How Worship of the Individual Widens the Economic Gap | Jesse Walker | TEDxOhioStateUniversity

[@bernieattorney5797]

Yea lets give more power to politicians, we can trust them this time. They'll definitely work tirelessly on our behalf to the detriment of the billionaires funding the political campaigns.

[@AgoristsRising]

I sense sarcasm 😉

[@goygoddess2822]

😁👍

[@jameskulevich8907]

Testify, Bernie!

[@CryptoRoast_0]

I agree but huge multinational corporations cant be trusted either.

[@goygoddess2822]

@@CryptoRoast_0 The government IS a huge corporation too.

[@veiltricks2947]

Racism can be define simply as seeing the person as part of a group instead of an individual

[@alexmacharia5403]

Wow that is quite simple yet remarcably true

[@mattd6264]

Its very nearly most of the way there. Sprinkle in some belief of the superiority or inferiority of certain racial groups and you've got yourself a textbook definition. How yesterday's fighters against racism so seamlessly morphed into supporting ideologies that treat individuals as nothing more than the sum of their group memberships astonishes me.

[@tkctrlofevltn]

This is a very pointed view on a very touchy topic. He walked this very thin line very well.

[@blondegirlsezthis8798]

scanning comments waiting for the first trumptard to scream the "S" word...

[@AgoristsRising]

Individuals have rights. Groups (like corporations, governments and organized religions) usually infringe on individual rights.

[@goygoddess2822]

@@AgoristsRising Exactly. The communist collective sacrifices the individual. When in reality, the individual is the highest state.

[@YoutubeShortsIsACesspool]

@@blondegirlsezthis8798 scanning the comments waiting for the first liberal to make vast generalizations about random people...

[@goygoddess2822]

I think everyone who likes this video should go and trade places with the people in Cuba who want to come here.

[@NajwaLaylah]

This is going to teach me that all pigs are equal but some pigs are more equal than others, isn't it? Or in other words, our common tendency to think "I could be him! Or, I want to be" but also "I could never be *one of them,* and wouldn't want to be.".

[@kylepaxton431]

Interesting (if not obvious) observation and one I can see in my own thinking. As the tribal creatures we are, those lumped into a group somewhat give me impression that they helped each other reach their successes and left everyone else behind. Groups often gatekeep based on arbitrary reasons such as friend/family connection or status and not accomplishments or talents.

[@JonathanTomko1991]

worship of the individual widens the economic gap. worship of the collective creates equality creates socialism that destroys what is distinct. truth is we need both, in equal amounts, maintained in perfect balance. no worship of either. it’s a dialogue between the individual and the collective.

[@koraptd6085]

That's simply wrong definition of socialism, collectivism isn't just the conformism.

[@JonathanTomko1991]

@@koraptd6085 no definition of socialism was provided.

[@DarthE528]

@@JonathanTomko1991 Using the word implies a definition even if it is not explicitly expressed. Your implied definition of socialism is demonstrably false.

[@JonathanTomko1991]

@@DarthE528 unfortunately that could mean anything. i can’t take credit or responsibility for whatever you’re interpreting. i said what i said.

[@DarthE528]

@@JonathanTomko1991 every communication is contingent upon the other interpreting the message. Saying you can't control how others understand your communications is an abandonment of personal responsibility and obfuscates your message.

[@mulhamsaifee7284]

What is wrong with these comments lmao. Its a fairly interesting point to consider. While individualism is good- too much of it is quite harmful in many ways. Too much individualism is a lot more isolating which increases mental health issues. People in US think living with parents is a bad thing but many places, especially in Asia, people live together with their extended family. This community aspect helps manage rent and avoid expensive costs like day care. There are also several issues in life that arent just due to a single person. Climate change, recession, pandemics, systemic oppression- these are issues that affect whole communities and are caused due to whole communities. Individual freedom is necessary but we should avoid too much individualism because that is against the very nature of humans and our most pressing modern day problems.

[@susanmercurio1060]

I was saying that since the 1980s.

[@zepenance9571]

I agree entirely. Its also amusing to me that this.comment section is full of so much Toxicity.

[@AgoristsRising]

🍎 Individuals have rights. Groups (like corporations, governments and organized religions) usually infringe on individual rights.

[@eworldly]

And yet kings and dictators are individuals that infringe on the rights of the people the rule

[@AgoristsRising]

@@eworldly 🍎without the myth that an agency, such as the government, should have the legal (though immoral) power to violate the rights of the people, kings and dictators wouldn't exist or last.

[@eworldly]

@@AgoristsRising and if every human being dicided they would survive on their own without the help or influence of other humans nothing would get done.

[@AgoristsRising]

@@eworldly 😐 respecting individual rights does not preclude people from networking and creating relationships. Seeing people as "groups" often leads to stereotyping and discrimination, based on superficial attributes such as race and gender.

[@eworldly]

@@AgoristsRising this is a systemic problem that can only be solved with a systemic solution. When you focus on individual rights and freedoms ( often times in the context of modern inconvenience) than you can fail to see the bigger picture here. When one group causes another group suffering everyone suffers, there is no victor. And doing so only brings prosperity in the short term at too great a cost. If we're going to make things better in the long term, we need everyone on board and isn't that the whole point of democracy. To include every member of a population and make decisions to better the community?

[@tenaciousminion8753]

No one gets to where they are without help from someone else.

[@XxNovaz]

I'd be interested to see the demographics from these studies. Age, race, region, sample size, etc.

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

My fiance has heard of it. They're an MMA expert. But they're homeless instead of on a TED stage because the USA doesn't care about it's citizens

[@mikehoncho8190]

We're all just a bunch of brains. 🧠🧠🤯🤯

[@spike-proteinkills-cells349]

Competition = Fascism Collaboration = Empathy

[@aaronhartwig1984]

An economic gap exists in any free market because some people are ambitious, driven, and hard working, and some are not.

[@TheWhyNotShow]

watching live from Uganda.

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

Fund education. People do what's right when they know all the factors they need to calculate what "right" is. I'm so ready to abolish money.... Enough people are knowledgeable enough and willing enough to do the good works that need doing

[@solomonhopewellkembo]

My exact line of thinking. The Nordic countries are leading the way in this regard.

[@billmeade9029]

I can think of one exception to this behaviour and that is ( in my opinion) the Militarily i think we like to see them do better as a group

[@flameshoter6]

In what way if you don't mind me asking? Because your opinion could be anything. Such as going back to the old way and having a draft on young men. Or rather than focusing on trying to make the military attractive to all groups of people, minorities and all, working together (which is being promoted currently). As the military is becoming an all inclusive for our nation. If anything, that would make the military stronger aside from peoples biases and egos. People's biases and egos are what destroy the chance of working with others. You can hate someone with all of your guts, but if it was a life or death situation, I would assume as a man, you would put aside your differences, at least temporarily. Or you could be referring to technology. Because, that would promote individualism because not everyone has the skills to control a drone and hit their targets. As also, some do not have the skills to interrogate or have good logistic skills. Some can't get their target that are a couple miles away based on limitations. However, the most focused approach of individualism would be the ranking system in the military which has kept the U.S stronger for decades until now. Promoting the people who has worked, stayed longer, or lived longer..... But as a group, it still remains a force. As far as I am aware, the military isn't only focused on one person. The word "military" refers to a group. As per a soldier refers to an individual.

[@billmeade9029]

@@flameshoter6 ok your right my statement was to clear ,but what i ment was like when the news broke that there was a major battle in Afghanistan or Irac and there were no casualties from the US that was good for what ever size it may be ( platoon, regiment, ect) but if say a fighter jet was shot down, all though sad , it's better than 14 troops on the ground dying, if that makes sense? I could care less if the cowboys lost the superbowl or if Mike Tyson lost a boxing match( just examples) they get paid either way, but if you die in combat game over 🤔

[@kollenmaruti9451]

I never thought about this

[@koraptd6085]

7:00 maybe it's about shorting stocks and getting bailed out by the government after accumulating too much wealth by one way or another exploiting interests or limitations of the individuals?

[@goygoddess2822]

I think everyone who likes this video should go and trade places with the people in Cuba who want to come here.

[@emilyrusso5307]

By all means, it's horrific and brutal, but because we put our trust in a few elected officials, it doesn't how badly we all want to help them, our elected officials don't need to do anything they don't want to, including supporting Cubans. People are obsessed with familiarity, so much so that they'll elect famous people who really aren't that suitable to run things. So much so that they'll create a monopoly, or millionaires, which in my opinion tend to hoard money or spend it on things that aren't great for the environment and could be better spent helping people who are poor now, or supporting Cubans or anything that would help. They'll usually make their comfort their priority. It has never made sense to me that one person should be allowed to have so much when literally everybody would be so significantly better off if that money were put back into communities. When in use, a $10 bill is worth way more than $10. It's worth $10 every time it's used, and so many people get to make use of that $10. In an extremely rich person's bank account, it will only ever be worth $10. It is not normal to have to work this much just to make ends meet. This economic hoarding is the cause of most of the inflation we're seeing. That money could be helping people now, but instead it's sitting in the account of somebody who really doesn't need it. Of course what's happening in Cuba is terrible, but realistically, none of us get to control anything at all, the %1 gets to decide what we do about it. All we can do is address the issues we might have some control over, and educate ourselves as to how it is in other countries. I don't see how liking this video insinuates that somebody doesn't want people in Cuba to have asylum and peace. We all deserve that. But we can appreciate our fortune while working on whatever flaws or imbalances we can try to correct. And maybe consider how peaceful BLM protesters, in our country, feel. Innocent protesters who just wanted a system to be reformed and regulated better were shot at and beaten, taken in unmarked vehicles, and arrested illegally. A reporter was arrested while he was live, you can find the footage. We're going down a similar path, my friend. That's the point of this video. It does not make sense for 1% to control the whole.

[@susanmercurio1060]

Let's go! Where do I get on the ship?

[@susanmercurio1060]

@@emilyrusso5307 : The only terrible thing that is happening in Cuba is the brutal, 65-year sanctions against Cuba, fomented by the US government to drive the Cuban people to revolt against their government. The same old playbook that they use all over Central and South America, and, indeed, the world.

[@goygoddess2822]

@@susanmercurio1060 I think the Cuban people are smart enough to know exactly what is going on and why they are upset.🤔

[@susanmercurio1060]

@@goygoddess2822 : The American people aren't smart enough to know when they are being bamboozled by OUR government, as your unthinking apology for it clearly shows.

[@ynnekripsellav361]

Ellesworth Toohey.

[@freesk8]

Yep. Nailed it.

[@susanmercurio1060]

Thorstein Veblen pointed this out in 1898. Read The Theory of the Leisure Class.

[@matthew7306]

The US also ranks 27th in social mobility. The American dream exists more in 26 other countries

[@boredfangerrude]

Not really, America is like the #1 country people migrate to.

[@matthew7306]

Immigrants are starting to notice how bad the healthcare is

[@laneatkinson6441]

@@matthew7306 Exactly, a British immigrant was just telling me yesterday that our healthcare system was incredibly frustrating and needlessly complicated.

[@matthew7306]

@@laneatkinson6441 we need a US NHS

[@AgoristsRising]

@@laneatkinson6441 what made health care complicated was government intervention. 🍎In the late 19th and 20th centuries, voluntary mutual aid associations existed which operated as a form of self- help insurance company. The medical care they offered were low cost compared to the medical services available on the regular market. But the medical establishment, like the American Medical Association, denounced this practice because the patients, not the physicians, were setting the price for care. They sought help from the government to grant them the monopoly to control medical licensure procedure, which greatly restricted the right to practice medicine and to provide care. Read Roderick T. Long's essay and/or watch bitbutter's "How government solved the health care crisis."

[@johnybazukata]

I agree full-heartedly

[@YogicConcepts]

Interesting to here

[@g.d.anonymous8235]

I am having a difficult time focusing on this subject because I keep wondering who dressed you?

[@codyjboudreaux]

A few ppl do work for the ones who don't put in work?

[@jamiemelquist8733]

Well he had interesting points but I think he missing important component when people see individual vs group. People are more likely to look an individual vs each member of a group. What makes individual more appealing would be understanding their personal goals, and achievements. I’m a skeptic on government programs regarding decreasing wealth gap based on how much the gap increased through the pandemic.

[@roxanafuentes6833]

I'm here to learn English. So, I can understand a little about the speech but I'm sure that it will be helpful for me. Thanks for share with us.

[@dental_man-g6363]

انت عربي

[@realthings5821]

2:55 The question should be: Does the group of people in our study prefer dominance by individuals or groups? It's much easier to relate to an individual than every individual in a group. A group is not that relatable because people are individuals not groups. Basically if you want people to treat other people badly, try to get them to view those people primarily as members of a group. Am I alone in wondering why this kind of "Is water wet?" study is getting exposure on TED?

[@camlendrim7609]

People support RF not only because he is arguably the tennis GOAT but is also a humble champion.

[@emilyrusso5307]

But other people could just as easily become like him if they received as much praise, and thus money and more training. There are many humble champions out there. If he were truly humble, he would donate most of his money and live like a normal citizen, now I don't know much about him so if he does donate a lot of it and doesn't hoard an unreasonable amount, kudos to him. But I have a very strong sense that he does not do that.

[@firstcommenter202]

Communism

[@wandalee5010]

I begrudge no one for being wealthy, I, however, have an issue with people who get wealthy and don’t care about their workers who made them wealthy! Spot on talk!

[@honiideslysses12]

You can't be referring to someone like, say a...Jeff Bezos, are you?

[@Murdrad]

Is this just the sociology of how we get people to support democrat economic policy, and never justifying left wing economic policy. Cringe.

[@YoutubeShortsIsACesspool]

Honest I heavily lean republican and hate every tax the rich thing there is out there but I just thought about inheritance tax and thought that’d be a good idea only because it doesn’t take away from the person who earned it until their death at which time the next person doesn’t earn it anyways

[@ayg2199]

inheritance should be tax free. generational wealth is a good thing. a bottom up society that puts the individual first, puts the individual immediate family members second. followed by distant relatives close friends, charity, etc. THEN individual neighborhoods, towns, cities, county, state, and last the federal government. the government should be last in line to get anything from an individuals wealth.

[@OzyMandias13]

@@ayg2199 Trust funds discourage hard work and rugged individualism. Advocating a birth lottery is the essence of entitlement. In addition to retaining all physical assets up to 20% of total net worth, a standard $1000000 yax-gree inheritance per surviving immediate family member ensures more than enough for them to pursue their own achievements. Everything else should be allocated by the individual or in the absence of this, the total is split between surviving the immediate family members to be allocated to charities and other types approved organizations (educational institutions, religious institutions, local community projects). This will also encourage individuals to do more with their wealth while they're alive.

[@ayg2199]

@@OzyMandias13, um no. the only person who should have a say in where there money goes when they die is the person doing the dying. government shouldn’t even know how much money anyone has let alone where it goes when we die.

[@OzyMandias13]

@@ayg2199 Oh, ok. You're completely unrealistic. Literally no society throughout recorded history has ever survived long-term abiding by your ideology so no point in considering it. I was trying to have a reasonable conversation. Nevermind. I won't waste anymore of my time.

[@ayg2199]

@@OzyMandias13 can you name 20 societies with a brief description of their managing of wealth in the past 5,000 years that have survived by not following my ideology? it must be cool to know how every society that has ever existed functioned

[@suny1265]

Nothing new, basic human interaction that you can learn form any psychology book.

[@macjj1733]

No, thank you.

[@nandantavkar]

One possible cause may be that a grouping is seen as a tribe. If it does NOT represent your situation (e.g., top 1% income group), you will be naturally be opposed to it (i.e., see it as a threat). If its an individual, the perceived threat is reduced because it's seen as an exception rather than a large force. So the mental reaction is aspirational. How can we use this bias as a force for good? Celebrate representatives of positive social outcomes perhaps ? Something similar to Nobel Prize or Tyler Prize, etc. Keep in mind, it's not the individual themself, but the effort and social/environmental achievement that is being celebrated by the prize. Increase the celebration of individual achievements in social and environmental causes, decrease celebrations in selfish money 💰 earning causes (e.g., Forbes featuring a Billionaire).

[@ОлегБайбурин]

Great!!!

[@MuimaLahbiba]

ممكن الترجمة بالعربية

[@defenderofwisdom]

Celebrate is not the equivalent of worship. Some people do celebratory things.

[@susugam3004]

it's worship, bootlicker.

[@defenderofwisdom]

@@susugam3004 I mean... For the right boot... And the right lady wearing the boot...

[@susugam3004]

@@defenderofwisdom try googling it

[@defenderofwisdom]

@@susugam3004 No need.

[@thatoneguy9473]

Only person worth worshipping is Jesus Christ. He was by no means a wealthy man and at the time he was rejected by his own people, but he still died for them and us. Turn to Christ, repent of your sins, and he will give you eternal life. In Christ we are already equal. In Christ we can love all and forgive all even if it's hard sometimes. We are not perfect and none of us deserve any praise but yet Christ came out of his heavenly glory to walk among us and be the perfect sacrificial lamb to take all of our sins past, present, and future onto himself so that they would die on the cross with him. He rose on the third day to show the power he has over his death and ours. Romans 5:8 but God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

[@thatoneguy9473]

@Hoku Orpilla no but it is my responsibility as a Christian to spread the gospel regardless of whether people like me doing it or not.

[@Nbarbacc]

Hail Satan

[@spike-proteinkills-cells349]

We NEED tiny homes that poor Americans can buy working $18/Hour or less! Tiny house structure should be affordable and durable for under $30,000 ( 1 year of work to pay off )!

[@boredfangerrude]

This data is so flawed that it's almost useless...The data comes from too small of a pool. ALSO, it's not bad that people have different amounts of wealth so long as people are moving out of poverty which, they are in western and developing countries.

[@JakeRoselli]

more leftist drivel from Ted...

[@GR33TINGSEARTHL1NGS]

I feel like you didn't actually pay attention to the video. He makes legitimate data driven arguments, and your response is an unbased opinion. I don't think you're well positioned to be calling his position flawed.

[@koraptd6085]

@@JakeRoselli what about this video has anything to do with lEfTiStSt dRiVeL?

[@boredfangerrude]

@@GR33TINGSEARTHL1NGS I watched like 75% of it and was paying attention. He glosses over a lot. But it seems like he's pulling from a pretty small pool as this mindset he's saying isn't universally shared. In countries like Japan which are collectivist, you'd see the exact opposite data. That's why I'm saying his position is flawed.

[@OzyMandias13]

As far as the United States is concerned, your assertion was correct until 2020. But by the end of 2020, the US saw the sharpest rise in the U.S. poverty rate since the 1960s. That percentage-point rise is nearly double the largest annual increase in poverty since the 1960s. This means an additional 8 million people nationwide are now considered poor. Whether or not that trend can be reversed remains to be seen. It most certainly will not happen without government intervention. People will have to decide if they want to have more and more people fall into poverty or support government assistance to prevent it. It's an ideological choice for most and everyone is entitled to an opinion. However, one thing is not opinion. People aren't going to starve to death or more importantly, watch their families starve. Take a look at South Africa in the past week. Cuba, Haiti, Ethiopia, Lebanon. It's pretty dire and not something that can only happen somewhere else.

[@easyenglishwithdaisy]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@zalexanna]

What a fascinating study! I wonder if this applies to NGOs/ Advocacy as well... so we should highlight single individuals to grow the appreciation of the organisation/ cause, I wonder...?

[@YoutubeShortsIsACesspool]

I find it funny that before watching the video I started writing a comment on my opinion then I watched the video and he’s taking the words out of my mouth specifically the part where he says we can attribute the success to the individual it in a group it’s less personal and less responsibility as a whole for outcome

[@jeffroderick5783]

I will be signing TShirts....50 bucks a pop....Come Early... The Lines will be Long....and I will also sign Your Hats... for 60 bucks a Pop...Bring All YOUR FRIENDS FOLKS... ......Jeff Roderick

[@freelancedentist9480]

What about Jeff bezos

[@shahad-bc9gx]

ممكن الترجمه للعربي

[@user371-p7r]

Dear person, who reads it. Yes, I mean exactly you! Maybe we don't know each other. Still, I want to say, that I believe in you! You will certainly achieve your dreams and your happiness! Just don't give up and be honest with yourself! Now you have at least one person who constantly believes in you, which means you are fated to realize your dreams! No doubts here ^) *Best wishes for you ❤️ from a new KZbinr* ✌️

[@maggikelly5887]

What a very nice & positive post … I like yr idea , your generosity & encouragement .. it’s tricky , the idea of being honest with ones self …. facing ones ego & letting the genuine loving self come to the front , to act with loving compassion .. as you did . May you be well & happy 🌸💓

[@moodybassist]

money: every man for himself

[@emilyrusso5307]

like it never makes sense to me that people choose to compete to the death over just cooperating with each other

[@moodybassist]

@@emilyrusso5307 I often find myself pondering that very thing

[@realthings5821]

@@emilyrusso5307 Competition produces innovation.

[@SelfEducationMethodologySEM]

👋👋👍

[@david-joeklotz9558]

What a load of rubbish!!!

[@blondegirlsezthis8798]

what's great about people with LOW IQ is that they make brash comments from the back of the room and then scurry off before anyone can make them prove it. Guessing you're a real Trump booster

[@goygoddess2822]

It is indeed!! Commie collectivism!! I think the people who like this video should go trade places with the people in Cuba who want to come here.

[@OzyMandias13]

@@goygoddess2822 Ok, you are Liking your own comments because this is the fifth time I've read it in this videos comments. Obviously, no one could like this comment as much as you.

[@goygoddess2822]

@@OzyMandias13 So sorry to disappoint you, but you are wrong.

[@OzyMandias13]

@@goygoddess2822 I'm you're not wrong that you posted it five times. That's just as pathetic. Does the importance of the individual not apply to your comments?

[@YoutubeShortsIsACesspool]

Warren buffet is so nit picked to Goldman Sachs and it can be broke down like this I’ve never ever seen anything about Goldman Sachs on anything except movies I’ve watched but I’ve seen tons of motivational speeches warrennbuffet has done just a terrible comprison

[@wesl5359]

Not convinced by this talk. Datas shown have been collected with very few people, only sharing the same occidental culture as everyone else in the crowd. The presentation is lacking a deeper work questioning the effects of capitalism and neoliberalism on individuals' social behaviours and moral conceptions. It's thus creating a "unique verity" that in fact not applies to the entirety of the population : read Pierre Clastres, take datas with non-occidental(ized) individuals and you'll understand how this whole reasoning is flawed at it's roots.

[@Nismar]

Indonesian hadir

[@blondegirlsezthis8798]

if you step away from the "worship of the individual" one step you end up with American Exceptionalism, i.e. Ayn Rand and Objectivism. Two steps, Authoritarianism. Three? Cultism.

[@shivamtripathi9498]

Today's story is amazing 😍 😂😂

[@ItsYaBoyChanning]

Its an 11 minute video and it came out 4 minutes ago. You didn’t watch it 😂

[@suny1265]

Again some Story telling for some fiction framing.

[@Skunkhunt_42]

Ummm.....

[@TheOneWhoTubes]

I’m not taking advice from a person dressed this way. You’ve ruined your credibility before speaking.

[@colinvanful]

i totaly agree

[@DarthE528]

nice ad hominem

[@TheOneWhoTubes]

@@DarthE528 Yeah, I was kinda laughing when I typed it. Was more of a joke than an attack but trust your gut when you are trying to be persuaded by a man(?) wearing a vest, polo AND sport jacket, simultaneously.

[@OzyMandias13]

@@TheOneWhoTubes Plot Twist: It's all one garment and it's open in the back.

[@TheOneWhoTubes]

@@OzyMandias13 🤯

[@ايديلايد]

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[@YoriichiTsugikuniyamete69]

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[@รıŋศŋ]

First comment 😍