If Republicans take the House as expected, I'm willing to bet anyone $5 that Biden signs more bills in the second half of his presidency than he did in the first half. Any takers? BET ME, YOU COWARDS.
This organization is so relevant and has racked up 160 wins in cities and states across the country, yet has gotten zero penetration in independent news. Can someone please do an interview with them? https://youtu.be/BWh4PZfQVMI
I agree we have made no headway to deconstruct the ruling class. But I don't think progress there was ever a possibility in this election. In fact, I don't see it as a possibility in ANY election until we get a decent candidate that can energize more than just the far left. Even Bernie does not do a good job of explaining how the system is rigged against the working class. He does a great job of reiterating THAT it's rigged. But to be effective, I think a prominent voice needs to continually explain - in layperson's terms - HOW it's rigged. So until we have a new voice that can make things very simple for people (your guest Richard Wolff does an excellent job of this), I think we are stuck.
The hard part is they would have all the weight of the two parties against then to shut them up. But it’s true we haven’t seen someone who could do that yet
Prof. Wolff does a good job talking about the problems of big business. He loses my support in part because he always (and I've watched a LOT of his work) poses the issue of "workers" and "major corporations" while apparently ignoring the reality that way more people percentage-wise are sole proprietors and small businesses with a few employees.
As an employer in Austria where all employees (we're an engineering software company) are union, I grow tired of being lumped in with guys like Bezos, Musk and Gates.
Prof. Wolff's "Black and white" / "on and off" solutions in a gray / sliding scale world piss me off more so because he is such a smart guy who I'm 100% sure turns other people off through this approach.
I don't think he's ignoring that more people are employed by small-business owners. And I don't think he's lumping you in with mega-corporations and Bezos, Musk, and Gates. That's never crossed my mind in anything I've heard from him.
But my point was not that Richard Wolff should run for president. It was that we need someone to explain how the system works (read: doesn't work) in simple terms. And Richard Wolff does a good job of that.
I totally agree with your second paragraph and totally disagree with your first.
Wolff specifically talks in terms of wage theft and extraction of wealth from workers, which is a of course a huge problem. He never acknowledges risk, particularly for small businesses. In a corrupt country like the US, large corporations have little risk and I'm on board with his framing. But the US is not the only country with corporations.
The main point is that most people just want a steady paycheck, and a huge portion of people do not want management responsibility and the risks of losing business. The people that do take on those risks reap the additional money. That is the difference between business founders and small business owners and their employees. But in probably 50 hours of listening to Prof. Wolff, I've never heard him acknowledge that there should be rewards for taking business risks, or that risks really exist.
I don't want to "lump" Wolff in too badly, but I have experience with career academics/gov't/large firms who all a misconception that work just "appears" and money is always available. He fits into that mold every time I listen to him.
The way to reduce risk is 100% employee-owned businesses - otherwise known as cooperatives. He discusses this in his Economic Update podcast dated May 26, 2018 (among other places, I'm guessing).
Yes, Wolff is a huge fan of coops, as am I. Coops are great and I'm a big fan.. But again, there are many people who don't want to be owner/workers. They just want a paycheck. I know this both empircally and anecdotally.
I've never read about (or met) people who have no desire for collective bargaining power as an employee in a functioning system (i.e. not the US), but that is very different than saying, "You will forgo some pay now, and carry more risk/responsibility of/for the companies success, by being organized as an employee owned coop.
Again, though, Wolff never that I have read or heard, addresses in general how you transition from sole proprietership (huge numbers of them) to owner operated small business (huge number) to coop. He only ever talks about how it could happen if an owner retires or wants to sell - which are both great. But the huge evil US corporations - Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Walmart - all started as one, two or a few guys who made it big and became quickly evil. That is the HUGE plot hole in Wolff's storyline - how to stop a small owner operated company where the CEO is making 2-3x what her workers make - from becoming a Walmart, MS or Amazon where workers are crushed and the CEO makes 500x what the workers make.
Just waving your hands and saying "coops are the answer" doesn't address the real problem. I would be happy for you to prove me wrong and show me where Wolff addresses this issue!
Wolff is an educator, not a strategist. I don't get the sense from him that he's trying to start a revolution. Then again, I was never trying to start a conversation about Richard Wolff. I was simply pointing out that our choices for progressive leaders are really bad. And somehow we ended up here.
I think Katie should lead a discussion about Politicians and their dogs - specifically their relationships with their dogs and how the politicians are on camera with their dogs.
Dogs are super empathetic. If the owner is a dick and/or has no real relationship with their dog, I'd bet that shows on camera if they are on for any significant length of time.
It is at least 15 years now, but I read Ian Kershaw's seminal 2 volume biography of Hitler, and I don't remember anything about Blondi. I do remember points about Hitler's vegetarian diet. I find it interesting what points about monstrous humans are deemed print-worthy by different authors. I have little doubt from all I've read that Hitler loved his dog, and she loved him.
I believe Hitler was a geniune sociopathic anti-semite, that is, he believed that shit. His dog is going to know if he really loves her. Blondi didn't understand that his day job was exterminating people Adi thought were sub-human.
The discussion about politicians and their dogs would be to see which politicans are so fucking fake that even their dogs know it *cough* Ted Cruz *cough*. That is, their dogs are just a prop, like Cruz's kids are just props (I actually don't know if he has a dog).
Biden will step down unable to defend the title. In his place, Mike Judge, speaking perpetually as Beavis, will defeat Trump. Idiocracy defeating idiocy.
UN envoy admits fabricating claim of Viagra-fueled rape as ‘Russian military strategy’
By Alexander Rubinstein – Nov.13, 2022 (Note: Hillary Clinton, i.e., the US War party, has established that particular UN envoy (its loudspeaker) position)
I have a sneaking suspicion that Trump is going to announce creation of his new party tonight. He will run for President under the MAGA party. Just a hunch to eff us all up.
Here in New Zealand we still get to enjoy the spoils of the proxy war; in 2019 an Australian traveled to Ukraine, developed his Nazi ideology, returned and killed 51 Muslims in a mosque - our largest mass shooting. All while proudly wearing an Azov battalion badge. Now we have effectively voted in the UN resolution to support glorification of Nazism, all while sending money to the Ukrainian regime. Glorious.
I actually do think for the first time in my life we will get some good things from this government, and I base that on my understanding of what we've already gotten from it.
I'm speaking specifically about antitrust enforcement. The Biden administration is the first dem administration of my entire life (I'm 44) to make an effort to meaningfully enforce antitrust laws.
I'm grateful to Useful Idiots for introducing me to the guy who is almost single-handedly responsible for me knowing anything about any of this: Matt Stoller. I recommend his Substack most heartily.
A good comparison for the Ukraine war would be if Russia invaded Israel just as the Israeli regime launched its murderous "Operation Protective Edge" bombing campaign in Gaza in 2014, six years after its devastating "Operation Cast Lead" in 2008. Not only does Israel's shelling of the Palestinians in Gaza mirror Kiev's shelling of the ethnic Russian minority in Donbass, but the oppressive Israeli occupation of the West Bank matches Azov's occupation of Mariupol since 2014. Would people have a more nuanced opinion of the Russian invasion if it were put in a more accurate context like this?
Also, this scenario even has some historical basis: had Kissinger not issued a nuclear warning in 1973, Russia might have intervened in the Yom Kippur War.
EVERY election is the most important election of our lives, just as every allergy season is the worst allergy season ever. except with allergy season, it's true.
A well known vocal intelligent venture capitalist has been talking about negotiating an end to the Ukraine conflict: (his tweet) ..
"The idea that Ukraine should negotiate an end to the war before it can spiral into WWIII is this year’s lab leak theory: completely forbidden to say even though it’s obvious and will eventually become conventional wisdom once the right officials get on board.". @davidsacks 475K followers
PS: Inescapable conclusion – 2020 election was indeed stolen – by Russia-gating FBI. As a direct result of that immense hoax we have US War party’s “unprovoked” tragedy in Ukraine.
If Republicans take the House as expected, I'm willing to bet anyone $5 that Biden signs more bills in the second half of his presidency than he did in the first half. Any takers? BET ME, YOU COWARDS.
Obama did the exact same thing
Anyone else think Jamie Raskin looks like Jon Hamm's unpopular older brother who happens to have high blood pressure and irritable bowel syndrome?
This organization is so relevant and has racked up 160 wins in cities and states across the country, yet has gotten zero penetration in independent news. Can someone please do an interview with them? https://youtu.be/BWh4PZfQVMI
https://represent.us/unbreaking-america/
I agree we have made no headway to deconstruct the ruling class. But I don't think progress there was ever a possibility in this election. In fact, I don't see it as a possibility in ANY election until we get a decent candidate that can energize more than just the far left. Even Bernie does not do a good job of explaining how the system is rigged against the working class. He does a great job of reiterating THAT it's rigged. But to be effective, I think a prominent voice needs to continually explain - in layperson's terms - HOW it's rigged. So until we have a new voice that can make things very simple for people (your guest Richard Wolff does an excellent job of this), I think we are stuck.
The hard part is they would have all the weight of the two parties against then to shut them up. But it’s true we haven’t seen someone who could do that yet
Marianne Williamson, if you please. Her latest interview with Krystal and Kyle is awesome. She could be a force if people started listening to her.
Prof. Wolff does a good job talking about the problems of big business. He loses my support in part because he always (and I've watched a LOT of his work) poses the issue of "workers" and "major corporations" while apparently ignoring the reality that way more people percentage-wise are sole proprietors and small businesses with a few employees.
As an employer in Austria where all employees (we're an engineering software company) are union, I grow tired of being lumped in with guys like Bezos, Musk and Gates.
Prof. Wolff's "Black and white" / "on and off" solutions in a gray / sliding scale world piss me off more so because he is such a smart guy who I'm 100% sure turns other people off through this approach.
I don't think he's ignoring that more people are employed by small-business owners. And I don't think he's lumping you in with mega-corporations and Bezos, Musk, and Gates. That's never crossed my mind in anything I've heard from him.
But my point was not that Richard Wolff should run for president. It was that we need someone to explain how the system works (read: doesn't work) in simple terms. And Richard Wolff does a good job of that.
I totally agree with your second paragraph and totally disagree with your first.
Wolff specifically talks in terms of wage theft and extraction of wealth from workers, which is a of course a huge problem. He never acknowledges risk, particularly for small businesses. In a corrupt country like the US, large corporations have little risk and I'm on board with his framing. But the US is not the only country with corporations.
The main point is that most people just want a steady paycheck, and a huge portion of people do not want management responsibility and the risks of losing business. The people that do take on those risks reap the additional money. That is the difference between business founders and small business owners and their employees. But in probably 50 hours of listening to Prof. Wolff, I've never heard him acknowledge that there should be rewards for taking business risks, or that risks really exist.
I don't want to "lump" Wolff in too badly, but I have experience with career academics/gov't/large firms who all a misconception that work just "appears" and money is always available. He fits into that mold every time I listen to him.
OK. I'm off my soapbox! :-)
The way to reduce risk is 100% employee-owned businesses - otherwise known as cooperatives. He discusses this in his Economic Update podcast dated May 26, 2018 (among other places, I'm guessing).
Yes, Wolff is a huge fan of coops, as am I. Coops are great and I'm a big fan.. But again, there are many people who don't want to be owner/workers. They just want a paycheck. I know this both empircally and anecdotally.
I've never read about (or met) people who have no desire for collective bargaining power as an employee in a functioning system (i.e. not the US), but that is very different than saying, "You will forgo some pay now, and carry more risk/responsibility of/for the companies success, by being organized as an employee owned coop.
Again, though, Wolff never that I have read or heard, addresses in general how you transition from sole proprietership (huge numbers of them) to owner operated small business (huge number) to coop. He only ever talks about how it could happen if an owner retires or wants to sell - which are both great. But the huge evil US corporations - Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Walmart - all started as one, two or a few guys who made it big and became quickly evil. That is the HUGE plot hole in Wolff's storyline - how to stop a small owner operated company where the CEO is making 2-3x what her workers make - from becoming a Walmart, MS or Amazon where workers are crushed and the CEO makes 500x what the workers make.
Just waving your hands and saying "coops are the answer" doesn't address the real problem. I would be happy for you to prove me wrong and show me where Wolff addresses this issue!
Wolff is an educator, not a strategist. I don't get the sense from him that he's trying to start a revolution. Then again, I was never trying to start a conversation about Richard Wolff. I was simply pointing out that our choices for progressive leaders are really bad. And somehow we ended up here.
I think Katie should lead a discussion about Politicians and their dogs - specifically their relationships with their dogs and how the politicians are on camera with their dogs.
Dogs are super empathetic. If the owner is a dick and/or has no real relationship with their dog, I'd bet that shows on camera if they are on for any significant length of time.
And Aaron "cat killer" Mate for Supreme Leader! 🙂
"Hitler was very fond of Blondi, keeping her by his side and allowing her to sleep in his bed whilst in the bunker."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondi
Which war criminal president of the US didn't have a lovable mutt?
The problem lies in the nature of politicoeconomic systems.
It is at least 15 years now, but I read Ian Kershaw's seminal 2 volume biography of Hitler, and I don't remember anything about Blondi. I do remember points about Hitler's vegetarian diet. I find it interesting what points about monstrous humans are deemed print-worthy by different authors. I have little doubt from all I've read that Hitler loved his dog, and she loved him.
I believe Hitler was a geniune sociopathic anti-semite, that is, he believed that shit. His dog is going to know if he really loves her. Blondi didn't understand that his day job was exterminating people Adi thought were sub-human.
The discussion about politicians and their dogs would be to see which politicans are so fucking fake that even their dogs know it *cough* Ted Cruz *cough*. That is, their dogs are just a prop, like Cruz's kids are just props (I actually don't know if he has a dog).
It's an interesting topic
Should Manchin and Sinema switch to GOP?
And - a major BIG event: Nov. 16, 2022 -- https://greenwald.locals.com/upost/3068489/watch-the-debut-episode-of-our-pre-launch-of-system-update
Biden will step down unable to defend the title. In his place, Mike Judge, speaking perpetually as Beavis, will defeat Trump. Idiocracy defeating idiocy.
Camacho 2024
Electrolytes for the people!
please take it easy with this type of fantasizing, I cant handle that kind of arousal
THANK you !! - https://thegrayzone.com/2022/11/13/un-envoy-fabricating-viagra-russian/
UN envoy admits fabricating claim of Viagra-fueled rape as ‘Russian military strategy’
By Alexander Rubinstein – Nov.13, 2022 (Note: Hillary Clinton, i.e., the US War party, has established that particular UN envoy (its loudspeaker) position)
I have a sneaking suspicion that Trump is going to announce creation of his new party tonight. He will run for President under the MAGA party. Just a hunch to eff us all up.
that would be awesome!
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
Agreed, an epic new third party
Here in New Zealand we still get to enjoy the spoils of the proxy war; in 2019 an Australian traveled to Ukraine, developed his Nazi ideology, returned and killed 51 Muslims in a mosque - our largest mass shooting. All while proudly wearing an Azov battalion badge. Now we have effectively voted in the UN resolution to support glorification of Nazism, all while sending money to the Ukrainian regime. Glorious.
I actually do think for the first time in my life we will get some good things from this government, and I base that on my understanding of what we've already gotten from it.
I'm speaking specifically about antitrust enforcement. The Biden administration is the first dem administration of my entire life (I'm 44) to make an effort to meaningfully enforce antitrust laws.
I'm grateful to Useful Idiots for introducing me to the guy who is almost single-handedly responsible for me knowing anything about any of this: Matt Stoller. I recommend his Substack most heartily.
A good comparison for the Ukraine war would be if Russia invaded Israel just as the Israeli regime launched its murderous "Operation Protective Edge" bombing campaign in Gaza in 2014, six years after its devastating "Operation Cast Lead" in 2008. Not only does Israel's shelling of the Palestinians in Gaza mirror Kiev's shelling of the ethnic Russian minority in Donbass, but the oppressive Israeli occupation of the West Bank matches Azov's occupation of Mariupol since 2014. Would people have a more nuanced opinion of the Russian invasion if it were put in a more accurate context like this?
Also, this scenario even has some historical basis: had Kissinger not issued a nuclear warning in 1973, Russia might have intervened in the Yom Kippur War.
how come some comments I can like and some comments I can't?
substack is laggy in some browsers, my likes dont always show right away
"The most important election of our lives" ...really? On what do you base this?
Every corporate media pundit on sunday mornings. Tune into our Monday Mourning livestreams some time! We watch the shows so you dont have to
EVERY election is the most important election of our lives, just as every allergy season is the worst allergy season ever. except with allergy season, it's true.
So true. I just don't get why it's necessary to warmup the leftovers - again - of the elections.
A well known vocal intelligent venture capitalist has been talking about negotiating an end to the Ukraine conflict: (his tweet) ..
"The idea that Ukraine should negotiate an end to the war before it can spiral into WWIII is this year’s lab leak theory: completely forbidden to say even though it’s obvious and will eventually become conventional wisdom once the right officials get on board.". @davidsacks 475K followers
Thanks – and more: Matt Orfalea’s CENSORED / DELETED videos on YouTube
Democrats' "Stolen" Election Claims | FLASHBACK -- September 29, 2022
https://rumble.com/v1m15p8-democrats-stolen-election-claims-stolen-2016-election.html
"Rigged" Election Claims | Trump 2020 vs Clinton 2016 -- September 29, 2022
https://rumble.com/v1m1364-rigged-election-claims-trump-2020-vs-clinton-2016.html
PS: Inescapable conclusion – 2020 election was indeed stolen – by Russia-gating FBI. As a direct result of that immense hoax we have US War party’s “unprovoked” tragedy in Ukraine.
Stand with Russia – it fights for all of us.