David Cay Johnston on the Trump regime's disruption to the world order and economic malpractice.

[@bo3670]

Two wonderful people having an important conversation. Thanks Anthony for having David on!

[@buzzwaldron6195]

- Just more TDS HATE LIES so not worth wasting time on...

[@suemccord2633]

❤100% Agree. Both intelligent excellent people. 🎉

[@Infinity.....]

Just watched the live broadcast. Mr. Johnson could talk all night & I wouldn't get tired of listening to him. Brilliant! 🙂 👍

[@lolavanenburg1647]

Also very depressing for America !

[@islandDiva]

@@lolavanenburg1647 that’s was my point thank you for stating that

[@buzzwaldron6195]

Yawn... - Just more TDS HATE LIES so not worth wasting time on...

[@johnwright9372]

That's why he is a lecturer.

[@aspecialm]

Watching for the second time.

[@cavaliermama56]

I am dismayed and disgusted by the failure of our institutions, Congress, the Supreme Court, the media, our public schools. Where are the grownups in our country?

[@KarinGilmore-we6vr]

...too late..

[@cynthiamorrisgreen9282]

Seventeen million did not vote??Did I hear that right?😮

[@dianecotter1067]

On Podcasts like these. The majority probably couldn't follow an intelligent discussion beyond 2 minutes....the Tiktok generation, sigh...,

[@anamericaninamerica]

Shopping,watching TV and online.

[@WGAGENCY]

​@@cynthiamorrisgreen9282You'll find out the truth about 2020 in the coming months if they decide to cover it.

[@andreakohlhaussen7556]

This should be on all channels 24/7.

[@marycooper8385]

Just started watching this is going to be outstanding

[@helengorton894]

And might l say Anthony, that your questions are excellent! They are always asked in order to inform. Thank you!!!❤

[@Ben_Tucker_Peterson-Greene_DDS]

So around 25 years ago I had a young American guy come and share a flat with me. I’m in Australia. He was about 20, travelling round the world for a year or so. He was a bright guy, very funny, made good money busking with songs he composed himself which were very funny too. One day we were talking and WWII came up and he looked a bit confused and said “you know I’ve never been able to figure it out, sometimes in war movies we are fighting the Japanese and then in others we’re fighting the Germans, who were we fighting in WWII?” So I explained that the war in Europe had been going for a while but America only joined when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour and then it fought on both fronts. He looked quite excited for a second and said “oh yeah, Pearl Harbour, I’ve heard of that, what was that about?” I want to stress, he was no dummy, he could talk knowledgeably about a range of topics, but his historical ignorance stunned me. BTW this was before social media, KZbin or really the internet as we know it now, so that’s not to blame. Edit. Reading this back it might be interpreted as me saying that just because Trump hasn’t heard of Pearl Harbour doesn’t mean he’s an idiot. Not my intention. He is.

[@JosedeJezeus]

Being ignorant about war is a GOOD THING. War is disgusting! The problem with Trump is he’s a sociopath.

[@ksb4160]

Trump is definitely an IDIOT!! We are in for another four years of chaos and dread!! Predictions….the stock market will tank, trump will start multiple conflicts around the world and he is going to be the laughingstock before our Allies. When he goes to the G-7, the EU and NATO meetings he will be a pariah! None of our Allies want anything to do with him.

[@MossyMozart]

Do you know what schools your flatmate attended in the USA? I would guess that it was in the south; I *hope* it was in the south and not in the north! (Though that's bad enough...)

[@Ben_Tucker_Peterson-Greene_DDS]

@ I don’t remember the state but I think it was Midwest. He didn’t have a southern accent. But then I only know accents from movies so I can’t be certain.

[@suzyQsz]

David Kay Johnson is so knowledgeable and I always learn something new from him; he is awesome.

[@wendysuemacdonald]

A bit over the top...

[@suzyQsz]

@ Not at all.

[@MossyMozart]

@@wendysuemacdonald - He has has many years of experience with the Mushy Mango and as this video points out, he is a Pulitzer Prize winning economist writer.

[@gixellia8455]

Thank you, Mr Johnson, for all you do. ❤

[@anjou6497]

To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favourite books of all time. To think it has been banned, described as 'filthy' , how twisted. It was a torch-blazer about terrible racism of the time. Thank you David, for mentioning it in this conversation. 🌱☕👍💙

[@AM-fs1je]

It reminds me of "A Patch of Blue". They both are eye-openers to racism.

[@judymarston1476]

PLEASE make David Cay Johnston a regular guest, Anthony. This has been one of the best episodes of anything on the KZbin media channels, including Meidas and The Bulwark (the ones I watch most often).

[@MagalyClavier]

I have written about this in my comments,how this country is illiterate and they are proud of it. Unable to decipher a con man and not having the curiosity to find out the facts I have always counted on the decency of the politicians, not thinking we could have a donald trump Shameful

[@gixellia8455]

Thank you. I hear you. I spent eight years working with special education children in 12 schools, with no assistant in 11 of them. I worked 60-hour work weeks, as an exempt employee. Emphasizing fine-motor activities, including handwriting, the administrator at one school said to not teach handwriting anymore, now that students received their ipads.

[@margaretgjerdrum1394]

Only one comment to this incisive and succinct comment. I'll change that now. 👏👏👏

[@jamesmedina2062]

@@gixellia8455 yeah but this is all young people today. I don't understand it. What gives?

[@daveking-sandbox9263]

@@jamesmedina2062 Better education is needed then America could really lead in the world again. Funny that Donald Trump wants to get rid of the Board of Education.

[@buzzwaldron6195]

Democrats are illiterate... MAGA are mostly college grads with jobs/businesses...

[@SandraZajecka]

David, thank you so much for having Professor David Cay Johnston on your show tonight. Another mind-opening, brilliant conversation! Thank you-I’ve forwarded this podcast to many unfortunate right-wingers in my family. 💙🇺🇸💙

[@janfairclough6982]

Cos he’s easy to understand

[@gihwala1]

Well spoken, truthfully !

[@marjorie4605]

I live in Asia, I voted through Democrats Abroad suggested fax company that sends faxed votes for citizens all over the world. On the day of elections, I got a message saying my ballot was too dark and would not be admissible to count. How many votes were rejected, and for how many reasons? This vote was for Florida. If I was in government, I would do whatever would take to contest these elections.

[@GWTFFarm]

I believe my vote was purged. I say believed, because Alabama has know way to track your vote, so yeah, I agree.

[@markdouglas8073]

In the 2 primary elections earlier this year (one was a run-off), we were told my “status was in suspense” and I had to prove my residency, even though my voters registration and drivers license were correct and I have lived in my own home 7 years (in Texas). They were purging voter rolls but why me? Wife is naturalized.

[@jamesmedina2062]

@@markdouglas8073 I don't remember his name but there is an investigative writer who says thousands or millions of votes could be thrown out or we thrown out this cycle and obviously Trump knew that many elections have had shenanigans in the past so he thought the last one could be corrupted. It is insane that the phone call to Georgia did not immediately land him in jail! Why did that case go nowhere? What more was needed to prosecute???

[@eddiephillips6740]

David is 100% right the fault is unregulated capitalism.

[@dfuher968]

Indeed. We Scandinavians are often called socialists by Americans, who do not understand the definition of socialism, capitalism or really anything. We actually rank as MORE capitalist than the US, coz we have a well regulated capitalist market economy, keeping the capitalism healthy. The US with its fixation of removing as many rules and regulations as possible has allowed their once capitalism to mutate into a monster, that is barely connected to capitalism any longer. Im 51 years old and an accountant. Its been really sad to follow, how the US in the name of very short term gains have destroyed medium and long term gains, that wouldve been far better for both ppl and the economy, and by doing this has brought their society and democracy, their very country, to the brink of selfdestruction.

[@anjou6497]

​@@dfuher968 Yes, I hear you. 💙🤔

[@shawnmurray9964]

@@dfuher968agreed

[@Toneloke-3000]

Indeed unregulated capitalism leads to Monopoly every time

[@marionhochberg9091]

Anthony, thank you for another superb and illuminating interview. David Cay Johnston is a gem of an investigative reporter and journalist, a breath of fresh air. IMHO, your interviews ought be mandatory viewing for all Americans.

[@mbkarhu1]

Thank You Anthony and David!

[@johnwright9372]

David Cay Johnston is a learned, articulate man.

[@LizChurchill-p8w]

In the 60s, the little toddler boy that lived next door was deaf in one ear from the measles. We NEED vaccines!

[@anjou6497]

Yes, indeed. 💖

[@Lisa-b3e9d]

Well I pray that little boy ears will be healed and get the medicines that he needs and open up both ears

[@LizChurchill-p8w]

@ That is a lovely thought, but it was over 60 years ago.

[@MossyMozart]

In 1912, my grandfather and his 3 brothers lived in Cleveland near each other during a diphtheria outbreak. One preschooler from each of the 4 families died of the disease within the month of November (they all played together). I cannot imagine the depth of despair of my family felt that year. Heart wrenchingly, this happened a few years before a vaccine became available. >_< Prevent scenarios like this from happening again.

[@intuitionz1198]

this was so good, I listened to it twice! but then, I usually do when David is on. 😁

[@jamesmedina2062]

yeah he says so much remarkably fast I found myself rewinding at many points to take it all in

[@oceanrock733]

Calif. has passed a law requiring media literacy classes K-12th grade. Also now they require financial knowledge classes in H.S..

[@Toneloke-3000]

Sounds like Scandinavia where they actually teach critical thinking to kids before high school

[@Toneloke-3000]

​@@ryblack5032living in a gated community doesn't sound like freedom to me

[@shawnnewell4541]

My friend moved from Seattle back to South Dakota to look after her dad. She is going nuts explaining to her parents' friends how tariffs are going to hurt their farms like they did the last time. They just don't learn. They make it the Democrats fault every time, no matter if it's true or not.

[@LizChurchill-p8w]

smh 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@averayugen7802]

Our critical faculties themselves have been stolen by this system.

[@anamericaninamerica]

Living in a red area, Democrats are demonized 24/7. It's like the civil war never ended and Democrats are like the Union Army.

[@anamericaninamerica]

To be a Republican is to blame Dems.

[@mats66]

Move abroad instead of South Dakota.

[@christopherdelaney6263]

Incredible interview. Two intelligent people laying out the facts and speaking truthfully. I feel lucky to have had the time to watch it in its entirety. Thank you both. And, Happy New Year's to everyone. Let's do the best we can with what we have in front of us. Best.

[@GWTFFarm]

David Cay Johnston is a great man. I've read many of books and having been warning people about Dumpty since the nineties. My father was a fan of his, T, and wanted me to follow T business style. I always said no. So much respect for you both Mr Davis and Mr Johnston. 👩‍🌾🌻🐈‍⬛🐈🐶 💙🗽🇺🇲

[@GWTFFarm]

@FIVEMINUTENEWS Fantastic interview. I'll left another comment above also. I'll post this show on my community posts, that is much of a fan I am of this episode. Thank you for your work. Fighting for Democracy from the woods of Alabama. 👩‍🌾🌻🐈‍⬛🐈🐶💙🗽🇺🇲✌️

[@nicknaque2261]

Best of luck. Alabama deserves better than their state government allows presently, as my friends who still live there tell me. I hope you are successful in your endeavour.

[@georgefarrington895]

Stay safe Amigo.

[@catgir5x]

Excellent Show Anthony & David...David is so interesting to listen too...a wise soul who cares..a refreshing conversation.

[@JackKennedy-f5r]

Fantastic show and conversation, David and yourself Anthony, are so important to the next 4 years and after.

[@rosem7469]

thank you all, I was mesmerized by the depth and breath of your interview and its timeliness.

[@KaliYugaMan1947]

I am a77yo and have puzzled over many years of the dumbing down in our democracies! We have all become too complacent and accepting. SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦! SLAVA 🇺🇸! From Australia 🇦🇺. 😊

[@GWTFFarm]

💯 👩‍🌾🌻✌️💙🗽🇺🇲🇺🇦🇭🇲

[@dthomas9230]

"HyperNormalization," by Adam Curtis, on BBC and KZbin explains America's current restoration of theocratic feudalism. "The Trap also blows up the bootstrap myth.

[@petervanmuylder5994]

Another great one. Thanks Anthony.

[@rocketrod4191]

100% of our educational system has gone downhill. I'm astonished by the way our children are being taught, yet this is where I say "It starts at home," and that's when I step in. I've already instilled the excitement of learning. I've already started teaching my children way before they started preschool. My kids have been on the principal honor roll list all through school as well as maintaining a GPA of 4.5 or above; moreover, they've also where in AP/honor classes. Be your children's 1st teacher!! When you teach your children critical thinking then they won't get sucked down the "maga" rabbit hole as adults. IT STARTS AT HOME!!!

[@anjou6497]

So helpful to hear David talking about the Constitution. 💙

[@deloreshickman4184]

Thank you Anthony. You are providing a valuable service to America and the world by providing quality essential information and perspectives on current political affairs that impact our lives.

[@amyd1549]

I learned more in this hour than the last year!

[@ThanaBrunges-mx7ji]

David Cay Johnston is a gentleman upon who education was not wasted! 😅❤❤❤

[@LizChurchill-p8w]

💯

[@mw354]

I was the only student in eighth grade that scored 100% out of 100 questions in a closed book exam of “To Kill a Mockingbird”. All of it should be taught. It’s invaluable in helping young people find themselves and in establishing their own beliefs and values.

[@evelynsgrignuoli2419]

Loved To Kill a Mockingbird. A great movie🎉

[@MrEdium]

Trump owes Eon Musk $250 Million Dollars. Musk owns Trump attention.

[@bronxmeister]

As if trump worries about paying anybody back. Elon needs to keep his eye out for the next bus headed his way.

[@kayo.cart3]

I'm saving this broadcast. He is a journalist who is not afraid to tell the truth.

[@Fiawordweaver]

I so appreciate your reporting. Anthony and David thank you.

[@MichellePoirier-m3x]

Absolutely outstanding episode 🎉🎉 Wow, David Cay Johnston is fantastic 🎉. Now, that's a person you could listen to all day. You always have the right questions Anthony; I do hope he's coming back on . I have a question for him because he brought up the Russians in trump tower. When trump was younger in NYC, he always associated with mob figures; there was a lot of talk about trump being an FBI informant to get information on the Russian mob, especially, in the neighborhood called Little Odessa. I wonder if David knows anything about that. I've wondered about it because trump was always trying to rub shoulders in mob circles. It was great hearing him speaking about the Scandinavian countries; two of my great grandparents were right off the boat from Sweden 😊. As a progressive, I have admired those countries policies and way of life. Thank you both very much for the excellent work you do...loved this episode!! 💙💙👍👍💙💙🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@LizChurchill-p8w]

@MichellePoirier-m… My maternal Grandparents immigrated from Denmark! 🇩🇰

[@MichellePoirier-m3x]

@LizChurchill-p8w That's awesome; some of us understand that we all come from immigrants. trump voters seem to not understand that, and want to deport every one, and close the border. It's absurd. Thank you for your reply 💙💙👍💙💙🗽🗽

[@judithcaldwell3771]

Two of my great grandparents were also off the boat from Sweden (last names Johansson and Adolphson) and I’ve always admired and envied the Scandinavian countries’ culture and economic and governmental policies. And they have no gun deaths in schools and practically none elsewhere.

[@susanalexander5351]

Thanks for that fascinating and enlightening conversation. If only more people would listen 😢

[@marieweinstein2840]

This is a wonderful discussion and lays out all the problems ….we need to make a plan for solutions!

[@yvonned.6764]

This was one of Anthony's better guests. I learned something! I'm going to look up some of his books, and other info. Thanks Anthony, and you too David, very enlightening. 🙌🏾👍🏾 PS: I actually watched that documentary of dump and his russian tenants here on YT, very thorough, yet scary how he is owned by the Russians (and mob.) I sincerely believe we (the US) will be compromised by dump even more. Very sad. (Oh! And I am going to watch this podcast again!)😉

[@cynthiamorrisgreen9282]

Been hearing from David for years. He is full of knowledge!!

[@ruthmexicano2576]

This is one smart man ,l can listen to him forever .

[@liviadix1433]

I don’t know much of business, but I always knew for Trump to be a charlatan, and con man. I was surprised the first time he was elected , fearful the second time . I would like to know how to help this Country regain its moral compass, before everything is lost. Thank you for keeping us informed, unfortunately the ones who listen to your podcast already know the truth.

[@glennledrew8347]

Most excellent convo! David is a font of knowledge who can explain with clarity.

[@maryharris8050]

Stimulating discussion! I have heard David many times over the years, though not enough! Thank you Anthony!

[@Patcatwomantech]

Thanks!

[@GWTFFarm]

✌️💙

[@FIVEMINUTENEWS]

Thank you

[@JeannoJones-pj3ho]

❌. Take a bow, gentlemen. Good show! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@adopequeenatyrantkingaboss8057]

Great conversation, gentlemen. I wish more Americans would hear it. Unfortunately, freedom and freedom of information includes the freedom to stay uninformed. I think part of the problem with economic ignorance here and the reason the tariff policy is so misunderstood is because most journalists who report on politics don't possess much economic policy understanding themselves. Politics and economic reporting aren't very integrated. May we all survive the Diseased Decade (and counting) of the Dump.

[@miaflyer2376]

Do tell us how a felon qualifies to hold a top secret clearance necessary to occupy the oval office.

[@jacquielapierredufresne5468]

Please …. THE ENTIRE WORLD IS CONSIDERING THE SAME THOUGHT…. THE USA …SURE DO NEED AN ANSWER AS TO HOW THIS CAN BE…NO ANSWER …THEN I GUESS THE US SOCIETY …IS ALREADY F……..

[@janicemartinez2843]

Thank you two gentlemen for making me more aware ! Iam so concerned for Our Freedom In America and The whole World

[@ReneeUK1]

It's scary, but this podcast just confirms what I have been thinking all the time. Thanks gentlemen.

[@shesellsfish]

If only Merrick Garland and Mitch McConnell had simply done their jobs we wouldn't even bechaving these discussions.

[@Stupidityindex]

The insurrection was seen by all. If Trump takes office, it is an insult to everyone taking an oath to support The Constitution.

[@jamesmedina2062]

yes but if you notice, once we let George W Bush Jr get away with a false war and genocide of Iraqis I knew we were screwed. Obama got away with thousands murdered by drones after that. Trump was allowed to assassinate Quasem and tear up a treaty. Essentially, we do have extremely rogue situation that will require nothing short of massive legal protests but there is literally too much to protest about. Where to start?? Overall our compatriots are zombiefied.

[@cathwit]

Garland is part of the federalist society, Leo Leonard puppet and recommended to Obama - the attack on DOJ started decades ago placing the right people just for this moment

[@MaryanneCole-s8t]

I’m an English teacher and I can verify what MrJohnston says about dumbing down teaching. I teach IB English which is a college prep program that is academically rigorous so most students are not capable of completing the program. However, I know that many, if not most ELA teachers do not require novels. It is either films or young adult novels. They are forced to dumb down the curriculum bc admin requires it., and students can’t tackle literature anymore. And those who don’t read can’t write either. Very sad.

[@lenoreschurman894]

Wow incredible show guys! So very informative! I enjoyed it so much! Thank you both!

[@DianeDooley-y4w]

The more I learn about current affairs, the less optimistic I am about the future of our country.

[@tomrett5889]

This man is a wealth of knowledge!

[@josephgonzalez8972]

David is right. Because Dad worked in the space industry growing up made good income but he allowed himself very little enjoyment. We went traveling once every five years carefully planned expenses and all the budget was set. We lived within our means. When he passed away mom received a reward that served her well for many years. He did right things that all make sense in hindsight. The sacrifice was worth it.

[@islandDiva]

Great commentary but very scary! 💙💙💙💙😰😰😰😰

[@daveking-sandbox9263]

Why scary? It is just truthful!

[@islandDiva]

just the idea of living in these times with a useful idiot like tRump

[@islandDiva]

@ yea yea yea

[@georgefarrington895]

Yes I believe we’re heading for harder times.

[@pfeifferpack]

STEM became the focus of our school system when we fell behind in Science, Tech, Engineering & Math. Unfortunately the WAY it was implemented was at the expense of English, History/Social Studies (incl. Civic/Econ), Literature, Arts, etc. There are 12 years of schooling in the USA for most kids. We need BALANCE. ALL those skills are needed and can be taught without jettisoning one for the other. We have a badly educated populace & are reaping the rewards.

[@ThanaBrunges-mx7ji]

When I was raised it was in the post-war era. War had taught us that each and every man and woman could do their bit to make America strong. We c had shop b classes so b all levels of student could find their own strata. There was wood shop, welding shop. Auto shop. There was Home Ec, the Student News Paper and the book club. There was the Choral Club and the Senior Play as well as a High School Musical! There was football, baseball. Basket ball, volleyball ball and Track. There was tennis and golf! ⛳️ In the Summer there was swimming and Junior and Senior life gaurds. There was Boy Scouts, Girl b Scouts, blue birds and Campfire Girls! There was Four H and Future Farmers! I mean growing up in the 1950’s and 1960’s there was a place for every student to succeed! Then during George W Bush’s administration this idiotic “ No Child Left Behind” campaign came about. Suddenly every child was forced to go down the academic path! Whether or not they were suited to it! 😅

[@ThanaBrunges-mx7ji]

No child left behind is a recipe for disaster! I am dyslexic! I need to underline and high light my way through every paragraph! 😅 I need a text book with plenty of illustrations, graphs, photographs etc to keep me interested. I’m lucky my mother and college counselor pushed me towards nursing! It was like “ auto mechanics” for this dyslexic girl! I could grasp it because there was quite a lot of physical stuff to learn. Just like the dyslexic boys could do in shop class. Their mechanical interest would spur them to do the necessary reading! 📖 😅

[@lizzieintx]

I’m encouraged by what I’ve seen at the local STEM schools.

[@kinda1dren]

Great show again Anthony!!! Look forward to what you say about President Carter, what a wonderful example of an amazing American ❤😢❤

[@josephgonzalez8972]

Thank you for interviewing David he is the best.🎉

[@beauxchevaux3397]

Thanks so much for this talk/interview, so hard to find this level of intelligent discussion in our news feeds today, both mainstream and informal. So appreciate your channel and an amazing, excellent guest today, could listen to this kind of discussion, every day. Thank You Anthony ❤

[@anjou6497]

Thank you Anthony and David for this. 💙👍

[@KYGELLE]

Thank you, Mr. Johnson & Anthony. It's a Pho-King-Good show

[@Malachijcoleman]

Thanks, Anthony, your conversation was very informative

[@SvetlanaRakhim]

Why they are not talking about the 14th Amendment? He can run but he cannot serve. 🤔

[@TrueBlueCat]

They have. And again, they are talking about. Keep watching the news, there are some people working on it. But with the Supreme Court in his favor... Don't hold your breath. Google Jessica Denson.

[@BarbaraHenry-i9i]

@TrueBlueCat ..yes Ms Denson is in this fight for our Constitution 110%. No surprises there then, in all his legal challenges it’s always been up to a laser-focused woman to take it on & deliver..

[@nancychandler3673]

Civics, US history and Global Politics are lacking in our youth.

[@theresarolle9126]

The youths don't know what the capital of the state in which they lived! They are taught nothing about the world 🌎 at large!

[@Toneloke-3000]

​@@theresarolle9126the dumbing down of your citizens makes them easier to control

[@Lisa-b3e9d]

I agree

[@SherryCase-lp9df]

I thoroughly appreciate everything expressed here. Thank you for excellent reporting.

[@davidvanzandt8368]

Fantastic program , thank you all the best from Down Under xxx 💜💜💜💜

[@StartAtTheEnd]

It’s all well and good for YOU to say, “Let Trump be Trump” - “the people will wake up when they feel the pain,” but MILLIONS of people WILL SUFFER - including the poorest and most vulnerable among us - and die horrible deaths! This sort of crassness isn’t ok. The disabled, the elderly, the working poor - MANY of whom did NOT vote for Trump - do NOT deserve to suffer.

[@shawnmurray9964]

What can be done?

[@nickwindsor2184]

Easily the best show you have done. Mr Kay Johnson is very balanced and insightful. Really enjoying the conversation. “We should judge people on character “ How true and yet how far is the USA from that.

[@AM-fs1je]

David Cay Johnston, but, yes.

[@californiadremn6682]

Excellent show.

[@granatkins]

🇨🇦 as a retired teacher elementary school I would love to know about the standards that are so low. I used to be amazed that so many colleges in the US were free, where in Canada we paid for our post secondary education. I assumed that meant that there was a better standard of education than speaking. Now you’re telling me and I am reading it everywhere, that the standards of reading have gone down and down and down. I would love to see an expose of this deplorable situation.🇨🇦

[@johnwright9372]

Nowadays student loans are a huge racket in the US and elsewhere.

[@jaynefinley]

Great conversation. Thank you David and Anthony.

[@66dwight]

From Canada love this .lived in UK .culturally very different .know people at RIT.

[@cynthiadefelice493]

Absolute great guest and podcast, thank you, Mr. Davis.

[@InfiniteLynn]

I truly enjoy listening to a video where I learn so much. "Ignoranti" - I love it, lol.

[@helengorton894]

Thank you Anthony, Mr. Johnson is an eyeopener!!! I have learned a great deal this morning( I'm in Spain) and am grateful!!!❤

[@hiwibaba22]

Genius episode thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Chereese0808]

Really great show guys. Thank you very much.

[@DaveHogan-u5h]

Superbly informative.

[@MsTdougherty]

Great discussion! I enjoyed every minute of it.

[@marymcsweeny8488]

I agree with you about the decline in the level of education in our country. I'm 76. When I was growing up in Michigan, they encouraged academic excellence, and when I got to high school, they had a program for the gifted for me. When we graduated, Michigan had an excellent network of universities. We were expected to read a large number of books. There wasn't grade inflation, and they didn't grade on a curve. To get an A, you had to have a test grade of 96% or over, and there was no such thing as partial credit. Today, they teach to the lowest level, since they don't want anyone left behind, and grading is always on a curve, so there are always A's no matter how poor the performance is. When you teach to the lowest level, the overall level of the group is lower. When I was in school, some people couldn't make the grade, and had to repeat the year. Now they have social promotion. Potential employers cannot look upon a high school diploma as a guarantee of certain levels of skills, not even adequate reading and writing skills. A lot of times, all it indicates is that the candidate sat through twelve years of school.

[@jacquielapierredufresne5468]

Insane…… no wonder individuals r so dam DUMB THESE DAYS ….SEEN THIS SEVERAL DECADES DUMBING DIWN OF EDUCATION======== DUMBING DOWN OF SOCIETY ======== EXACTLY WHERE ROUGE TWISTED RICH INDIVIDUALS WANY……. THEY DISCOURAGE CRITICAL THINK8NG REALLY

[@HelenaKarlsson-g4o]

I'm Swedish. My father is 80 year and owns a big forrest and he is still take down trees and move them to the road and their it's collected by a lumbercompany. That's socialdemocracy - a healthy person. No mortgage the last 25 years.

[@mikebalas-guitarwooster5067]

Thanks fellows! That was highly informative. Please keep up the great work.

[@3bh1cr7r]

DT purchased his degree thanks for confirming that You're absolutely correct you didn't here policies and back it up with data

[@nicknaque2261]

His father hired an "economically challenged" brainiac young man to take DonOld'a SAT and his oldest sister wrote his term papers. To receive the degree, Fred Trump wrote a big check to Wharton's building fund, according to his neice. So smart!! It explains how a person holding the business degree does NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TARIFFS Work!!!! Shameful and possibly criminal actions.

[@palvaltjn2982]

David K Johnston, you have put your thumb on THE problem in our country. Thank you for articulating it so well. The Golden Calf.

[@KathrynTanner-t8f]

Excellent guest! Excellent discussion.

[@marianbrittain4153]

Thank you both, for this sodering, informative education on our country at this moment in time and how we got here. I love reading and am so happy my blue collar family had books, magazines like Life and we all read and my parents read and discussed politics. I am so fortunate to still be learning at age 70 . Thanks again.

[@AM-fs1je]

Sobering. Yes.

[@gixellia8455]

During recent years, events stirred me to always expect gullability in people.

[@seer1623]

Come on, Anthony, you know better. 13 million people didn't "not show up"; their votes were arbitrarily challenged and discarded. Why are all the indie journalists blinded to this?

[@asbeautifulasasunset]

My theory is that they don't want Democrats to stop believing in election integrity. Also, they don't want to rock the boat that holds about 73 million flying monkeys on brooms. Currently, an advocate of paper ballots and a nation-wide investigation into every state's election process. No way, 45 won all swing states in greater margins than automatic recounts.

[@markstothard630]

Well come on @seer1623 you should know better than to make conspiratorial claims without supporting evidence. Please show that evidence to those of us who are blinded to votes being arbitrarily challenged and discarded....P.S. Just a feeling in your bones doesn't count.

[@cassieo4337]

Total votes cast in 2020 was 158m , and 155m in 2024. That's 3m less votes. How does David arrive at 13m??

[@fionacook7808]

@@cassieo4337factoring in population growth I believe

[@lizzieintx]

@@markstothard630 When enough individual voters say their votes were not counted those are not isolated incidents.

[@robertmontenegro8384]

This conversation has given me much needed rest from the chaos that is Trump. I wish all my MAGA acquaintances would take the time to listen to these facts.Thank you both.

[@lindamckenzie4543]

Sadly, their minds are closed.

[@theresarolle9126]

​@@lindamckenzie4543closed minds, like everything else!

[@shelleydonovan7703]

Thank you both for seeing the big picture.

[@dmcl3865zxas]

I get the strategy but those of us who voted for Harris have to suffer as well totally sucks

[@robinantonio8870]

Let the red states secede and be Trump's own private kingdom. Let the billionaires run their states like medieval Europe with Donnie 's base as their peasant workforce. That's what the billionaires want and that's what Donnie 's base voted for, so let them have it. Meanwhile the blue states can get on with being educated and prosperous.

[@g0679]

@@robinantonio8870 Never mind that states are shades of purple.

[@robinantonio8870]

@@g0679 well divide them between red and blue then . Or is that too hard for you to work out?

[@ThanaBrunges-mx7ji]

These homework assignment requirements set up life long learning habits that saw me through high school and college. Same plan b study in the library stacks until the library closed each night. Then go home and study at the kitchen table til 1:30 am and get up the next day at 6 am and repeat! 😅

[@kayo.cart3]

Plus, a good number of Trump's businesses have failed.

[@MichellePoirier-m3x]

I am watching this again and I wanted to bring something up. When Bernie Sanders was running for president, I kept saying they need to change the TERMINOLOGY because they were using the word socialist which is a trigger that immediately makes people think of the old USSR and China . The elderly, and older folks grew up during very different times. Communism, Socialist, Marxist were all taboo. We grew up in fear of these things; spying, Cuban missile scare, hiding under your desk in school during emergency drills... like that was going to save you if a bomb was heading here. I tried to explain to people that the progressives want Social programs to help people; a living wage, affordable housing, healthcare for all, affordable education, etc., etc. terminology has been passed down through generations leaving people ignorant to the programs and changes that could improve their lives...and they vote for a con man. They all have cellphones; yet they won't Google Scandinavian/ European countries to see things like healthcare for all, affordable childcare, paid maternity leave, paid vacations, etc. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink it. Again, many thanks to you both for the excellent work you do 💙💙👍👍💙💙🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@nancychandler3673]

I've been screaming the same for 10 years. The sad part is that those even farther left than Bernie are influencing our youth who are uneducated. The Horseshoe effect. These kids want Communism.

[@jamesmedina2062]

very well put. I agree with your every word!

[@cassieo4337]

Had Bernie been the Dem candidate he would have been labelled a communist by Trump, regardless of the terminology used by Dems. The label would have sunk his campaign.

[@jamesmedina2062]

@ can people really not distinguish a lie from a true statement? Trump is even known for saying WHATEVER

[@lindadeal3344]

I believe that Bernie Sanders is the right guy to bring down Dumpy Trumpy! And it would serve Dumpy Trumpy to be bought down by a man who knows what is true and right for all!!

[@rob-er5gi]

David Cay Johnston is the most brilliant political, tax and economics commentator in America.