How Did America Become an Oligarchy? (Thom Hartmann Interview) 

Thom is underrated. Glad you had him on.

Having to be wealthy to be a politician is part of the problem.

Thanks for having Hartmann on, he is underrated.

91% tax on billionairs sounds FANTASTIC. Think of all the god damn streets, dams, bridges and levies we could fix with those.

Always enjoy watching Thom, the dude has a wide swath of knowledge on what is dismantling this country.

Its great to see two intelligent guys talking sense! Thanks, it makes a pleasant change from the garbage spouted by Trumpers and Trumpists.

I love Thom. He has taught me so much! He knows his history! He has alot of good people on his show too! And I love David also! He's Very smart and informative also! Thanks for having Thom on your show! I also love my new masks and thermometer!

Can 70 million Americans understand this interview? No.

If businesses can't afford to give their workers $15 hr (really it should be even more then that), then they shouldn't be in business. That's competition, and fairness. You shouldn't have to work full-time at minimum wage and still live in absolute poverty.

Two of my favorite people to listen to in the same place! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Bravo for shifting your focus on the broken system instead of individual politicians.

Because at some point Americans thought unfettered Capitalism, & the need to be weathlier than anyone else became the norm. & The few people who actually had the ability to make that happen (Namely C.E.O's & Politicians) ultimately made sure others couldn't.

Thom Hartmann is great

Thank you for the video. I know about America.💕

Love Thom Hartmann being older he has a perspective as a progressive that you just can't get anywhere else.

What!? Thom and David together, what a great day!

Tom is great. I first saw him on RT TV and he just gets better.

Thom Hartman is an American treasure

Great interview/ conversation, thank you, cheers.

This was a good episode, David. I learned a few things.

Two of my favorite hosts. Great to see two great minds together.

Thom is fantastic. When I lived in Chicago I used to listen to him and Stephanie Miller on Chicago’s Progressive talk all the time. The man is a living American encyclopedia. Haven’t been able to get him here in Oklahoma on radio.

Oregon in the HOUSE!!!! Thoms show is FANTASTIC as is TDPS 😎✌🏽😊🤗😀😁

Been listening to Tomm Hartmann for years Very intelligent you can find him on RU-vid live now Great choice having him on ..

Great interview. Very enlightening.

Thank you for this video ❤❤🥰🥰

Pakman x Hartmann = Man² (Serious though, have this guy on more often. He's great!)

A great, informative episode. Should be used by teachers.

Glad to see Thom on the show, and good questions, DP. Please have Mark Blyth on soon.

This is excellent! I have been subscribed to Thom Hartmann for over a year now. I also recommend Glenn Kirschner an attorney. Check out his channel.

The Tom Hartman show is the best!!!

Great questions, David!

Thom should have more subscribers

Brilliant way of using camptalism as an argument for progressive change. Great interview

Two of my favorite progressive hosts. Thom is absolutely brilliant here.

David, you should have Thom on more often. He used to be on air America so I could listen to him daily. He's American treasure. I would love to hear both of you talk more often. :)

Tom - it has been a long time since I actually heard someone speak with such clarity and honesty. Thank you.

I LOVE THOM!!!

Excellent interview. Very insightful

This was 17 minutes of Thom not writing a book. My guy is slacking.

Awesome interview, David

Excellent interview

Love Thom!

Ty this was so informative. This guy should be in Biden’s cabinet

Very interesting to hear it from a historical perspective, I learned a lot thank you.

Mr. Hartmann's assessment is correct. Americans must unite, and see the true enemy lives in opulent splendor.

Spot on. Velocity of money! More of this interviews David.

You two are very alike. I like you guys

Thom is quite the historian, I've learned a lot from him

You can’t let capitalism run wild.

tax cuts and loopholes for the rich

Just bought the book. Hopefully more people do.

Good Interview for any College Freshman.... Step 1.) Gut Unions Step 2.) Eliminate jobs and stagnate wages to starvation levels. Step 3.) Trash education. Bake on low for 40 years so nobody fights back. All done!

The look of robber barons and indeed Roman emperors hasn't changed in thousands of years. If you put togas purple robes and laurel wreaths on the men in the thumbnail you wouldn't be able to tell they weren't Roman emperors

This is so important and should be widely disseminated. Thank you so much, both David Parkman and Thom Hartmann.

It's interesting how when you listen to this it sounds logical and just plain makes sense. When repuglicons talk about economics it just sounds like a lot of gibberish and makes no sense at all. As Spock would say; "it's illogical". 🤔

You should have him on soon. Way before anyone else who has ever been on your program.

Appreciate Tom H. very much.

I enjoyed this interview; I wish more were like it. Keep up the good work David.

Thom Hartmann is great 👍

I really wish David would invite Beau(of the 5th Column ). That would be an interesting conversation.

Great combination of people to watch. I watch you both for your informed, logical perspectives without hyperbolic rhetoric. I don't have time to research every thing that comes up, but I have taken enough time to seriously evaluate who presents info, and the two of you are in the top of the list.

Excellent!!! 💖

This was very informative. Thanks.

Goodbye education, Goodbye america

Love this dude. He hits the nail on the head. Demand side economics makes sense.

Two of the most brilliant progressive broadcasters in one video. There aren't many.

Low taxation on megacorps and the ultrawealthy combined with two failed wars with absurd pricing from defense contractors. There done.

Oligarchs generally make their money by GAMING THE SUPPLY SIDE.

Great show. Really really informative. The history of oligarchy is important and so reflective of these times. We need to be focused on and fighting oligarchy to preserve our democracy.

David interviews his future self

Investing in crypto is the only big chance of making money

Democracy the best system money can buy lol.

This is precisely why History needs to an important part of our education system!

Good education frees us from the antics of demagogues who often appeal to banal and emotional issues like race and religion to sway people from reason. The state must devise the means to permanently neutralise such people.

This is EXACTLY why $ needs to be kept OUT of Government.

I wish Hartmann wasn't enmeshed with RT. He helps legitimize them. He's a gifted thinker.

Thom doesn’t get nearly the credit he deserves. Could listen to these 2 talk for hours

Yay Thom. He's right about most things, save nuclear power. David should have him on more often and should go on Thom's show.

Learning a lot from this. Thank you!

Clarified for me, how America got into this mess. The cancer of misinformation must be tackled as a priority for a start.

Thank you

This was incredibly interesting and informative. Thank you

This is an excellent contextual perspective on the Oligarchy. No left-wing movement in history ever volunteered to hand their guns into any government. Do liberal Democrats not study history? Today's liberals seem to either live in gated communities or virtual reality pods. The second amendment at the least is a symbol of government by the people. An armed citizenry would be the last fallback position in a police state. It is the Fascists and oligarchs who historically disarm and enslave its people. Now it is the Democratic liberals who want to oppress and render one helpless in a forever diminishing socio-economic environment. We live in an articulated dystopian wasteland.

WTF? So Manchin and Collins get to hold America hostage? And Keystone is alive? OMFC!

Hartmann and Elizabeth warren look like they could be brother and sister, they even share the same ideology on politics and economics, I admire them both.

GREAT interview! Thank you!

I'd like to see 90% tax on all income over 50 x minimum full time annual wage of poorest paid employee if any (including oversees subcontracted) or of minimum wage if no employees, so all one's income/ profits etc up to 50x min is on standard tax scales, but the amount from 50xmin + $1 to the actual income gets hit - call it "insult tax" rather than "income tax. Why? Because the high income is an an insult to those on minimum wage, and often based on overseas sweatshops. You would soon see a push to raise minimum wage and re-onshoring!

I love seeing you guys talk!

Thom Hartman is the shit!

Thanks, David 🕊 Thom Hartmann writes good books. I’d never heard of the ‘Horse & Sparrow’ financial ideology. The rich think we should eat 💩 & work for free 🙄 End The Filibuster, call your Congress Critter

Thom is so great

Watching this in 2022 and hearing his thoughts on the filibuster and those two senators is just heartbreaking! Oh boy...

Thom Hartman should be listened to a lot more because he is totally right . When a corporate like aMacDonalds says 15 dollar minimum wage doesn't hurt their bottom line then we know a higher minimum wage is good

Probably the best and most informative interview yet, Thankyou DPS

My two favorite centrist-lefties.

How? Blame the worker

When the US had its revolution the king didn't rule, parliament did. There's a certain irony that America went from being governed by rich people to still being ruled by rich people. Major differences would have been slavery would have ended earlier than it did and why were taxes raised, because American towns were being burnt to the ground by the French and their Indian allies who attacked the US from Canada. The extra taxes raised were to help pay for the military that had been sent to try save more US towns from being razed to the ground. Funny that bits not taught in history.

Just a few remarks: 1) Mr Hartmann probably misspoke when he called Orbán president. 2) What stopped the influx of illegal migration from places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and various African countries to the EU was the deal between the EU and Turkey. Orbán's wall, which is not that different from the wall in Gibraltar (that nobody is criticizing) or elsewhere, is just a regular fence between two countries. The purpose of the wall/fence is to stop people from illegally entering the country. 3) The difference between the regimes in Russia and Hungary is pretty big. Sure, there are some similarities, but Orbán and his cronies didn't manage to creat the same fascistic mafia-like police state as the Russians. The regular Hungarians enjoy much higher standards of living than their Russian counterparts.

America has always been an Oligarchy..., a more or less sensible and wise Oligarchy, which allowed some social mobility, and permit some middle power to the Middle Class so it may defend itself to a point. The whole system being a successful experiment of the Oligarchy, which lately seems tired of it, wanting to push the Middle Class down one or two degrees to keep it at bay.