The Madness of Millionaires

[@ari1234a]

"No more billionaires. None After you reach $999 million, every red cent goes to schools and health care. You get a trophy that says, “I won capitalism” and we name a dog park after you" Wayne Gretzky

[@richard713]

wealth does not work that way. billionare means things in your name like a company or any other business or land are worth billions not that you have it in the bank

[@ari1234a]

@@richard713 Where does it say that this $999 million has to be in the bank ? Edit: Why don`t people think about poor me, i only have $899 million in the bank and only 100 million in my company's name. Why are people so thoughtless and cruel that they cannot let me have more money Buu Huu Huuu. Can`t people see that i am suffering and struggling here....

[@robkryten]

@@richard713 that is still something with value that is not in the hands of the many. If billionaires had to sell that land/shares then it would lower its value and end up being more evenly distributed. Except that it wouldn’t since the accountants would be set to work to make those billionaires appear to be paupers even as they flew around in their private jets 🫤 Gary Economics on KZbin has some interesting ideas on wealth equality - check it out.

[@Stepbystep74]

Just tax wealth on a progressive scale. 0.01% per million for example. Got 100mil 1mil in tax per year. By the time you’re a billionaire 10% tax on that wealth should help it find an equilibrium. I’d be happy to celebrate their contributions to society at that point

[@t00nfish]

10% tax is not much. I pay 42% on income and additional xx% for business. Maybe that’s why I am not yet a billionaire.

[@ljt3084]

Agent Smith and Zuck's voice Nailed Both. You forgot to mention the Australian property tycoon who took issue with people not wanting to work a 70 hr week for minimum wage. The not so self made millionaire.

[@1Wilful]

And the Australian heiress mining billionaire who thinks employees should be paid $2/hour.

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

@@1Wilful WTAF?

[@1Wilful]

@@JaneAustenAteMyCat Gina Rinehart. You don't want to know.

[@MoominDoogie]

There's no such thing as a self made billionaire. If you have that much money, you didn't earn it, you stole, conned and connived your way to the top. NOBODY is worth that much.

[@samdaniels2]

Was this the same guy that claimed people are poor because they eat avocado toast?

[@nathanielreichley4640]

What a great Agent Smith impression!

[@Walperion_Music]

With his stupid neck!

[@Kerbal_fever]

I was not expecting the best monologue from the Matrix. Really well done as well.

[@lesley4085]

This is heartbreakingly spot on.

[@Lili-xq9sn]

Yes, thank you for addressing homelessness. Zuch & musk wouldn't miss the 20 billion $.

[@SagaciousFrank]

​@@Lili-xq9snmoney not only doesn't often solve problems, it compounds them.

[@philh9421]

As I’ve got older what I’ve seen is that people have been programmed that success = an excess of money, and that they must always chase that goal. That for normal people is unhealthy, billionaires are the extreme end of the curve, and those born into that wealth are the worst because they’ve never had to face consequences for their (in)actions. Great video, Mr Smith.

[@moggadah]

There actually a lot to say about this. In mathematical modelling there's a concept that's called overfitting (take a look at wikipedia). It's basically when you optimize for some specific data points which makes you miss out on the bigger picture. When AI appeared I started thinking about what the similarities between AI and our intelligence are. One this is AI is pretty prone to overfitting. You probably have seen various strange hallucinatory AI images and other strangeness. These strange pictures are due to some kind of overfitting. To me it seems human intelligence is reminiscing of AI. Our brains are basically neural nets (like the artificial ones).When humans are aggressively optimizing on specific data points we miss out on the bigger picture. The "matrix"/society we live I skewed towards creating a simulation were we optimize for the satisfaction of the ego, thus we miss out on holistic goals like equality, peace and environmental protection. According to me, we need to describe this overfitting and show it to the people. Whenever overfitting exist in a system (artificial or natural) it may cause havock. Of course there's the problem that some people don't mind bringing havock on everybody else, as long as they live well, but to me holism is a virtue. So, basically, we need to optimize for virtues instead of ego. The concept of virtues are not new. How did we end up here? Well, virtues are not entirely universal, what's important shift from time to time and place to place. We need to work for a constructive equilibrium.

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

I think it's part of a larger trend. On the one hand, you have people with a victim mentality mindset being loud and vocal online, to everyone's annoyance. And as a reaction to that, we got the rise of this "bro" scene that goes full-tilt in the other direction. Radical accountability, personal development woo-woo, chasing success in life, being a "self-made man". All of which, on the surface, are good things. But they take it to the extreme. The moment you start measuring your self-worth in number of Lambo's in the garage and amount of pussy pounded, you're doing something wrong. You kind of missed the whole "financial security and a meaningful relationship" stage that should've been your goal all along.

[@pondering1716]

@@moggadah cool connection drawn

[@SamuelBlack84]

We as human beings are forced to spend our entire lives struggling to deal with the unfathomable depths of a void buried deep inside our own identity We are both animal and Man fighting to bridge the gulf between instinct and free will Our animal side tells us to surrender to are primal urges and give ourselves over to nature itself Our free will tells us to rise above the jungle of the animal kingdom and ascend to a hypothetical higher destiny But neither can ever fulfil us and truly make us happy And so, we stumble from place to place, day after day chasing tedious l, empty and hollow obsessions in a vain hope that they will give our lives meaning and transcendence to what we believe we are searching for Except all hopes and dreams are folly We're just pieces of walking flesh that thinks it's important And, that's it

[@holidayarmadillo8653]

@@SamuelBlack84😂dude you are deep in the existential nihilism. You missed the point of the video cuz you are a professional doomer 😂

[@tonib5899]

Your very distinctive style of satire is brilliant. Cutting but full of hilarity and truth. Which is where the crazy stuff is. Real life as become so bizarre, upside down. If you don’t laugh you will cry.😂😂😂

[@Abelhawk]

Just wanted to say I love these new videos of yours. They're smart, they talk about issues in an engaging manner, and the skits to accompany them are as on point as always. Keep em comin!

[@raerae6422]

100% agree.

[@antonellamR2D2]

My thoughts too, he's entertaining and profound

[@saydvoncripps]

When you hear of nurses or anyone working 10 hour shifts and going to a food bank, you think..that can't be right. Then you hear one person gets more money than Sweden and you think, that can't be right.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

Who has more money than Sweden?

[@ozymandias1091]

I always tell people if you want to get on the property ladder, just sell your porsche!

[@tinachristine4573]

Sell your porsche.

[@An_inquisitive_thinker]

Which one? 🤔

[@leggoentertainment2947]

See that's what I don't understand, why don't people sell their Porsche?

[@yan-amar]

Just 8 men own same wealth as half the world (figure from 2017). The world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes from $405 billion to $869 billion since 2020 -at a rate of $14 million per hour- while nearly five billion people have been made poorer, reveals a new Oxfam report on inequality and global corporate power. 100 companies are source of over 70% of global carbon emissions (2017 too, global emissions including from coal and oil rise since).

[@glazierblue573]

Let's end homelessness. Let's rebuild a country after a war. Lets fix the medical system and NHS. let's saves the planet and the future of the human race, and all wild life and you will still die the wealthiest man. Billionaires: "No that's an insane waste of time. I think we should put a big TV screen in space and market the big brands... even tho no one can see it from space. Maybe we can advertise to the Aliens when they fly by in there flying source!" Yeah that logic seems ligit 😩🙄

[@kayoss8787]

The system isn’t broken, it’s working exactly as intended. This grind to the second gilded age has been marching strongly since Margaret thatcher and Ronald Reagan began convincing themselves that trickle down economics made cents.

[@geroffmilan3328]

Equal parts hilarious & utterly soul-destroying. Mission accomplished.

[@weswheel4834]

That was outstanding. Bit of a serious subject, with added Agent Smith to lighten the mood. Top vid.

[@dogriffiths]

I worked at one place where there was a reorganisation and the threat of mass layoffs. The boss called a large meeting and listened to lots of people say how worried they were. He listened. They finished. Then he said he absolutely understood that they were worried. But they had no need to... because the boss said he was going to be fine and he would definitely be able to cope if lots of us lost our jobs.

[@andrear4954]

That reminds me of Lord Farquad's "Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make" speech from Shrek 😂

[@jakewilliams7571]

Michael, I love your blend of humour and critical thought.. Almost as much as a hypothetical evil villain loves sending a sports car into space, or a member of the working class loves being able to feed their family. Keep it up mate!

[@SpaceChimes]

"-How is it different? -..." genius

[@BiggerThanFrogs]

Absolute genius. Accurate, disturbing, funny. And your set dressing is top shelf.

[@pondering1716]

In my own little fantasy world I think it would be awesome if there was a day every year in which the CEO and executives had to get up in front of their employees and defend their salary

[@Pollycat15]

Now there’s an idea…. 🤔

[@mat5267]

They already do, to the board, investors, shareholders etc.

[@SamuelBlack84]

I prefer my own own fantasy world where the entire universe belongs to me 😊

[@shinywarm6906]

"Billionaire" is a synonym for "sociopath"

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

It certainly seems to be. There is no ethical way to be a billionaire in this world

[@sdwone]

Millionaires are just as bad! Some of them anyway! I worked for a start-up once, headed by an egotistical, arrogant and brash American-English CEO millionaire, who often came into the office playing video games, while we all worked our asses off trying to build his vision! Sometimes very late (10pm!) into the night! To only then come back into the office 8am SHARP the next morning!!! Anyway, if things weren't bad enough, he started to lose his sh*t when a colleague was having issues with her time keeping, because of issues looking after her special needs son. Not only was he completely unsympathetic to her needs (she eventually left the company after a couple of months!), but he also had this brilliant idea of punishing the WHOLE team, based off her inability to get into the office on time... Which to be fair, only happened on the odd occasion. "If you're not in the office within *5 minutes* of our 8am kick off time... Then don't bother coming in!" he used to bark!!! LOL! Now I see why some Americans have a REALLY hard time with their INSANE work ethic over there!!! So yeah... Bottom-line, dependent upon your personality of course but... *Money Corrupts Absolutely!* And perhaps if people were more aware of this, then they wouldn't automatically turn into serious a$$holes when they do eventually become rich!

[@hallofmirrorsnetwork]

@@sdwoneagreed. All billionaires were multi millionaires once. It’s how it escalates. If money and power are your sole goal in life you are not a good person, it’s that simple.

[@mrpositronia]

Hard to argue with that.

[@Aj-tu4gv]

Genies 3rd eye

[@goingwalkaboutnow]

Adorable, amusing and multifaceted, you really are a gem.

[@peterrenn6341]

"Smithers! - massage my brain!" These days Monty Burns seems quite benign and well-adjusted by comparison.

[@danburycollins]

I'm really loving these latest videos (I mean I like the older ones as well, but this format really works :) )

[@theeviljames]

The main thing that annoys me about real world super-villians is that not one has the vision to have a volcano lair. It's basic stuff, guys. Do they even have henchmen?

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

They do have henchmen. They're called "cops" and we all pay their salaries.

[@marcusaurelius49]

The modern mega rich did not get mega rich by caring about their employees, their customers, or even the planet they are destroying. It is greed for greed’s sake.

[@mindyourownbastardbu]

Business has a set of physics laws. If you break them your business collapses and everyone loses their job and their money. Business doesn't exist to supply socialists with money, they exist to create economic value. Illustrative of this is the improvement in Twitter after 80% of the staff were fired. The fact Twitter still runs and runs better than it did illustrates that 80% of the employees were doing less than nothing for the company. Lefties hated that obvious fact hilariously.

[@brianmcg321]

Boo whooo

[@botchedmandala5197]

Really like these new longform ones. Love your takes, you make me feel a bit less depressed when you whinge at the same intolerable shit I died inside a long time ago over.... makes me feel less lonely, so thank u. And generally thanks for making videos for what it's worth... makes my day

[@NotLostExploring]

The future is chatbots in the metaverse telling you to read the FAQ

[@glazierblue573]

Well this is ageing well! As always Michael 🎯

[@holidayarmadillo8653]

The skit where the billionaire happily fires his employee and grins nonstop while telling him he’s out actually had me cracking up so hard. Michael you are so great, brother. Much love from across the pond.

[@sluglife9785]

I can make sense of this from having seen the flipside. Having been poor and disabled for much of my life, I experienced a psychological warping where I was constantly terrified that the consequences of my every action could lead me quickly to a lot of pain and even death. With little support, it genuinely crippled me. Every interaction or decision felt like it could spell doom because I was utterly at the mercy of others. I figure if I had the kind of power these guys have, I might feel the opposite, where my actions, however irresponsible, will have little to no consequence on my well-being. It might even feel enjoyable to make irresponsible decisions insofar as it reinforces in my mind just what a privileged position I was in.

[@darkwingmot]

Your Elmo Schwarzenegger parody doing a Zuckerberg parody was spot on

[@jaybirddee3790]

This was incredible. Thank you! This reality that we’re living in is infuriating, but your comedy always buoys my spirit! Thank you!

[@beebopalooba888]

I LOVE YOU Spicer!! it feels surreal to be passionate about truth and experience its extinction in my lifetime, and watch you, and feel absolute reflection on these topics. no where else in media do i get this experience. THANK YOU spicer you are soooo needed and sooooo rare. p.s you portray the feeling of being captive to a chat box perfectly. I thank your mother for you xx

[@dah4527]

Awesome, Michael, just awesome. The funniest thing I've seen in a while. Thank you.

[@VenatorMortis]

Agent smith touch was pretty cool haha

[@subibosa8243]

Agent Smith and Kermit Zuckerburg heheheh

[@RUSH2112RUSH]

Even though there are no rants, no swearing, no rage I cannot help but liken much of this video to the equally brilliant Jonathon Pie videos.

[@wakingtheworld]

9:40 "Can we get a Chatbot in here...." - I absolutely lost it at this point.... 🤣 Brilliant as usual, Michael. You got 'em all to a T....

[@cake_fingers4548]

The way they both start eyeing up the agent Smith chat bot was excellent

[@kikidevine694]

For every self made millionaire, there's a thousand people who put them there

[@gloriashaftoe8586]

I can't stop watching this. It's so good. Thank you for starting this new series. It's fantastic.

[@monty6491]

Absolutely loving this new series of videos from you, please keep it going

[@HakanKoseoglu]

Behind every billionaire, there's thousands of abused and neglected workers cheated out of their salaries.

[@nst1981]

I used to work for a Truck dealer as a night parts advisor. I was furloughed and then made redundant during 2020 by a c*** of a senior manager who never really liked me but a year later after a stock check, £68k of stock was missing that had been fitted to vehicles but not booked out. I howled in laughter like a drain when i found out. Checking for missing stock on a weekly basis was one of my duties but no one else bothered to do it after i left

[@heraldeventsandfilms5970]

Your moral compass is working superbly. Thank you for this Michael.

[@geep8647]

loving the new content, serious topics with a sketch thrown in

[@gypseetim]

gosh, so many great funny videos lately! whatever you're taking, keep taking it!!

[@richardgreen8569]

I wasn't immediately convinced when you switched to longer form content as your shorter videos were just so great but I feel like you're finding the groove now and this video was great

[@cmoor8616]

That Hugo Weaving impression was chilling. Well done

[@evphex]

Spicer is a brilliant satirist and a hell of an actor.

[@brickmastertube]

DUDE! That impression was sooo good! Freakin nailed it.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Once you reach three million, you shouldn't be able to earn any more money. That's the limit. You've beated the economy. Well done. Now everything above three million gets taxed at 100%.

[@daysandwords]

As an Aussie and Matrix fanboy, I have to give 10 outta 10 for your Hugo Weaving. Great stuff!

[@atlanta2076]

This has been both devastating and refreshing. Subscribed!

[@williamhornabrook8081]

That Agent Smith monologue from the Matrix is so good.

[@ChrisCM23]

Absolutely brilliant Michael Depressingly astute. Thank you

[@PowerMechGuyTechMasterEarl]

The fear in the CEO's eyes at the sight of the intensity of his OWN chatbot abosolutely broke me, lol.

[@Walperion_Music]

Lol I found myself here RIGHT AFTER a video where millionaires tell people how to become rich through changing your mindset... Now I understand both sides of opinions!

[@madwibble]

It's through changing your headset in the metaverse

[@killerqueen4110]

That was the best Hugo Weaving impression I have ever seen. You even got the shape of his lips down.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

That's a top notch Agent Smith!!! (needs a slightly green tint, though).

[@JonathanLittlemore]

Will it stay up this time!??

[@bigpants6121]

who knows.

[@ljt3084]

Sounds like a spam email selling Viagra. 👆

[@mouhamadyoussouf9320]

Any idea why it was taken off?

[@dougalmcguire7202]

I only saw the alert for it last week, has it changed?

[@panicatthegasstation]

Phrasing, Jesus.

[@paulramble7687]

That was a great change to the usual. Really enjoyed it.

[@ekidd79]

Why did Agent Smith sound vaguely like Kryten off of Red Dwarf tho 😂😂 Great Stuff...I am both amused and despondent

[@Kawartha65]

Observations = truth …..love that you are calling a spade a spade.

[@Callingnone]

Dude….i just came across the videos a couple of days ago and wow, you are an excellent orator. Kudos to your writers as well.

[@wabi_sabi52]

Your writing and performances are spot on

[@Thr3-Words]

That joke with the black top was so endearing that my heart kinda melted

[@MarcusMIDI]

Far too accurate. Brilliant as always sir! 💪🏾🙏🤩

[@Rick-mf3gh]

Your long-form videos are getting better and better. 👍

[@jayminpatel9329]

You're too funny! How have I only discovered you like 24 hours ago! Just way too funny 😂😂😂😂

[@mega-doom]

Excellent video sir. This should win an award. Bravo.

[@BassWakil]

Kind of apporiate that when you started the sketch of the boss gleefully firing customer support to replace them with bots, KZbin went “WHATEVER LIFE THROWS AT YOU. LAUGH THROUGH IT WITH AUDIBLE”

[@Fredric_Cedrich]

OMG making the chat bot the agent from Matrix is genius!!!😂😂

[@MadisonTen]

Loving this new format Michael. Reminds me of a modernised BBC documentary style from the early 90s, see Black Wednesday, 1992 on KZbin 😊

[@georgeparkes3863]

I’m waiting for the chat bot to say ‘ I HATE customer services!’ Seems inevitable. The other question is how much money is enough?

[@SamuelBlack84]

Money only gets you shiny things Big deal

[@foff-666]

Playing Hugo Weaving playing Agent Smith impersonating Carl Sagan was great! :D

[@Blitterbug]

'cept he impersonates one of the Wachowskis - Lilly I believe

[@foff-666]

@@Blitterbug I don't know what you mean... Hugo Weaving said himself that he based the Agent Smith character and his talking style directly on Carl Sagan...

[@Blitterbug]

@@foff-666 He said (I've seen the video) that he based it on (then) Larry (now Lilly) Wachowski, and he then did a quick mimicry of the director's (then) gruff, deep, slow and precise voice. It's in one of the documentaries on the original DVD of The Matrix. Edit: It is Sagan-esque, and I wonder whether he's changed his story one way or the other over the years? But 'tis in the vid, what I said...

[@foff-666]

@@Blitterbug that's so weird unless we are dealing with a Mandela-Effect here because I had watched an interview with Weaving late 1990's where he clearly explained and discussed him basing the character on Carl Sagan, his cadence, rythm and speech style etc. Weird that there must be two competing versions of Hugo in the first person telling two completely different versions lolll maybe he's trolling :)

[@ennesshay5040]

The 3 minute video ''Mark Steel Refers to Tax Dodgers as Greedy Bastards'' by TopTellyFan / the 4.21 ''Recession Hits'' by Jonathan Pie and the 1.28 ''George Carlin on Our Similarities,'' by Ammar Khan plus the 3.25 ''The Banker'' by RobinHoodTax

[@dannjp75]

2:21 also knows as Las Vegas

[@McShavey]

It's a resoundingly accurate, almost entirely true sweeping statement. ... keep making it.

[@w-james9277]

I do the gardens at the main home of the CEO of a major company and can confirm his sense of entitlement is higher than the ISS. I honestly think he believes himself a god and we're all there to serve him.

[@craigfeltham3318]

Ahhhhhh…Mr Anderson!! 👏🏼👏🏼😂😂

[@MartinoFeliz]

4:42 agent smith 😂🤣😂🤣

[@highdownmartin]

Loving these explanatory videos. Very interesting. And dead right about the out of balance voracious species

[@JossWaddy]

Did agent smith take down the video on Friday? was it Ol'Musky? Trust no-one!! Excellent vid as ever. Really enjoying your work in this format. Not that I didn't before, just that, you know.. oh shut up Joss.

[@MrMichaelSpicer]

Thank you for watching. I can only assume the super rich are conspiring against me, like they do with poor Russell Brand.

[@benwilliams3490]

" this is charcoal" favorite part, love the new stuff

[@gertrudlehmann4869]

Thanks 🎉

[@MrBigsmiffy]

That Agent Smith impression was elite 😂👏🏻👏🏻

[@dezoksiribon]

I like your new series! thanks

[@CJTallon]

The mr smith impression lol

[@Housestationlive]

power turns crazy. and more recently, girl power turned women crazy the exact same fucking way.

[@manuela9671]

really liking this new format... ☺

[@BradsPitts.]

The Elon Musk parody in Don’t Look Up was so on point

[@stevencrook3979]

The Agent Smith appearance is excellent!

[@frankowalker4662]

OMG, Loved the Chat Bot. 👍

[@philfichtinger3009]

superb! and so spot on with billionaires wanting to become a lifestyle instead of aging gracefully and for the greater good.

[@jonathanhirschbaum6754]

You can replace support indian call center with AOL Chat Buddy and none of the value will be lost

[@HarryAshtonCoaching]

How come this video got reuploaded? I was half way through watching last week when it suddenly became unavailable!

[@agnessaltonstall2182]

Absolutely fantastic work 👏

[@mouhamadyoussouf9320]

Why was this video taken off in the first place?

[@bigpants6121]

guess.

[@ljt3084]

You had to ask.

[@LeCube2047]

Libel?

[@MrPeterhe]

Rich people, is my guess

[@soundscape26]

@@LeCube2047If that were the case he wouldn't be uploading it again. Also, the video is quite mild compared to many others on KZbin.

[@ANTPS32CREWCHIEF]

In Hong Kong you could start a business by filling out a single sheet of paper. The GDP of 100 sq/mi HK was 14 times as large as 1.2 million sq/mi Algeria. Freedom solves many problems.

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

In Somalia you can start a business without any paperwork whatsoever, but they aren't doing so great economically.

[@ErifilyNikola]

The Agent Smith chatbot...😂😂😂

[@AttilaTheHun333333]

That Smith was spot on.