, U.S. big business was embarking on an aggressive march to reshape all of Europe. Nonaligned Yugoslavia was no longer needed as a buffer state between NATOand the Warsaw Pact. A strong, united Europe was hardly desirable. Washington policy makers considered both to be relics of the Cold War.
Control of the purse strings
This one piece of legislation-Law 101-513-demonstrates the U.S. government’s enormous power. It was one part of annual legislation that defines in detail policies to be pursued in every region of the globe. The Foreign Operations Act implements U.S. corporate control through major funding to international financial institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Fund, the African Development Fund, and through direct assistance to individual countries.
The deadly restrictions on Yugoslavia took a mere 23 lines. Compare this to the more than nine pages that detail sanctions to be imposed on Iraq. As of January 1995, the U.S.-UN sanctions on Iraq had killed more than half a million children. This projection is from Thomas Ekfal, the United Nations Children’s Fund representative in Baghdad. (New York Newsday, Dec. 19, 1994)
The 1990 foreign appropriations law also prescribed various forms of economic strangulation for several other countries deemed enemies, including Angola, Cambodia, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Korea (DPRK) and Vietnam. On the other hand countries moving hastily toward a capitalist market economy in 1990, such as Poland, were to receive special funding.
In all the expressions of concern and sympathy for refugees and displaced people in countries all over the globe, but especially in the former Yugoslavia, no U.S. official ever mentions the terrible suffering caused by U.S. economic strangulation.
Of course, financial strings were hardly new to Yugoslavia in 1990. Yugoslavia had become utterly dependent on loans from Western banks. The increasingly onerous conditions had dislocated the economy. A year earlier, the price of continued U.S. loans and credits was a brutal austerity program that devalued the currency, froze wages, cut subsidies, closed many state industries deemed unprofitable for capitalist investors and increased unemployment to 20 percent. The result was strikes, walkouts, a sharp increase in political and economic tension, and, above all, an upsurge in national antagonisms on all sides.
Once the U.S. acted so decisively toward Yugoslavia in 1990, the European powers were hardly willing to be bystanders to the enforced break-up of a country in their own backyard. The U.S. Foreign Appropriations Bill sent a clear message to the European powers that Yugoslavia and the whole Balkan region of Europe were again up for grabs. On their own they might never have dared to act. Now they dared not be out of the action.
He paints a fake picture
Robert Price I totally agree. He leaves a lot of things out. Not only does Trump live rent free in his head but so does Reagan. He also says that republicans are racist because they want to limit immigration. The union Democrats warned that massive immigration would weaken unions and suppress wages. I guess with his logic if you complain about outsourcing to third world countries then you just don’t like brown people.
@@Navy35 you are right. Democrats have destroyed black families, cities, and schools. They have turned them into needy pets. Republicans treat them like people. They hate Trump because they were scared he would turn black voters. Without black voters, democrats can't hold office. Reich is a socialist, and the only way to get people to support it is to lie to them.
@@robertprice9052 your existence is a fake picture & a liability to the usa!
Just found this video today. This should have billions of views, this applies to the world over
I think this might be the most important video you've put out. This needs to be spread far and wide.
Dr. Reich, you should either run for President or advise one of the Democratic candidate to run on your message, which our country desperately needs.
I wish we had more smart people like you in the midwest
Smart people move away from the Midwest
@@Sushi33312 I blame the corrupt Christian conservatives that are entrenched in most of the local governments. It is impossible to get ahead in a corrupt system
There are likely smart people in the Midwest, but they are afraid of the racist, misogynistic religious fanatics that seem to dominate that landscape.
@@HeathWatts I agree. It's really hard to do anything progressive . It's like living in a banana republic.
Please,stay away from the midwest,we love our freedom too much.
Robert we love your lectures!
The production value of these is continuously getting better!!
They will crash and burn...
@@davidfreeman6677, you have no clue what Connor is referring to.
Connor Halleck That’s a good sign. That means he has attracted sponsors. If I could afford it, I would be a major supporter.
U choose to speak of production value ? What about the message ?
Some of the population doesn’t want to see everyone do well...
Robert, your interpretation of the four American myths resonates with viewers whose knowledge of history enables them to keep up with your ideas. In a sense you are preaching to the converted. As for reaching Trump supporters . . . I have reluctantly concluded there is no hope of finding common ground with people who disdain knowledge and put their trust in demagogues. Even their children have given up on them. Just let them age out of relevance while a new generation of savvy and determined Democrats re-invigorates your founding myths and gets America back on track.
Amen John! You nailed it!
Very much too bad that you are right.
I have thought this for years. Just wait for all these old farts to die off so we can have a more common sense way of life. But it's not happening. Their children are coming up and the false attitudes they are brought up with are far more dangerous. As in the narcissism of you know who.
We have to break thru an unseen barrier, it may take civil war but I can't see us winning it. Too many pansy ass people on this side. My imagination and knowledge of history is also limited. I'm one of the pansy ass people. I'm not a sheeple. And I'd like to say I'd step up if needed. The only thing I can do right now is plant the seeds in peoples heads, get them thinking on the right tract and get them out to vote. Be an enthusiastic reminder to vote and feel proud to do your part. Sometimes we win. Lets go for it.
In agreement with your statements , We can’t just wait for them to die off. We have to take action. Counteract their narrative, work hard for change, make our voices heard, and keep moving forward. Show we won’t stand for deception and misinformation. The danger in waiting for them to die is they are still able pass legislation that stays, they still mind l-wash and indoctrinate the young, and they are invigorated by oppressing others.
It can be dangerous to lay around and wait for a better day. We need to make a better day.
John - well said. As for Trump supporters.... I'm still trying to understand how there could be this many American voters who are in such denial as to elect a person like Trump in 2016. Fact deniers, conspiracy theorists and/or white supremacists.... the "Mob at the Gates" wants to vote for the "Rot at the Top"...
Whistleblower note! Professor Reich, please read this. I am an old Berkeley grad from 1970 who still must list anti-war arrest on the "have you ever been arrested" forms. In protests, writing for Daily Cal, meetings, and agitation, I wound up preaching to the left choir. In my opinion this is what you do -- with phenomenal quality. Get your message out to the 100 million people who can change things, not just the left or absolutely ignored by the right. Fall back on great (and not so great) American institutions to get ever more people to pay attention to great videos like "The Real American Story." Tupperware did great at getting millions of women involved via their pyramid scheme of awards, not just money but the "honor" of signing up the most people to the network. Why not you? Create a gift of a free visit to Cal to stay at the Durant Hotel to meet you, Michael Pollan, other intellectuals of our era. How about second place being a signed copy of a good from you? Award these gifts to those who get the most people to watch your vids. Without something like this Tupperware idea, my Trumpet sister would never watch you, especially if I asked her to. But if a network of friends got her to, she might well watch and get your message. Thousands of people like her could be enlightened. You are brilliant and no doubt surround yourself with brilliant young people. Without doubt, one among you can see the feasibility of this seemingly crazy idea. Yours, Randy Smythe.
Yet again .. Robert has it all correct. If only we had more young Democrats that will listen to the older Democrats, our Democratic Party will survive this onslaught of evil being perpetrated upon our party. We MUST begin talking about these 4 Stories to the people, bring our country back together as one, and truly make our country even greater than before Reagan came along and began the downfall of our democracy. I hope everyone will have opportunity to review this of Robert's videos .. as always, they are loaded with the, actual, FACTS !!! God Bless America!!!
@Bryzz Lull but that was then. Republicans wouldn't vote that way today.
Robert....regarding your "onslaught of evil" comment. You are in the 90% category of peon working class Americans. This 90% includes "good" and "evil" people. But mostly corrupted people. I am wise enough to respect your morals....even though there's no "proof" in your comment. You got influenced by thinking you had a "tough life". You probably think "lazy minorities" are part of our economic challenges. Good for you?! You just proved you are part of the majority!! I am positive you still believe in reading newspapers. I have no need to teach second graders ....eighth grade problem solving material. I do believe in a creator. Sadly, you and over one hundred million Americans got exploited for your good nature. There is no political party that has our best interests in mind. Care to test me? I'll keep it civil and dignified. But understand what you're expecting. I'm expected to prove your 40 years of brainwashing as wrong? ....in three paragraphs? Hahahahaha! The joke is on two hundred million of you who never learned marketing, sales or psychology. Go ahead and assume I am not "worthy" of such words..
Just like who was persecuted?
They new story is automation and technology replacing massive amounts of workers and pushing people into low wage jobs.
@Bryzz Lull Obviously their platforms switched. There is no similarity between the Lincoln Republicans and the Republicans today
www.livescience.com/34241-democratic-republican-parties-switch-platforms.html
I think historically you are spot on. Unfortunately, there are very few that I've met who understand how ideologies greatly effect society. I am trying to sound the alarm about how new technologies will soon endanger Americans way of life, destroy families , and limit prosperity to far too many people. My friend told me in so many words its useless. On UA-cam you will get infinitely more hits with video about people doing something stupid than you will receive dealing with an important issue, that could potentially destroy their lives. Despite this, I will continue to notify the public on these coming changes. See the dangers of 5G Towers. My soon to come website. Instrument of Change.org
Thank you for telling this story!
how sad that a country has to have "An enemy/mob at the gate" in order to function. a table will stand just as well with 3 evenly place legs
It is sad - but it is generally true - and not just in the USA - it is a human thing.
I think it comes from the colonial history of America.
that is every country, it is a human thing.
Well, the basic point is that there needs to be some factor that can induce people to set aside their differences and unite behind a common goal. Responding to danger/threat is an easy, powerful motivator, but you'd like to think that people could also get excited and unite around some positive goal or vision for the future.
A three-legged stool is the most stable, but in the real world you need that fourth leg for the “X factor,“ probably best defined as the mob at the door
It resonates completely. Informative and inspirational Superbly done.
Robert Reich... 2020!
I would vote for you Robert.
Robert teich is a genius at making sense of american status in the world. Wish he was running. But i know he s got to much sense. Thats why wr ended up with trump.
What a great mind, I'd enjoy listening to this man all day long!
the enmeny of the gate is clearly multit national corperations.
First of all what you meant to say is The “enemies” “at” the gate, and second of all there are plenty of large multinational corporations who do honest business and pay people a decent wage. But there are others, so called “special interest” groups that try to rig the whole system so that they can keep more of their money, or sell sub par products, or damage the environment with impunity.
And other types of subversive interference. #iStandWithIlhan
Rot at the top IS the enemy at the gates..
It's the enemy within you should be worried about, Dump and his evil little Dumpsters.
@Frederic Bastiat
I'd like to find out more about Adolf Dump's German oranges?
Reich is SO good. He not only sees the real issues with ultra clarity, he suggests practical and attainable solutions. I've gotta re-watch this regularly.
Thank you for explaining these concepts and helping us sift through why we are so confused and mislead as a nation.
I was never confused by what was happening, straight out of the pits of hell. Didn't understand the map to how we got here, to this amount of corruption.
Mr. Reich, I am not a US citizen, but someone like you needs to run for President. Bernie comes to mind, but big business interests in the DNC would never allow that.
Thank you for the clear thinking explanation again, Robert Reich. Much appreciated!!!
Mr Robert, The narrative concept is kind of cool but i think i need to tell you that the US is the one behind the majority of fascist states on this planet not the contrary and i think throwing blame and spewing anti Russian garbage as a means of deflecting this pathological American Exceptionalism is well, ignorant and arrogant. I like you a lot and find solace in knowing that there are intellectuals such as yourself sowing the seeds of decency but this little bit is another tale of je ne sais quoi. Really, if you want to accomplish anything in this country, may i suggest that you peer over at the gorilla in the room? I'm talking about the extreme corruption. Corruption is behind systemic racism and poverty and the election sham. It is behind senseless continuous war, It is behind every step of government waste and misappropriation, the courts and health and the environment. What is the worst problem, that a guy like Trump spews some of the most heinous sort of racist BS or is it the corrupt republicans bought and paid for by the Koch Bros that support him.
Let's start with reforming the electoral process, from an election day holiday to stopping gerrymandering to voter suppression and intimidation. Campaign finance reform and citizen's united. Super delegates, WTF? I don't know, there is so much wrong from the gitgo. Inside the gears. For example, Hillary was the cancer that most likely was responsible for getting Trump elected. Are the democrats coming to terms with this yet? I don't know, i might be wrong but Bernie had some pretty good momentum... oops i'm rambling on
Rambling is good you are doing fine it's the other ones that sold out to money talks crap . What would Christ say to them
Thank you for your VERY pertinent ramblings 👍🏼
We'd also add 'climate change' to the 'mob at the gates'. Good work :)
This is the most recent addition to the Bernie Sanders stories. Global Climate Crisis (GCC) is leaking in our gates!
I just have to disagree with you. Global climate change is not funded by the big money. But it does accelerate technology where big money will lose out. Oil companies definitely don't want to hear about electric cars, solar power, windpower Etc.
@Greg Moonen no. I'm referring to the Mob at the gates are entities that seek to destroy our way of life. Fighting for Global warming seeks to improve our way of life. Big companies and big money want you to believe that we are not causing global warming. They are the mobs at the gate. It isn't a question really of whether or not burning oil is contributing a little or a lot to global warming as it is a question of are we going to go forward with new technologies and new businesses that will help preserve and increase our standing on the global economy. It's kind of like the little people having their say.
There is a video with a man named Dan Pena who is adamant that we are not contributing to global warming. He is a very wealthy Oil Man. In the interview he says that if the OPEC nations are forced to go public with there stock on oil, because of global warming hype, then they would have to let it be known how much they have in oil Reserves. He says if they do that, that the price of oil will drop like a rock. I thought to myself, that would mean the wealthy would lose a lot of money and everybody else would pay $0.10 a gallon for gas. What's wrong with that? What's wrong with that is the rich would lose out and the common person would win.
@Greg Moonen I found the video. Just watch it and you'll see what I'm saying.ua-cam.com/video/m0sY2tjmr_Y/v-deo.html
@Steve Aye, because believing in it means everything you have worked hard to achieve and attain to provide for your children, is robbing your very family's future. Speaking out against it risks damaging your career prospects. We scientists have been afraid to overstate the problems and cause panic, but really, now the "grownups" with something to lose are also getting involved.
I have now watched this piece several times and am convinced that it should be the backbone of every democratic presidential contender. They must have a powerful, true and persuasive set of 4 stories just at Robert describes. It makes so much sense and it will be a way to keep focused on what really matters and what will actually resonate with voters of all types. Again, this is brilliant work! Thank you deeply Robert Reich and all those who are part of this effort. Gratefully, Dale Biron
Except this format, well educational and informative, basically preaches to the choir. To gather the attention of the right, you have to observe what gathers their attention
Thank you for this! You've taken a complex subject and made sense of it in a clear and insightful way. I hope these ideas can guide us toward restoring our democracy.
I LUV ur videos!!! Thank u!!!
You are always inspiring Mr. Reich. I agree with your points. It is quite difficult to argue these truths to the stubborn folks on the right.
@ Sam Salerno.. Agreed, be gentle!
Robert, your history and government lesson is greatly appreciated. Also, you have the potential for a career as a political cartoonist.
I wish everyone in the country would watch this.
Robert: Totally agree about how you start this clip but unfortunately we all have to wait many many years, if not a decade or more, to do so and to wipe up the damage already made!
This video needs to be played on the major cable news networks: MSNBC, CNN, FOX NEWS, PBS...
Enjoyed the way you layed it all out, Professor. Thank you
This may be the most important video of all time. “The once and future liberal” by Mark Lilla talks about this very problem. The left/liberal America has
No story for America.
Reagan had the best story in a generation, and that’s why people on the right still worship him to this very day.
Extremely informative. This is the story that could shape a generation.
There’s too much focus on “how far left is Bernie??”. I don’t remember seeing anyone ruminating on “Reagan’s too far right to secure independents”.
We need a story that INSPIRES, and UNITES.
I like the idea of the Benevolent or National Community. We should take care of each other. It's called "being a good neighbor", or for you conservatives, the epitome of what a "Christian nation", or just a moral nation, should be like.
Loving others is being a good nation and the "Christian Right" is nothing more than justifying your sins against humanity. I truly believe in the message of Christ and hate what the scammers have done with it to enrich themselves.
@@davidfreeman6677 I agree. I hate what those who hijack our faith for their own purposes have done too.
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Christian right is like saying a good fascist, it just don't make sense.
Denise Mayosky forced benevolence isn’t benevolence
BillyGoat no it isn’t - guess you have to decide for yourself what kind of country you want to live in -Venezuela accused of being socialist yet: Venezuela brings free heating oil to poor in NY. ... The heating oil program, which provides a one-time heating oil delivery of 100 gallons to low-income Americans, will donate 45 million gallons, or more than $100 million worth, of heating oil to more than 200,000 families in 23 states this winter, according to Citgo.Dec 14, 2007
In response to that US puts on sanctions and wants to invade them - only one question - are you for real?
Revolution and Bernie Sanders "Power to the People"
Thank you Mr. Reich. I always learn from your dialog. And agree with your perspective.
Everyone in the US - and the world should watch this!
I literally feel like I'm living in Gotham. 😑
It fits.
Except only the Joker and rogues gallery. No batman or Justice League.
More videos like this are needed. You need to show these on TV some how!!! CNN or MSNBC! Everyone needs to see this!!
Most Excellent! Thank You, Sec. Reich!
This should be taught in every school. Cheers from Michael. Australia.
What about intersectionality? What is the effective story to tell about how poor women and children of color in this country have been marginalized and need more, as a group, than the rest of Americans, because of the historic discrimination over the centuries? How do we make sure that the benevolent community does not exclude this group as it has in the past? (the GI bill, farm loans, mortgages, unions for farm workers and domestic workers)
I know one short tape cannot address all issues. I don't recall any clip of yours that directly addresses white supremacy and racism. Maybe it is time? (please direct me to one if it exists) I believe the Green New Deal does just that, and more, for all Americans.
ua-cam.com/video/V02Gl5eFxI8/v-deo.html
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Thank you, it seems Mr. Reich has effectively avoided speaking to this issue. Wonder why
I usually dont post messages like this - but that is simply GENIOUS! Thank you.
Please run for president. My family will come to work for you.
Robert Reich.... a seriously underrated free thinker.
Thanks, Bob- your discussion and amazing illustrations cut top the heart of the matter! Seriously, not only does this video speak volumes about the American stories we have all been told since childhood but you've clearly illuminated where the Left has gone wrong over the last 40 years since Reagan- the master tall tale teller- swept into office and kicked the rot at the top into high gear.
This is the outline of our times. The candidate who tells the best stories in these four narratives will win the White House House the right to lead the country.
Personally, I believe nothing less than the future of our nation and even our species is at stake.
Mr Reich & team, you have stepped up your productions! Excellent work, thank you
Your videos are so simple to understand a 9 year old could comprehend! Thanks.
I agree, I don’t know why I did not watch this in March but I am glad that we have it now. Thank you Robert and keep telling us the truth. Amen.
Excellently thought out and great production value! What really saddens me is how the Mob at the Gates story has been warped to include Democrats (or Republicans, depending on your side). The vilification is abundant nowadays, and both sides pour money and psychological string-pulling to reinforce that story line.
Whats good for us all, vs. what's good for just us seem to be a major difference in one core value. Hard to imagine how to fix that difference. Maybe one will naturally obsolete the other.
Anyways thanks for the great and informative video! Look forward to more!
Jason Stirrat Politics was also crazy in the 1960s.
Democrats Were scum until FDR came along,,,
We never shouldve gotten involved in rescuing Britain,,Hitler only came to power,,like Trump ,,because Wilson interfered & rescued a country that only 50 years before was supplying our enemy ,the Confederate states.
Mr. Reich is a genius, I have been following him and his teachings for 3 yrs now, never disappointed
Excellent video and summary describing how American values have regressed. My only criticism is that while you have correctly portrayed Bernie Sanders as the populist movement on the left in opposition to Trump at 16:04, it appears that you exalt Bernie as the 'Triumphant Individual'. I think that is probably accidental. At least I hope it is accidental, because if not, it could be construed as propaganda designed to influence voters to support Bernie Sanders. I don't have any issues with anyone supporting any candidate, but I do have an issue with how propaganda is used.
Americans have been totally immersed in all forms of propaganda for so long. It's really no wonder that so many have difficulty arriving at decisions independently, or defending them coherently. Many consumers of right wing propaganda seek out messaging that resonates with their world views and core values. They eagerly breathe in the most toxic propaganda and are willing to go to great lengths to justify and defend the most cruel, callous and inhumane actions. These are the same people who are most resistant to change, desperately clinging to their idols who they believe 'speak for them'. I can't pinpoint when the 2nd civil war began, but it is a war of words. At stake is the truth and western democracy.
I believe you may need to consider taking some pointers from the right in order to break down some of the barriers that prevent you from reaching the right in any meaningful, lasting way. I came across this article which I thought was interesting and could be helpful, at least as a starting point.
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hnsgrassegger/george-soros-conspiracy-finkelstein-birnbaum-orban-netanyahu
I'm Canadian and have the advantage of being at arm's length to make observations. I put my personal life on hold for the last 2+ years to help to resist Trump in any way I could. I wish I could say that my efforts were productive, but I can't.
I fell linking this video to propaganda is interesting. What is propaganda it used to be state sponsored but in the age of Fox News and bright Bart this is not the cass. I think there is a bar we could see in transparency where if you flame to be news or balanced and are in fact just generating biased hit pieces aka Alex Jones style then u are self financed propaganda. this however is a video directly meant to publicly coach the left on how to win so presenting Bernie as the up side of populism seems to make perfect sense. Some have and I think reasonably argued that fighting the ground swell that came with him last time around cost the dem’s the election. If you ignore a powerful message you can end up losing again.
Additionally gorge soros is an easy target for good reason he is not the monster the right would make him out to be but you are on thin ice when coming to his defence. My first intellectual love is economics and I have followed gorge from my early 20’s in Awe of his ability’s but he has hurt a grate many people becoming who he is and he has messed with entire state economy’s for profit and political beliefs. Often my politics and his aligned but that was and is irrelevant the problem is he and others like him the Koch brothers for instance highlight a real problem in our society where individuals are not constrained by democracy from using their welts to make there views reality. We can split hares about the tactics (morals) employed by theme or the validity of there ideals but the core problem would remain there influence needs to be limited in order to have a functioning democracy. The left should not emulate the right they need their own ‘jam’ to win and right now I think that’s one of sanity and fact over fiction but how can you have facts if you cant speak troth to power become the sole box you stand on is paid for by that power.
@@ruidykeman7422 I am not aware that George Soros has hurt people or messed with economies for profit. I'll research that, but I disagree with any comparison between George Soros and the Koch brothers who have spent billions of dollars to promote climate change denial and to circumvent the political process to enact their extreme-libertarian agenda. George Soros and Tom Steyer have contributed some of their wealth to political campaigns, but there have been no strings attached. I have spent a significant amount of time researching the Koch brothers and their network of organizations. The Koch brothers are superb propagandists. I recommend you read Dark Money by Jane Mayer and Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean. This is an excellent article too:
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/meet-the-economist-behind-the-one-percents-stealth-takeover-of-america
I'm not sure how many times I can possibly repeat this, but Bernie didn't have anything to do with Dems losing the election in 2016. We ALL lost. Foreign influences, voter suppression, questionable election practices, strategically targeted disinformation campaigns won, and the media contributed. It would not have mattered who ran against Trump, they would have lost and that includes Bernie.
Bernie seems to campaign non-stop. He has been reluctant, even resistant to producing his tax returns. He has diminished the role of Russian interference. And his legislative record is less than stellar.
www.govtrack.us/congress/members/bernard_sanders/400357
www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/apr/06/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-has-released-few-tax-returns-compar/
That being said, I do not care who the nominee for 2020 is. Everyone needs to rally behind them for the singular purpose of ousting Trump.
MC McDonald I whole heartedly agree with supporting just about anyone to take out trump.
My main point was in questioning if this could be considered propaganda.
To the comparison of meddlers the problem is not the individuals or even there ideals it’s the ability for them to Exert influence there will always be some gorge’s in the elites you can find may super rich who will talk about doing good and how they should pay more ext. this is how people work some of us care for our fellow man and some do not. The falling is in restraining the influence of the wealthy.
There where many factors in why the election was lost and if b Bernie had ran who knows what may have come of it but when you are a political party and u give berth to a grass roots movement carful to turn your back on it.
I would say I’ve enjoyed having a reasonable conversation about the nuance of these things don’t get that vary often on the net.
@@mcmcdonald8147 I think Bernie has always had the balls to stand by his core beliefs.
Mr. Reich, you are a wonderful, honest and honorable person. Thank you for your hard work and service to our country. The current corruption and wealth inequality in the U.S. is outrageous. Hopefully more people like you will join in this effort to educate and empower our citizens.
Thank you for caring and sharing 🙋🏻🙏🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This is one of the best Robert Reich videos I have ever seen. This was a well-organized and prepared lesson on the four themes of concern that have most influenced US political discourse.
Ben Shapiro uses facts and logic.
Robert Reich uses facts, logic, and history.
Robert Reich is the best UA-cam presenter ever!
I agree with your characterization of the quadrants of statehood. I just want to point out that you have handily pointed out four elements of statehood as a general concept, rather than per se the US American experiment. To the extent that we foster the triumphant individual and link each in the benevolent community we express solidarity with social benefit, common policies, and economic justice.
A little frustrating, and where I had to talk back to your video, has to do with the supposed "mastery" of Reagan. I know you are a true policy creator, so due respect, but without paying essential attention to the rise of corporate media and the incipient scandalous election financing system we allow to fester (say the epoch began to fester with Nixonian electioneering); saying nothing about media complicity and its tendency to give crackpot ideas equal billing (hello, trickle-down economics) thus raising them from a conservative thinktank thought experiment into official policy.
Even Obama was caught out practicing such policies, to point out how inculcated were austerity and its elements. Like a social-whip to straighten out the workforce and its expectations from life. Discipline labor (firing Air Traffic Controllers, & etc), and let young people know what to expect. Our young people as a general mass know nothing of the American Dream of my own upbringing.
Now to have a vertical home among little compartments and a decent job counts as a 'dream.' People live like students until retirement these days. The sub-workforce scrabbles about looking for what are cleverly called 'gigs.' These are at will work, normally, and short term. Cousin to zero-hour. This is inconsistent with long term planning and collegiality. Try to organize a bunch of contractors. Could happen, but the network is much easier to read than (wo)men's hearts. Security state bundles us along: nothing to see 'hear.'
Whom the police favor counts for much in some sectors of society. When ownership is gray area, police conduct, the conduct of the law, indicates what callowness rests within the state, as use of the crutches of the enemy at the rampart and rot at the top both indicate by their reliance just how fascist is the community.
In this way, I enjoyed very much your video, but you will forgive me if I spoke back to you about these essential uses.
I would argue with you, or anyone else that we're in this position, because we, asked, begged for it.
This machine doesn't run without us, the state citizens of these United States. We have turned it up, balls to the wall, flat out, so we can live insignificant lives, collecting insignificant treasures, ignoring the now to preserve it on a deity, for the world to see, as you scream out, look at me, I'm important, please like me. Truly so sorry 💔.
I feel like the 1 eyed king amongst the blind. The answers, there right there in front of you at the mirror.
The power is in the people, only United we stand, divided we fall.
The rhetoric, whether Dem/republic, black/white, gay/homophobic, etc. It's all by design, to keep you from looking up.
Edward Bernays, Sigmunds nephew, helped with that part, at least how it pertains to the 20th/21st century.
Reagan's biggest help for today's bull$h?t, that would be the abolishment of the "Fairness Doctrine". That would be his 21st century contribution.
We don't teach our kids critical thinking skills, we don't learn the laws and how they're so much different from statutes, we just listen to anyone who says "you have to" or "just listen, I'll tell you what we want you to know".
So sad 😪
Thanks 🙈 🙉🙊
I'm afraid you overestimate yourself like most everyone else does. There is a thread of disdain in your very long winded comment that chastises and attempts to set right the views being expressed. It's this decisive attitude that is pulverizing this countries greatness.
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@@scottielambert9312 No delusions of grandeur. My opinion is from my perspective. I don't see your world, through your eyes, creating your opinion. I've been blessed to live a very interesting life, giving me my perspective.
If you believe I'm long winded in my misinformed understanding, then please, state those points and explain them in fact, not opinion.
We can go as far back in history as you wish, and we can go through the construct of rule over the masses.
If you believe that you, combined with the whole, can not, make this beautiful world, a free one, then again, it's history of this very principal, that I implore you to rebut with fact.
If you believe Edward Bernays, is not the architect of modern misinformation, then again, I implore you to rebut it with fact.
If you believe that abolishing the "Fairness Doctrine" was not the keystone, to modern leading misinformation, then I implore you to rebut with fact.
If you believe that the creation of the "Spoils Doctrine", is not the reason, we have imbeciles in office because they donated to a campaign, therefore giving them a legal right to hold whatever official title and capacity given, then I implore you to rebut with fact.
Please don't try and put myself in some group, giving me a title of any kind, I am who I am, but I'm not who I think that you think I am.
Thanks 🙈 🙉🙊
@@eddiegreg7064 I do not engage in debate or even converse with people who so clearly see themselves as the center of all critical thought. They tend to be under the unfortunate assumption that they are unique and feel the need to share with the poor huddled masses all of the singular insight that only they possess. They tend not to discuss but rather prefer to opine from their lofty pulpits and as a result rarely if ever learn or have a true discussion. Just read something you have written,anything, from anothers perspective and I'm fairly comforatable you will find it as off-putting as I do. Just my opinion from my unique perspective acquired through my singular life.
Thanks for being a part of our benevolent community.....keep sharing your expertise, your ideas , and your hope!
on point as usual.
we are not extinct.
Thank you, Mr. Reich, for putting your videos out there and talking common sense. I hope you never stop.
This was amazing and spot on and you have a great way of explaining things in a manner in which anyone can understand
Fantastic. Please watch this if you are under 30. It's going to be up to you, since this isn't going to turn around in this generation.
You couldn’t help it, I suppose, because you are a Democrat - But I feel this was slanted toward showing the wonderful things Democrats have done - And they HAVE done some good things. Or at least they tried. The consumer protection from credit card companies the Obama administration enacted...unfortunately banks did a work-around on & that caused even more credit card woes for people...And the cash for clunkers program was good for getting old air polluting vehicles off the roads but then created a burden for people who wanted inexpensive used vehicles for themselves or for the young college students (there weren’t many affordable vehicles for people who really needed them). I think now that the clunker buyout program was worth it for the environment.
Question though -weren’t the Democrats many decades ago more like Republicans & vice versa? I would really appreciate an explanation of that...I’ve heard they were the same in name but the parties’ philosophies changed?
I found this very interesting. We do have a tradition of stories that keep us moving - Either out of perseverance or out of fear.
I’m an Independent that Mr. Trump & crew has turned into a Democratic Party voter through their exceptional talents.
America needs a Man like Robert in the White House.
Thank you, very well done and informative.
Long ago Plato proposed that nations should be led by Philosopher Kings. I can only think that Robert Reich is the perfect example of the kind of person Plato had in mind.
@Jack Scarey.. Dr. Reich deals in truth, not philosophy.. trolls out in force here.. smh..
@@jedlimen123 In Plato's time all learned people and the teachers of knowledge were called Philosophers no matter what area of knowledge they taught. The pursuit of knowledge was the pursuit of Truth. Robert Reich is therefore a Philosopher as he is a learned man and he teaches. A little more learning on your part would help you avoid such mistakes in the future.
Plus you didn't even get my name right. Look before you leap. Think before you speak.
@@jedlimen123 At the time Plato was living, all intellectual pursuits and searches for the truth about everything was known as philosophy. Go back to school and learn, gain knowledge and how to think then do it before before you attempt to correct others.
Well done.. Love your story. May be more Europe in the USA?
This is my first time watching this channel and I am already in love with it. So therefore I have subscribed to it. Now Professor Reich, thank you sir you have beautifully explain each story and each one of them have definitely spoke to me. I got a history lesson, an economics lesson, and more importantly a lesson on humanity within this video.
What would you do if your UA-cam channel was shut down? What about other methods of communication? Also, if you want to be a true defender of personal liberties, you must also accept the inherent flaws that can’t be removed.
I assume you are an Alex Jones supporter? If you are, then you should think a bit about what you are saying.
This and men like him of all ideologies should be broadcasted in all media. We lack education on politics, history, sociology, mass psicology, geopolitics,..
Ha, I love how as the Trump story book opens, pages quickly flip by, all filled with "lies, lies, lies, lies..."
Bravo! As a storyteller I've been screaming my head off asking Democrats this same question. What is the story you co-create with us? Why don't you communicate with us in terms that are relevant? And I agree with you. This has been what has weakened Democracy more and more, and look where that has taken us. The madness that has befallen us now did not start all of the sudden. It was created while we watched TV while the rich got richer and RICHER and RICHER while no one mentioned the elephant in the room. And now BOOM! The very fiber of democracy is threatened. THanks again, Reich, for not only telling the truth, but given us the pieces we need to reweave our democracy. God bless you!
Interesting how you use the words benevolent community, where I would use the words democratic sosialism. A system that supports you in your daily life and if you "fall", it helps you back on you feet again to achive your potential.
Has democratic sosialism always been hiding in the american dream?
There's nothing like a good teacher
Making a hero of Wilson? Count me out
Bernie 2020 - he inspires the people to take back our democracy. Most honest man in politics!
I just dont understand why this message does not resonate with the people!
I think it's because many of "those people" see Secretary/Professor Reich as an "intellectual" or worse! I've heard him speak in person and just watched this video. We need more and more people to speak out as he does.
Not trying to say this in a bad way but everyone has been dummed down or sold out money talks bullshit walks mentality friend's family
It could be because he comes from a socialist perspective.many will not listen because they have seen socialist governments fail around the world.it sounds good,looks good on paper,but when there are no more rich to fleece of their money,then they turn to full blown communism.ask mr.reich,he knows how it goes.
@@joefranco6726 The humane condition is to see your authority figures as God and see the rest of reality as evil.
@@dashriprock7036 The difference is there is no democracy in the socialist autocratic countries you are referring to.
Robert Reich equals decency, brilliance and rationality.
Biden's Labor Secretary cabinet position is still open. I nominate R.Reich. While his success under Clinton was limited, that had more to do with the lack of a complete story. Reich has learned much since then and has honed his message and delivery. His time is now, I think.
"Naturally the common people don't want war. But after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and to exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country." - Hermann Goering, Hitler's Reich Marshall, at the Nuremberg Trials after WW II.
Mr. Reich your message applies not only to America but to many other nations. The message you impart, my grandmother and my father used to tell my when I was young. So very sad. I also believe you must do all you can to bring awareness to the citizens of America. Blessings.
This should be be shown in every high school social studies and government classes.
Brilliant! 300 million Americans need to wake up to this presentation every single day as a substitute for the ‘news’.
This is the most brilliant and instructive political video that I know of. You have done a service to the entire country by producing this. I thank you very much.
love this guy, thorough, truthful, and clear.
I love your stories, Robert. We can’t leave this state of affairs to our children to fix, I have had to become an activist, altogether I do most of my volunteering from home. With an app that only Democrats could use, I was able to contact about 20,000 people to vote in 2018. I was even able to answer their questions, or pick up where someone else left off. The app is called Hustle.
America sounds doomed, what a pity. Least educated country on the planet.
Thanks,Mr.Reich.I now start to understand the social ills that beset America.I'm a regular follower of your podcast.