“The Billionaire Election”: Anand Giridharadas on How 2020 Is a Referendum on Wealth Inequality 

hahaha since last night I've been wondering if that was a slip or was it intentional?

@@EricG-bv2ui dont forget also... the audience was "cheering" when he said that. 🤔🤔🤔

He said the truth when he said he bought them. He corrected with a lie.

@@beatsmith I cringed I didn't even know the price of the ticket at that point and I was like who is there? When I heard the event was hosted by twitter I was able to assume who was there.

@@dannaleehenderson hahaha

@Francisco III J Dy _Really._

Francisco III J Dy yes really

Francisco III J Dy yes

Francisco III J Dy It will be a hell if a lot less than you’re thinking, unless you’re a millionaire. He will raise taxes on those doing amazingly well. I hope he does. He also has a video explaining exactly how he is going to pay for it, on RU-vid if you want to hear the answer. How come you never ask how much are our illegal wars, how much the cost of our bombs are, our 1,000 bases around the world, etc.??? It has been proven it will save 2 trillion in the first 10 years, said right wing Koch brothers investigation, which they did to prove how Medicare for All would cost more. We KNOW it isn’t going to be free, but, it will cost so much less and people won’t have to lose everything if one family member gets sick in this disgusting for profit medical system, which causes millions of people to go bankrupt every year. Why do you want to keep subsidizing Walmart, Amazon and all those big corporations with financial assistance for food stamps etc., because they dont pay their people wages that can support them. It is cruel and goes against the dead American dream. The rich have killed that shit. Sure, there are a lucky few that make it and do well. But there are also far too many people, FAMILIES being thrown out to live on the streets because they’re disabled and cannot make ends meet because it isn’t close to enough for anyone to live on. People that get Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are struggling so badly now, it is nearly impossible to live. Bernie is going to fight to increase it by making the rich pay the same rate as everyone else does. Take their cap off. And cut our bloated military budget of endless wars. They’re sick with power and one day, the world will come up against us for what we do.

Francisco III J Dy If you go to another country, theyll give you free healthcare. The rich use hospitals around the world for free all the damn time. Socialism for the rich. Inhumane individualism for the poor. 💩

I know!! He's so altruistic when he speaks isn't he?

I know!! He's so altruistic when he speaks. I think when someone is on such a big platform and taken seriously, I think is the end of individual freedom and the beginning of altruism freedom based on selfishness and collectivism

But I can't pronounce his name. Can I just call him Nandi G?

Download his audiobook Winners Take All, cause he narrates it himself!

​@@luddity Anand Ji is better yarrrr

Emer Son how did this guy became so famous? I see him everywhere. I dont really like him because he talks a lot in generalities which I don’t find useful at all.

@@Name-jw4sj what are you having trouble with?

Emer Son remember he is making profit from it too. But still, he is the best

@@kazisaud It doesn't matter. He has no problem telling the truth. Reminds me of when Chapelle told poor white ppl who support Trump: "You are not helping you, you are helping me". Some ppl still have the moral fortitude of being honest, regardless.

@@Name-jw4sj Not true. He talks specifics a lot. Do you want him to go into deeper thoughts and explanations? Buy his books. Have you? I bet not.

Like he said, he couldn't possibly have been prescient enough to know this would be today's issues, but man, he's seriously got his finger on the pulse of the population's true concern.

And he said it out loud on MSNBC the day of the Nevada caucus!! Glorious. We truly are on a precipice. Change is happening. The old guard is facing defeat! 👏👏

truth

Yes! He always brings good insights to the shows that I have seen him on.

Smeggin' right!

Msnbc won’t have him back!

Its spot on, because he is a real journalist. He is not giving his opinion, he is reporting reality. We all know this, everyone does.

@@hzzz000He is a light of Hope in a sea of shit. That's for sure. On another note, I wish everyone knew that but people, in general, are bias assholes. They would rather pretend they know than to face the facts and move on.

@@ca6177 you mean MSDNC..

He's always informative and never boring. I wish my teachers had all been like that. Matt Taibbi is good like that, too.

He doesn't provide any examples. He is talking in generalities. Don't fall for such lame tactics. A "phenomenal speaker" provides examples, detail and sources. A "phenomenal speaker" doesn't say things like "helium balloons, that billionaires are standing on people's back", "they are monopolizing the fruits of the future" without giving examples, detail or sources.

Any day👏🏾👍🏽

@@Name-jw4sj Looks like you doesn't understand what Anand is saying. He speaks at a level that is obviously beyond your understanding. You don't even understand the very basics of economics. Employers and investors get the lion's share of all profit form your work in perpetuity and your left with table scraps.

@@Name-jw4sj He is speaking here at a 10,000 meter view precisely to show threads from the weave. It's an important component of analytical thinking to flip optics between micro and macro. Your argument is that he is all macro to obfuscate misinformation but you are ill-informed here. There are myriad examples of specifics he offers in other interviews, books, and articles if you care to find them. Strictly speaking, a phenomenal speaker is someone versed in rhetoric, which does not necessitate specificity. Not all talented orators have substance to share and many with fundamental truths to live by are kept by introverted minds that avoid public platforms. Anand is an excellent orator, and he has substance to offer in both specifics and generalities and I encourage you to do some research.

wasn't it obvious?

@The Real Deal lol MSM is corrupt? Laugh tracks have been around since? Jackie Gleason? But yea GLOOMberg is the worst.

@earth ocean ads? there's no ads on YT that I see

@The Real Deal LOL NO candidate but the one the DNC is blacklisting from here campagins in Hawaii. Rigged? the MSM debates are ALL rigged. The zionist media is all rigged.

earth ocean Money is everything in America

What?? the "bastion" of democracy USA makes people pay to watch a debate that is supposed to be: "of the people, for the people, by the people"?? This is disgusting.

and yet they were still cheering when bernie was talking about making the economy work for workers not just billionaires

The DNC acts like this is a freaking concert. Sad

Nicole few tickets were allocated to all candidates but majority when to rich class. This country political system is a joke

@@Maddie9185 Yeah really. It's all part of their plan i'm sure.

How is he not. He has been attacking the billionaires for a while.

He endorsed Bernie a few weeks ago. Bernie already has some huge campaign people. Anand is helping by showing up on MSBC and taking Billionaires to task.

That was exactly what I was thinking.👍🏾

He's much more useful in these types of engagements, breaking things down so the common man can understand. They way he uses analogies to explain how capitalism and socialism already exists in our society is amazing! We need him doing more of this on MSM.

@@EricG-bv2ui Anand Giridharadas is one of the best communicators around right now.

Also as has been pointed many, many times, the government paddles the numbers by not counting at all, the people that has given up in finding a job. If they are counted, unemployment is much higher.

Yes.... It's people making 15 dollars for 20 hours and 30 hours so they don't have to pay insurance or etc. Started with Obama.

or partial unemployment like i am currently suffering through...unemployment insurance also doesn't cover partial unemployment at least in WA. i NEED two jobs but get less money from the state from being laid off from one of them because somehow the fact that the job i have left literally only covers my rent and water bill (no debt payments, food, or transit) means i don't need help after the corporation i worked for decided the real estate of the building i worked in was more valuable to the company than keeping the store i worked in open.

@@Nicole-ww4lg I became unemployed due to 18 years of motherhood , and caring for a disabled son for many years as a mother ..in spite of a 20 year successful career before this ..We are only as hire- able as your most recent history . I later had only physical labor as an option for me , even though I was very skilled and very talented in the arts . I later succumbed to physical disabilities due to Osteoarthritis..when I could no longer walk more than a few blocks. I later had to lose everything , and become dependent of Medicaid, and Social Security years before I ever wised to retire . I have no ability to have a live in relationship , or I will lose my medical coverage . I have no future .

Exactly. all slaves in America had a "job" to do, so I guess that means they were "employed"?

"A large piece of cheese that ate a robot" - I'd say he described Bloomberg well there!

la mulata linda Martinez lol what losers you people are !

Most of the Americans that can think, are - fairly - recently imported ;-) Which explains why Trump wants foreigners out - they haven't been subjected to American propaganda for long enough (there is a view non-Americans have on Americans; please proof us otherwise)

Christopher W it’s insane!

@@ca6177, yes, it is - like so much else. He's a very keen observer of what's going in. I love when people are able to distill so much truth into a single sentence like that.

Absolutely. Let me name the Countries that Democratic Socialism works: Norway, Denmark, Holland. Plus many many more.

*Bernie and Elizabeth should incorporate his EXACT clear explanation* into THEIR own talking points! This makes so much more sense than most other convoluted and interrupted statements that are offered!

@@nancychandler367 social democracy* and they're capitalist countries, but we can still have welfare, education, and healthcare.

yeah, he's good.

@@conniestone6251 warren is a 'capitalist' to her bones. I reckon this is better for Bernie.

Anand usually says "standing on their necks". Maybe he just wanted to change it up.

well said

And to think, Ayn Rand and Libertarians would have us believe that it is WE who are standing on the shoulders of great businessmen, entrepreneurs, oligarchs, and the professional class. But hey, Libertarians are defending the little guy, am I right??

So true

Many who have never had the chance. And so do not know anything better. *edit* sorry, to travel, lol, not read. Though I'm sure environment and location could heavily influence that area as well.

@DharmaRam, the book is a Master Piece!

True that. Once you get his point it's hard to unsee it.

Read it, found it spot on. He is the sharpest knife in America's kitchen drawer.

The last part about the mix of capitalism and socialism everywhere, including in the US, was excellent. Great explanation. Thank you Anand!

Sanders and Warren should incorporate his extremely clear explanation into their own talking points IMMEDIATELY.

Charity takes ones dignity! Pay people do not destroy pensions and healthcare is dignity!

Thank you for the quote; it encapsulates my feelings perfectly & it will be used. Peace. Prosperity.

@@kalikalimai1 ugh

ugh, kronting...kult

Looked up that quotation to see if it was a bad translation from German. Then saw your username.

Hocus Pocus probably not but if so WHOOOO CARES, BIGOT!

Who is this guy? I see him everywhere? He talks a lot in generalities which I don’t like.

@@Name-jw4sj Kind of like you? Can you be more specific?

@@mrweasel metaphors/generalities/rhetoric like the following statement he made "Helium balloons, that billionaires are standing on people's back" I don't like at all. Why not be specific on how they "stand on people's back"? "They are monopolizing the fruits of the future" why not be specific, give examples, etc. We learn nothing with that type of rhetoric speak.

@@Name-jw4sj I agree and a missed opportunity by him, but I think he could quite easily answer both.

The Thing agreed

So obvious, Right!

Or at least paid actors

One of them almost cheered bernie, you can hear it, but it gets cut off. Either he realised he was paid to do that for Bloomberg or he's been drugged and dragged off for another brainwashing session.

Nimmy Wren I noticed that too. That person is just stupid. He misunderstood Bernie, he thought Bernie was praising Bloomberg

It seems more likely than not that they were supporters-for-hire. *_All_* off Bloomberg's support is on his payroll. And I doubt he has friends.

Same. We truly are on a precipice. Change IS happening. The old guard is facing defeat! 👏👏

Tickets $1700 to $3200....shamefully UNdemocratic😠

Who else? The corrupt and the lackey

@@charliemoody7168 Exactly. Bloomberg's cheering section was bought and paid for. Just like his online army of paid influencers and hired memists.

"Wage slavery" used to be a fairly commonly used term discussed during the Lincoln age Republican party. There is a great deal of cultural discussions movements and philosophies that were so successfully swept under the rug during the middle of the 20th century

Yes, like they have covered it up but it's really been a way of setting up a consentual slavery system. Liberty laundering.

I've ordered two copies of his book and gave one to a friend because Anand has the most insightful take on our political economy that i've seen! Also, you could tell that Bloomberg had paid people to cheer for him and that Jim Clyburn's people were in the audience for Biden! This just proves that Machine Democrats and Republicans are the two sides of the same coin!

Trueeeee lmaooo

lol. If I were his advisor it would be to suggest he look more mainstream so that his viewpoints might be taken more seriously by them. But, you know, f%^& them. Rock your vibe, Anand.

aldjfpaoiejfpaoijefa 😂😂😂

Yeah I caught that too

I think it was a verbal slip, but not actually a Freudian slip. Freudian Slip: an unintentional error regarded as revealing subconscious FEELINGS.

Amy has been on fire for a couple of weeks now. This channel is a must.

@@mike_skinner Yes, she is on fire. I listen to her every morning on the radio in addition to watching her You Tube videos. :-)

I would like to hope so, but some people can have the truth right in front of them and they'd call it a lie. So many fellow Americans anymore are happy in their ignorance and are unreachable lost causes. Sad.

@@danieldalton6544 - Agreed, i experience these people on a regular basis, a lot, and i don't cease to be amazed however there is a big part of the stupid out there that is culturally reenforced meaning that it is due to constant exposure of non-progressive thinking without so much as view onto a challenging thought. If you look at racism in America from say the nineteen thirties to present day, you could say that there has been great change due to changes in social mores and yes, the conversation yet there are those who defy basic common sense and there is a culture that supports that. Most people given the chance though, will live and let live. It's gotta make sense to them

Status quo is not working anymore. You have to tip balance one way or another- more rights to working class and more socialism or suppressing movement of the left and finishing with installation of fascism. Take a pick.

"Those who won't allow peaceful revolution, make violent revolution inevitable."

That's right, they been bought,💪🏿 Princess

Bernie Sanders is a millionaire.

@@RocketmanRockyMatrix took him 70 years to get there. Keep that in mind.

@@RocketmanRockyMatrix So???? Honest Millionaire

RocketmanRockyMatrix apparently so is everyone living near downtown Los Angeles lol the homes there are worth no less than $800k so I guess err body there rich in the hood LOLOLOLOL

@@luljetasali6584 4 years ago, he was calling out the millionaires and billionaires, the 1%. Now he is just billionaires.

THEY TRICK YOU EVERY TIME YOU VOTE ITS EVERY MAN AND WOMAN FOR THEMSELVES IN THIS COUNTRY

Ryan Reynolds!!! You nailed it!

Nailed it. It’s been driving me crazy who he reminds me of and you just gave me the answer. Thank you!

So when you bust him open with a baseball bat, does money spill out instead of candy?

He's weorth 66 billion! RIGHT?

@@bestcongressmoneycanbuy9704 love it!!

She's too valuable to be wasted in Congress.

About 17:14 actually

Laura Comparey CIA assets expose themselves in troubled times

I am sure they will. There are a lot of news lately.

Because of the current primary.

Because they've been co-opted like NPR. They're not what they used to be.

Good question

I believe you speak of Buckley V. Valeo 424 US 1 1976. Something in desperate need of reversal.

@@briseboy Citizens United vs. Federal Elections Committee 2010 is a more recent example. Why didn't Obama stage an address to the nation on TV about it? Answer: He was complicit.

Marney Hannah thank u Yes n we have a uncurable disease; a cancer that is even immune to the- cheap shot impeachment- called him thrump or whatever; called him mitch mcnull. Or call him corporations hu cntrl our life. Hu own thiz place , u r absly.... right this is “constructed” worse, its more like “real” . America is becoming like my somalia ... nothing make sense. Is diz all big n beautiful place : fake. Is it all a big lie?! N how big? Read the empire of illusion...by hedges. Or maybe we should called it an empire of lies. Lies; all the way down ; lies all the way up. Lies u cant escape. Lies in the very nature of orwellian or... if u like brave new world, take ur comfort.