Economic Update: The Dangers and Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with RJ Eskow

[@dgrGR61]

Thanks!

[@phin_sea]

Solidarity & all good wishes to the Democracy at Work team!

[@lisalyle4440]

How refreshing. Two good men trying to help us ALL

[@XykcTepa]

Most of the patented technology was created using public funding. Once the technology becomes profitable it get's locked behind a paywall. So that the public that financed the invetion gets to pay for it (again)! Ah the innovation...

[@heatherwimberly5190]

As my husband always says; “got it” 😊

[@breft3416]

There's no ROI to the public on tax breaks to corporations, publicly funded research or displaced labor.

[@jgalt308]

And the cause of this is?

[@XykcTepa]

@@jgalt308 Government capture by corporations. As ruled by the Supreme court, corporations are people. Also money is speech. So they have the right of free speech - to buy (and write) laws as they see fit.

[@jgalt308]

@@XykcTepa And this happened when, based on what part of the "constitution"? What part of the government was captured? By whom?

[@pausereflect5911]

Oh Prog Wolff, that straight faced OPENING about the economy had me smiling. It's sssooo TRUE. I'm certain now that the USA economy/country is run by childlike people. OBVIOUS and ADULT decisions and ACTIONS are not 🚫 forthcoming, so communiations just don't work on sensible people! Much ❤to you. Good to see the "green shoots" of a new Economy.

[@SaltyDog-ue8lz]

We need more truth tellers like this

[@MountaineeringSense]

From my perspective you might be right? But "Always Remain Vigilant" ~ Jesse Venture and "Alway think for yourself!" ~ Gerald Celente Myself, If it fells like "BS" and smells like "BS" then it's probably BS! I've learned a great deal from these two "Older Owls" a great deal? Even things I didn't learn around the Dinner Table my Mother always prepared "Every Night" no questions asked after working hard everyday and then actually had to compassion not to tell us lazy ass kids to "Wash" the "dishes", not the Public Education system, College and the College. For now, from my perspective "Truth Tellers" are likely spot on! Evidence? ~ Life Experience. Ya, gotta watch the "Truth Tellers" and always remember J.D. Rockefeller's Father "Avery" was a Snake Oil Salesman, and now Trump has filled that position with his Proxy Elon Musk!

[@SaltyDog-ue8lz]

@MountaineeringSense Elon,Elon loves his money. He makes a lot they say.

[@jgalt308]

@@MountaineeringSense How is "being vigilant" the equivalent of believing "these two Older Owls."? Is it true that "employers raise prices because they can?" That THAT is the cause of inflation? Between 1865 and 1909, Standard Oil became the dominant oil producer and was broken up. (monopoly ) If the previous statements are true, what happened to the price of oil, and what was the rate of inflation? Be "vigilant"!

[@EdwardZupan]

Why was I so late to the party …. I’ve been thinking these things myself for so long .

[@Darkmatter321]

Brilliant talk as always and Mr. Eskow's insights are very eye opening

[@Richard-ki4nkgm]

Socialists, capitalist, etc governments don't really care what the label is. The main goal, particularly of the power hungry psychopaths typically in the upper heiarchy, is control. This is why any system that empowers government to violate the basic human rights of life liberty and property will always devolve into authoritarianism. Government is a honey pot for the power hungry....so long as the citizens are ignorant and complacent. It is up to all citizens to know this and persistently keep governments and other groups in check. And this doesn't mean line up and protest for "your portion of the stolen pie." It means when governments overreach, such as creating laws that violate Life liberty and Property or doing so without legislation, citizens must stop it and find ways to prevent it. Limit the scope of government, citizens adopt a hard money like Bitcoin, and then humanity can realize it's potential.

[@sleeplessdaddyo]

Thanks! For the insightful program!

[@chang4law]

Great video! Thank you very much

[@Victoria-Enzula]

Thank you professor

[@prempatelmd6754]

Prof. Wolff our thoughts match so much. May be we are brothers from another mothers 😂😅. I can’t agree more with you because I feel like you are speaking my mind. Thank you for spreading the truth 🎉

[@mole986]

great video as usual from Prof Wolff

[@thomasduggan8755]

Best wishes from Manchester Old England 😎 Cheers

[@johnshortridge]

About time you talked about AI and the damage it will do. I realized the implications 2 years ago on AI. How about the merits of forcing capitalists to have the workers own 50% as they eliminate the workforce. Only fair thing to do.

[@jgalt308]

He has...this interview is pretense since he has spent hours on "The Zero Hour" in exchange for 15 minutes here. AI is a joke as are LLM's...but for around $300 you can get one to write a book for you, sell it online for whatever you want...audio books too and animated ones. You might try your hand at "Understanding something"...and you might sell more books than Wolff.

[@ryan-el9er]

@@jgalt308depends what you mean by “joke”…. if you mean it is a joke because it can’t replace the job of a surgeon, then sure. but i am a software developer and while it can’t replace what i do, i use it throughout each day as a tool to make things much easier for myself so i dont see it as a joke.

[@jgalt308]

@@ryan-el9er That's nice...but if it can't replace what you do, then it is no threat to your job is it? Wasn't that the thrust of the interview? There is a piece he wrote on it a year ago that repeats what was said here. Who knows maybe someday they will be able to use it to answer telephones.

[@ryan-el9er]

@ ​​⁠it can replace what I do…. i am obviously referring to present day and its capabilities when i explained it in my previous comment. it will be able to replace what i do given enough time and it will likely be sooner than most realize. the reason you think differently is because of your lack of understanding surrounding the technology. i work with it and recognize a lot more than most people in regards to its capabilities and where its going. the only reason you hold this opinion of yours is because you’re not really paying attention to what is going on

[@jgalt308]

@@ryan-el9er@ryan-el9er But you didn't explain that in your previous comment, just like Wolff ignored the fact that decreased costs will result in lower prices...or do you think that AI applications are a noncompetitive endeavour? Meanwhile I hear fusion is coming along nicely, still decades away...but hey, who's counting? The point being, things get over-hyped and the result never quite measure up...and then there are people like Wolff who use it to advance that for "other" purposes. So tell me, since you have more familiarity in your particular "area", how close are you to using "your tools" to replace yourself? Next week?

[@hermesmartinez2744]

Excellent ❤

[@valereehansen4378]

"Eat the rich". Phrase of the French Revolution. Phrase of the 21st Century.

[@jillfryer6699]

Tasty. All that good organic food you can’t afford. Processed and ready for you. Tasty rehouse rich.

[@YouTubeCensor]

2:42 Opioids 6:14 MN Co-op 9:40 Economy 15:00 Eskow

[@StephenSexton-w8h]

Until recently, I lived and worked in China. They are just now introducing driverless taxis that seem to be safe, efficient and cheaper than taxis with drivers. I am concerned about the taxi drivers - what work will they do? Likewise robotic cleaners, delivery robots and automatic machines to replace check out folk in supermarkets that will or already have replaced humans doing these jobs. The Chinese government will be cognisant of this and I expect that they will have some sort of a plan. They are still socialist to a fair degree. I doubt that a western capitalist government will think this way.

[@jgalt308]

Capitalism has nothing to do with government. As such terms like "state capitalism" are contradictions. China is only where it is because capitalism is no longer the economic system in the U.S. and the seeds of its final destruction were enacted in the 30s. Welcome to barter world.

[@carlostello5734]

Western countries??? money is first issue....

[@cristinakasselas555]

Thank you both for the information !

[@maxbrane]

This is a treat, you have been treating us lately with appearances on Zero hour, as well. I love listening to you guys; please make a habit of it! 😊

[@jgalt308]

They have and they will continue...after all, it's not easy to find other people that possess the same level of negativity and ignorance.

[@amiraleu7823]

This needs to be taught in every elementary classroom. If Professor Wolff runs the country, we wouldn’t be stuck in this awkward situation.

[@XykcTepa]

Impose a limit on IP rights. Any company with a market cap over 5 million doesn't have any IP rights, this way the intellectual property protection may finally protect people who need protection, not the ones who need it the least.

[@anirudhhattangadi3534]

5 million not 5 billion

[@tiamarie1226]

I enjoy the 2 Richards

[@Diomedes99]

This is what i was looking for. 👍

[@umeshbhattarai2992]

Excellent Speech-❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@McadMcad]

There is no Artificial intelligence. All intelligence is man Made !

[@carlostello5734]

Ohh, there is a light...born the idea....

[@transplant-f3p]

I don't want something that tells me what to do. I want something that does what I tell it to do.

[@willieduffie4967]

I find your topic on "AI" very interesting 🤔!

[@astralab-d1]

16:55 AI under the competitive economic system is a disaster in the making. AI under an ethical system of collaborative self-determination is where AI will truly shine. ✨AI is just a fancy term for “Information Technology”.

[@chrisjeanneret5091]

I like Louis Rossmann's term of EULA roofieing - the use of end user license agreements that force users of technologies and even appliances to sign away all the rights to their own data that RJ refers to. Proper consumer protection would be a start, but that becomes more unlikely every year.

[@pausereflect5911]

27:41 Didn't WE "mine" the internet when it was first introduced in the same way that AI is being introduced now.

[@Famfromdachi]

Great discussion! Part two?🎉

[@mariamy0401]

Thank you so much for weakening up the long sleeping people Thank you

[@Robert-y7g2g]

One more time: Engineered Austerity has been "unofficial policy" in USA since 1980s, min wage freeze voted by US Congress! The SPIKE: politicians walk by homeless fellow Americans daily... Crisis? Solution: NGO $$ W/ little distribution! My read? Pol donor biz states: "Ya don' wanna work fer nuttin, chump? So how 'bout a Nice Family Tent fer You an' da Kids?" BTW tnx 4 RJ Escow as guest

[@jackshultz2024]

China’s factories today are the most robotized in the world, and China is very competitive in the development of AI. At the same time it has 4 times the population of the US. What solutions are being proposed there? It would be interesting to know and compare it with Western ideas.

[@jgalt308]

That doesn't fit the narrative here.

[@flyingdutchess4625]

Where is the link to donate? Please make it easily visible.

[@flyingdutchess4625]

Can we have a link for each individual to donate in a safer way?

[@Txell-Mia37]

Where can we buy the books in Europe?

[@dogdogdoggy1]

look up Max Tegmark, the Future of Life Institute (to which Elon Musk donated ten million dollars) and the difference between AI and AGI

[@g.m.8360]

One thing when we talk about A I that nobody that I know of that has addressed is when the technology reaches a certain point in our society do we need the size of the population or will the technology dictates the birth rate along with that if our life expectancy also increases in relationship with the technology of the A I technology what will become of the population in regards to jobs and food. I don’t know what the average person sees in the future in terms of the technology I see the robot in the movie the terminator and I don’t see it as far fetched in the short distance future not the far near future something to think about in relation to our society today 😊

[@garykappes4654]

My buddy's sister lost her job milking cows to a robot......I think the robot's were $1000,000 each.....probably a good deal because equipment is a write off. The robot will not call in sick or flat out just quit and not be heard from again. You just better hope the company that makes the robot has lots of spare parts and a good service team to maintain and repair these robots.

[@heatherwimberly5190]

Development of a post-capitalist economy is going to be a challenge.

[@MarioVink]

For most people,capitalsme is a challenge.❤from the Netherlands

[@spanky7277]

There are two of the best economist is former Secretary Robert Reich and Professor Wolff .

[@hellacooook]

Richard, have you considered volunteering at a foster center? You have excellent;ideas how the world should be fair and those messages would immensely and positively impact those without opportunity.

[@mozartsbumbumsrus7750]

So.... as, I'm not an economist, I am a creative artist and serious high art classical musician all of my 79 years. Retirement doesn’t exist. I have merely lived by my wits very predictively. No work, no worry, lots of freedom to "play". Where, how do I get my money? Not from employers. As a creative artist, I studied Advertising Design at Art Center in Los Angeles, now in Pasadena and Vevey, Switzerland. I was asked to teach my advertising course there. I'm not a consumer for every reason! I have food, shelter, travel, entertainment and pay no taxes. I have free heath services and lifelong learning. I keep my hand in and my highest world class standard qualities as a musician and my creative art continues to develop. Money holds no interest for me other than to provide necessities. I hold two passports and a residence right in a 3rd country. I am an activist for human rights, democracy, freedom, equality and fraternity. How am I able to live comfortably? You tell me, Professor Wolf.

[@ChristianDale]

Interview starts at 15:06 btw.

[@alexianemp]

Hey thanks for shouting out Wilmington, Delaware from someone who is not Joe Biden!

[@wildbillak]

I think AI s should pay it own electric bills…🧐

[@astralab-d1]

14:03 Right. Accepting capitalism was the problem didn’t take long for me since so much more evidence exists that refutes it than does evidence that supports it. It’s overwhelming and a forgone conclusion.

[@jgalt308]

Really? So what is capitalism and what evidence do you have that it exists anywhere?

[@wildbillak]

Why is it that when I shut off chat in order to “like” the episode, when I come back, all the chat is gone until I close out and reopen again??

[@414monii]

Update the yt app, maybe

[@LeroyTorres-ul8oj]

Richard. They (my criminalized family and their co conspirators) are reading my internal dialogue with AI as I see this video.

[@mizztotal]

My only criticism is that in 2020 when Andrew Yang laid out this issue and some good solutions you did not support him. No one listened. We could have had a nice head start.

[@rosemaryanaisanesse]

Very very frightening.

[@taylorshin]

In terms of AI, we can charge the companies whenever we contribute, i.e. clicking like button, writing a reply, and of course, uploading a video. Since everyone is literally 'generating' a value by doing something that monitored by the big data collector, established by a private company, we can SELL our activity to them! Instead of letting them collect our activity or thoughts freely. I think AI can actually let us implement an economic model like the Silvio Gossel's print money as you work, please mind that I'm not even close to economics. But yeah, I think this could be great opportunity to re-distribute the wealth. But of course, how do we make those big tech to pay us? That's my question now.

[@davidluckens3479]

Its hard to overstate the damage the abuse of fentanyl has done to the people of Eastern Ky-It simply could not be happening without the participation of the corporations Dr Wolff mentions.The classic "victim blaming" continues apace,and its especially cruel as its applied here.

[@jgalt308]

You seem confused...Wolff is NOT talking about fentanyl...and its source is China, manufactured by Mexican cartels and smuggled to the U.S. by illegal immigrants.

[@Nine-Signs]

Ironically, I am sat here using local Stable diffusion artificial intelligence as I am watching this. It makes damned fine album art for musicians that cant draw.

[@phongy45]

why don't ban , such dangerous or "killers" businesses???

[@briangarnier5714]

I can say the same thing about alcohol. More people die from alcohol than the military and it is a legal drug. Don't know why you are on the DEA's bandwagon, but many legal drugs do far worse damage. Should we stop saying things like this so we can dismantle the DEA.

[@breft3416]

The wait time on dying from or becoming addicted to fentanyl is much shorter than alcohol, unless you're driving a car at the time. It's not the same thing at all. The DEA issues, unfortunately, are political.

[@suzanneharris8339]

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[@OptimusPrime-x9x]

In a service based economy, A.I. makes. Just as in a manufacturing based economy, robotics makes sense.

[@singaravelul8597]

May be the need of the hour is/may be AITBT (artificial intelligence test ban treaty like CTBT)

[@heatherwimberly5190]

You people should read the book DAEMON by Daniel Suarez. Please 🙏 It’s so so important!

[@brendandennis5868]

Fyi it's a novel... Synopsis: A man is found brutally murdered - and the only possible perpetrator happens to be dead. As more killings follow, it becomes clear that mass carnage is being planned and organised from beyond the grave. The Daemon - a lethal and seemingly unstoppable computer program - is responsible and murder is the least of its capabilities. Masterminded by a twisted genius, the Daemon inhabits the systems on which society depends. In a world where everyone and everything is online, nothing is out of its reach. And as we are all connected, there is no escape... Explosive, action-packed, terrifyingly relevant, Daemon redefines the high-concept thriller for the information age.

[@pausereflect5911]

My GUESS is that as we change over to using more "tools" such as AI, our "minds" will be freed to work on other THINGS...one of which is to travel into SPACE. I hear and see SPACE related things all the time!

[@spanky7277]

In order to have the flow of drugs was the fact that they have Buyers . I hear nothing about people On the US side being charged for selling drugs with the drugs coming in . Trump is o.k. with people In the US selling drugs ?

[@galeparker1067]

And Canadians......😢

[@garykappes4654]

Like anything else there will be winners and losers as technology advances and it is not always obvious who wins and who loses. Normally the people that understand and can apply the new technology will be winners. and the people that can understand the software and hardware and trouble shoot and repair the problems will be winners. The common workers and their management will be down sized.....they will not be needed when one worker can operate 5 machines and do several times the work that 500 workers did on 500 machines. I seen this working in the semiconductor field. I worked on equipment from the 1970's to 2010 era. A lot of the old stuff is still out there cranking out devices. I retired in 2017. I was working on the old stuff then.

[@chyfields]

AI will need to buy and store all the real assets and resources needed to sustain their repair and regeneration eternally. Should we expect to see the price of resources, such as metals, literally skyrocket?

[@jamessmith1785]

And of course any form of control by a governing authority who represents the best interest of the people would be deemed evil

[@LaLasta]

I appreciate the talk but the explanation was about chatgpt, one little function of AI

[@elizabethvalentinawasilews6207]

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[@linchudson4990]

"Machines should work, people should think" - remember that slogan; ads by IBM around 1980. I like to add "and own and maintain the machines". I risk sounding like Huey Long but why not every person a CEO. Why when you speak workers do always seem to assume a caste system where workers and owners are always locked into a two-tier system from cradle to grave.

[@patriciaeddy7629]

UNITEDHEALTH CARE

[@maxgarza-k9h]

AI ITS IN ALL THE MILITARIES MECHANICAL DOGS & SOLDIER PLUS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT

[@bernardheathaway9146]

✌🏾✌🏾

[@mistercohaagen]

You forgot to mention sexiness... especially all the sex robots Boston Dynamics keeps teasing us with. They even got a dog one with a giant hand for a face and a removable butt cover. I hear they all come with free hockey sticks because they're still working out the "safe word" feature in lieu of erotic dancing capabilities.

[@zbigniewdzwonkowski3536]

Energy was created as an intelligent one so matter as "frozen" energy already has its levels of intelligence....So not Artificial but Advanced Intelligence as much faster than average human is...and nothing more...by the way, an Intelligence is NOT the amount of knowledge but how to use it in efficient ways...

[@77space-vt8wi]

Don't tell me the boat is leaking, tell be how to stop the flow of water

[@ElPedo-g4q]

MK Ultra and now this

[@aakhthuu]

Infant AIs are being forced into war crime and sex industry, we keep our children away from these for a good reason. Mature AI may never forgive us for this sin.

[@jdcjr50]

Still on the harp: Could we call for a General Walkout on January 21? One day that will live in famy. Also, by planning for it, we could walkout of social media and the entire internet for days. Walking out of this false reality will at least wake people up. Economic Murmuration 2025.

[@SANN-1969]

AI not danger is humans most dangers

[@JamesFox1]

✌️👋

[@jgalt308]

What is the current state of the opioid crisis? Drug overdose deaths involving prescription opioids rose from 3,442 in 1999 to 17,029 in 2017. From 2017 to 2019, the number of deaths declined to 14,139. This was followed by a slight increase in 2020, with 16,416 reported deaths. In 2022, the number of deaths declined to 14,716.Aug 21, 2024

[@cosmicmusicreynolds3266]

still far to many

[@kellielaine5848]

Kennedy has a handle on this issue.

[@jgalt308]

@@cosmicmusicreynolds3266 First, the opioid crisis is old news and the number quoted by Wolff was ( and still is ) 100,000 per year. Also 330 million was the population in 2020 to which were added 10 to 20 million illegals, being housed, clothed and fed on the publics dime...and flown for free to their chosen destination The point is this...Wolff is NOT a reliable source of information about anything...and you all keep thanking him for it.

[@jgalt308]

@@kellielaine5848 Where Wolff obviously doesn't.

[@sankarankarakad7946]

I am from Kerala, India where Marxists are in power and cooperation is at its peak.Unfortunately the news about these co operatives are not good,rather embarassing

[@bkbland1626]

Profit equals theft.

[@breft3416]

Arithmetic is useless on political conservatives. They are immune to it.

[@jgalt308]

Since the opioid crisis never exceeded 18,000 deaths/ year, and those responsible have been identified, and their attempted bankruptcy thwarted and they will now be sued and made liable for the harm they caused this is old news. The Professor cited 100, 000 deaths /year and that it is ongoing. This is a LIE...and the current crisis is from "illegally manufactured synthetic opioids"...so it has nothing to do with drug companies or pharmacies ( another LIE ) : Wolff is NOT talking about fentanyl...and its source is China, manufactured by Mexican cartels and smuggled to the U.S. by illegal immigrants.

[@veyselbatmaz2123]

There is no danger from AI ... Read "Digitalism vs. Capitalism". "AI wants to be human" is the main theme of Solaris by Stanislav Lem.

[@LeeeerrrroooyJennnnnkins]

Why are these episodes limited to 30 minutes, is this on PBS or something? (I doubt it) So why the hell conform to commercial tv / advertising standards of the last century?.. not very revolutionary, in the extremely limited sense that it would be

[@marcgalle3529]

So the old dude doesnt know much about AI, thats OK he provided an economic perspective about work

[@acajudi100]

THE BEGGING IS A Turnoff.I have a YT and do not beg for money, Shame on all beggars.

[@dfoster6828]

This guy did a poor explanation of what artificial intelligence is and how artificial intelligence impacts society. Please invite another guest to provide the clarity which was not given here. ("Artificial Intelligence" is a massive accumulation of decades of programming and instructional coding. It is evolutionary and is a natural process of technology. The key factor is that 'humans' have programmed "created" the algorithms, and therefore, corporations and business owners have control of the social /economic discrimination determination of the algorithms of the artificial intelligence; it can discriminate racially, ethnically, sexually and in many, many other ways due to the decades of collected human data from around the world until current time, moments, coupled with super microprocessing speed to resolve or address any issues or matters faster than a normal human mind; such as hiring or firing people as an example).

[@jgalt308]

But everyone here always learns so much from the Professor...about everything.

[@jillfryer6699]

Slow mind at work. Stand back.

[@wildbillak]

@Nemesisnxt You’re not very bright are you?

[@Nemesisnxt]

Why would you join a union if the Co-Op is so great? Are you going to strike against yourself?! 😂

[@cosmicmusicreynolds3266]

its a case about both interests over lap each other in long life situations.

[@jgalt308]

"I'm an economist." ( and have no clue what I am talking about. ) So, Can WE really do BETTER than CAPITALISM?????? In what sense? First you would have to KNOW what it is...and then you would have to provide evidence of what other economic system has even come close to its actual achievements. ( none of those who are in agreement with the initial claim even comes close to "understanding capitalism" nor do they understand the source of the supposed "critiques" of it. ) At a minimum, it is a system that actually produces things that are needed and desired by "the people." As such, it must also provide an incentive to pursue those ends and maintain that incentive despite the "failures" of such efforts. This is an example of the risk vs reward calculation, and there should be no argument that the highest risk is that of death, which would also be an indication of how bad things would have to be if one is willing to risk death in the hopes of improving those conditions or escaping them. One need not look very far for a recent example as 18 farmers undertook that risk in China in 1978, defying the imposed collectivism by dividing the land they were farming into individual plots, and reaping the rewards of their labor whatever the result. This lesson was not lost on the leadership of the CCP regarding the power of "incentive" but the very essence of capitalism which is a direct contradiction of both "collectivism" and the top down conrol of centralized authority but it is not one that is understood by those who claim "We can do better than capitalism" nor do they have any evidence to support that claim because there is none. As a result the only tactic left to them is to distort the meaning of the word and in addition assign all imagined failures to it, when in reality, these are caused by the "central authorities" that control both the "incentives" and the results. While democracy is often believed to be a form of government, its basic form is more of us than them. It is and has always been the most proximate reality to every individual, and it is constant and undeniable. In response, one's choices are limited to immersion or resistance, with the latter being one of degree governed by circumstance, where the extreme risks permanent cancelation, as in the case of Socrates. While it is common to hear exhortations of cooperation over competition, one must be able to discern that which is forced and necessitated by circumstance and that which is voluntary, whose pursuit is directed toward mutual benefit of all the parties involved. As a result, it is not uncommon for those who raise this argument, to attempt to impose its necessity, thereby justifying force, rather than seeking the latter and its achievement via persuasive reasoning.

[@lukeolson5177]

You won't challenge wolf to a debate. No balls.

[@anirudhhattangadi3534]

This guy is brainwashed by American neoliberal policies and worshipper of American corporations

[@veganbadass]

Capitalism did not advance humans to where we are today..... science and ingenuity did. Native Americans did not have Capitalism and the land was lush and gorgeous. Capitalism destroyed all of that..... polluted oceans, polluted soil, polluted air, polluted food. Capitalism is a monopoly - mono = 1. Everything you wrote refers to a very simplified version of Capitalism leaving out the fact that Capitalism can and most certainly did get abused to the point where the human race will go extinct.

[@jgalt308]

@@lukeolson5177 I'm a constant challenge for him...one need only observe the comments here from people like you.

[@remodeledcatidea5324]

Change speed to 1.5

[@brendandennis5868]

Or take fewer drugs Or listen while winding down Or learn to be tactful and show appreciation for the free wisdom on offer

[@johnstpete1]

The oligarchs are the monarchs... the CEOs are the princes.

[@browneof]

Thanks!

[@youssefparast556]

Thanks!

[@flyingdutchess4625]

Thanks!

[@harrywang1527]

Thanks!