🔴 Ep. 409: Vote Against Socialism and Identity Politics

[@SmedleyButlerIII]

Did you vote for Red Goldman Sachs?? orrr Blue Goldman Sachs?

[@TAEMAN197]

Too bad this comment will just fly over people's head because they 're stupid lol

[@quietlike]

Neither

[@RR-js9kl]

I will vote for my dog.

[@FreedomLovin]

@@TAEMAN197 Schiff doesn't get it either. He thinks the R's are somehow better, even though Trump, Bush, etc. have clearly proven that not to be the case.

[@TAEMAN197]

@@FreedomLovin He cares more about his wallet over anything else

[@04bettertalknow]

I love the smell of Schiff podcasts in the morning!

[@ammaad1972]

Smells like..... Victory.

[@goodhumorman1252]

If voting mattered, we would not be allowed to. Also, it has been shown statistically that our votes are now fully manipulated.

[@carsonwentz8301]

For starters, we don't select the candidates.

[@twaters57]

A democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what's for lunch. A republic is 2 wolves and sheep voting on a representative to decide what's for lunch.

[@Bill_Woo]

Nice

[@maverick1956hk]

Maybe true, but I'd still want the 2 wolves who are capitalists rather than 2 wolves who are communists!

[@SamStam12]

Truth corruption is a consequence of a free and open society. That’s why the founders have checks in place to enforce the constitution to at least have a grasp on what’s happening inside gov. If this were 1918, with a Congress single digit approval rating, there would be pitchforks outside the capitol with people demanding they be hung.! People don’t care anymore, if you catch my drift.

[@cr113]

I agree, a republic only slows the process down. I think the real key is to limit the pool of voters to net taxpayers. You shouldn't be allowed to vote to steal.

[@danieldeblasio9368]

You are very edgey man. A natural born leader!!! Yeah man!!!

[@wavymcfly]

You are awesome...early Monday podcast, thanks

[@lancemanion981]

You took the words right outta my mouth Mr. Schiff. Well said!

[@anacap007]

A. The truth will set you free. B. The truth is unpopular. - therefore C: A government style based on popular vote cannot set us free.

[@preparedforfirestorme9811]

I think that this is your best podcast to date, and you have produced some excellent podcasts. I agree that the voting age should be substantially increased. If you are required to be 35 to be POTUS, you should have to be 35 to put the person in that position.

[@criticalthinker8953]

Shut up moron. Raise the voting age to 35 because old farts are likelier to vote for Trump? Should we raise the age to serve in the military to 35 also? TRUMP TRASH 😂

[@Bill_Woo]

Yeah, Prepared! If ANY change adversely impacts David Sporn then you must be a moron. Why don't you STFU and just help David get his free things? What do you want, David? Free medical care? Free college education? A free pool and squash court in your back yard (because "if the rich have them, everyone should")? Help us out, here, David.

[@criticalthinker8953]

@@Bill_Woo Trump Trash!

[@arlobubble3748]

@@criticalthinker8953 Hey we're trying to offer you free shit here! Be nice!

[@FreedomLovin]

The "lesser of two evils" philosophy is what led us here in the first place. Peter is completely wrong that this is a viable way to go.

[@luismauriciojimenez1061]

George Bush was the lesser of two evils (subprime crisis), I agree we cant accept an evil at all

[@arlobubble3748]

Well if you don't vote for the lesser you get stuck with the greater...

[@okboomer6201]

Best podcast ever!

[@H31z1sPur3]

Monday morning podcast, nice!!!

[@mikesimard47]

VERY VERY VERY GOOD POST !! One of the best from Peter

[@TimothyLittle13]

You're the man Peter! I've been listening to your podcasts and radio show for years and appreciate all you do. Keep up the good work!

[@pattioutram1592]

Best podcast and history lesson EVER! Thank you Peter Schiff!

[@ThanhTLam1]

umm my voter ballot in California left out all the Libertarian candidates

[@draganvidic8177]

Simply brilliant for the 409th time!!! Thanks Peter!

[@markmalen5189]

When you learn that harming others and stealing their stuff is wrong, you become a Libertarian. When you realize that there are NO exceptions, you become an Anarchist.

[@Rotaryswing]

Telling it like it is!

[@johnnytruth8282]

Love how you cut it right down to the bottom-line reality about who elects the President: "it's not ALL the idiots, just the idiots that live in swing states."

[@Marxone]

I would go vote, but i heard some muricans do not like Russians to vote so i don't want to risk it, again.

[@sangeetasharma5435]

Lol

[@michaelthatcher3825]

Totally brilliant political analysis of the current state of affairs. Will listen to Peter ad infinitum..... and I am not even American. I am a Brit living in Portugal.

[@holyghost9158]

Peter like many Lady, your wife is right and very smart."May God Bless you and yours". and the great Nation of the U.S.A."

[@Oetti]

I listen to each podcast, but this one was one of the most satisfying. Great content.

[@annlong5601]

I am over 30. I paid a stamp. I love freedom. I fought the Socialist Blues. Awesome podcast.

[@restonthewind]

I don't vote as a rule, but your insight, that Trump can't be trusted with a Democratic legislature, was the best reason I heard to vote red.

[@HomesteadEngineering]

How to vote: 1. List your top issues (economy, taxes, national debt, trade, energy, environment, health care, education, 2nd amendment, immigration, identity politics, etc. 2. Compare your position to each candidate 3. Pick the candidates that line up with you the best

[@michaeljlangford]

All people get the government they deserve, and we are about to get more of the government we deserve in the U.S.A. Thanks for your on-point analysis.

[@SuperRoycethe59]

Wake and bake, baby

[@SmedleyButlerIII]

the real voting...

[@Monopolist91]

ahahah, wake and bake listening to Peter Schiff. I imagine you day trading high

[@stemdar]

Thank you for everything you do!

[@HR-yd5ib]

True democracy works surprisingly well in Switzerland. There, people can vote even on individual topics yet make very reasonable decisions.

[@newworldforward1842]

Best podcast ever! -Thank you!

[@pingislife2653]

Listening to this is a good way to start my day at work.

[@Bill_Woo]

What a completely intelligent explanation of the representative/democratic distinction. Alas, how the millions and millions who need to understand this will not, and will continue not to, because they will instead go by the pablum dished out to them by rhetoric-spewing politicians and their cohorts. This talk should be assigned reading for every student at every level -- but, no. None shall be so blind as those who cannot hear.

[@Bill_Woo]

Well, just in case it should be mentioned - There Are None So Blind As Those Who Will Not See: According to the ‘Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings’ this proverb has been traced back to 1546 (John Heywood), and resembles the Biblical verse Jeremiah 5:21 (‘Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not’). In 1738 it was used by Jonathan Swift in his ‘Polite Conversation’ and is first attested in the United States in the 1713 ‘Works of Thomas Chalkley’. The full saying is: ‘There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know’.

[@pablopina8924]

Good Analogy in political consciousness, Peter for Governor of Puerto Rico.

[@DisabilityExams]

Jobs not Mobs - vote Republican

[@jasonmihalick]

Great episode, one of your best.

[@seewaldsja]

Best pod cast I have heard from you.Thanks!

[@robertleejameswelch8383]

College indoctrinates.

[@jedclampett7705]

I'm with ya, Peter! All those who don't know how to vote, stay home!!! Gives ours more weight. :)

[@ReformedOrderPart2]

And this is why the system doesn't work & is in fact BROKEN!!

[@UtterGibberish]

Love your political history lessons

[@toreshammerecelt861]

Peter is exactly right about the constitution and the republic. Please read article 4; section 4 and learn the difference between the Bill of rights and the articles. Most community colleges offer remedial civics classes.

[@uhlijohn]

When Hong Kong was a British Crown Colony, no one could vote in Hong Kong.....but the people were freer than over 99% of the rest of the world. I remember Milton Friedman urging some Asian nation to imitate Hong Kong and adopt free markets...not a managed economy.

[@33commonsenseguy]

BO Hussein keeps saying "democracy is on the ballot". After 8 years as president he doesn't know what type of government we have ??? wth? Do we need age limit for voting? Age is 35 to be president because it's so difficult to be wise when young .... This episode is epic and will go down in history as one of your best ... Cant believe you lost an election (2010)

[@anthonymorsch586]

Run for president in 2020. You might have a bigger impact than Ron Paul. If the economy does slip into a ressession by then, it might be the perfect time for Americans to hear about Austrian economics.

[@JacekJaworowski-s9u]

already did as senator and lost

[@Monopolist91]

I think Peter Schiff is up there with Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, and Thomas Sowell for me! I'd love to see him collaborate with any of them.

[@sassy3923]

Great history/civics lesson.....hopefully now more people will understand that we are not a democracy!

[@theroboticscodedepot7736]

I really like that argument - "I'm pro choice on everything! How about you?"

[@patriciariley5922]

Thank you Peter I'm not very wise with money. .getting better at it but I believe in capitalism because it makes us prosperous socialism always leads to austerity and is counterproductive to the values morals and principles this country was based upon....

[@davidfranklin4534]

Excellent history and assessment of our present time.

[@sreetips]

Make them service positions, 18 month terms. Use a lottery system to select the service members. Get rid of paid professional politicians!

[@codygraham2713]

I am a 21 year old college student and I don’t know if I even want to be a college student. I watch Peter schiff, mike Maloney, Ben Shapiro and all of the alternative media outlets. If not college. Where else would I go? A genuine question. I need quidance

[@affirmed_7835]

If one votes, one participates. If one participates, one condones and endorses the process.

[@Drose419]

Very good segment Peter

[@marcswanson7066]

You made an excellent point that a pro choice stance shouldn't be limited to only recognizing a woman's right to choose abortion. Political correctness has stolen and shrunk the concept. Freedom to choose in all peaceful matters is the best course of action.

[@sangeetasharma5435]

Love peter schiff podcasts

[@andyjohnson4496]

Me too, I always do the exact opposite of what he says

[@henryoh3492]

Red and blue are the opposite sides of the same coin

[@shortfuseband]

blue blood mccain republicans WERE in control. NOT ANYMORE. Ron Paul ran as a republican and started taking over the party back then. Its changed and your stuck in the past. vote red, and hurry already will ya

[@henryoh3492]

shortfuseband this thing goes back way before McCain or ron Paul. You really believe officials are elected? You think your vote actually does anything to change the trajectory of this country? It's all a big show/distraction to give you a sense of control when you actually have none. Open your mind and take a step back to see the entire forest.

[@Poyristynyt]

One of your best podcasts

[@brictator]

do it even if you live in Chicago. register your disgust

[@ghettotheorator]

If there's a mess i didn't make, I'm not cleaning it

[@veggiedisease123]

Socialism is not about identity politics. It's about class politics. It doesn't matter wether a billionair is black, a woman, or a black woman, the point is that she's a billionaire.

[@derekwilson8432]

Like to hear this style podcast just speaking opinion on the big picture not just financials

[@MrKostol]

Peter has a smart wife and she seems to be the chief in the schiff family.

[@clumsydad7158]

Intelligence. I don’t really agree with everything Peter says, but man, I wish I was intelligent enough to rattle off everything he was stating. My memory has become for shit, damn!

[@tysonmccorkle1036]

cant spell democrat without rat

[@SteveMoyer]

Vote for investigation. Who will investigate Wall Street and the "fake markets?"

[@pixelmartyr8532]

Socialism takes over, I'm out of here. No longer will I be an American if this country becomes socialist.

[@excalibur3311]

Identitarianism truly doesn't help anyone besides the lazy and those that think they're too good for competition. Whether nationalist or progressive, all identity politics lead toward a future where competition will be stifled by government intervention and the erosion of "freedom" will continue further. Don't just "vote" against left-wing identity politics, "vote" against *all* identity politics.

[@benjaminbrown7820]

Identity politics is non-sense but for the last 23 year's-and-decades no one is advocating for marxist/marxian socialism with marxist/marxian communism in mind especially if you live-and-breathe in the english/british/anglo-saxon-celtic/five-eye/anglospheric world so in essence he's fomenting-and-fostering fear shame and guilt in relation to the federal/national/unitary government of china stoking a militant/militarist view-and-value of the federal/national/unitary government of china a conflict-and-war with the federal/national/unitary government of china would escalate into world war 3 and a nuclear holocaust with the whole english/british/anglo-saxon-celtic/five-eye/anglospheric world coming to the aid of both the federal/national/unitary government of the united kingdom (U.K) and the federal/national/unitary government of the united states of america (U.S.A) being all ethnically the same ilk they own-and-organise like the mainland/continental european's have but the han chinese can stand their own and will each-and-every political-legal-economic-military-police intervention by the english/british/anglo-saxon-celtic/five-eye/anglospheric world mainland/continental european's won't get involved they're got the whole first half of the 1900s which consists of disease-death-and-destruction that is part-and-parcel of their cultural/collective consciousness legacy/imprint with over half the fatalities occurring in mainland/continental europe the han chinese may end up owning-and-organising/commanding-and-controlling/reigning-and-ruling up to a quarter of the political geography of england/britain/united kingdom just for being ethnically-related politically-legally-economically-military-police intervening in the political geography of the people's republic of china (P.R.C) and the bad blood that's still there from the opium war's think it through since no one think's like you and you know it to be true instead of doing what's truing to youing

[@michelcarpentier265]

Good morning and thanks.

[@MatheusAugustos]

words of wisdom

[@rios1654]

Both sides steal. Love your Star Wars reference. It'd be crazy if you end up seeing Chancellor Palpatine runs in 2020 for Democrats. Some people dress like him. When he was a politician of course. Not an emperor.

[@AWolverine]

Great episode! Very informative

[@SOP83]

Here in california i've watched every single spending increase or bond measure that makes it on the ballot PASS ... my entire adult life. frustrating

[@jasoncopin]

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the people discover they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the canidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy--to be followed by a dictatorship.” ― Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee

[@najam.isloogian]

Cant agree more about the age! It should be more than 30 though I'm 25 right now. Socrates and Plato even hated Democracy and they even went as far as saying that the leaders themselves should be philosophers.

[@kickchef3319]

I was more mature than most when I was 18 and voted, I was still an idiot. We should raise the age back up.

[@sparky9867]

Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right. Here I am stuck in the middle with you. You gotta be kidding me.😵

[@moneymaven5038]

i live in washington state...the problem i have with the republican's is they were deficit hawks and once they had the option they only expanded the budget. So it's made me not want to vote for cathy mcMorris Rogers.

[@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488]

Moron. NFTA destroyed WA.

[@moneymaven5038]

@@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488 what is NFTA and how did it destory Washington State?

[@cotycoty6022]

Voting is so important to Peter he moved to a place where he has no vote in order to get lower taxes because he values that more. Do as I say, not as I do.

[@Polarbear-zy6vf]

Yeah. He cant have it both ways.

[@Snubrevolver]

His advice is for people who are still stuck on the mainland. Might as well stall the left as much as possible.

[@ashwadhwani]

Stop droning on about rich people being good for the country when they can't call a crime a crime. So what use is their money if they have no conscience to begin with and their apathy leaves their kids a more dangerous place to live in? The silent cowards are the most corrupt and evil :(

[@urbanfranko]

The worst thing you can do is not vote. Not voting is just as bad as voting for the wrong person. It is equivalent to doing nothing when someone needs your help.

[@MrKevinJermaine]

Great vid

[@Elefontify]

Good points about voting!

[@johnobeid67]

At least in the USA you don’t have compulsory voting. In Australia if you are an idiot you HAVE TO vote.

[@jh299110]

I'm going to vote for all the socialists to put the foot to the pedal and accelerate the damn crash already! I'm tired of continual small bites at our debt and prolonging the crash. I'd rather the crash come sooner than later and then finally start from scratch!

[@sacrefist8419]

You make it seem so clear cut, Peter, but who is leading the charge against free trade? Who is raising spending on military and continuing these endless wars? Who is pushing to continue war on drugs? Tariffs are socialism. You worry about socialism, it's already here.

[@drorbenami]

just curious Peter, why is there so much plastic in the oceans if corporations never do what is not in their best interests ? why do people who work, indirectly, for apple jump out of factory windows if there is no need for labor laws?

[@Mostafa-rq9rm]

Peter, please answer this question that was proposed by my professor: If the dollar is going to fall, then you have to be able to explain what can replace it? He argues there's nothing sufficient at the moment to replace the dollar as world reserve currency. Acknowledged the world's desire, but simply not there according to him.

[@peterschiff]

The dollar has been falling for decades. It has lost over 95% of its purchasing power since the Federal Reserve was created in 1913. It has lost considerable value against other key currencies since going off the gold standard in 1971.

[@Mostafa-rq9rm]

@@peterschiff Thanks for the reply, Peter.

[@NachRussland2]

There is a difference between democracy and representative democracy.

[@MrFjut]

That´s why the founding fathers made up Republic... No one checks the difference. Thank you, Peter! Republic guarantees the supremacy of the law....

[@TheDragonflyDoji]

lauren schiff was right!

[@joejow2212]

I came here to hear financial doom& gloom, not the falsehood o politicians.

[@pauldewit8088]

Just think about this one: Australia forces all citizens to vote, if they fail to they receive a fine! How far we have come from common sense!!

[@michalsavatar7]

Hi Peter. As per my previous message, whats your response to the article I read the other day entitled 'chinese yuan hits 10 year low against the US dollar'? You really should address this considering you predicted the exact opposite. Respectfully

[@man-rd6jf]

It's temporary because perception is that USA will keep on raising rates. Once fed backtracks on rate hikes dollar will go down

[@man-rd6jf]

All private bond traders are buying dollars

[@michalsavatar7]

@@man-rd6jf Didnt Peter factor in the misplaced perceptions of the market into his analysis already? I thought we passed the stage of market confusion and misplaced optimism and the end of the dollar and strength of the Chinese yuan began at the beginning of this year. That's what Peter very clearly said a few days before new years 2017, 11 months ago. He said he has never been so convinced that his strategy was correct and the dollar was beginning its way down and the yuan was beginning its way up at the beginning of the year. Despite basically every country dumping the dollar in masses, its still rising. Why is it not falling dramatically? And this isn't new. The systematic dumping of the dollar began about 5 years ago. I'm sorry Peter, but your predictions are becoming way off and I think it's because you refuse to a knowledge just how rigged the system is and just how much control the Banksters actually have. You seem to pretend like the Banksters are incompetent when in fact they know exactly what they are doing and are simply following a very strict and long term plan.

[@thomasbayer1843]

@@michalsavatar7 You sound incoherent. But you are entitled to your incoherence.

[@michalsavatar7]

@@thomasbayer1843 Maybe because your an idiot. I don't know how to make my point any clearer then I already have. Does anyone else have a worth while response? Peter?

[@eliaaraujo9130]

I agree with everything in this video. I'm just always left with the question, "what the fuck can I do?"

[@davidjensen6002]

Poll taxes are prohibited by the 24th amendment.

[@xillian344]

Vote for the lesser of two thieves.

[@eliotr2162]

A few facts : constitution is fundamental law but still law. It is normal that it evolves with time, like everywhere else. Taxes of any kind are not stealing or we must update the dictionary. Voting is not only about economics and unless proven the contrary, democracy is still the best political system (wealth, living condition, life expectancy...) over the long term.

[@goldandsilverman1494]

Vote blue so we could take over the house and impeach Donald Trump

[@shortfuseband]

funny same people that want trump impeached voted for the criminal clinton! Hypocrites!

[@realchicagophill]

LMFAO! "Not all Democrats are dumb". You'll have all these fools convinced they are geniuses!