What makes this case particularly unpleasant is that Girardi was seemingly defrauding people who were not only legally entitled to that money, but also desperately needed it to help rebuild their lives after whatever misfortune had befallen them. All in the interests of perpetuating a lifestyle of gross excess.
Your so right! Many of them are families whose family members were killed in a plane crash. Makes me sick to my stomach just thinking of it. Tom and Erika are one of the lowest forms of life.
Its even more galling that he publicly took credit for being the moral.lawyer defending victims ,instead he,s an immoral thief who profiteered off these victims.utterly vile.
He’s currently undergoing ‘dementia testing’ & she has refused to hand over her jewellery or designer clobber to recoup some funds for the victims. These 2 are the worst kind of human being.
@@hebanker3372 most people usually have empathy, and have so for the survival of our species. so no, they're still the worst kind. Humans at their "base instincts" aren't squirrels hoarding nuts for no reason. We have other base instincts outside resource gathering like cooperation, intelligence, empathy, etc. what a dumb comment to make them seem more interesting than the petty criminals they are
Right up there with the Sacklers, and a hoard of other ultrarich people. Near impossible for someone to become a billionaire without screwing someone over, somewhere.
Actually could never stand them. Quit watching housewives when I left cable and never looked back! It's sad that they both got paid for that show too! Bravo overall is just shoveling crap these days.
Now that I think about it, I’ve often heard Erika brag about how smart, ruthless, powerful and rich her husband is but never about how he’s helped his clients who were in need. Wouldn’t that be the thing you’d be most proud of your spouse for if appearances were correct back then?
Right?! I live so paycheck to paycheck that my measly 10k of debt is like a mountain. My 30,000 dollar Kia feels like a lead weight around my neck. I'm constantly worrying about/thinking about money. She spends more a month on glam then I make as a preschool teacher in a year.
Could've solved A LOT of people's problems, and given the victims the medical care and living expenses they needed, that they WON! What a despicable human being. Their opulence was flashed in the faces of those victims without shame! Sickening!
@@katharine2435 and shamelessly flashed it like the inherently cold person she seems to be. Makes me mad knowing it was off the backs of the needy, sick, injured and orphaned.
@@nomanejane5766 your instincts are 100% correct, it actually cost them money. She never made even what they put into it, which is why she was about to stop doing it, until she got popular on Bravo, and even then, it didn't make back what was put into it.
@@haroldbalzac6336 Have I missed something? What about what he said is anti semitic? Money and corruption have always been bound in some respect. (I am not American, or religious, just to provide some context to my question here). Is there a deleted comment that I now can't see?
I’m an attorney on the east coast and I watched the 9th Circuit’s arrogant demeanor during that Kranich v. Girardi oral argument. It is shameful for the legal system to have permitted criminal conduct to run rampant to that extent.
Why would anyone brag that it costs them $40k a month to only look like that? Wouldn't the brag be that it costs them little? At least Dolly had self-awareness when she joked that "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap."
I've watched the show and it's what she does. She is SO FAKE! I'm so sad about all of these people who needed that money to survive in their own lives. and to see how she and these other women live. is so disgusting. I believe in anyone having what they earn either through hard work or investments or inheritance, even, but THIS? ERIKA JAYNE, will be the downfall of this franchise.
@@joycesexton3657 What bakes my brain is how poor folks can watch shows like this and feel anything but rage, and _not_ be motivated to tear the whole thing down - but rather consider it mindless entertainment, harmless and silly. *_All of that wealth is stolen from you!_* It's yours! And you're fine watching the people who stole it from you, piss it all away on ludicrously expensive frivolities, while you're sitting in the laundromat waiting for your clothes to dry?
Rich people don’t think normally. Like literally, large amounts of money does things to your brain. They view spending like they can’t fast enough as something to be proud of, and it’s never to help anyone, it’s got to be for themselves or that doesn’t count in their club where everyone else is below them and they deserve everything for no reason. Almost every awful thing you can think of rich people as being like, is pretty much how they really are.
@@dwc1964 i think it’s more about escapism. The audience is attracted to see the lives of these rich women who supposedly have everything and see the parties they go to, their mansions, their fights and drama. It’s just reality TV.
Such sickening materialism, greed and selfishness. Had he stayed honest they could still have had a lifestyle the rest of us hardworking people can only only dream of. I’m so outraged on behalf of the people they have stolen from, many of whom no doubt needed the money for medical bills and life adaptations. Shame on them!
I clearly remember an episode of the housewives where Erica was trying to remember how many houses they had, soo many she lost track!! Pretty sick when victims are duped and the lawyer has too many mansions to keep track of..
She was lying though, SHE doesn't own any, not even the one in Pasadena. However, she did spend obscene amounts of money for her manufactured music career, it never earned her money - it always cost her money (until just before Covid, hit when she actually started getting some mainstream interest in her music and had a collaboration or two- but there is a back story regarding her #1 "hits."). He had a couple properties, but he really didn't own any of them either. He had them all mortgaged (not positive if he did on the Pasadena home though). He was pretty much running a ponzi-like scheme, where he used new client money to pay the old clients. It doesn't technically classify as one, because they weren't investors). What a sham though, and she was spending so much on luxury stuff it's insane. She even did so after she was subpoenaed about a case where Tom was sued by victims, so she knew , After there was a court order to freeze assets, she was trying to sell them off. She also put in a claim to get $600,000.00 out of the sale of the house, before the creditors and victims - which will delay those victims seeing a dime. She is just awful imo. DISCLAIMER: everything above this is based on word on the street, news reports, and opinions - these are not verified facts. Everything I mentioned is allegedly, except the subpoena I mentioned, and she was a no-show for court, citing that she was traveling for work as her excuse.
@@ASmith-jn7kf well, I was referring to something said by a lawyer about the case and his assets. It was my understanding that he owned very few things free and clear. I have multiple properties myself, but only own one office building free and clear, and I don't have anything with multiple mortgages (meaning I have never taken a second mortgage on my homes). The lawyer was struck by how little he actually owned outright, which surprised me too, given the fact they had two planes and Tom had been so successful all of his life. He also didn't put Erika on any of his properties. I personally believe he put some stuff in other people's names to protect the assets in case of this very thing. After all, he had already been sued two yrs ago, and I think he knew this was always a possibility. I think that based on someone's assertion that the place Erika is leasing is owned by one of the lawyers who worked at the firm. I dont know that to be a fact, and I honestly don't even know for sure if the lawyer was correct about Tom's assets for that matter. However, I do know Tom was smart enough to get away with this stuff for a very long time, so he's certainly smart enough to hide assets. If covid hadn't happened, I doubt this would've played out until after his death, if at all.
Erica is the perfect example of how wealth certainly doesn't buy class. That and the fact that this kind of thing seems to be accepted in the US business world.
Tbh she disgusts me even more than he does in a way. Don’t get me wrong but I mean like, at least he did some work, even the dishonest stuff required more effort than anything she’s done in life, being the kind of vain, entitled pos that thinks she deserves to be rich and famous just for existing. Ungrateful even of her fans, like imagine being so privileged you can buy your way into being an “artist”, no doubt she paid someone else to do everything that entailed for her, but nonetheless then viewing and treating your fans like shit. What a terrible person...
This kind of classless display of wealth being socially acceptable or even praised, kind of started with the Kardashians. Not saying they are evil like the Girardis, I frankly have no idea how they acquired their wealth, but they kind of set the bar really low in this regard. Being famous/praised for just being wealthy became normalised.
Um...She is always superficial yet look who she is with....makes no sense. Of course it's about money. She does sex things on video....She was never classy. She is gross
I know. I am sure he was bankrolling her act. If that self indulgent act was really in demand she wouldn’t need anyone to bankroll it. It would pay for itself.
@@brendajoycewhite5747 that was a joke, she isn't really pretending to be Gaga's mum. also, I read a report somewhere, maybe Forbes??? that Erika is a millionaire on her own now, and has been since her second year on housewives. Plus she was in a Broadway show, Played Roxio Hart in all the Jazz just before covid closed down Broadway. She has had a couple shoe lines on Kardashian's online shoe shop, and her own makeline in Sephora that totally sold out in hours in some places. I don't watch Housewives since what Bravo did to Vanderpump. That was gross, But I did find Erika interesting and beautiful. I'll be interested to see how this all plays out in the courts.
"he never needed any of what he took." This is so freaking heartbreaking. How? How can people be so disgusting? How can you take from people who need when you don't "need."
I see how some people are amoral (they don’t feel shame or discomfort when others are hurt by theirs actions), but at some level their brains must register that they will be caught….the fraud will 100% be uncovered as people will need the stolen pay-outs. That is what I don’t get.
I agree but they're going not going to dig deep into the real content like George everything will be surface level bs because NBC own the MSNBC Edit: Bravo owned by NBC
His wife ( what a joke) is on “The real housewives of Beverly Hills”, who consistently brags about, “quote out of her song” (she can’t sing), “it’s expensive to be me”! Their theft has effected so many lives. They need to be in jail. They both adore themselves and money is their god. They will get off as usual. 🇬🇧
I am a lawyer and knew Girardi. To say that I’m shocked, disappointed, depressed and traumatized by his fraud and corruption of the State Bar is an understatement. Power, money and influential connections in the hands of unethical lawyers are very dangerous and damaging to our profession. On behalf of the ethical lawyers (and there are many), I apologize to the public at large for this sordid mess. What a monumental waste of talent!
Took some guts, courage to say what you did👏👏👏‼️ Shameful doesn't even start to cover what he's/shes done😡 She learned how to lie perfectly from that man‼️ No prenup🙄 Please, their💵💵all assets should go to those who deserve and need it‼️ To take, keep from others to support a wife, lifestyle of bull💩 Is beyond Evil, Soulless and gives Attorneys a Worse Rep‼️
@@pennylee8946 Not worth my soul🙏❣️ Do they think they'll live forever? Are they gonna take💵it with them😂 What they've done and BRAVO allows for ratings is beyond disgusting and jail is too good for soulless pieces of 👺💩like them‼️ Blessings to you and your family🙏 We just❌Bravo from our DVRs 😁
Why isn't settlement money put into escrow that disburses the attorney's fees and what is due to the plaintiffs. For the very reason of this video the attorney shouldn't have control of the funds.
Hopefully this case will result in the new law requiring the courts to make the disbursements to the attorneys as well as the clients. I hope they name the law after him as a stain on his legacy
Alas, in other countries the type of contingency deals he made with his clients giving him the lion's share is illegal. But desperate people NEED help and they think these lawyers are the only hope they have. It's grotesque and thank God it came out. I wrote this a few years ago and it has always bothered me even though I rather liked Erika. The whole glam squad, husband paid for 'career' and videos etc. The gauche clothing, dressing up like an anime Barbie Doll. Why?
I can’t believe his wife spending 40,000 clothes and makeup team on other people’s money and got out when the shit hit the fan! Erica always claimed she loved him but where is she today! Uhhhmm
It's a recurring theme through the Housewives shows. Fraud. Teresa & Joe were dumb enough to go on TV after committing fraud, Apollo (and Phaedra, but she got away with it), Tom and Erika and now Jen Shah has the SDNY after her, with her arrest recently. These people put themselves out there when they have such skeletons in their closets, so they can't complain when they get caught out. There are more Housewives who may not have committed fraud but they've attached attention for the wrong reasons, like assault, tax problems and money disputes. The whole thing has got messy.
I think the whole thing was planned. He stole the money and when the shit hit the fan with all the lawsuits he transferred money to her and his daughter. He was showing signs of dementia a few years ago so it wouldnt be hard for him to take the fall for both of them. He agreed to a "divorce" and let her go. I think that was his way of loving her for the last time. Even if he is convicted, he wont see prison with dementia going into Alzheimers. They will put him in memory care and she will go on with her life.
Yeah, but you got caught! It ain't rocket science my good man, as I'm sure you learned from proper cons when you were inside. I hope the criminal career has been more successful since, though I fully understand why you couldn't tell me either way! ;)
And so sad that poor man Gomez who went through hell with burns and never got fully paid but Erika had her every need met. Personally I believe she knew just what Tom was up to just like Teresa Giudice knew what Joe was doing. Shame on you! All darkness comes to light!!!
This has to be one of the highest quality and most fascinating "guy talking about stuff" channels out there, unironically. Good writing and production quality on top of interesting takes and topics are a winning combination. Subbed for the movie talks, stayed for those and everything else combined. Keep these coming Georg :D
I used to watch Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and I'm so happy this all caught up with them. It couldn't have happened soon enough to a sleazier couple.
For the past couple months, Ive been promoting your video across RU-vid, Twitter, IG etc as its THE BEST analysis and summation of the Girardis criminality. You're awesome!
@@henrytoledo4103 i think he is referring to that many people, particularly orthodox Jewish people would contest that 1939 was terrible because of the holocaust beginning.
The Los Angeles Times has been doing a series of articles about this guy for the past few months. I think it started with reporting on that lawsuit back in December, and then they dug in deeper and deeper with more in-depth coverage of his whole history.
Yep. They’re conservatorship abuse is out of control too. Look at Britney Spears situation. It’s an awful place filled with people who value money over anything.
And Brits don't know a governor has no power to stop any of this. NONE. That's not the way the United States works. Why then even mention Gavin? Stupid.
If you're surprised about lawyers acting like scumbags, you're probably not that familiar with the profession. A surprising story would be one about a lawyer (besides those in a few select sectors) undercharging or doing legitimate good for the world.
Woke up this morning wanting to watch "The Housewife and the Hustler" and found this video instead and I'm pretty sure it's better than any special ABC would throw together, plus some amazing shade tucked in there. Well done!
I've watched lots of videos on the Girardi thieves, Tom & Erika, but you've summed them up perfectly especially when (@21:51) you said "His wife's $hit music career" 🤣👍
well done, i have always loved your work but your recent videos have such a deeply rooted purpose, such a well constructed and constructive message they are a joy to behold (despite their tragic subject matter) you transcended. this channel is a pure goldmine and we will need voices like yours in the future! thank you
I'm so glad you covered this. Erika was asked in the show if she knew, and she shook her head yes while saying no. Her body language outed her. The only question is when did she find out and how much did he tell her. She wants to get as much money out for herself as possible. And she really has nothing to gain by telling the truth at this moment.
Loved this video, it was clear and to the point, so well done and love the darkness! Erika is one nasty piece of work, anyone who has seen her on RHOBH cant fail to notice that there is a very dark, mean and evil side to her, I hope she loses everything and any salary she receives from Bravo is taken and put towards what is owed, if ever there was someone who needed bringing down several pegs then it's her and she can bring her 'glam squad' with her! Smh
Their vulgar, ostentatious flaunting of money that was not rightfully theirs showed you exactly who these monsters were. Look for this type of narcissism in other places in our world and you will find the same type of monsters. Stop worshiping money or this is what happens to your soul.
I’ve been subscribed for a couple of years, and this is the most impactful video, IMHO. When you tell a serious story, you do a great job. I felt my skin crawl watching them fawn over symbols of wealth.
I'm in UK and hadn't heard of any of this. I began to watch the rhobh and got to like lisa vanderpump, lisa rinna and erika girardi. I still enjoy watching rhobh as I enjoy seeing how petty these women can be over a simple thing. They get seriously bent out of shape over things my friends and I would laugh at. They are hyper sensitive over every word that is said, things that the ordinary person would not even give a second thought to. I do so enjoy getting a look into their houses and realise that most of them are rather tacky. Money can't buy taste but it can buy tut.
"who knows how much on erika's shit music. but i bet you dollars to donuts, she hasn't made much money on pretending to be lady gaga's mum" I SCREEEAMED
Wow, that was great investigative journalism. I'm looking forward to more of your content. I didn't understand why no one else was doing this piece on him. Very well done!
I wouldn't call it great investigative journalism as that is a huge stretch! A true professional none biassed journalist presents the storyline and the facts without biased rapport and regardless of how you feel on the subject matter or the people being reported on!
It'd be funny if she divorced Girardi but he just didn't pay a cent. Also, she absolutely knew what was going on, but just simply did not care. That's what people like them are like.
She only filed for divorce because they both decided it would help separate her from his legal issues. He can funnel a shit ton of money to her, they divorce, and they get to keep the money. Everyone knows that's the only reason she filed. The day the divorce was filed people were already saying he must be in money trouble.
The amount of cringe from that woman's videos is SO overwhelming ! No joke, it could definitely be used for cruel and unusual punishment or even torture.
Really well done video. Will you please consider making one about Jen Shah? She is on the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and was just charged by the Feds for defrauding senior citizens out of money.
I saw a headline about this and all I got was "lawyer loses licence", but you have presented a thorough account of dishonesty and greed the likes of which are unimaginable to any decent person which serves as a gruesome portrait of a society gone to shit. Kudos. One of your best videos ever.
You mean the vulgar and copious consumption some of us take to extreme .. sure but some can do it with at least a little taste ... these folks definitely cannot (Edit: oh of course not to mention the rampant misappropriation of client funds: fraud, theft etc I guess because they thought they were more deserving than the "little people" that actually need it for their operations, to put their shattered life back together etc).
More shameful cases please! All your summaries are great but IMO this is really the cherry on top. The combination of an in depth case study + a general social commentary on corrupt, greedy officials is just peak informative and entertaining storytelling
Of all the topics Georg has presented, I don’t recall any that are as dripping with personal distain as this. Which is saying a lot when you consider they include Andy Windsor!
@@fernan2342 like Louis Cypher/the devil (played by Robert De Niro) said to Johnny Favourite in Angel Heart, "no one will mourn one less lawyer in the world". I agree (and I'm in my third year of law school lmao)
We got close to that with his Star Wars video, where he almost cuts into Disney's incompetent CEO, but he shows restraint and professionalism, then there was the Cats film...
They should make these types of criminals stay in an open-air box-style cell that is in the middle of a town square so people can humiliate and throw garbage at them daily. Seems fair to me.
It's odd seeing someone you know mentioned in a RU-vid video. I worked at the California bar but left shortly before this blew up. These people are exactly as awful as you would imagine. Edit: i did wonder why someone who bragged about all his powerful friends worked as an investigator that made quite little.
@@patrickderp1044 @Patrick derp Simple; Play Cyberpunk 2077. Night City is set in California and I hear they're planning on rolling out a 1.2 patch soon to fix all the bugs and broken systems. ^_^ I don't know if I can say the same about the real California though...
Weird personal story... he represented me a long time ago in a medical malpractice lawsuit( the Dr. misdiagnosed me which left me blind in one eye)! So now as I’m almost through your video and these revelations hit hard because of my outcome! While mine was a small case relative to the ones you’ve covered; it struck me as strange back then when nearly 4 years had passed and ( I’ll paraphrase because it’s been sooo long and it was confusing to me then and now it’s “blurry and confusing” ! ) but basically he said we almost won; if it had been six months later when it happened we definitely would have won bc it was clearly a misdiagnoses and treatment was given based on the wrong diagnosis which led to my protracted illness, search for the true diagnosis which was nearly impossible because of the medicine that “masked “ the real problem ( it’s such a long story), I saw Dr’s at Jules stein at UCLA, and USC all over Southern California and it took almost a Year to get it right bc the infection just blossomed from the initial wrong dx. and treatment,etc. But back to Tom, he was really so nice and caring and I trusted him implicitly. Again, I was very young,naive and vulnerable so I never thought to question him. He said something though that I could never intellectually reconcile or fully understand and it was along the lines of offering me a small settlement from a pending suit that had big damages awarded. It was so vague and confusing and knowing he had gone to bat for me ( he told me they really made the Drs. Life hell by deposing him and having small hearings at very in-opportune times so this Dr. would really understand the egregiousness of his bad medical practice and just how terrible the effects on me were! I had to stop College for two years which is about the length of time it took for me to get better! So, although I have mixed emotions regarding Tom, your video shed a lot of light on what he was trying to say to me ( in code as the saying now goes)! Also, because it was a contingency case as most PI and malpractice Suits are, I think he brought that up as well... that trying to secure a “win” It was unlikely this very arrogant and remorseless physician would capitulate in any way and would hold out come “hell or high-water”! Meaning it was no longer financially feasible for his firm. Wow! Didn’t expect to be so verbose in my comment but there you have it!
«He’s not the lawyer in the movie but the successful trial lawyer»- so many of us have thought that he was the movie lawyer, not the trial lawyer for all this time.
The worst part of this story, is how much he was respected in the legal community. The reason he was so successful was because he fought and won so many class-action lawsuits against corporations that absolutely deserved to pay out huge amounts for what they did. It's not just a rich elite lawyer that did this, it's someone who was very respected in his profession for his morals and ethics. Seems you can't have faith in anyone or anything anymore. 😞
Corruption is endemic across the USA, from the White House on down, but unfortunately it seems that the cure will be worse for Joe Shmoe than the disease is now.
What's truly worrisome (to me, at least) is that I saw the beginnings of this kind of corruption in the leadership of the US Department of Defense just before I retired a decade ago. Generals and admirals are an extremely shady bunch, and even the ones that I thought were decent leaders would later prove my initial assessments wrong. As Georg hinted at, it's one thing for a high-profile class action lawyer to be a corrupt and morally bankrupt POS, but when judges, governors and other important leaders (like generals and admirals) start acting that way, that's when things get really nasty.....
It's always been like this for many centuries. The issue here is that these individuals make the legal system a joke and it wasn't even their intention to do so. Their actual intent was to make more money for THEMSELVES and only themselves. It's the collateral damage that hurts these systems and institutions that have good, honest actual human beings who work their arses off for the logically and ethically correct and sound reasons who get caught up in the crossfire.
Thank you for this video!!! Emily Baker's been covering the case but I find it absolutely fascinating. More people need to know... especially people who remember the Erin Brockvich movie! I can't believe it's the same guy!! 😖😤
Even when Erika was on the show, no one dared to confront her. She was protected on the show until Andy asked her a simple question. Andy should have been asked why she was even on the show in the first place. His shows were already rolling down hill before her. Now it's like YAWN except for Atlanta and even they need to watch their story line.
Andy Cohen is a sleezbag and this hire was the worst. He can’t do ONE show where ladies have class. He is as vile as EJ is. EJ married her grandpa and thinks we don’t know why$$$$$ gtfo
cheating his clients of money including widowers is repulsive, wolf in sheeps clothing he did the exact opposite of the right thing, shame on the bar shame shame they could of stopped him years ago.
Any topic you find interesting Georg, becomes enthralling thanks to your earnest intrigue and analytical approach. One of, if not, the best channel on YT. 👍🏻
The only trouble is, he has no grasp of how the legal system works here in the United States. He imagines it's the governor that prosecutes criminals. That's a jaw dropping lack of overall intelligence on how things work here.
It's always a pleasure seeing an update from you, Georg! This was delightfully different. You haven't laid things out so openly like this before. Usually, any personal thoughts you dare to share is hidden behind a veil of snark. But here, even YOU were disgusted by the situation as I was and therefore expressed yourself bluntly - which is really saying something. Thanks for bringing this to light. I remember the Erin Brockovich movie and am both surprised and appalled by what became of Tom. I don't watch Real Housewives trash, so I feel both blessed and cursed in learning about Erika for the first time like this lol.
It's an interesting story. Plus, the LA Times has been investigating them so he has loads of info on it to pull from. I suspect that If she had not been on real housewives, he could have stayed under the radar. So many corrupt people a over the world stay secret. But narcissists often want all the attention in the world. I'd find it interesting to see if every state basically has these guys. Every adviser is listed, as it should be. See who the dodgy bastards are running the show behind the scenes. I also think the story or corruption often is "If I fought them, I'd be destroyed. So I looked the other way. Eventually, I got a bit myself." California is just large enough to have newspapers that can make money from uncovering graft. I wonder how many small towns and even cities with a million people who are run be similar cliques. Not even government centered. But powerful and rich enough to have control over governments by being "major citizens" who people feel are too powerful to ever go against.
@@letsburn00 I've watched Erika giradi on the real housewives and it must be sickening for the victims to see them living this lifestyle with there money. Tom spending millions trying to kick start his wife's music career and the rest. I think your right in what you say about them appearing on that show. It's very hard for the victims not to try and fight the system and a top lawyer when they are flaunting there wealth on a TV show and the victims are suffering and struggling to make end's meet. It might have been better if they kept a low profile. I don't know if that is a indication he kept things from her, otherwise she would have stayed low key, or they deluded themselves that everything was going to be alright.
@@mrmeerkat1096 I hear so much about people like this who run smaller towns. Random fixers who know the right people. It's either impossible or very hard to become rich without being dirty. So many people grease the wheels a bit. Few end up on a national TV show which is specifically about empty shallow people. I don't watch the Genre. Funnily enough because I'm busy watching historical documentaries on RU-vid made by one person and a 1000 member patreon. I do see a lot of people here saying this is a California thing. Which I think is as nonsense as the old "all Florida politicians are crooks.". It's a bad leaders thing and it can be stopped. We can have capable, non corrupt leaders. It's just that laziness among the voting population and the media will lean towards this corrupt behaviour unless we make active descisions against it.
@@letsburn00 I'd prefer to watch historical documentarys than this, I had to watch it with my girlfriend in lockdown LOL. Your right corruption is EVERYWHERE. From small towns to the biggest cities. Its remarkable what the rich get away with. I agree its not just a California thing, but it is taken to the extreme there. It seems to be more important there that you are seen eating in the right restaurants, your house is on the right street, you drive the right car, and seen with the right people etc. More than it is in small blue collar towns. There is a industry built round what these people say and do and as we have seen in this video the lengths they will go to aquire and maintain this lifestyle is disturbing. Which ever party you vote for it stays the same and it's very hard for a new party to break through into the mainstream in any meaningful way. These Jeffrey epstein type of people and others who have had a big fall from grace from being part of the elite. I think they have pissed off the power's that be, otherwise they wouldn't be in this position.
@@mrmeerkat1096 I think the shallow people doing shallow things is a fairly basic part of human existence. California I don't think necessarily creates shallow people who want to be famous so much as it attracts those people from elsewhere. Apart from maybe new York, every shallow person who wants to be a star goes to Hollywood. Everyone who wants to be a tech creator goes to the bay area. I think corruption isn't a particularly Cal thing, it's just left wing Texas in terms of that. The lack of political back and forth has led to the kingmaker developing, which happens behind closed doors instead of in voting. Australia has it right now, where the media is so friendly to one party that they don't need to care about actually doing well. As a side effect, they are awash in horrendous allegations right now about Rape, since the normal requirement to remove the trash doesn't happen until it gets this bad. The states like Louisiana and Mississippi have another flavour of it. The corruption with zero accountability. Texas, florida and Cal I feel are large enough and diverse enough to report of this stuff.
More of this please Georg. It was horrible to watch but I couldn't stop myself. Imagine being so delusional you you thought Lady Gaga's mum loved you for your looks and personality?
It just baffles me how easy some people can be bought, corruption at its worst,and what a dispicable man,to use his career to rob people,greed at its worst,and there's so many more just as bad.
