A fundamental problem with US society is that we use the terms “home “ and “house “ interchangeably. A house is a structure commonly used for protection from the elements and giving its occupants a measure of privacy. You can buy and sell them or have rental arrangements. A home is where you live. The most valuable quality or part of a home is the sense of comfort the house can provide and the relationships between the other inhabitants. The mistake many make is trying to buy the qualities of a home by buying a house. The house can sometimes be an investment,but only if you sell or rent it to someone. In search of the pleasant qualities of a home,which we always want in abundance, we make the mistake of buying a house in abundance. That’s the trap that has people paying a mortgage up to the age of retirement. The key is to live way below your means and pay your modest HOUSE off ,then, if you find you need a larger HOUSE, you’ll have something to sell to make a down payment. If you can learn to make a home in the smaller house, you will have made a step toward freedom from the ruling class.
@ClareBoyd-f8c9 күн бұрын
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@frankyang880715 күн бұрын
I love how he exposes this piece of shit system so eloquently😂
@samh-smith293118 күн бұрын
You all missed the point by trying to apply large scale top down thinking to the problem, which is the exact thinking that created the problem His point is that as companies become larger, the power structures should gravitate downwards, not upwards - which is the opposite of the model we have now, which creates the disproportional wealth inequalities and corruption and environment destruction ,ad infitum...the minority voice, the vote of 'employees' on all significant company decisions, etc, etc.. it's a structure that can only actively be created by those directly involved as the organisation evolves... Also known as 'concious' evolution 🧬 as in "created by the conscience of all involved - "it evolves out if the 'group conscience' if you like"... Cause we're all programmed in the kind of thinking he's trying to de-program from... it's hard to grasp... But we need to keep trying...we can do better And yes if you were thinking that means no more "CEO's" and the highest position being 'servant' then yes, youre on the right track - he who's decisions affect more and more people better have the attitude of "i am a servant - I am responsible to those i 'serve' because the janitor has as much of a vote whether he's in charge as my CFO , 'shareholders' etc and so on...interesting idea hmm
@adrianasoldevila63022 күн бұрын
2024 noting has changed, if nothing else its even worse now 😢
@andrewx780624 күн бұрын
What Chomsky fails to mention or doesn’t know is that the Mondragón Collective was created through laws passed by National Syndicalism under none other than Francisco Franco. Isn’t that ironic.
@Sonderin24 күн бұрын
The class system is the first take in a battle of cuts to the fall. Every closed system falls. People hide on the Now Train and forget the Right Track. Must be aware...
@insidemyownlittleworld25 күн бұрын
i wish i discovered this 10 years ago but hey BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. thank you for this information.
@johnrossini359429 күн бұрын
neoliberalism is another word for global free trade
@shahrukhshamim489729 күн бұрын
My God! This was 10 years ago. Situation is getting worse now.
@walkerhaw5468Ай бұрын
Socialists and Christians are just closet narcissists trying to take advantage of the next great depression.
@LucaAlex-sl8dyАй бұрын
I am from Yugoslavia. Everything what is said was true.
@jadenwashington72842 ай бұрын
It sounds like we need to have more standards. Make loans less readily available, governments should make it so that it behooves us to prioritize things that are actually important (like the well being and quality of life for a country’s inhabitants as a whole instead of entertainment and shiny things) and impose those standards and priorities on the residents. We’d be able to ensure an equitable society and more money could be pooled for the quality of life for a whole nation instead of a fortunate few.
@GymShark_Open2 ай бұрын
Privatization destroying Finland. Why the heck they just keep doing it.
@pedrovanrell71932 ай бұрын
Because freedom its only achieved throught private property,free market and economical freedom. Totally opposite at what this ideologist is saiyng
@vitkucera11162 ай бұрын
We must create communism again and stop capitalism
@joe-el7iw2 ай бұрын
i used to take both of these blokes at face value and therefore granted them some respect. no more. deep state assets both. the change in political topology has outed both of these chameleons. their roles: gatekeepers for the left. uniparty thru and thru. enough truth to support a great lie.
@marlenesoifer72192 ай бұрын
Appreciate information and contact
@kaiconnett3 ай бұрын
This person is VERY bias on his opinion. I feel as a professor he should be there to teach the meaning of these subjects only. From there I would like to form my own opinion. I'm not there for him to influence me nor am I interested in what HE thinks is right or wrong. There's a reason this country has done so well. A person living here has all kinds of opportunity to better themselves. You can do that by taking risk and starting a business or corporation, working hard, hold down multiple jobs, etc the opportunities are limitless. The business owners take all the risk so why shouldn't they make the most money? An employee can just walk away, they get paid an hourly wage regardless how business is doing. If they want to make more money then start their own business. They have the same opportunities as anybody else. In terms of paying employees more. It's call supply and demand. Take a look at how well this has worked out for Ca since the state mandates these businesses pays $20 minimum wage. Look at how many businesses have left Ca. or gone out of business. They are hiring less employees, cutting down on portions, and cutting business hours to save on overhead. Now the working class can't even afford a burger. How did this help the working class.? The whole point I'm trying to make is if you are going to teach a class then teach it without giving us YOUR OWN BIAS OPINION! That's not right!
@magnusprime102 ай бұрын
As an employee, I take a risk on an owner with my time. If the business goes down, I lose work and my income. It’s a symbiotic relationship. He can’t function as a business without me, much less I can’t make money without them. At a certain point compensation should be correlated with contribution. The problem now is CEOs are making 1000% more than their workers. This is a problem
@blairhakamies41323 ай бұрын
Fantastic😁
@dolliscrawford2803 ай бұрын
When large amounts of people protested under George W. Bush he told them to go ahead and then closed his curtains and shut his windows. They don't care if you protest anymore. They will do what they want.
@adanadanyou3 ай бұрын
Genocide denier Noam Chomsky criticized successful worker's co-ops. He is not leftist.
@a25153 ай бұрын
early 70s is when we went off the gold standard...
@amanderik3 ай бұрын
And seven years on, only 118 thousand views. Perfectly represents the problem of silencing dissent.
@doreekaplan25893 ай бұрын
Politicians in service to the rich with 250,000,000 Americans all LETTING a tiny few GET AWAY WITH all of it.
@bomb29823 ай бұрын
Can some one tell me the name of the full documentary? Would be dope
@custsea69764 ай бұрын
We need to make changes to this system. Where's Robin Hood? What laws need to go away that keep people poor and working for tonights meal? What laws need to be set in place. Surplus labor is valued far more than the labor of the human doing it.. Houses aren't worth the cost when your home is your job. Unfortunately, most jobs are dreadfully repeatative and don't require more than a month to get down.. it's a terrible home. I am going to build my own home out of the earth, with the materials on the property.. 2 years of labor and I have a home.. instead of 30 years of work and l have a glorified shed with rooms even though I've built 100s of them and some entitled A-hole has 12 because of me and my broke friends
@livengoodjames74064 ай бұрын
Capitalism is beautiful. 🤪
@donsmith9273Ай бұрын
The Pitești Experiment Romania look it up.
@GaryBetterton4 ай бұрын
There are health consequences as well as crime consequences. Some people who feel abandoned by society are more willing to break the law to shield their children and themselves.
@Andyhikes38384 ай бұрын
Then who starts the businesses without a capitalist investor?
@bgaripov2 ай бұрын
No one. And no one takes a risk at running it, and no one knows what to do when something goes wrong. And they all eat toothpaste they’ve produced because none of them could sell it.
@AnalogAtelierАй бұрын
Historically, it's been whatever collective people are interested in making/doing the thing and each democratically put their resources into it. And people will only do that for ventures they feel are truly worthwhile
@unholypagan13424 ай бұрын
of course the top 50 percent gained and the bottom half lost thats just capitalism, the question that should be asked is why didn’t the bottom half rise up? forget about losing everything you only have your chains to lose
@RandomEcom4 ай бұрын
So are managers chosen cooperatively
@billB1014 ай бұрын
And now we have the next profit wave, subscription services. On everything.
@vannajs50245 ай бұрын
Workers Self-managmnet socialism,was tried in Yugoslavia,but couldn't succeed due two factors,Western capital constant presssure and sabotage underneath, although publicly they were in favor of it, Second reason,for any sort of collectivist society ,it's simple doomed to fail,its the egoistic and imperfect human nature, that's the true and no one can't deny it... Soviet Union failed due the similar reasons, Low Productivity of work and corruption,due rhe absence of private entrepreneurship,was simply overwhelming
@irtazaaliarab9445 ай бұрын
that's the simple explanation of the complex exploitation - great Marxist economist Richard Wolf.
@clavgirl5 ай бұрын
There are so many holes in this professor's lecture. He's too old to be this stupid. Go spend a year in a communist country and see how you like it. Go spend time with any immigrants from communist countries and see why they left.
@psycadelic20095 ай бұрын
Communism isn’t the answer. But not allowing people to get ridiculously rich is something that needs to be explored. No one should have that much power, to force continued cooperation instead of an engulfing. Focus points however are unavoidable, and communism is just greater concentration into an even smaller group of people, consequently with smaller scope due to where they’re standing, which results in poor governance and miserable people. So the answer is some decentralization so groups can take care of themselves but with a ceiling to prevent power imbalances. The smaller the groups the more power in the average persons hand, naturally.
@VictorSanchez-kx5hb5 ай бұрын
What about all the genocide that occured by the Anarchist? Is that true? And was it a reason Stalin got rid of them? Since he really didnt want the republic to win and he already got all thier gold! Plus he wanted the English and French as allies was a priority for him.
@tebohotolo55385 ай бұрын
This is highly informative, all trade union leadership has to be part of this work by Prof Richard Wolff
@alanmcrae85945 ай бұрын
Very interesting socioeconomic system. Most of the YT videos on Mondragon are at least 7, 8 or 9 years old. What's their status now, in 2024, and what can we learn from their approach to the economic dimension of modern life?
@AmeenChaoua-yr5mp5 ай бұрын
Listening to this dude makes me realize that getting a PhD is easy.
@gerryboudreaultboudreault26085 ай бұрын
Two great lecturers whose words could be carved in stone.
@seraphandsati5 ай бұрын
what he saying is, "eat the rich"...
@onofuaosazeeanthony96745 ай бұрын
I took my time to watch this video, it's all BS and if you believe that the only value is created by the workers then you need to start a business. Experience is the best teacher.
@NinthSettler4 ай бұрын
When you start a business you are a worker. The interests of small capitalists are very much aligned with the interests of the workers (staving off starvation and exposure to the elements, not destroying your ecosystem). Compare to the interests of a capitalist (Maximizing profit, at any cost, RIP Boeing whistleblower). You see the difference yet?
@marksmit81125 ай бұрын
Worker coops are brilliant but the comment about having jobs to buy falls into the consumer trap. We are here to sustain our living not to buy useless things. Worker coops sustain their communities where the many, not the few, share the profits and decide what, where and how to produce.
@jonnymahony94026 ай бұрын
Chomsky always says in elogent and intelligent words what we all deep down always knew.