How to change the world for real? | Anand Giridharadas 

Two years later, we caught up with Anand again! You can watch our conversation about the state of democracy and the art of persuasion here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fTJ5qL9VTWM.html.

They want to change the world, but don’t want their world to change.

The more I hear him speak, the more I like him. He should be Bernie's Treasury Secretary.

The billionaire class has forgotten we all settled on taxes being the more civil alternative to the guillotine

Anand is easily my new favorite author and I've been thoroughly enjoying hearing/watching him speak as well. He is a gifted orator, writer, analyst, and investigator.

I love Anand! He is so well spoken about these issues. #Bernie2020

Every time I hear him, I am amazed, not just by his brilliance, but by his fierce and awesome anger. We are so ready for his call to action. He's just the most articulate of the angry and oppressed.

I could listen to Anand G. all damn day.

I know nothing about House of Beautiful Business - but I am giving this video a thumbs up because it features Anand Giridharadas.

chapeau to the interviewer… she was fantastic and at Anand's intellectual level… we don't get to see this very often… Awesome interview… thank you for posting

Thank you for denouncing damn Facebook right off the bat. Hopefully your dream of breaking up that company will come true and people will finally admit that FB is predatory and abusive and has cultural and political power that no corporation should ever have. Bless you, Anand, for your forceful truthfulness. Nothing is more badly needed (especially in Washington DC)!

9:00 Why is this EPIC conversation filmed in the dark? Okay, the Director, the Producer, AND the Lighting guy were stoned? Thank the Gods that the sound engineer was wide awake!

I love this guy! 👍

Léa is cool. Anand had interesting conversation on Michael Moore Rumble podcast (episode 9).

Real change involves the loss of power.

The only reason why i watched the whole video is to listen to Anand. He always brings something new to table. His clarity and his explanation is awesome. The lighting is awful. If it was another person , i would have skipped the video.

To those who say if they are taxed 2% they won't start new companies ... GOOD. Less competition for those struggling to enter that market.

“Generations of patriarchy is a posture problem”, this guy is just amazing!!!

28:15 The MIT story suggests strongly the biggest argument in supporting the end of blind fundraising and a return to Democracy.

As i understand the income inequality issue there is only one common sense outcome if the problem is not addressed, " THE PITCHFORKS WILL COME OUT".

Anand : One of the Greatest American Heroes of Our Time. No doubt .

What is smart and thoughtful without empathy?

Who was the incredibly eloquent and great speaker that came before?

Do you know the feeling when you've had all these feelings that made you really angry for so long and then all of a sudden a guy comes around and articulates in 5 mins what you always felt, but failed to grasp? Anand is scratching the most unbearable itch I never knew I had^^

*Language such as "win-win" to describe a mutually beneficial arrangement is a logical fallacy* . Employing the term, "win", presumes a contest that must, by definition, designate a loser. Where Mr. Giridharadas describes a mutually beneficial arrangement, such as an exchange of goods, he does not account for the exploitation of labor and consumption of resources that contribute to the production of exchange goods. Exploitation for profit relegates the "exploited" as the losers. It seems to me that predatory "thought leaders" are those who likely devised the fallacious "win-win" euphemism. Mr. Giridharadas' writing and speaking engagements are invaluable. Thank you for hosting and producing this event.

He is dropping gold knowledge.

Yes change happens when those who have power understands what is human instead of just yearly profits... lady wake up.

Great job Anand Giridharadas !!! It's about f*cking time

Giridharadas #2028 for Prez, after 4 years as Bernie's Treasury Sec.

Found him today and he is what I needed to hear to articulate my suspicions

@18:52 "Real change involves the loss of power." My new life's mantra.

Stop and Fleece billionaires. Part of Operation Maximum Wage : when they set our minimum wage, we get to set their max.

Anand never dissapoints

I'm a massive fan. I want to read his book as soon as I can. Thanks.

Thank goodness for Anand Giridharadas, there is thinking out there that can see the psychological reality of where we are about to slip into.

This. Yes. Great points.

Anand was on TVO in Canada. Would like to hear more. Billionaires, China and world problems. But there are others at work here. Division is a secondary goal of the rich and powerful.

Yeah, here is a guy who gets it. Money cannot predominate over people as it has in one way or another throughout recording history. It is hard to change and we do not know what or how to change, but it has to happen. Authoritarian structures need to at the very least soften and be mediated by people and human needs - period.

If a "good" rich person walks down the street with two sandwiches in his hand and sees a homeless person, he would give him half a sandwich.

Anand is a great guy. Keep up this terrific work you are doing. Reminds me of the man who in Jack London's 'The Iron Heel' challenges the plutocrats in their lair. An uneven book but helped inspire 1984 as 'The People of the Abyss' inpsired Orwell's 'Down and Out in London and Paris' Only 'People....' is the better book. Jack's best work deserves a new airing.

If you really want to change things, we need to have the power to amend the Constitution. This lever enables all reforms.

Bro! You are my hero!

When told that the peasants were starving Marie Antoinette is said to have replied, "Then let them eat cake." Most folks erroneously take this to mean that ole Marie was suggesting that starving peasants just skip to the dessert portion of the meal. Alas, what those people don't realize is that in Marie's time "cake" was the burnt black splatter of bread dough that stuck to the roof of the bread ovens. Periodically this "cake" would be chipped off the oven walls with a chisel and discarded. Thus Marie's proposed remedy for wide spread hunger among the poor was to feed them the the burnt bread dough splatter, or "cake." So the next time you hear someone like this interviewer ask why the superrich should be willing to reform their ways my suggestion is that you reply, "Great question, I wonder what Marie Antoinette's answer would be?"

Yes he needs to be able to develop this year long investigation..then to implement some of the solutions..he knows how to talk with the elites and the workers

fantastic

Amazon, facebook, google, banks should be nationalized or we have to create competitive national companies to bit them down.

Anand's book subject is the business model for Australia's entire economy, basically it's if there isn't an overseas camera lens in the face of major issues, no virtuous policy objective takes place, the depth of Australia's issue relevance is the depth of a tadpole rock pool! and the same intellect!

Why is this not viral?

You are my hero...

Corporate capture of govt and politicians is the primary key to their power. Money in elections and lobbyist access are the paths to that power. No change will come until that dynamic is significantly limited or eliminated.

Sure would be nice if somebody told us the context: what country is this in and what speaker preceded Anand?

They're stuck in it because they want it to be true..classic male. We own reality, mansplaining, etc.

Its not gonna happen. Nobody gonna give up power

Elite generosity is the wing man of injustice.. Wow.wow.wow.

A system designed to allow amassment of unlimited power must be modified or redesigned at a fundamental level. If you want real change, we must enable ourselves through direct democracy.

I love listening to Anand but could someone please explain to me the lighting choice to me? Seriously were they trying to save money on their electricity bill?

All the "beautiful businesses" can still be philanthropists if they wish to be after they pay their fair share. The only difference is that they would not need to do it for their name sake and people would be better taken care of when in need. That would be a win if they don't choose to be charitable and a win-win if they still choose to support charities; if the donations go to real non-profit organizations that operate with an open book.

@41:55 "...well go?" EXACTLY what Bernie should have said LIVE IN THE DEBATE!

I have been saying the same thing for years about the threats of the wealthy leaving the U.S. but who am I? I'm not a Harvard graduate, so no one listened.

“I’ve been to many developed countries I’ve never seen those other pair of shoes” ~ Anand G. 😂😂😂😂 I’ve never seen them either! Someone def needs to investigate

😃Whoa!...Wow wow wow!!! 💎Nuggets - 💎Nuggets - 💎Nuggets

This October, Anand is returning to the House! Details and free signup: houseofbeautifulbusiness.com/calendar/resident-circle-october-28.

I think it is quite useful to point out that some of the extremely wealthy people are not actually opposed to a change like he proposes. (Anand knows that and talks about it as a side note in some other talk [I do not have the source at hand]) But some are opposed to it and have practically unlimited funds for lobbying. Those who are not opposed would accept large tax increases without even being grumpy. And others would be grumpy, but not actively fight it in any way. Most of these people are quite intelligent, and not malicious. Some understand the problem, but are not actively lobbying for higher taxes. They give money to charities instead, and I think not all money given to charities is meant to whitewash something. All that does not contradict what Anand says. And what he says is brilliant. But the situation is a little less confrontational than it sounds here. (In the context of the talk, the confrontational aspect may be just right. I wrote this before seeing the whole talk.)

Would love to hear Anand in conversation with naomi klein christopher hitchens and yes even chris hayes perhaps as moderator

At least they are willing to listen to him. But dont worry they are not going to do anything to make the world better.

I understand his argument, but in his view who are the good billionaires? Musk? Gates?

more power anand

Read "The Selfish Ape: human nature and our path to extinction" by Nicholas P. Money and get the straight scoop on our non-future.

Follow your own advice and RUN.FOR.OFFICE.NOW!!!

I'd would LOVE to see ANY one of those CEOs do a shift at Amazon and see if "A lot of people just don't like to work."

Somebody ought to send this to Mayor Pete...he needs help!!!!

anand is a beautiful spy like chris hedges or fdr

Jimmy Dore, calls Anand ,that guy,lol

Who was the speaker just before him?? I'm intrigued

I think it should start with schools, and how we build the characters of tomorrow. We should not seek to build everyone to be millionaires and reach the same mountaintops but to serve their communities in their capacity. The businessmen and woman of tomorrow must share space with the janitor and garbage collectors. The greed of the fewer and fewer are killing the many, and the fact we are so blind to this shows the glaring of our miseducation. We aim today to save one or two to charter education yet we throw so many communities to what exactly? What will be ther future, what will be the future of those who cast so many to refuse?

The rich and powerful hv corrupted everything. Yes everything. This is the reason why nothing ever gets done.

Corona ... Loss of power, rich or poor ... Now thats the Winner, and taking it all ...

I need to write down his description of how win-win (I actually realized this recently) not working and I must finish Winner. Now how to get money out of politics.

*is it beautiful business for Lea to have a headset & Anand to be holding the Mic* ...? 😋🤣😄😅😆😉😂

Taxes pay for infrastructure. If one chooses not to pay taxes, they should go where there’s no infrastructure that needs maintenance dollars.

I want to write the book that follows this one, about how to divorce political and economic power for good. Democracy won't happen before that.

Did he just say Jared Kushner is thoughtful???!!! Why is he undermining himself and his motives?!

The Zakat system in Islam is a wealth tax as also proposed by Anand, counter to income tax. Islam had this system more than 1400 years ago. If everyone gives it, problem’s solved much.

As much as I like to fantasize the world to be better place for all, but no men can do it because we are a fallen people.

Anand should most definitely be the spokesperson for a Bernie administration. He is compassionate, lucid, articulate and correctly informed about the rot Bernie is fighting against. @anandgiridharadas you need to jump into the political fray. You must not remain on the sidelines as a journalist.

Non native English speaking European people(German,Spanish etc) pronounce Indian names much much better than British,American or Australian people. Why is that ?

who did he follow?

It sucks that knowledge and understanding of "common goods" is so difficult to teach let alone learn that Anand has to come up with "emotional coinage" about the market's failure to distribute goods efficiently when goods are held in common such as air quality, water quality, commuity health, etc. We are doomed it seems unable to muster the courage as individual ecoomic actors and call for something better...like Senator Bernard Sanders as our Democratic Nominee for President! Wait! We can! Vote Bernie!!!!

Let's not forget that Facebook was originally a stolen idea for the purpose of rating the bangability of the entire class of young women entering Harvard.

How to change our current politics is to elect RFK for President and suspend all disbelief to do it. Would be enough.

@30:30 "...what do you propose...?" The IRS is said to be sending Americans $1200. Ironically, the prize for a Guillotine today is about $1200. Hmm...

warren is giving her votes/delegates to bloomberg or biden. do you really want to vote for those?

Applause applause.

The feminine needs a better place in the position of feminism. It is weakened in our pop culture.

If revolution ever happened, I believe Anand will be walking on street with baseball bat in hat looking for Billionaires

My god; is she specious, and just plain silly.

Anand should start every show with apologize for the work he and his farther did at McKinsey & Company that prop up dictators that oppress people around the world....

Soon, the poor will have nothing to eat but the rich !

Anand, why do you have Facebook account? Anand, why do you have a Twitter account? Anand, why is your book available on Amazon? Anand, do you own a mobile phone? Anand, were those fancy clothes you wear, made in India

Free market capitalism is highly desirable up to a point we just need to decide where that point is. Lets say I needed a majority just like in a real democracy, how much money would I have to offer you to also accept that amount as the new socialist limit on wealth ? If I offered to gift you $50 million would you accept this as the new limit on personal wealth? I bet 99% of you would so I wonder how much lower I could go and still have a majority? The fact that we could all own more shares in companies would mean even less nationalisation and a even more vibrant and responsible private sector, perhaps most if not all sectors could become private because the will to profiteer, exploit, pollute or otherwise corrupt for small dollar amounts would not have the motivation of unlimited potential gains for a few. The winners take it to the limit is ok by me.