American Optimist

Don't let the bad news get you down -- there's LOTS of good news that media mostly ignore.
Amazing innovations like technology that lets a monkey playing computer games using only his mind, satellites beaming internet to remote parts of earth, and falling cancer death rates.
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The above new technologies are all reasons that tech innovator Joe Lonsdale is optimistic about America's future.
He's now started a podcast and KZbin channel called "American Optimist.” He highlights positive things that his innovator friends create: / americanoptimist
Those breakthroughs include flying planes, 3D-printed houses, and more, featured in the video above.

[@MegaTeeruk]

"I'm sorry but in order to be optimistic we are going to need you to fill out these forms, pay a $250 administration fee. It will then go into processing which usually takes 2 to 4 years. Once approved you will need to fill out an optimism license application and the $2000 fee. It will then be submitted to the inspector who will need to come and inspect to be sure you meet the legal qualifications for optimism, the inspection is $1500. If you pass the inspection you will be allowed to be optimistic but will need to renew your licensure annually for a $400 fee."

[@speedbag09]

You cannot claim to be an optimist until you receive proper government certification and all fees are collected. To claim otherwise would be considered false and may be penalized.

[@puddin94]

Clever😂

[@dr.floridaman4805]

FBI wants recruits that enforce this type of thinking.

[@Thunder_Dome45]

That's funny but probably true. You go Brandon! See what I did there?

[@mgnchase849]

That sums up government

[@blackjay5338]

This is how America became great in the first place. We need it back, desperately. TERM LIMITS and SMALLER GOVERNMENT! SLASH REGULATIONS!

[@gracepunla4433]

And optimism.

[@puddin94]

I agree in slashing regulations. However i don't want to go back to the time when company's/people pored chemicals into our water, or caused huge environmental problems, or profit's over individual rights.

[@JoeyVaracalli]

Ron swanson “slash it slash it slash it”

[@FP194]

@@puddin94 You are confusing China with the United States

[@Nrutherford]

All term limits will do isnget good people out of govt faster and get shitty people in faster

[@Solo413]

"It can take 10 years to get your drug to market"...unless it's an experimental mRNA shot that's "safe and effective" yet never passed proper clinical trial phases.

[@josephrattien3176]

Well those pharmaceutical companies that have billions of dollars pay for the Democrat and Republican campaigns.

[@herrschaftg35]

And fails to work as advertised.

[@stormsmack69]

The one Colin Powell had and just died from?

[@samhouston5217]

@@stormsmack69 No.

[@perrywidhalm114]

Amen!

[@maciejpieczula631]

Jordan Peterson recently said that he feels that if cars were invented today they would be outlawed. I believe him to be right on this.

[@plmn93]

I believe that the constant fear mongering in the media is driving my 80 year old mother senile. A loyal TV news watcher for many decades, she's starting to become scared of her own shadow and it's worrying. That's no way to spend your last years.

[@dingdongdaddy589]

😢

[@wataki2]

same

[@dragonrider9051]

Mine as well.

[@abagofmilk3819]

The fear mongering is really sad...it really sends people’s mental health down hill

[@laurzee]

My 86 year old mom is the same way. Traditional media is brainwashing and now, elder abuse.

[@twiggs24]

The best the government can do is get out of the way. AMEN TO THAT!

[@screwgle7914]

evil govt doesnt budge on its on.

[@bubblegumgun3292]

And the way government gets outta the way is by "physically removing" it

[@dylanc9145]

@@bubblegumgun3292 lol find out inbred

[@tadiqshahid4625]

Government was intended to have an extremely limited role and just expected to do basic stuff like national defense and funding, but gov't has gotten way out of hand...

[@NotMyWar]

Cancer only grows

[@johnnyjoey]

If it takes 10 years for a drug to get to market, how did the covid vaccine get to everybody in the world so fast? Also, if it takes that long to determine the safety and efficacy of a drug, why are those vaccines being pushed onto everybody? I’m not an anti-vaccine person, just pointing out the hypocrisy of the government. The drugs mentioned in this video weren’t developed by the large pharmaceutical companies. There’s your answer to both questions.

[@edwin2600]

Donald Trump's Operation Warp Speed brought the vaccines out much faster than usual. 6.7B doses given worldwide so far. No other vaccine got that big of a test.

[@fwingebritson]

Politicians worry more about their bottom line than getting back into office. When the economy was sinking, they put their bets on big pharma and propped them up with massive profits (courtesy of the tax payer) in order to hedge against their big losses elsewhere. Had they done nothing, then they would not afford to pay their union dues, oops, I mean election fees to get re elected. At this point I do not know because I just thought that it would be interesting to know how much biden and trump has vested into big pharma, which may explain why biden "won."

[@denmander]

@Honda Riding Listen to our "science"

[@n.c.1201]

$$$$$$$$$$$

[@Sponge420]

@@n.c.1201 Billions

[@TT-ch2pz]

Another reason Trump was so great. He eliminated a ton of ridiculous and redundant regulations.

[@mattfoley6082]

He let in covid. Way to MAGA.

[@mountain-milk]

@@mattfoley6082 bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@Livity.]

@@mattfoley6082 How did he "let" in covid? CCP tried to cover it up and most countries in the world got it. (1)When the origin was suspected to be China, Trump made a travel ban to the country. Biden called the move xenophobic and the WHO said travel bans were counterintuitive. (2)Trump started a task force in December 2020 to investigate the new pandemic. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi was encouraging people to attend San Francisco's Chinatown celebration. (3) Back in the 2020 Presidential Debates, Biden basically admitted there was nothing different he could have done, except being more vocal on mask wearing. (Travel restrictions, research funding, etc..) To note, he can only encourage mask wearing since the Executive Branch can't force a federal mask mandate. (4) People bash Trump for not encouraging people to protect against Covid, however the CDC at one point told us not to buy masks and it should be reserved for medical personnel. The CDC didn't start telling people a cloth covering would be helpful until April. (5) He used Operation Warp-speed to make the vaccines which many Democrats doubted and questioned the vaccine's legitimacy. However, Trump encourage people to use the vaccine and Biden has been ordering more of the same vaccines created during Trump. Ok, now you explain.

[@timothyvincent3436]

@@mattfoley6082 Lame. Worse, delusional.

[@caseya463]

@@mattfoley6082 why would someone as intellectually dishonest as yourself bother watching Stossel let alone bother commenting? Covid was already here before it was discovered. Even if it was discovered in time it would have found a way across our porous border. You're probably tds to much to think clearly or even bother.

[@claysmell]

I remember when my dad put a small addition on our summer house. It was to add a sink, washer and dryer. You would not believe the hoops the town's inspector made him go through. He had to prove some sort of engineering plumbing feat which a regular plumber probably couldn't do. I'm sure if my dad had used one of the town's "guys" all of that would have been "taken care of". Regulation often sounds reasonable and logical on the face of it, until you're the one who's actually trying to do the work to code. And then you find out it's rife with corruption and ridiculous hurdles. Like trying to get an out of state boat trailer registered in NYC. Or running a new gas line to hookup to a backup generator.

[@KMF3]

Don't ask for permission ask for forgiveness.

[@mattfoley6082]

Oh look, another DIYer triggered by rules he doesn't understand.

[@claysmell]

@@mattfoley6082 Oh look, another clueless commentor who has no idea what we went through.

[@mattfoley6082]

@@claysmell I read your comment so I know what you went through. You're pissed that somebody wouldn't let you cut corners.

[@showmemo3686]

A lot of these regulations are in place to protect us from ourselves. But yes. They don't all make sense.

[@matthewsterling5458]

John Stossel has made some amazing videos since last year, but this video is probably one of the best yet. Despite everything that's going on in this country and the world, it's always great to see John Stossel provide real journalism.

[@MusicalMarble]

Ironically the Parks and Rec scene showed an assistant scaring off people on behalf of a libertarian who hated big government.

[@yaksaredabomb]

I came here to say this. Wonder if the irony was intentional haha

[@fordtechchris]

The irony of that show was hilarious

[@wuffos]

2:30

[@J3susChrist]

most people think that the government and people in parks and rec was greatly exaggerated, but in this day and age, that portrayal was an understatement 😂

[@majermike]

except real life is less comical

[@AmericansAlwaysFree]

Except the Leslie knopes aren’t trying good hearted (albeit sometimes misguided) fixes they’re instead now crazy authoritarian lunatics that have locked the Ron Swansons in solidarity confinement

[@rjlp128]

As for bureaucrats, most fall under the following observation: “It’s difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on his not understanding it” -Upton Sinclair

[@edwin2600]

It's hard to get people to judge somebody fairly after they pin a label on him/her like "bureaucrat" and look no further than the prejudices that label invokes.

[@meonlybro]

It’s good to see these geniuses stay optimistic through these uncertain times. It gives me hope!!

[@juniorvonclaire3576]

I have a playlist on here called Good News, created early this year. It’s got less than 10 videos. Competition is so important, among individuals, states, companies, etc. as learning from others results so impacts production and knowledge. I’ve something to present which is utopian today, but it’s been reality in the past: Imagine a small central government with fewer departments, employees (don’t worry… they’re humans and there’d be more jobs), responsibilities, buildings, equipment… use your imagination to wonder what could be eliminated. Now think how much less the cost and interference. Picture no one needing a lawyer to do their taxes and a tax code… smaller (much) than 90k pages. The IRS would have to deal with the people who refuse to pay the drastically reduced amount, but most citizens wouldn’t ever deal with them. They’d need fewer buildings, workers and revenue. They couldn’t be tyrannical for the lack of ability and purpose. Anywho, 50 states trying things is essentially 50 labs running tests, all learning from successes and failures. It’s almost like people do this throughout our lives. Monkey see, monkey do. Monkey see, monkey not do.

[@juniorvonclaire3576]

@@Matthias_Fischer “…collecting money this way?” It’s clearly not your money, so why do you care? In any given instance, perhaps it’s not even any of your “business “

[@meonlybro]

@@Matthias_Fischer they could be smarter 😂

[@juniorvonclaire3576]

@@Matthias_Fischer AH… I just read your comment again and you weren’t referring to the private sector, but to government spending. We’re in complete agreement, then.

[@meonlybro]

@@Matthias_Fischer I completely agree my friend

[@MarcusFirst]

Thank you Stossel! You are the best example of the dying journalism the society needs most now and forever.

[@nataliestewart7672]

Thank you for highlighting American Optimist. Move over, government, and let innovation take flight. I will do my part to help make it so.

[@TheRealFlyingMonkey]

Thanks Stossel! Im going to go listen to all of them. Lets Go Brandon!

[@zg-it]

I was talking to one of my friends telling him about Stossel's channel. He's a liberal guy, said "that guy?, Isn't he a clown?" And I was taken back, but then I realized that the left side of information must hate him. So I understand why liberals would try to put him down by calling him a clown.

[@WSFM_Rex]

Obviously the left hates him , try having another conversation about him with any other libtard it’ll probably go the same way

[@plmn93]

It's much easier to call him a clown than it is to counter his arguments. Your friend is not a true liberal, he is a lazy leftist.

[@Xckel13]

I'm left leaning and think Stossel is great! He's usually on point, although his segments can be pretty high level and miss some details. Some regulations are important, but we are overregulated and it stifles innovation. Been watching him since I was a kid.

[@edwin2600]

@@AdamA-pm3yn Most people who toss around the words "libtard," and "liberal" don't know what "liberal" means, in spite of living awash in an ocean of readily available information.

[@edwin2600]

@@plmn93 What is the distinction between a liberal and a leftist? What is the distinction between a leftist and a lazy leftist?

[@vanvorst1999]

"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." - President Ronald Reagan

[@timothyvincent3436]

Nice

[@Derp12]

I respect him for the anti communist stuff but he was pretty racist and did introduce gun control bills both in California and federally for that reason, so...

[@timothyvincent3436]

@@Derp12 I don't know about the racism (nowadays that term covers a lot of ground) , but he sure did embody the spirit of American exceptionalism.

[@snafubar5491]

With another nine even more terrifying words: "The Free Govt Mandated shot is safe, pinky swear." ~ An Old Salty SeaDog Sea Lawyer

[@peterpan8263]

@@timothyvincent3436 Let’s not forget the Contra scandal where he filled the streets of LA with cocaine to pay for an illegal war

[@xibalbabarca5350]

Government sucks, I know I have a government job, the further up you go in management, the more abundant the incompetence gets.

[@edwin2600]

How is this different from private business? 🤣

[@ChrysanthsMum]

My daughter bought a house last year. She has been waiting a year for a permit to cut down trees the Shade Tree Commission put between the sidewalk and the street. They have pushed up the sidewalk and she will be held libel if someone gets hurt. It says on the towns website they belong to the town. Town won’t remove them so she was being proactive. Bureaucracy at its finest!

[@1tallpaul3]

I work for Addepar (0:22), we love Joe and the culture here that he helped create is a fantastic place to work. I also love your content, John Stossel. It's incredible. Keep it up!

[@frankcavazos5263]

God bless these wonderful, intelligent people, this is what America should be about!

[@youtubeisfascism]

But of course, if one has enough optimism it may as well be taxed.

[@majermike]

yes! we must tax this man down!

[@JM-io4vb]

In NJ, we're coming up on the 1 year anniversary of the population voting to approve the sale of recreational marijuana. However, we still can't buy it because the politicians are busy forming committees and writing legislation to ensure that they (and their friends) can grab the largest possible piece of the revenue pie. Incidentally, EVERY politician claims they supported the legalization of pot in order to "reverse years of discrimination against marginalized people". So in the future, if these marginalized people want to benefit from marijuana sales, they will need to read through the 60 page regulation that's been written and hire lawyers to file applications and ensure that they have all the proper permits and licenses. I'm guessing that the local street distributor isn't going to go through all that trouble. Bottom line - government sucks at everything.

[@Mapdotnowhere]

If only we could make Stossel media boss

[@PrimalRampageGaming]

President with Mike Rowe

[@XDXD-rj4si]

Power corrupts. Who's to say stossel doesn't become one of them

[@jenkins0409]

This is why he left the mainstream media. He didn't want anything to hold him back in want he wanted to broadcast.

[@puddin94]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely

[@clvrswine]

If only you could use a period at the end of a sentence.

[@eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee9531]

I'm so glad KZbin miraculously recommended John Stossel.

[@kenmandu4499]

Obviously, a bureaucracy gains job security and longevity by dragging everything out.

[@reddevil5420]

John, thanks for creating these amazing videos! You are the reason I proudly call myself a libertarian today!

[@Zetact_]

Innovator: "3D printed homes." Government: "I'm going to pretend I didn't see that." Corpo: "I stacked some shipping containers." Government: "Your housing license, sir." Innovator: "Look at these new transit systems." Government: "Have some red tape." San Fran: "We want to print short stories in the BART to give people something to do as they deal with delays." Government: "Where do I sign the cheque?"

[@matthewmiksza5855]

After this last year I decided to stop watching the news and stop focusing on polarizing politics and started watching and learning about all the innovative things that are happening around us. We need to start appreciating all these great innovations people are coming up with !

[@PheonixKnght]

Regulations should have to be brought up every ten years to be voted on.

[@metalboy21m16]

For the algorithm and Let’s go Brandon!!!

[@ValentinoBentley]

Yes let’s go Brandon! Straight to jail along with trump. Support a man over party and country, I’m sure your a real American, right? Yeah right. Get over yourself blockhead. Fine with auditing the election but not Jan. 6? What a hypocrite

[@realJimMarshall]

👏👏-👏👏👏

[@joiscode3832]

@@ValentinoBentley yes

[@metalboy21m16]

@@ValentinoBentley feel sorry for you that need to reply to a comment in the Internet to feel good about yourself. Go pack sand and be a better human being. Go read The Constitution while at it.

[@scubastevoo8404]

@@ValentinoBentley where did you come up with that nugget?

[@jaybee3165]

great segment john- as always. deregulation- PERFECT. let the innovators move us forward, or we sit stagnate.

[@pam0077]

“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” - G. Michael Hopf, "Those Who Remain"

[@Barskor1]

The Idea of government forms the structure of that loop.

[@edwin2600]

"The devil take the hindmost."

[@ATRTAP]

I am an American optimist as well. These problems, these divisions that people talk about pale in comparison historically to what we’ve overcome. America is presently the best place for the most amount of people to live well.

[@robmoore2992]

There is no denying the United States is an excellent country, but the tyranny being pushed by the left and the lack of meaningful resistance from the right discourages me from believing in the long term success of this country.

[@elgrigorio1]

And the Center being completely squeezed out!

[@dylives7667]

The USA is the greatest country in America, without a doubt. And if it wasn't because the seeseapea is now deeply rooted in it and destroying it from within with the oldest tricks in the book, it could be the greatest that has ever been.

[@btsnake]

As everyone tries to find new ways to limit freedom, Libertarianism is needed now more than ever. All the same, I'm going to stay optimistic - nothing causes failure more than not believing success can happen

[@29-arnavsamant97]

The problem is that the right isn't proactive. They are reactive. They won't take up the initiative unless the left does something first. How many right wing creators make "original" content that help spread and inform the masses of their view? Very few. The Right Wing content is mainly "reactions" to things happening.

[@elgrigorio1]

@@29-arnavsamant97 the problem is also a lot of these people who Do Not Know How to Vote! Instead of doing research, they just go to the extremes. One extreme disappoints them, they switch to another extreme.

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

"This is why we can't have nice things". Literally.

[@josephrattien3176]

It shows how "important" regulators are if they don't know enough to stop innovation in neurotechnology. They justify their own jobs by blocking the progress of others.

[@edwin2600]

How about the innovation of the Da Vinci robotic surgical system? Try Googling the class action lawsuits on that one.

[@MyTube4Utoo]

Gotta love John! I don't even know how long I've been watching him.

[@edwin2600]

I remember watching him on ABC television. I liked him then too.

[@MyTube4Utoo]

@@edwin2600 Yep!

[@littletime8849]

Wonderful! Most everyone I'm encountering are hardworking, optimistic, and freedom loving.

[@janicecopeland9083]

Thank you John for something a little positive! There really is way too much government!

[@sterling3159]

"The best thing the gov't can do is get out of the way." Amen to that.

[@stevenr732]

My beautiful wife says John Stossel is my man crush lol I'm good with that LETS GO BRANDON!!!!!!

[@wizardofboz]

Interestingly, these are some of the most depressing videos, because now I know what I could have, that I can't...

[@tl6359]

John Stossels videos are always just so refreshing and eye opening.

[@john172867]

Agreed. And it's nice to see current ones. I keep getting dated ones.

[@jimmystecher5214]

Thank America for the Optimist and thank you John for these great videos.

[@ExpressShirtself]

*"IT'LL GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER."* *- Swayze Roadhouse 1989*

[@DerykRobosson]

"Get the hell out of my way." - John Galt

[@puddin94]

Who is John Galt.👍😎

[@geomancer6894]

Ah yes, the will to power proxy of many feckless, shut-in libertarians.

[@puddin94]

@@geomancer6894 lol or just a good book😂

[@LoneWolf1985BK]

“10 years to get a drug to market” Though here’s your covid jab within 1 year and it’s “safe” with no longer term studies done

[@mattfoley6082]

Yeah, much safer to let covid spread. You'll always be the slow one in your family.

[@hieug.rection1920]

@@mattfoley6082 go ahead and take those vaccines and all their boosters. They were definitely tested and work completely. Just ask Colin Powell!

[@AJJr-hc5lz]

@@mattfoley6082 didn't a large amount of the animal trials end with the animals dying?

[@mattfoley6082]

@Richard Miller MTG can lift more than you, trumpboi.

[@DeAthWaGer]

@@mattfoley6082 the point is that the drug waiting time is arbitrary and lets people die because of greed, not safety or other excuses. After watching most of my family die of cancers, thinking that a life saving drug taking 10 years to come out is sickening.

[@dustinkulsziski7327]

This is the most depressing thing for me, knowing we are on the cusp of greatness right before we fall

[@blackjay5338]

This is how America became great in the first place.

[@P4r4k]

This only proves that the current government system worldwide is archaic to the current world. We'll need a revolution at some point to restructure everything like it was done centuries before. The problem is that it may take decades if not centuries for people to organize themselves to topple the current system, and the system knows it's archaic and does everything to control people to avoid his fate and prolong his life.

[@samhouston5217]

@@P4r4k Trump tried it but they Buried him. Classic though really. Fighting the establishment (Swamp) will definitely get you cancelled.

[@5points7019]

@@johnperic6860 we are no more degenerate than past societies.. we just call ourselves civilized.

[@gracepunla4433]

There's no fall.

[@TheRiverPirate13]

So many exciting and amazing things coming to us consumers! That is why it is important to vote for a Government candidate not obsessed with control and micromanaging!

[@christiangoke1297]

We need more optimism! Every day the sun rise agsin! There are so much genius things out there!

[@blackjay5338]

Yes, but we need the gov't to protect our innovations from China stealing them. This may mean we have to close off the Chinese market to a large degree. I hope some president decides to do this some day. I hope Elon Musk and other business leaders also see this light.

[@geomancer6894]

Is your attitude really about getting excited for new products?

[@Artifex_Prudens]

and many times that number of idiots and fools fucking things up. we do not need more optimism, we need more realism.

[@newagain9964]

@@geomancer6894 ikr. We can’t be optimistic until the “wizard” behind the curtain is defeated. We can’t do that without sacrifices.

[@edwin2600]

@delreydavid He also seems to like innovations that do away with labor. All you need for the 3D printed house is a guy to drive the truck and operate the machine. Let's do away with those pesky housing regulations so there's no need to dig a basement or foundation. Just set it on some pavement, and hope the ground doesn't settle and collapse the cheap house you spent a big buck to buy.

[@elmikis8649]

American people being optimistic, government : you need regulations to do that! Lol

[@CameraMystique]

Pessimism on the other hand, is completely unregulated!

[@elmikis8649]

@@CameraMystique and rewarded

[@frankcate]

Careful, they might do that next xD

[@damianpos8832]

Want to breath.. You need passport for that

[@yeboscrebo4451]

“When I’m in charge of the federal government…” that sentence uttered from anyone with even the best of intentions is chilling.

[@jmanswat2457]

Thank you John! Bless you. I almost cried watching this Just for the shame life could be so much better without Gov and seems to be the root of most our troubles.

[@larrykramer2761]

Government regulations only get worse and more complicated, never better and simpler. Just look at the IRS code for example.

[@edwin2600]

Flat tax would make all of that go away. It would put a lot of lawyers and accountants out of work too.

[@AmericansAlwaysFree]

@@edwin2600 screw that go back to sales tax only for the citizen and minor taxes for business

[@edwin2600]

@@AmericansAlwaysFree Sales tax is local. I don't know what "minor taxes for business" is supposed to mean. Do you know what flat federal income tax means?

[@KittyCentral12]

A breath of fresh air! Thank you again, John.

[@mclt8883]

Please do more like this." Improvement is News." Not someone getting shot or a house catching on fire.

[@abbyxiong3931]

Awesome to know we do have these innovations moving forward.

[@madmommy]

I love your episodes. Always something thought-provoking.

[@godfingah]

Way for stossel to change that pitch to a good one 💯

[@noskateonme5671]

It takes 10 years for a drug to get to the market. Unless there's some fake emergency that happens.

[@jim-ce5kt]

Unless the evil government wants to poison the population.

[@RedSiegfried]

I takes 10 years to get a drug to market unless a Democrat needs to look good after getting in office.

[@sampletext9426]

@Freddie Jones yea it takes a few weeks and free when there's a pandemic but the insul1n price stays high

[@edwin2600]

@@RedSiegfried The COVID vaccines were brought to market under Trump's Operation Warp Speed. Trump got vaccinated in secret in December of 2020. What Biden did was order many more doses than Trump did, and open up distribution.

[@edwin2600]

@@sampletext9426 Check with Walmart.

[@IronskullGM]

Its a breath of fresh air to see real journalism.

[@mommakimmins5554]

I'm glad you shared the news about this channel. In these dark times it's nice to have some light for balance.

[@cristianomarinelli3252]

I'm very against both, but having regulation cuts might just do more good than tax cuts. We would still be better off without either.

[@carnivorouswolf]

Breath of fresh air. Hallelujah!!

[@MrRudyc]

Miss you on Regular TV, John. We are the same age and have been a fan since you first appeared . Keep up your great work.

[@fffan147]

"Quality of life is only getting better" This would only be for people above the middle class. Meanwhile the middle class is slowly becoming the working poor. Remember how many people are one paycheck away from everything tumbling down.

[@edwin2600]

At least fifty percent of American workers earn $34,000 or less per year. That earnings figure is shrinking every year. Republicans think "middle class" means earning up to $250,000 per year.

[@mbdg6810]

@@edwin2600 wheres that stat coming from???

[@BrandyTexas214]

We love you John. Keep bringing up the videos!

[@crapphone7744]

FLYING CARS, FINALLY!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING SINCE 1958 FOR THIS!!!!

[@outofcompliance1639]

Finally a positive looking view of reality! You typically end up where you are pointing so all of this negative will end up negative.

[@jaketaylor1031]

This is like watching Atlas Shrugged play out in real time

[@edwin2600]

I never read that book, but I feel compelled to point out historians got it wrong. Atlas didn't hold up the Earth, he held up the Eastern Sky.

[@ericb5194]

You WANT people to have their small planes flying into homes, animals, power lines, etc., without some oversight? We have enough unnecessary wrecks on the roads due to carelessness of drivers, not regulations.

[@oldsguy354]

If carelessness is the primary cause of wrecks, (I too believe that it is), why do we get even more regulation? How do more restrictive regulations on the people that do care help? If someone doesn’t care enough to pay attention to pay attention and learn the necessary skills now, how does making the whole experience more burdensome/expensive for the people that do care help? I think selective enforcement of those regulations (largely because they are cash cows for the enforcer) simply breeds resentment and contempt for the regulations/regulators. As an example, going 85 in a 75 (I live in Texas) is more likely to bring the full weight of the regulations upon you than things that are far more dangerous like going 40 in a 75, or backing up or stopping on a controlled access highway for any reason other than an absolute emergency (which are usually caused by the carelessness of another person on the roadway).

[@jwyzdm]

I was sent here by Sydney Powell's Defending The Republic email "Good News Friday". Great job Sydney, I really enjoyed the video and now I will watch more of Stossel.

[@erosmangr74]

It's mind-blowing to see how much amazing creativity and innovation there is in free markets, just like it's mind-numbing to see how much opposition and stupidity there is in government.

[@TGuard00014]

I agree that our quality of life is extremely high, but it’s also on a razor’s edge. Our infrastructure especially our electric grid is extremely vulnerable and if that goes down for any real length of time it’s going to get ugly. Also it is hard to get excited about flying cars and 3D printed houses when your daily cost of living is sky rocketing. There are lots of reasons to be thankful and optimistic but one bad day and our entire civilization could crumble.

[@Onshki]

It takes more than one bad day and you complain about cost of living ignoring that 3d printed houses could easily cost less than a normal house.

[@garrysmith1029]

It's good to be optimistic but you should know that these problems need to fix and some of the policies being passed isn't helping.

[@TGuard00014]

@@Onshki A couple of nuclear strikes in strategic places wouldn’t be a bad day they would be a few bad minutes that would destroy the country. There are also a couple key points in the electric grid that if taken down would be a disaster for the country. If the Yellowstone caldera blows that is one very bad day. A Krakatoa like eruption anywhere in the world is a very bad day. A wide ranging EMP over a couple of key cities is a very bad day. Have you seen China’s new missile, that could lead to a very bad day. A major biological attack or chemical attack in multiple population centers is one really bad day. If the big one hits and California falls into the ocean…..okay to be honest I have mixed feelings about that one but for millions of people that is a very bad day.

[@Onshki]

@@TGuard00014 yes a bullet to the brain is quite hard to come back from, but I don't debate extremes. None of those events are common things anyone has to deal with, or likely ever will deal with.

[@1pcfred]

@@Onshki 3D printed houses only seem like a viable solution if you know nothing about construction. What they're doing isn't how concrete works. We've been working with concrete for thousands of years now so we know a few things about it. Stuff like reinforcing it and troweling it to consolidate the material. There was a hippy method developed back in the 60s of using shotcrete that's better than 3D printing. Least it makes more mechanical sense. That's pretty bad when dope smokers have better ideas.

[@againstthegrain3664]

And then vanguard or Blackrock bought their companies and we never heard about this again 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stevew.7245]

It's no laughing matter, but you're absolutely correct....

[@JThedford100]

Thank you Mr. Stossel. Keep up the great reports.

[@realShadowKat]

This is the power of the word "No" Jump through the hoops, pay the bribes, grease the skids and you might be able to get to "Maybe."

[@AntisocialRedNeckNerd]

I find it difficult to be optimistic when we have an administration that is devoted to big government control. I would not be surprised for us to have to use an app to get permission to flush the toilet soon.

[@edwin2600]

Which aspect of government control would you like to go first? The FAA? Just let air traffic take of itself? How about the FDA? Make everything over the counter. How about border control and immigration? Y'all come!

[@chevelle1]

Elon Musk saying the government needs to go away is quite ironic, being that Tesla doesn’t exist without government handouts propping it up for years.

[@joseledesma4776]

That's not what Elon Musk said. He said "The best the government can do is get out of the way". He didn't say "go away". Those are 2 different things.

[@ettecnal]

Thanks for the awesome video, Mr. Stossel!!

[@rolandserna7805]

This is exactly what I've been thinking. Despite all of our unique problems in the 21st century, this is still the best time to be alive.

[@jeremywheeler8417]

Thank God we have our rulers to protect us from achieving too much.

[@ronster141]

100 Years from now they'll look back and shake their heads at how anti-progress we were.

[@blackjay5338]

Yes. This is how America became great in the first place. But we probably still need the gov't to protect our innovations from China stealing them. This may mean we have to close off the Chinese market to a large degree. I hope some president decides to do this some day. I hope Elon Musk and other business leaders also see this light.

[@foilcap]

Those who are left after resource wars.

[@leonardo899]

If the Covid vaccine was approved and mandated without proper testing, why can't these other drugs?

[@FP194]

@@leonardo899 Covid vaccine was given an emergency use authorization so it could be used without testing and that is also why the drug companies are immune from legal action for side effects of an untested vaccine

[@geomancer6894]

It's the Faustian spirit and the neurotic addiction to change and novelty that placed us in this mess. We're in the age of the soulless bugman who thinks that technological progress is the only way to solve the social problems we face, where fulfillment can only come from outside of ourselves by means of constant material stimulation that only feeds the cycle of malaise.

[@loisfreiner6127]

Love and respect you John!💕

[@erikowren7894]

John, thanks you for you and your team highlighting this VLOG.

[@skavenengineer9084]

Let's go Brandon!!!

[@theyedmeister6981]

A man stranded on an island says it's a nice vacation after watching the news

[@stevencooper4422]

Demographics are destiny.

[@clvrswine]

You forgot the period.

[@edwin2600]

It is if you have food, water, and shelter.

[@AdoSean]

Love this video, thank you John. I will probably check out Joe's optimistic podcast.

[@leechurchill1965]

But The Boring Co. just makes narrower bumpy tunnels without proper ventilation and does it "cheaper and faster." Of course, if you don't make something as good. And single car tunnels won't solve anything. Cities already have subways that move large groups. And those aren't very cost effective.

[@legendaryvapes8849]

Stossel and Peterson are treasures. IMO

[@zardozica]

He left CA for Austin?? LOL! Not much difference.

[@mom2artists]

I thought the same.

[@JeremyMPearce]

Keep up the great work John!

[@rogue109]

Thank you John! I'm very grateful for the work you do!

[@Joshpower57]

Government: it takes 10 years Pfizer: hey we need it now for money. Government: ok emergency clearance Pfizer: not enough Government: ok it's mandated now

[@wreckingopossum]

Actually it really went more like this... Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Insight, G&W Pharmaceuticals, among other pharmaceutical companies and the US Government seated at a table Pfizer: We can have a vaccine out in a few minutes thanks to CRISPR technology but we need 10 years to pass the usual amount of regulations and safety standards Moderna: We can do the same US Government: How can we help? Pfizer & Moderna: Waive testing for efficacy in people already infected, they'll have natural immunity and we cannot prevent it in them. Also, waive safety testing for certain groups with preexisting conditions such as pregnancy and we can focus on the general population. US Government: Operation Light Speed it is Insight, J&J, Others: UHHHHH....we want in too The vaccine is for a mitochondrial RNA virus. These have high rates of mutations. Other mRNA viruses include, but are not limited to SARS, influenza, & HIV. The vaccine does not contain the virus but it can keep you out of the hospital if you do get infected. If you have had corona virus in the past we have no idea how long your immunity lasts, but hypothesis suggest, with current knowledge, in the range of 6 months to a year. Since this disease is zoonotic, we never expect to fully get rid of it and do expect there to be a new strain every 6 months to one year. We also know that it outcompetes influenza virus for the same receptors in your body, much the same way carbon monoxide binds tighter to your erythrocytes than oxygen.

[@hieug.rection1920]

@@wreckingopossum yep. Totally efficient and effective vaccine. So much that they had to change the definition of vaccine so that it fits. And it’s definitely effective. So effective that even after being vaccinated you can still spread and catch it! Works like a charm! Totally isn’t a cash grab and a shining example of gov corruption! Just ask Colin Powell!

[@wreckingopossum]

@@hieug.rection1920 No vaccine has ever been 100% effective. Being vaccinated does make you 90% less likely to be hospitalized if you still catch COVID, and 97% less likely to wind up on a ventilator.

[@mom2artists]

@@wreckingopossum Because if the hospital knows you were not vaccinated, they will push you to the front of the ventilator line, knowing that it increases the chance of your demise and their extra dollars.

[@wreckingopossum]

@@mom2artists wtf are you talking about???

[@Theirhypocrisyisrealb]

As a home builder, soil samples are not "nonsense" when building a home. It's key when engineering your foundation

[@alecnolastname4362]

need to know where you can place what otherwise it’s going to shift at the least.

[@alecnolastname4362]

my dads a surveyor, half his job is pretty much the same deal. I don’t think he takes soil samples but he’s probably marking where to take them.

[@imgamerful]

Soil samples are subjective to some engineers

[@litigioussociety4249]

That's true for a house, not so much for a tunnel that goes deep beyond the C horizon and into the bedrock.

[@dmon7056]

I think the "nonsense" part is more pointed at all the government rings people have to jump through in order to do or try anything in business, soil is very important in foundation but as an engineer you know that, why does the government have anything to do with it

[@billybobjohnadamjoe]

Optimism is the only thing that keeps us going. We have to continue being hopeful and succeed to solve the world’s problems.

[@kanaverum]

Thank you for covering this! Makes me feel uplifted and positive about innovations we’re making for the future :D