Wolff Responds: End of Empire 

How they can pretend “life is beautiful “ while millions of people suffer from their ignorance and greediness. Not fair!

Hit me with the truth....again...again...again

Capitalism is in decline, just like Marx and Lenin predicted. And the US as the main and most developed capitalist/imperialist country is declineing the fastest. And that´s a good thing! Workers of the world, unite!

Americans: "Does nobody take responsibility for themselves anymore?" Also Americans: "Everything wrong with our country is everyone else's fault!"

Thank you! I've felt so long that corporate parasites are out of control. 👍 Nice to hear your validation!

Love you Richard a real inspiration keep speaking truth to power

Probably the most intense talk yet I've heard. It's almost like the last video you need to watch before the party ends.

Finnish person, Ville-Juhani Sutinen wrote book "Kapitalismin museo" ("Museum of Capitalism"), which was published in 2018. His book is collection of essays, based on his travels on USA. He realised, that USA is become museum of itself. That it is not more creative or leading in any measure. That USA become ruins and museum of itself and capitalism, both, physically (ruined ghost cities etc) and mentally (how people lost rights and welfare they once had). I didn't have opportunity to read that book, but it sound really interesting. And I think high likely there is no translation for it...

They keep kicking the can down a rapidly shrinking road as the problems keep accumulating, like compounding interest, and pushing us down that road just as soon as we kick the can

Mark my words... Professor Wolff WILL become a VERY IMPORTANT and MUCH NEEDED VOICE that IS DESPERATELY NEEDED IF WE as a country are ever going to get to a place where we can live together as ONE nation with EQUAL Economic, Social and HUMAN JUSTICE FOR ALL... Or WE WILL GO DOWN THE PATH OF SELF DESTRUCTION THAT WE'VE BEEN ON FOR A LONG LONG LONE TIME!!

Thank you Professor Wolff. I really appreciate you posting your videos and making them accessible to people that want to learn.

jeez, if this comes to pass, we could see refugees from the US seeking safety in other countries. Woah!

Next time you go shopping, look at where the item was made. This has been going on for many years. Manufacturing is what brings wealth to a nation.

Jesse Ventura /Richard Wolff 2020 👍

At the end of WW 2, 1945, there were 11 million displaced people in Europe, that was roughly 2% of the 500 million living their. In 2021 there will be 30 million displaced people in America, that's roughly 9% of the population. Just to give it some perspective.

We have two political parties, both for the rich and big corporations, who use race and social issues to divide the people who they aren't serving against each other instead of their true oppressors.

This is incredible

hey good day, thank you for your knowledge and wisdom on these matters. I hope millions of people will listen to you and your wisdom. They are walking around like sheep and have been for quite some time. Thank God there's people like you out there helping us.! Keep up the great work! And from myself thank you from the bottom my heart you're a true inspiration. Have a beautiful day and stay well. Jim

Outstanding Presentation Professor! Well Done! Former LCDR John Sullivan USNR, (Ret.)

Well done Richard. . True and very scary

Spot on!! The chickens are coming home to roost!

America is Rome 2.0 and is destined to suffer the same fate as the original Roman Empire

Thank you Richard Wolff for being a voice of reason in these turbulent times!

I never thought I'd see america turn into such an undivided country, we need to rise up and unite our beliefs against this corruption.

I love your frankness and honesty. The truth is a hard commodity.

Thank you, Professor Wolff. You always explain things in a way that is easy to understand.

Thank you, Professor Wolff.Great Economics class.

Thank you for the show and your work. Great stuff.

Great from mr Wolff! As always. The world need a pack of wolfs like him! Respect!

Thank you Richard, well said.

Agree with the Prof. The signs are getting clearer passing the point of no return. So sad.

The dream that the American Way is the WAY has dissolved. The Way being the capitalist way. The American capitalist way. Other states have their Capitalist way. But all are in trouble, be it economically, politically, socially or culturally. All suffer, albeit unevenly., rather like the so called benefits of Capiltalism itself. For a system that proclaims competition is good, it seems to be awfy feart of competition to the system itself. so, we settle, if we are mature enough not to take up arms, for a type of social democracy., like here, in Scotland. but it has its limitations. If ever we needed a critique of Capitalism its now. Thank you Prof. Youve helped to make my pandemic experience, stimulating. Stay safe.

4 years ago, the shift in US politics was a major wake up call

Yes this is all happening at the same time as the effects of ignoring climate change, is burning across the western half of the United States, and the boriel forests of Siberia. A paradox of, we need more growth in the economy, at the same time the growth of the economy is threatening all life on this planet. It is more clear now than ever, that the human constructs of economic growth systems, defy the laws of physics. These current dilemmas are far greater than any problems governments have faced before. The question. Is humanity up to the task of admitting to its flawed systems, and creating change, or will it cling to the myths, superstition, and dogmas that got us to this point in the first place. I am betting that humans will argue over this, till the earths habitat no longer sustains us. Remember we are also in a current mass extinction because of the same flawed systems.

I'm always smarter after hearing Professor Wolff speaking. Thank you for such clarity.

Greetings members of the Wolff cult: some more thoughts from Galbraith "Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive." "All crisis have involved debt that, in one fashion or another, has become dangerously out of scale in relation to the underlying means of payment." "In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability." "Americans had built themselves a world of speculative pipe dreams. That world was inhabited, not by people who had to be convinced, but by people who sought excuses for believing." “The problem is not economics; it goes back to a far deeper part of human nature. As people become fortunate in their personal well-being, and as countries become similarly fortunate, there is a common tendency to ignore the poor. Or to develop some rationalization for the good fortune of the fortunate. Responsibility is assigned to the poor themselves. Given their personal disposition and moral tone, they are meant to be poor. Poverty is both inevitable and in some measure deserved. The fortunate individuals and fortunate countries enjoy their well-being without the burden of conscience, without a troublesome sense of responsibility.” "The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed, between capital and labor; it is between economic enterprise and the state." "It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state." "You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "He who controls the present controls the past." When you understand that you owe the present to FDR, you will have a true understanding of the past.

Prof. Wolff hit the nail on the head by distinguishing the difference in awareness of capitalism as the cause of both WW1 and WW2. We are combining the patterns of both wars now, at this treacherous moment in our capitalism's panic.

Mr Wolff - anywhere to get a transcript of this or any of your pieces - that would be helpful for translation to share with others etc...

Thanks for scaring the shit out of me as always. 👍

The West Coast is on the verge of serious violence, northern California to Canadian border. In the 1960s, 70s this region was highly unionized. Talking better than 1 in 3 workers. Solidly middle class. Those unions died with Reaganism...by 1990 meth was epidemic, divorce, suicide. By 2000 meth & painmeds, as wages and healthcare insurance evaporated away: by 2017 when I retired the hideous spector of hatred & violence was gathering. The horrific fires are just a precursor of violence to come. A storm of hatred.

Another great video sir!!!

This is the coup de grace of Wolff vids. This needs to go viral!

Bravo!!! Very well put my friend.

Sir ,America is a bureaucracy that assacinates people that speak the unpleacent truth. I agree with what you say , I want to keep hearing you say it.

thanks

An excellent & inciteful video thanks.

Thank you professor 🙏🏼

So well said.

Dr Wolff is right on. He is an Economic Futurist and see's the end of Capitalism is coming.

So true.

You sound resigned. Keep the Hope going! We can’t give up now.

Yes indeed. You hear a lot of people talking about how bad the homeless problem is in the U.S. They will say " I went to LA or Seattle or where ever, and could not believe how many homeless there were." What most people don't realize is that they are only looking at about 220,000 people living on the streets, the rest are in shelters. Wait until that number increases by several million.

Well said

"- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." Bezos, Trump, we are going for YOU!!!

Good video Woff 👍

"You can't parody this" - Jimmy Dore

I keep wondering what Dr. Wolff thinks is the relationship between capitalism and patriarchy. I have listened to quite a few of these DAW talks and patriarchy is never mentioned.

Richards easily one of the best intellectuals of the 21st century and 20th.

The depth of his thinking is admirable

Richard Wolff, you are my Hero!

This week, Dan Kovalik was interviewed by Ross Ashcroft on Renegade Inc. Talked about the impact of what we might call 'local Imperialism' - the DC establishment inflicting on the local population what was once inflicted on societies in other countries. In Service Economies (post-Manufacturing), 'they' simply don't need a public 'on side'. The sums flowing through Wall Street (and other financial hubs around the world), make what little manufacturing remains, redundant in terms of political power. Given the true nature of the electoral system, and the machination within DC 'politics' - which forms a very effective barrier to the rise of any truly ethical agents/agencies, at least within the 'mainstream' parties; it is very difficult to see how change can be realised, certainly in a time-scale swift enough to help people in dire straits. What is abundantly clear, people *must* reject Biden as the 'alternative'. The continuation of this incrementalism will not offer anything but more of the same. If it does come to Revolution, I hope A. that ethical figureheads rise to the top, and B. lessons from past Revolutions are noted - it is very easy for the wrong people to find a window at times of political flux. Direct Democracy the right path. Local parliaments working for and run by local people.

Herr Professor, Things are definitely not right in the United States. A mum with a small child was tasered by a "cop" in a sports stadium for failing to wear a mask. You just don't do this. Something is terribly wrong! Then there's those FEMA concentration camps. Who is going to be held here, on what charges, for how long, and will they ever be released? I love listening to your videos.

She had become too sick to long endure and too weak to survive the cure. Livy's History off Rome.

SALUTE 💯 ... FACTS

Correct as always

Nice shirt Prof. Wolff. That color is good on you.

If we discriminate against others in our own country and/or in other countries - the long term effect is this discrimination will come back to affect us and those we love. It’s returning to destroy us and in the past our society clearly destroyed many of the most intelligent, joyful, and strongest human beings. High time we work to bring these cultures back to whatever degree we are able.

Remember Mark Twain: "the rumors of my demise have been grossly exaggerated"

1:10 so true. U.K. didn’t fight an anti fascist war. Churchill and many of the ruling class did not find fascism abhorrent. Churchill wanted to protect the British Empire from an expanding German Empire. When I say protect the British Empire I don’t mean the people I mean the profits exploited from them and natural resources.

This woman from Louisville loves what your saying so much that she is making her 21 year old daughter and her on in law, listen to you.

Hellow @RIchardDWolff , how do you think the decline of the USAian empire will effect its verious colonial holdinings, such as, for example, palesine-israel? thanks

So true, america exceptionalism never had anything to do with "profits atoll costs" buts it's become that in recent years

Well that was depressing. We need to find and work on solutions now!

And the fact that we have Fascism becoming more overtly threatening in the US, is another sign. William Z. Foster wrote that Fascism is always the strongest, and the most threatening, in Capitalist countries that are the weakest links.

When we focus on observation that we believe to be empirical; we find out just how much we don't know. This is where theory comes in. Crisis theory explains exactly what is happening in the US. The country outgrew it's populations ability to facilitate the mass of the economy. This resulted in the economy becoming unstable. Most of the issue that the US faces now is because of concentration on floating an unstable economy. The lack of representation that has the population rising against the system comes from favoring the large businesses that are so instrumental in the economy. Crisis was looming; and the government was more afraid of collapse than anything else. Of course collapse is imminent in the near future; but the crisis cycle is a seasonal illness for all nations, no matter the social system. The US is the major catalyst for a coming rash of crises. World trade is the pathway for communication of the illness. No other nation is immune to the illness. When the US collapses; it will take other nations with it. This was observed in 08; and it's expected in the coming months. This economic crisis is global. The US may not emerge from recovery with the highest GDP; but China is the only other country that can compete on the level of big tech that the US has. Both the US and Chinese governments are in favor of a cold war between the two nations; because of the economic advantages of that division. The division that the US government is playing now; will be differed in that direction. The crisis will run it's course; and then the US having room to grow, will invest in what helps it compete with China, and the economy will be stable for a time. Then the cycle runs again. That's how it works; over and over again.

So true and so cruel!

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For of woohoo getting me what me wants ty wolff for the good truth ya love brother ✌😊❤3

The fact that a crocket person, Mr. Trump can creep up to position of power ; this, itself is indication that the country is in mess. Socialism, American style is our solution. We need a government of action to organize feeding programs. Soon father of a hungry Childe would do something. from California

The frustrating thing about the doom and gloom of capitalism is, while the criticisms are sound, there's no denying that the solution isn't here, socialist nirvana isn't anywhere in a large society. All those who have attempted have turned into a top-down empire.

That "empire" is crumbling like a sand castle on the beach: is there something or someone to prevent it?

*Fucking BRAVO.*

What is the solution??

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Storing goods is dead capital. It's not making profits. It incurs costs.

The big fall hard, watch your toes and shield your eyes.

We are starting to see the days of Noah return.

Viva Cascadia!

Dear Professor Wolff: I wish I could take your course in college. James Chan, Ph.D.

Shelves and racks are getting really bare here in s. Michigan. Why?

Public sector say private sector must do that... Private sector say public sector must do that... Neither sector do anything and Americans die.

We need a viable 3rd Party ASAP!! Here is what will work: Progressives need 5 factors to be a successful movement. Right now, Progressives are missing key pieces and it’s not even funny. 1. Money - Not an issue. This past Primary showed people will donate to Progressives when they believe in their platform! YaY!! 2. Voters - Not an issue - People from both aisles and Independents will come out to vote when their values are on the ballot! 3. Leaders and party infrastructure - major problem, but can be minimized over time. We need real leaders, who will call out these corrupt, capitulating corporate conservative Neo-liberal/ Libertarian shills and do what’s “Right”, not what is politically expedient. 4. A Progressive news media machine - major problem! How else can we get out daily talking points, disseminate marching orders and battle other conservative news media outlets in “real” time.- We need a real news network with real journalists, not Namby-pamby sycophants, who suck up to power/ conservatives for Ratings and access. You can’t win elections when people don’t know you exist or when you are being framed/ smeared 24/7 by the other side! Well Duh!! This media machine must: • Never back down • Fight fire-with-fire • Counter everything anyone says in real time ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ALc21viqwkk.html&ab_channel=TheHill This graph at 11:40 is so laughable!! The sycophantic, corporate conservative media bias shows through. They not only put their thumb on the scales, but their full body weight, plus a dump truck and a freight train. You get the point. Everything they say is BS and is nothing but lies, propaganda, misinformation and RW talking points! The corrupt MSM wants people to think everything is even - Steven, a 50-50 split, when in reality both parties have been Right-of-center for decades. The Neo-Liberal, corporate conservative Dems have been marching rightward for 40+ years, so they are firmly planted at #5 going to #6 on the graph! The GOP/ conservative and neo-fascists starting with Reagan, then GW Bush and now King Trumpo are a #7 going to #8!! That’s how radical they are, but the lazy, shallow, corporate conservative media will never tell you the damn truth. Not their stink’in problem, it’s your!! This is why conservatives/ Neo-Liberals always get corporate welfare, um socialism, (tax cuts/ tax loopholes/ tax havens) for the wealthy elites/ corporations, endless wars, Wall St Bailouts, bloated MIC, privatization, gutting of Social Programs, endless corruption, ultra-conservative judges, and grifting without paying for any of it while the “people” will never get M4All, living wage, Green New Deal, infrastructure spending, legalization of marijuana, etc... while paying for all of it!! 5. We need a viable 3rd Party - major problem! This will force at least one party to fight for your vote instead of being entitled to it. Say goodbye to our corrupt duopoly! Until that day happens, ain’t nothing going to change for the better. Since 90-95+% of Congress are conservative, they all have to be booted - ASAP!! People have to stop voting for the "lesser of two evils". It ain't working!! Transforming the Dem party from within with BS incrementalism will take decades because you literally have to clean out the whole Democratic House/ Senate as well as its leadership, cronyism and its power. We’ll be long gone before that happens. People will keep voting in these shills/ clowns year after year because they don’t see any difference. The American people can’t see the true differences between conservatives and true Progressives as it stands today. In fact, most Dems are Blue Dogs, Neo-liberals, ex-GOP, Libertarians, religious ideologues but they are all are conservatives!! Sure some are socially liberal 1% of the time (#MeToo, #BLM), but they are economically, financially, militarily corporatists and bought-and-paid for 99% of the time which makes them Con-servative!!! When the voters can’t distinguish between Progressives and Con-servatives, nothing changes. In fact, we just continue the corrupt, corporate establishment, “Do Nothing”, status quo of doing the bidding of the wealth elites and corporations. Inertia and crony capitalism are built into the system. Forget about negotiating with any side. They will stab you in the back before you leave the room! Actually, the GOP will stab you in the front and then in the back for good measure. They’ll make sure you never attack back!! The spineless, clueless, rubber-stamping, foxhole, capitulating corporate conservative Dems will first ask to play a game of marbles and then stab you in the back as they run out of the room. Wimps to the end, so pick your poison!! Lastly, the shallow corporate conservative media will bash, ignore and smear Progressives until the end of time. Progressives will never get any respect when they have to bend to the Dems/GOP! Bernie/ AOC constantly get attacked and kicked to the curb and no one in the corporate conservative MSM defends them!! The MSM only represents conservatives and their corporate masters and will do anything to obstruct, divide, confuse and then destroy any and all threats to their hegemony. Current state of affairs: Conservatives/ GOP have billionaires (Koch bothers), Faux News, Sinclair Media, Clear Channel, Breitbart, NewsMax, OANN, Info Wars, Ben Shapiro, Limbaugh), hundreds of conservative newspapers/radio stations, thousands of political leaders, um stooges/confederates, astro-turf organizations, millions of mindless, rabid, Kool Aid drinkers and an army of pundits, shills, stooges and sycophants, who never ever back down once they get their marching orders!! Add RW 24/7 ideology and talking points from the last 40+ years! This is monster we have to tame let along take down!! Only with a viable 3rd party, will the American people see a distinct contrast between parties, platforms and individuals. 100 mil people are Not being represented now by either party so they don’t vote! They gave up on our corrupt duopoly decades ago. These are the people that will vote for a viable 3rd party. Finally, with a real 3rd party they will have a reason to vote again. That’s why an outside 3rd party is the only viable solution. Remember, Bernie couldn’t separate himself from the slimy, corporate conservative Dems and he proved too mushy/ weak to take on Biden. Plus, the Dems ganged up on him and crushed him when he was heading into Super Tuesday. As an outsider from a different party, this would not be an issue!! Social media, RU-vid, Google, alternative media won't be on par with the MSM channels for another 6-12 years. A major issue is how do you counter/ stop the brainwashing from corporate conservative news media when a majority of 45+ voters get their misinformation / lies from it. No major News network beats Faux News (number #1 for 15 years), how can a startup compete?? This 800 lb gorilla will rule the roast until the end of time until someone steals their audience!! All hope isn’t lost, but this may take decades to play out as the

To add, please research on the Zeitgeist movement, which is practically talking about the solutions and the path we could take to end this nasty system, that kills everyone both mentally and physically.

I think the real question in America, as it declines as empire, does it attach itself to an even bigger power then embarks on systemic reform like Britain? Or do we just end up like Egypt or Pakistan where the intelligence services run all the political affairs?

Don`t forget the Indian wars,they also belong to your history or do you want to leave that out?

Rude; The Kool-aid was in fact, Flavor-aid

Why can't we have the Bill of Rights primary to all other laws.

My question is what does someone like Prof Wolff do with his accumulated wealth? Does he pull it out of the stock and bond market ? Or maybe he was never in it. Does he just stockpile cash in his local bank knowing that its value will lessen over time? I agree with Wolff but what can we do on an individual level?

I am a Chinese living in Wuhan. At the time of the outbreak of Coivd19, there were 40,000 doctors from across the country who came to Wuhan to support, and only 1% of the doctors came from private hospitals (it seems that only one hospital sent volunteers.). 99% doctors came frome public hospitals and military doctors in the army, and Communist Party members are the main backbone of them. Finally, the government assumed the medical expenses of all the first batch of patients infected with the Coivd19. At the same time, officials from communities and state-owned enterprises went to various communities to help us buy food and medicines for chronic diseases. To ensure that we can live normally without going out. To be honest, after experiencing this virus outbreak, I don't trust private companies even more.

now it's about the UN World Empire