David Harvey, Talk, 24 October 2018

[@AsifKhan-bv3iu]

Beautiful presentation.

[@gerder5450]

This dude is one of the most brilliant individuals of this generation. Such a pleasure to hear him speak.

We know everything about Marx, class exploitation, markets, commodity fetishism and still we cannot change a thing. Still, after being exploited at work for 8 hours I enjoy this lectures in my leisure time.

[@jesusmariacasaltorres2488]

Define exploitation

[@wj2429]

@@jesusmariacasaltorres2488 That the majority of your labour power is utilised by the owner of the means of production. To make a profit, capitalists have to pay you less than what your labour is worth, if you produced 20 chairs, they would have to pay you less than the worth of the chairs you produced (so you would get what 2-3 chairs is worth). So they make most of the money despite the fact they didn't actually do the work. You know that you could just google this right?

[@uttaradit2]

its called false consciousness and the whip

[@1828tolstoy]

I think very few with the exception of Erich Fromm understand Karl MarxKeep on learning.

[@illegalsmirf]

Haha, a lot of people actually want to be exploited.

[@francisjtuk]

This man is raising the IQ of the whole world. Great man - talks a lot of sense and therefore is naturally avoided by the mainstream media.

[@janetcbass]

Amazing that only 870 people have tuned in to this. So insightful.

[@tomtesoro7994]

All too busy being consumers.. on credit

[@andrisig]

14,575 now

[@Insightts]

And two years after your comment only a hundred more liked it despite 39.294 have seen it so far, and sometimes people ask why there's no significative change, it seems pretty obvious.

[@dyodidyodi815]

In less than an hour, man lucidly defines the insanity of how we live and why. This might be my new favorite video on youtube. And no one is watching it.

[@o0xst]

I am watching and also running for city council. Wish me luck.

[@staninjapan07]

He certainly did a good job of making me more aware of the connections/influences/after-effects etc. of the system so many have been so vehemently praising for so long a time. I have been interested in this topic and many connected to it for some years, but after this video, as you say lucidly presented in less than an hour, I actually feel I have some 'solid' points to refer to now for my own understanding and for arguing the case with other people.

[@staninjapan07]

@@o0xst Good luck.

[@andrisig]

I'm watching it!

[@kennytheclown3859]

Good stuff from Harvey as always.

[@gjingodjango]

Can’t get enough of these. Hero.

[@giselleooo9560]

thank you for sharing

One of the best, if not the best economic explanations I have ever heard of how we got here, the insane growth of China and the enormous trap we unwittingly created for ourselves. I hope to live long enough to see how we get out of this mess. I loved Mr. Harvey’s analysis of the consequences of the biggest financial heist in history, perpetrated by my fellow brokers on Wall Street.

[@staninjapan07]

Thank you for this. I feel I have learned more in this hour than in several hours' worth of other (supposedly) similar videos combined. Liked. Subscribed.

[@StephenSchleis]

Thank you!

[@DANMAMA110]

as you mentioned Nanjing City in china where my family lives now. I totally agree with what David said about china building cities not to live in but to invest in. Almost all the colleagues and friends of my brother invest all of their money on housing .some of they even have 3 mortgages. He of course is thinking of buying another one too while he and his wife each already has a house ...

[@uttaradit2]

nanjing was full of empty housing towers alongside the river when I lived there in 2007

[@burden9809]

Thank goodness, the voice of reason. The prince is naked!

[@Pedraga]

Amazing

[@polanco187]

In 2019 the Fed is increasing bank liquidity again to keep the real estate and stock market bubbles afloat.

[@georgehtoon1485]

This is one of the best lectures by David Harvey. With a little dose of socialism, he perfectly elicits the flaws of capitalism. I bet the belt and road initiative is based on David Harvey's vision.

[@annford6640]

Number of views is relative... Share it.

[@gergelylovasz9219]

Legend

[@yulifts1873]

Only the few will understand why things are the way they are and look deeper. The views of this video reflect this point.

[@jennyfrost1340]

I suggest all listeners read the World Socialist Web Site at wsws.org and join the Socialist Equality Party in every country if you want socialism.

[@allypoum]

Amazing talk. David Harvey is my Marx daddy.

[@sebastian1926]

Thanks for this video, let me recognize how this capital works.

[@tanujSE]

Harvey sir comment about mosquito is worth learning

[@migueltarrero3333]

We need real thinkers

[@nidielin6810]

共产主义nb Communism is amazing

[@nidielin6810]

@随和儒雅 b站上有

[@kayvee256]

Question: Should we convert surpluses into society-wide dividends in the form of a UBI?

[@uttaradit2]

yes yes yes

[@alexmarkadonis7179]

The mosquito is a very apt metaphor. What?! You want no more mosquitoes?! Well, what's going to feed the bats?! We need a new kind of bat. One that shares and feeds on its fruits.

[@tanujSE]

Sir it's very much what Engels described in holy family as 35 years of wrechtedness and all their big words and statistics remain what it was primitive Commune

[@melvi1234]

An idea that both democrats and republicans might agree with : why can't we just keep printing while needed enough money in fiat($) or crypto currencies to give every man, woman and child in the US, $1,000.00 each. Did we not just print over $15T adding to the debt? Expected runaway inflation did not happen. Economist might say this is naive thinking; hope somebody can tell me why. I heard where some economists have said debt does not matter anymore. If so print to give to those who need it. Forget for now about fighting over taxes. With the 1k seed money for everyone there'll be a lot more business and money made maybe more than enough for everyone. There should then be enough money for everyone to enjoy the fruits of technology which I suspect will get cheaper still despite the printing - think abundance on account of technology and automation. The rich and business people would be ecstatic with the idea because there will be a lot more people who can buy their stuff and service. Yes - the big ones will become even bigger yet, the whole economy will grow and grow fast. People will be fixated on producing rather than fighting over this clown in the WH who is sucking all the air out of everyone. Forget him. Inequality will grow? Yes, but so what, so long as everyone else can have the food they want, free medicare and education, all the cool shows, games and concerts whose price will be affrdable. If this is happening - will it be a problem to have just .01% running the show? Heck give me the simpler, more fun comfortable life anytime and let the rich labor with all the big problems running their robots. Please tell me how I'm crazy here.an have the food they want, free medicare and education, all the cool shows, games and concerts whose price will be affrdable. If this is happening - will it be a problem to have just .01% running the show? Heck give me the simpler, more fun comfortable life anytime and let the rich labor with all the big problems running their robots. Please enlighten me if this strikes you as really naive.

[@lostparadise7276]

#879

[@Mudskippered]

No thank you!

[@tom4115]

I think the amount straw men he beats down indicates a lack of belief in his own ideas.