US "DYING EMPIRE Led By Bad People" Say Young Voters
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- Krystal and Emily discuss new data showing young people see the US as a dying empire run by corrupt and bad people.
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The young people are right we live in a corrupt fascist oligarchy, and it’s all about the money
- Fun fact: the dollar has lost at least 60% of its value since the minimum wage was raised in 2009. That means $18/hr today is equivalent to $7.25/hr in 2009. Make $20/hr? Try more like $8/hr in 2009. Make $30/hr? Try more like $12/hr in 2009. Make $40/hr? Only making $16/hr in 2009 dollars. We are being turned into a slave society. It’s the wages. Can’t buy a house, afford a family, get an education, get health treatment, or just afford to be a living organism? It’s the wages. Bootlickers will insist that people just “get a better job and more skills”… while themselves only making pocket change more an hour than a minimum wage worker from 2009. Giving the keys to the kingdom to financiers was not the intelligent thing to do, but it was the tyrannical thing to do.
So you didn't know 🇺🇸 has always been a plut0cracy since day one?? 💵💵💯💯😂😂
@@Gobbldeegoo1but how many times you VOTED?? 😂😂😂
@@Gobbldeegoo1 absolute wild that you think it’s because minimum wage is raised and not say the billions in tax cuts and billions spent on war. I say this is as a marine that did to combat tours in Iraq. don’t ever call yourself American around me.
@@Gobbldeegoo1you only get a small percentage of the wealth you CREATE with your labor. Capitalism is always theft
South Park had it right when they said it’s between a douche and a turd sandwich every election year
The only people who become candidates are people who want to order others around
And that episode came out well over a decade ago. I would take a douche or turd sandwich over the 2024 Presidential candidates
@@awill34542 decades ago fyi
Thankfully we have rfk jr this year
That logic is exactly what the right wing fascists want people to believe. Its how Bush won in 2000 (with help from Nader) and how Trump won in 2016 (with help from Jill Stein)
One of the things that stand out to me as a 35 years old is the quick degradation of everything due to profit: food quality full of chemicals, film is un watchable, housing is unattainable, new homes are shoddy quality, music is bad, video games are bad, fashion is awful, clothing is low quality, jobs are bad etc etc
I agree. Really, it’s predictable when profit and materialism are society’s driving forces.
it's a cancer. that's been allowed to spread for far too long. now we are beyond sick.
And the worst Healthcare that's also the most expensive.
You sound like every 35 year old that has come before you
Its like the dollar tree America
I'm 73, and I've watched the decline of the US for my entire life. The entire government, from the Federal level down to almost every local level, is broken and irreversibly corrupt.
Amen
Indeed!
But how many times you VOTED?? 😄😄😄
So, making the the apparently unaccountable unelected administrative state smaller would defacto reduce government corruption?
@@scottireland5414 nah.. As long as you VOTED for the RACKET, you're gonna win STUPID prizes.. 💯💯😄😄
"It's called the 'American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
@@gyrate98 yeah you are 🤣🤡💩
@@gyrate98 1/100 instances
@@gyrate98Yes, you’re amazing and awesome. Isn’t that what you were actually trying to say?
@@gyrate98it worked for me too but it’s still “dream.”
@@gyrate98but how many times you VOTED?? 😂😂😂
The US completely lost all hope after they allowed corporate money in politics in the early 2010s.
That's why EVERYTHING is so much worse
It’s because people voted for this stuff without deeper forethought. Can’t scapegoat it all to corporations
People didn't vote for this, the US is a Republic, not a democracy, there is NO direct vote.
This was your congress people LOVING that sweet sweet corporate money and parachutes after they're done with civil service
2008 bankster bailouts
Corporate money was in politics long before Citizens United.
Absolutely correct. Nobody knows about that Citizens United ruling. Keep us uninformed and rob us blind
When you struggle to pay for groceries and feel you have no chance to own a home and then you watch all the tax money you pay get sent to foreign countries instead of helping Americans out it's easy to understand why you would feel that way
We're stuck sending that money abroad because Vladimir Putin has already declared war upon the West. It's either billions for Ukraine or trillions for all our war in Europe
No worries.. Just keep VOTING then HOPE for CHANGE.. 😄😄😄
You should know that you're advocating for socialism if you think tax dollars should be used on struggling Americans rather than other countries. The reason everything costs so much is corporate greed. Grocery chains, gas, and airlines Corporations are making record-breaking profits during "inflation." Look it up, you might learn something.
Also, learn how aid is used...The aid for Ukraine for example: The money allocated isn't sent on a truck as cash...that money allocated is used to make, buy and send weapons that are made, bought and shipped from America where the money allocated is actually spent. Your echo chamber doesn't want you critically thinking.
Well, you're right. But young Americans need to figure out that it's not just the politicians and the super rich that caused the problems. Their fellow Americans caused alot of problems when they believed the lies of the Bush administration and invaded Iraq.
Foreign aid is barely 1% of the budget. Most tax money goes to social security and Medicare for old people
"If you don't include the children in the village, they will burn it down just to keep warm” ~African Proverb
Profound
"WHY DO YOU EAT DA POO POO" - African Proverb
why not include children - israeli proverb
@@sniperjaredShow some damn respect for Doctor-Pastor Martin Semper if you're going to quote him
@@sniperjared No that's from a Frat at the University of Texas.
I am 70 and think "a Dying Empire led by Bad People" needs to be the slogan for the next election.
Boomers like you sold out the country. Please act your age and pass on.
So you always need gangsters to be your masters then cry like a little STUPID baby at the STUPID prizes at 70 years old.. 😂😂😂
Your generation failed the younger generations just like younger generations will fail theirs
Led to vote for being? Dem vs Rep again???
@@schiffelers3944 Revolution, lets start over.
Ban investors from buying single family homes.
I’m for that.
@@gyrate98 You speak like a poor person 💩
West St Paul Minnesota banned my right to rent my own home, so I couldn't go work at sea as a USCG mariner. It was a DISASTER and this was after Amazon bulldozed my business and neighborhood in Seattle for their HQ.
At least dont let them write off the property taxes....
@@TooMuchDramaInTheMilkyWayforeign entities should own 0% but since the government is corrupted by "campaign cash" it's just the normal business of fucking over the average joe 😂...
Millennial here. America is definitely in the 'its all over but the shouting' phase of its existence.
"Bad empire lead by dying people" also works
A dying empire led by bad people should ABSOLUTELY be the title of your coverage of the 2024 elections 😂😂
I'll make some tshirts.
Were you born yesterday or been living under a rock?? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Honestly we should just change the country’s name to that. Would be far more fitting.
i would buy that coffee mug
Young voters feel this way because they watch independent news like this and learn what's really happening.
I’m 66 and agree 1000 percent that we are a dying Empire led by bad people.
Lead by people in your generation for about 40 years now. You and your oldest siblings.
@@anthonytwohill9726 But everyone I meet under the age of 50 is essentially fully rtarded. All they are worried about is their sexual identity and their next tattoo.
Dude don't play the blame game. Every generation has had oligarchs ruling over them.
I get the vindictive impulse to blame them but they tried. Some fought back. But they lost.
Name a country that isn't
So how many times you VOTED?? 😂😂😂
The thing with young people is this; they consider themselves as citizens of the world, and genocide has no place in their world.
I’m a gen x who have had the same approach through my life. There was never anything wrong with young people.
They are NOT citizens of the world, they are US citizens. THAT is part of the problem as well. Not to mention, they love to protest and say how bad things are, but never seem to get out to actually vote.
67 year old...I couldn't agree more.
Let's push these tools out of office and create something better.
60 year old here and voting for the Green Party. Can't do the lesser of two evils anymore - they're both evil.
Good luck. Half of the government is compromised by Russia.
My grandparents had to work 40 hours a week to afford a house and land. My parents had to work 60 hours a week to afford a house, but not land. I have to work 80 hours a week and cant afford either.
You have the wrong job. Find a job highly in demand that pays a lot. Your BA in Sociology is useless.
Where do you work? Burger King? Applebees? Do you eat out everyday? If you work 80 hours a week and can't afford a place of your own yoy need to adjust your finances.
@@user-oj3ip3qi9y there are no "highly in demand" jobs that 'pay alot", anywhere within a 400 miles radius on my residence. (Unless u have a college degree) I've crossed state lines looking for them.
@@jamesmass1583 at the moment I'm looking for work, (terminated for attending a funeral without permission) but I've been a manager, a class A CDL driver, a Class B CDL driver, a nurse, a security guard, a deathcare worker (transporter for deceased) and pretty much everything in between. I go where the pay is highest, it's just never very high to begin with. I haven't "eaten out", since 2018, and I've 'adjusted my finances" to the point where I spent the last year living in a 6x6 camping tent cooking ramen, rice and beans over an open fire, until my vehicle was totalled due to extreme wear and tear while working delivery service and moonlighting a security guard job that required me to use it for work, but didn't pay more than 9$/hr in Fort Worth TX. Short of resorting to theft, it's physically and mathematically impossible to adjust my finances any lower.
@@user-oj3ip3qi9ywhat a phaggy assumption to make 😂
Both parties are like “we have to be more authoritarian to save you from the bad people.”
That’s what fascism looks like
👏👏👏
For real. This is the year they drop the charade and formally merge imo. They are both the arms of the rich and greedy
@@burningsnow9870 The Fasces have "always" been.... symbolisms in the house of representatives [1789] code of arms. 1920's & 1930's added to buildings in Washington DC. Fasces on both sides of the US flag which is technically hanging upside down. In doG WE trust. [1956]
You trust an imaginary friend: Dyaus Pitar?
This is the year others (Europeans with help of expads) managed to open your eyes. You needed "Americans" to tell you what we have been saying for deccades on social media.
And now imagine all those poor people who are subjected to American hegemony and don't have a vote are feeling this way for 40+ years now.
Exactly! The US has so much control, basically everyone on the planet should be able to vote in their elections.
I'm Gen X. "DYING EMPIRE Led By Bad People" has been totally obvious to me since 86. Turns out I wasn't wrong.
they have a lodge. when you can focus on that fing obvious fing part, then you've got something.
right now you've got ignoring west papua and that's all.
The 1990s were objectively better than the 2000s and 2010s. I don't think that is any degree of nostalgia, just the reality of the comparative stability of life.
2010s weren't too bad, but yeah.
metrics don't lie. The music was better as well. Maybe there is a correlation. lol
Everything pre smart phones/social media was better. The 80s/90s was awesome to be a kid that's for damned sure, but the 2000s weren't so bad. I wouldn't defend the 2010s too deep, stuff was definitely going down the toilet in that decade. I feel very, very sorry for generations that did not get to grow up pre smart phones and internet. Internet to a lesser extent because early 2000s internet was pretty great, it's really just the smart phone and social media era that killed everything.
That's interesting. I wonder how much the Iraq war is responsible for that? As well as the degrading of our personal freedoms that followed
@@zjay1356 You forgot about 2008 .
It’s not dying, it’s working exactly how they want. They want you under their thumb.
No way, we can see that people are voting for it over and over… how could special interest groups possible convince the Majority of the voting population vote against their own interests?!
FACTS!!!!
It's dying in terms of global influence and credibility.
@@jfm14 Good. We have never been creditable and we shouldn’t be a global influence.
It's using force - what would we expect, now that it killed communism and owns the globe,?
I am 60 years old, and I couldn't agree more.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist that the United States it is a declining empire. Here are the following reasons:
1. United States it is the only country in the industrialized world that does not have nationalized healthcare. The average life expectancy has reduced to 77 years of age.
2. The United States does not have free college, and the students who graduate end up with a debt that they can't pay off. That means if you are stuck with the debt, then you are unable to contribute to the economy by buying a car, a house, or starting a family.
3. The United States government it is not longer representing the interests of the people, it is only representing the interests of the lobbyists.
4. The US government does not offer any social services or safety nets for the American people.
5. Tax system it is rigged in favor for the rich, and the working class pay higher taxes than the billionaires.
6. The United States it is involved in the forever and proxy wars. The defense budget it is 780 billion dollars, which is equivalent to the defense budget of 11 nations combined.
7. The United States has the worst infrastructure in the developed world, and unable to keep up with the demands such as charging stations for the Electric vehicles.
8. Unaffordable housing, and high costs of living it makes it almost impossible to make ends meet. You need at least 2 jobs in order to afford basic things.
9. Lack of work life balance, you have Americans who are working 40 hours a week and still unable to make ends meet. That leads to the lower quality of life.
10. Political divides, and social unrest due to the militarized police, and violent gun culture.
Welcome to the American nightmare.
The latest defense budget was $840 billion. but I agree with your comment. Here's another item: US law enforcement is the 3rd most expensive military organization in the world. The US funded Ukraine military is the 4th (last I checked) military organization. Basically we're 1st, 3rd, and 4th for military spending.
@strayedarticle2838 Thanks for sharing these facts. I didn't mean to make things so depressing, but glad to meet well read Americans like you.
That's a very good list although some people might begrudge you on a couple of the items.
It's generally accurate and there is little chance any of it will be reversed -- so it will only get worse.
America always had guns, problem isnt guns its a specific demographic in specific areas. Take them away and almost all of it goes away. Its just an objective mathematical fact
The decline of the "American Empire" is brought on by cancerous GLOBAL capitalism taking over the world. And I didn't know we were an "empire" .... more of just an empirewannbe. China and Russia are not "enemies" but simply competitors in the great capitalist world market. Move over US, its time you woke up and smelled the coffee.
This country has always had serious problems. The difference is we have access to non propagandized information/news now so more people are aware of the problems.
But also the problems are getting worse every year... Just look at income inequality over time for example, or housing prices adjusted for inflation....
Last gasp. We've been steadily marching here for over 40 years.
To me the average information looks much MORE propagandized than it used to be. The silos were larger before.
@@josephfisher426 in the past, people only had access to TV and Radio which are controlled by advertisers and constantly concerned with loosing press access to the Whitehouse. These legacy orgs unified America with a false sense of security, keeping the dark secrets hidden. These days information runs the whole gamut from ultra liberal to conspiracy to ultra conservative. Its messy, but far more people now understand how the US government actively spies on and influences the American people through "counter misinformation" campaigns or direct censorship. Many more people now understand how American foreign policy actions have created an endless pipeline of highly profitable wars and weapons deals. People know about all the ways corporations have poisoned and indebted us while capturing our regulatory agencies. Without new media, most of this stuff would still be buried and unknown.
Really.. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Am 37 and i feel the same way.
Same.
I'm 44 this is nothing new. Welcome to the show gen Z.
45 here - it’s just gotten worse very gradually.
@@Mr.bjjcatromanempire 🤗 shit show 2024. Well misery loves company. They can go ahead and pull a seat next to me. 😂
39 and same.
It’s not over, just most of us can’t afford it. It’s utter insanity that homes go for half a million dollars on average. That’s a 4x increase on something that everyone needs.
As a 50 year old, I 100% agree with young people. The government is not our friend, it isn't watching out for us, and it does NOT have our best interests at heart. Quite the opposite, and the younger generations are going to have an impossible fight to right this ship.
I am 65 and completely agree.
These young people are correct. Systems don’t reform themselves. Our plight under this current iteration of democracy is certainly destined to get worse every year. Reform will not happen, revolution is required
Seems like we're inching closer to our 1789 France moment every day.
People freak out about toilet paper shortages, none of these fat diabetics are fighting a civil war.
Definitely, country is in decline :(
I'm 53, worked in data for 18 years, laid off 2 years ago, applied for 2000 jobs, and recruiters arent calling.
As a 52 year old, I understand. The tech field doesn’t love us over 50’s.
@@christophercrockett2972no corporation loves someone over 50. Both my parents got let go right before they were set to retire around 2008. Guess who else that hurt? Me and my family that is spending to keep them in homes. We are paying for my divorced parents rent, food, car insurance and my dad lives with us because no one will rent to him because he doesn't make enough S.S. per month. So my husband is feeding 10 on one income! It has all fallen apart so quick in the last 5 years.
That is because your to old. I have noticed it as well, very difficult to find a good job at 50+.
Gen X and its not just to youth that believe in the hopeless corruption. Our country is toast.
Our country is ran by old people in their late 70s who won’t let go. We need a max age limit of 60 for any government office.
That would only help a bit. Legalized corruption has to end first.
Term limits you clown. The age limit won't change anything.
Really.. So you didn't know VOTERS have IQ of ROCKS?? 💯💯😂😂😂
Agreed. Age limits is only one of many needed reforms.
@@jpnewman1688IQ has nothing to do with any of this. Average IQ is fine. No ones buying your old hat garbage anymore. Check out the thumbs in a few days buddy. Just as a side note, I don't care if your IQ is 190, garbage in = garbage out.
America is doing so many stupid things; how could you think otherwise?
Canadian here - we aren't doing much better either.
Why would anyone in their right mind want to waste their time voting ? Politicians are playing Americans for fools.
When I was in Italy it became clear America is a dying empire. Things over in Europe are just less broken down and shabby, the trains are cheap and efficient, bathrooms have touchless tech, you don’t get harassed to tip constantly bc the workers in Europe are paid a living wage. Streets are walkable and historic architecture is protected. Homelessness is much less of an issue and yes - life expectancy in Italy is 78-83 years in that range vs US 73. Just no comparison in terms of quality of life
Uhhhhh like a third or half of young people in Italy cannot find work, and wages all across Europe are dwarfed by those in America
America certainly has many problems but europe is in a bad spot, they’re facing demographic collapse. Their welfare state cannot continue forever at their current rate. Italian national debt is up there with Greece. And they are not the world’s reserve currency.
For all Americas problems, Europe (and Italy specifically) is giga-f*cked
over the next 30-50 years unless something big changes. Grass might seem greener over there, but it won’t last.
@@melektaus2906 as an Italian citizen I can say this isn’t really accurate. Europeans make more money than their US counterparts when you consider time off vs time worked, healthcare and college being taken off the table and paid time off. I’ve seen how it is on both continents speak two languages and can tell you that for all its problems Europe has its act together way more then the states
@@genreartwithjb5095 this is the perennial euro cope, it won’t last
The new American Dream is to leave.
Yup. Either Costa Rica or Mexico for me
Ireland or Sweden for me! (This is joke for people trying to give me advice.)
Please go. You can't leave fast enough for me.
@@LeftWingNationalist Aye, I had a friend who immigrated to the US from Mexico for a better life... After decades of working hard, only to have everything taken from him by everyone from everywhere... rent for this, deposit for that, tax for this, insurance for that, a fee for this, a fine for that ....he realized it was all bullsh*t and went back to Mexico to live w his family.
@@Jim-gl3uk oh well since you said that, I am staying. 😂😂
George Carlin knew it.
And he tried to tell us.
A real visionary.
"The worst music" and the "worst radio programming" come from The Communications Act of 1996.
...aaand you still can't smell john quincy adams antim450nic party. useless.
My mom died in 2019. She would be 87 today. She would totally agree with the youngest voters
Voting for the duopoly and ONLY the duopoly was always going to end in catastrophe, yet Americans STILL refuse to vote 3rd party.
A vote for either side of the duopoly is an active vote against America.
I'm voting Green Party again. I think there's more of us this time than you think. Probably not enough to elect outside the duopoly, but it's something.
Doesn't matter who is in the whitehouse. America will still be america. The president is no more then a train operator.
@@laillahilaallah001I think they meant also vote 3rd party for Congress
Which candidate gives a shit?
@@DOGB14
Jill Stein
Yeah, the only thing I ever got out of voting was jury duty…
You will get that regardless assuming you have a state ID or a driver's license because that is what they use to pull people for jury duty not registering to vote or for voting this is a fallacy people spread this shit so people will not vote or even register to vote it’s messed up. Also, vote blue down the ballot because the MAGA republican party is all for Christian nationalism & putting in place a theocracy they are the fascists. Also, the third-party options are spoiler candidates, they want us to do that so the Republicans can cheat & win. look at JFK for instance and how he has been given just as much money as Trump from Trump‘s main donor since the 2016 election because they want him to mess up everything like what happened in 2016 so that their orange God can win.
be proud that we still have that. if they came up with a proposal to "make it easier for the people" and let judges decide everyone's faith, then you should get really worried.
@@mnemonija u r delusional
if voting made any difference, they wouldn't let you do it
wake up
@@cleightorres3841 I was talking about jury duty. Jury of your peers still needs to be convinced you broke the law and that it deserves punishment.
@@mnemonija i agree
that still works
he needed 1 maga person to dig his heels in to get the hung jury
bad jury selection by todd blanche
then again, in manhattan, not too many maga
needed change of venue
to STATEN ISLAND lol
In 1990, my husband and I were traveling from WA state to North Carolina in separate cars, me following him, and when he changed lanes to exit onto another freeway in St. Louis, I was unable to get over and was forced to travel a further 10 miles until I could finally turn around and backtrack to where he exited. Long-story made slightly less long, we were separated for more than four hours. And because I had somehow crossed over into another county, when each of us called 911 to let the local police know that we had been separated and where we were located just in case the other called, we were connected with separate departments that didn't communicate with each other. We had walkie-talkies to communicate with each other, but the range on them was less than a mile. Yes, Smartphones have made life more horrible in a lot of ways, but I can't help but think how a pair of Smartphones would have made that trip much less fraught with panic.
And to think, 40 years before in 1950 you and your husband would have made that journey by a comfortable train.
@@user-uo7fw5bo1o That would have been awesome, but unworkable. We were relocating with our two children. All of our worldly belongings in a Volkwagon Vanagan and a Ford pickup truck.
Some of us older people agree.
No one can afford groceries and democrats just keep saying we all have money, and we need to shut our ungrateful mouths.
Exactly, and republicans take no credit for their large part of the massive spending and money printing that helped get is here. Its two heads of the same snake....
We need to dismantle this oppressive system now, if we want to survive for next decades.
I don't know why you people twist things around. That's what Trump believes. He's a raping fraudulent crime committing horror, and yet you vote for him. A billionaire. Oligarch. It's not Democrats that are telling Americans to eat cake, it's Republicans
If you think the Republicans are trying to help the working class its because you have no fxng idea what the Republicans actually do in Congress.
Yeah.. because everyone knows that it's all the fault of Democrats and that Republicans are wonderful good loving and caring people, they hate corporations, low tax rates for corporations, never accept corporate bribes/contributions and really care about the common man.
U.S been doing this to Africa, Americas, and Asia for decades. Only recently people are waking
up. Mlk, jfk advocated for peace, anti colonial tactics, what happened?
@@gyrate98You know good and well what the original post was stating, "U.S." One little tiny error is that concerning? We can be better now can't we?
MLK and JFK were also assassinated.
.....what happened was they were killed for promoting those beleifs 😢
Via The John Birch Society, LBJ, Dulles’s CIA, Hoover’s FBI, half the cops in Dallas, along with the Joint Chiefs, the mob, anti-Castro Cuban expats, and under the guidance, funding, and direction of Texas Oil, U.S. Steel, Big Concrete, and Bell Helicopter (I know that was a lot, sorry) killed JFK so their oligarchy would overlay and dominate the people’s former Republic. Bush Sr. was a hidden biggie in the attempt to reclaim Cuba for mob gambling interests and American oligarch sugar cane practically slave plantations ownership. The Bushes lost a lot of their family’s wealth when Castro took over and were really mad over JFK’s tepid support for rampant militarism and peace seeking footsy with the Soviets.
What “democracy” do we have when realistically our only options are voting between Mussolini and Hitler?
They don’t represent the interests of the people. It’s…
1. Me first
2. Lobbyists second
3. Party third
4. People who voted for me.
Good segment - as a Gen Z person myself, I'm going abroad to university later this year and will remain in that country to obtain citizenship over time. Hard to stay in the U.S. with high inflation, poor infrastructure, expensive housing, unaffordable education and healthcare, while watching our tax dollars fund wars abroad. There are plenty of developed European countries with essential social safety net policies (e.g. public healthcare and better parental leave) with great infrastructure (e.g. high speed trains). Encourage everyone to get your passports and consider your options.
I mean we talk about leaving but when it comes to the major issues affecting the world (WW3, climate change, famine, drought) moving out of America won’t really help. America owns the world.
@@TheMPExperience
BRICS is coming.
@@anthonytwohill9726 BRICS (which is incidentally a collection of the biggest environmental disaster areas on the planet) isn't going to help Europe become more sustainable.
@@anthonytwohill9726 BRICS is a meme. I'm Brazilian bro. we don't take it seriously. No one does. Not even China. its only russia and its simps trying to use it to counter balance NATO. which wont happen considering the stuff going on between india and china in the himalayas.
No other countries welcome Americans as " new citizens". Only America does that.
It's because of their donors they do everything their donors ask them
The facade has cracked and fallen to the ground. Everyone sees now...
LOL about maps and Mapquest!😂. I grew up reading the maps on vacation. Now, I panic if I leave my cellphone behind!
I think it is important to realize that the death of the US empire is not the same thing as the death of the US. Quite the opposite in fact. The death of the US empire will breath new life into the US.
Unless Zionists and those nut job evangelicals push us into nuclear crisis. Which is very likely. By some accounts, World War 3 has already kicked off.
Yes, but the Empire is taking down the U.S. as a nation. The so-called leadership in Washington is VASTLY more loyal to the Empire than they are to U.S. citizens. We all see it.
You would be right if they gave up on the Empire -- but they will not. It's a common pattern in declining Empires to rot from the inside.
I wonder whether it could be used to break the power of the oligarchs, but history is not very hopeful in that regard.
@@dullyvampir83 ever read french history?
💯👏🏼
Not in that demo but totally agree with the sentiment.
I would say the argument is that older voters have benefited from the system so they want to protect it. but younger people have not so they have no loyalty to it.
Housing cannot simultaneously be an investment and be affordable.
why
hint: hitting respond instantly breaks your legs
One of the young people told me that it’s funny that they are looking to move back to the countries their parents came from. Because the American Empire is dying. This is a fact. Unless Americans literally have a violent revolution, the United States is no more.
Do you live here?
Hello federal agent
The glow is strong with this one
Shine bright like a diamond
I bet you didn't know the United States corporation existed since 1858.. 💵💵💯💯
a practical tip, mostly we should all be voting against Dem or Repub incumbents in the primaries
And then vote third party in the elections
I've been doing that for the last several election cycles.
This is what happens when the Supreme Court legalizes bribery.
The best thing Emily has said, "They ought to put that slogan"Dying empire..." on coffee mugs.
We are a government-sponsored, debt-driven Feudalist society, not Capitalist or Socialist.
Nah see there is an easy solution for that. Just keep quietly changing definitions and pretending nothing has changed.
@@77professional We could enforce the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and break up JP Morgan, BlackRock, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, and everyone else that is currently far outside the legal definition of a monopoly like we did in the past.
@@michaellong9214 Completely in agreement but it is not going to be easy to undue the damage of Chicago School economics.
"it's not REAL Capitalism!" 😂
@@77professional@77professional Monopolies are not nearly as popular with the right as they were in the past after the FBI suppressed all social media.
[4:50] I'm a Xellennial (born within 2 years of the Gen-X/Millennial cutoff). I ABSOLUTELY agree. We grew up at the tail end of the Cold War, realizing duck and cover was a joke, no one survives. Most of our movies were filled with soulless corporations buying politicians and controlling everything. So many things that were put forward as warnings have been used by people like the Davos Group as a playbook for control. We've seen participation ribbon rewards for everything and the 'you're unique & special' mentality taken to cult extreme. We're living in the dystopian future of my childhood.
It's been that way for 40-50 years now.
I’m 49 years old and absolutely agree. Most Americans, regardless of age, believe this.
I'm in my 40s and really, my sentiments exactly! It was all downhill from the Reagan years forward. I cry for my younger counterparts. The messed-up world that they will inherit when the last boomer goes away . . . . . very bleak, the future is.
You mean none of the promised prosperity has "trickled" down to you? lol
You’re not old enough to know anything before Regan.
When you look back at the 80s-90s it's not the crime you think about, it's the community, it's no cell phones, no internet, being outside around lots of other people. The world being safer doesn't mean very much if far fewer people are engaging with it. Not to mention people seem much more scared now than when it was actually dangerous because the media has hyped fear hard af.
Those were the days, humans were meant to live a simple life. The more complex things become the worse life becomes.
Well I live in a community that is very much connected and we help each other etc. It isn't that we lack community, it is that the government is being run by bad people. The type of people who aren't community affiliated.
I fall under the "older voter" category, and I voted for Biden in 2020. I won't be doign that again. Probably vote for Jill Stein, and I don't care if Trump wins.
Fair enough.
People vote for the Dims and pretend to be surprised. People vote for the Pugs and pretend to be surprised. It's a good thing we only ever had these two choices 🙄
We have a huge problem with corruption in GT. They come im poor and leave rich. Hence why the country is poor.
Guess what happened in 2011 citizens united allowing corporations unlimited campaign donations aka buying politicians
Not only the young people. I am 54 and agree........Jane Jacob's book "Dark Age Ahead" 2004 describes what she sees as the decay of five key "pillars" in "North America": community and family, higher education, science and technology, taxes and government responsiveness to citizen's needs, and self-regulation by the learned professions.
She argues that this decay threatens to create a Dark Age unless the trends are reversed. She characterizes a Dark Age as a "mass amnesia" where even the memory of what was lost is lost....
Dark Age has arrived.
It's been Dying since Eisenhower left office .
boy did the lodge do a nasty on his granddaughter
The average American today (and any Euro for that matter) is orders of magnitude more poorer then previous generations. Think about it, the entire muscle car boom of the 1960's was driven by the youth market. Auto Executives realized that 16-17 year old's buying new cars wanted to have fast cars with lots of power. Most muscle cars were bought by people under 25. Anything older then that thought they were gimmicky and impractical. America was SO prosperous in the 1960's that a 16 or 17 year old could work for a minimum wage 40 hours a week for a 3 months during the summer and have enough money to buy a brand new muscle car like a Camaro, Charger, Mustang or GTO. That was the life boomers lived. A few months of waging was enough to buy a brand new car that was very cool and fast. the entire auto industry had to change factories and production and logistics because of the immense buying power of literal fucking teenagers.
Can you imagine that today? Can you image if people under 24 made so much money and spent so much money that massive fucking industries like the automotive industry would change their entire strategies, multimillion dollar CEOs would attending business meetings of the highest degrees to formulate a new plan going forward because of this new founded market demand? its unfathomable . Most young people today can barely afford a used car, let alone something brand new.
If you are reading this fools post and giving it an up vote you really need to up your game. In 1965 the minimum wage was $1.25 × 40 = $50 before taxes. For shits, giggles and grins let's say you took home $42 after taxes. Now look up the cost of one of the named muscle cars and tell me again how a 16 year old bought it. Geez.
My Dad with a high school education was able to buy an $18,000 house on a single family income. That exact house (no longer in the family) recently sold for $750,000 in Stockton, CA. -- which is not Beverly Hills to say the least.😂
@@Jim-gl3uk obv you missed the point. That a dipshit kid can put a down payment on a brand new sports car after working a summer.
@@Jim-gl3ukSure the math doesn't check out, but you don't have to be abusive.
@@Randy-Dog-Hotel my nephew saw the writing on the wall and moved from Cali to Boise, ID several years ago to buy a home. It all worked out for him. I'm sure his home has doubled or tripled in value since the pandemic. So many Californians have moved there buying up property local are now moving elsewhere to buy homes.
It’s been over for 25 years….
"Dying empire led by bad people" would go hard on a shirt.
We all know how dying empires spend their final years. In a mess of their own making.
Im gen z and our music is not even close to being the best
Unless you favour algo-conformism there is not such a thing as “our music”.
@@JensPeterLiljegren our = gen z music
he's right, music is music, genres is genres. if you knwo what it is ahead of time, why fing listen.
4:50 I will buy that mug
On the point of reading maps. My grandfather used to read atlases for fun. My father would drive around the city for fun. The driver would drive, and "shotgun" the front passenger seat was reserved for the navigator.
This isn't an opinion, the US is in rapid decline. We don't even have a functioning healthcare system.
It's a multigenerational thought.
As author Chris Hedges has said over and over "The corporate coup d'tat is complete". We don't have elections, we have auctions.
Auctions and then auditions.
🙄Emily completely lost me on the "narrative" as she claims, of the number of Unarmed Black men dying is just a Media driven narrative...WTF
If ever elected official was required to eat an eighth of mushrooms before being sworn in, I think we would see a major improvement in decision making. Egos are running and ruining the country!
NO S#IT, WATER IS STILL WET
Krystal: “For young people like me…” gives such “What’s up fellow kids!” energy lmao 😂
She said "for young people who, like me, see this as a genocide..." not "for young people like me".... the "who" completely changes that statement. She wasn't using herself as an example of a young person, she was saying young people share her belief that what's happening in Gaza is genocide. (5:45)
Sure, but by the standards of Washington and most media she's practically a toddler
@@jaminjones8784 hell yeah dude thanks for the clarification. I was like there’s no way lol
saying "energy" is something an old person would say trying to be kewll;ll
@@softjones3128 just because you type something doesn’t make it true lol
I'm almost 40yo and that was already a common saying when I was a kid. 'The Decline of the American Empire' was nominated at 1987 Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category before its second sequel titled 'The Barbarian Invasions' won that same category 16 years later in 2003.
7:50 the graphs spiked when smartphones became ubiquitous
This is what class warfare looks like. We need ranked-choice voting, ballot access, and more parties.
Where’s the lie?
I just turned 50 and today I found out I'm still young people...thanks, Emily and Krystal!!!
I've been telling ppl the US is a 3rd world country and doesn't know it yet for a while. I was born in '79.
Put ‘None Of The Above’ on the ballot. If it gets a majority, all 538 seats will be filled by randomly selected citizens.
Vote Gaza in November. Write Gaza on the ballot.
"A Dying Empire Led By Bad People"
Ok, sorry "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave". You had a good run, but we found a new national slogan.
We've got the worst food too… most processed, least healthy, causing the most health problems.
At the 20 minute mark, them talking about driving/directions before smart phones/GPS.. yep, busting out an old map book and praying you can see a road/street that you can also locate on the map.. I dreaded going to Boston.. and now these days, I remind my daughter all the time how EASY it is.. but I also say, there were much less cars/people on the roads as well..
Whatever. Just make sure its on a work day, please.
Thats why rfk jr is gaining support. Hes the only one pushing against the corporate overlords (which is why they lie so much about him). He had to pick a bllionare vp to fund his campaign to do it, but hes definitly the best choice.
No, Jill Stein has been singing that same tune for years and she's a candidate too.
I'll vote Jill Stein. RFK jr. lost me on his pro-Israel fanaticism. But he's a better choice than the UNIPARTY scam.
@@Randy-Dog-Hotel he's not as fanatical as the uniparty he's actively in favor of peace talks and is anti- bibi, but yeah I don't agree with his Israel positions. Unfortunately Stein's economic proposals are completely unattainable and naive, and even if she could implement them would have massive unintended consequences. I like her on other issues but the economy is a big one and she is just no where near the real world. She'd be my second choice.
@@anthonytwohill9726 yeah she'd be my second choice, but unfortunately has very little chance and her economic positions are ridiculous and counter productive.
Much of the rest of the West already practices her policy positions. Norway, for instance, and it's always rated the happiest and most stable society on the planet.
"Every day the future looks a little bit darker. But the past, even the grimy parts of it... well, it just keeps on getting brighter all the time."
*- **_Watchmen_** (Alan Moore)*
Heck, I'm 65 and I feel the same way.