Why Billionaires Won’t Save Us | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Netflix

The wealthiest Americans are often celebrated for their prolific giving, but is it altruism or is it all just hype? Hasan dissects how the ultra-rich use philanthropy to get richer, distract from the injustices on which they built their fortunes, and dictate politics and policy.
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[@GardEngebretsen]

"Bill Gates, will you run for President?" "Why would I want to decrease my political power?"

[@oida10000]

And this was most unrealistic point of Lex Luthor ever running for this office.

[@terencekwong3033]

Why would I want to be capped to just 8 years 😆

[@junsu21]

Really really crazy to learn what Gates and his money did re: charter schools in WA state.

[@goon303]

I know right....Gates almost burst out laughing when he was asked that question. Might as well ask Trump "Hey, will you run for mayor?" :P

[@Orcawhale1]

@@oida10000 Except it was directly adressed in the storyline, you dingus kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXqTp6enrdR6Z80

[@missesdimplez]

To the people kinda confused between a million and a billion: a million seconds is about 11 and a half days, a billion seconds is over 31 years. 🤯

[@livetochange974]

L idol wren wren fumble

[@livetochange974]

K idiot we aren't dumb we know that

[@Ketraar]

A Billion is the US is not the same as a Billion in (most) other countries. Those that use the metric system will say "one thousand million" for the equivalent of a "US" Billion.

[@ajcambern]

Skelly art, you having a stroke? Don't speak for everyone dumbass

[@Sahdirah]

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[@TheLocalChurchExperience]

It's not a surprise why this show was canceled. It was stepping on too many powerful toes.

[@zohair4658]

@@danieltaylor9459 that won’t happen since they already have John Oliver unfortunately. Plus i believe Netflix owns the rights to the name patriot act as well.

[@danieltaylor9459]

@Zohair Well right-for sure. I see your point. I meant in terms of the fact, though, that John is quite literally able to say anything and everything lol. So if HBO picked up Hassan, as well…? Damn. That’d be great

[@mdmaxson]

he isnt laughing at his own jokes.... hes laughing at you and everyone else for thinking he doesn't have permission to say everything he said. He talks like he isnt one of the rich he is talking about while his outfit probably costs more than half the people who watched this have in their savings account right now.. and he probably won't even wear them again because that requires him or even one of his maids to do laundry.... even his maids are above doing laundry.

[@khanhtrandanf9085]

@@mdmaxson he maybe rich, but definitely not that level of rich he told about . People can be rich, but to be as rich as the 1% of the world, and at the same time, have ridiculously huge political power, i think it is a no-no. Beside that, I dont think he wears his own costumes on the show. It is probably from the studio or something, and he returns it after.

[@danm3573]

@@mdmaxson His net worth is $3 million. I hate to say it, but, there's a difference between unlimited political power and a comfy retirement.

[@NewYorker6699]

It's a real travesty that Netflix canceled Hasan's contract. He's brilliant, hardworking and funny as Hell.

[@someguynamedsteve203]

Captialists piggy's Keeping captialism in power Nothing new

[@nada2excoo]

I think the mega billionaires didn't like him

[@irelandaintreal2945]

they hated christ cause he spoke uncomfortable truths

[@newagain9964]

Travesty? No. The real travesty is that some of the worse ppl possible rule us. And it shows!

[@naylas3908]

FFS, he decided not to renew his contract because he was receiving credible death threats. His show wasn’t cancelled.

[@abrar__sami]

Thanks on behalf of all the people who can't afford Netflix.

[@theviralvideos542]

Right on point brother😂

[@blancmull3886]

Netflix is five pounds a month.....

[@abrar__sami]

@@blancmull3886 I am a college student.

[@excuseme1543]

@@abrar__sami So am I but it's probably better you don't have it. Less distractions?

[@abrar__sami]

@@excuseme1543 Yes bro it is. The only things I pay for is Spotify and Audible. (Side note: my previous comment was meant for humor lol)

[@cometmoon4485]

To be honest, "I want to make Batman unnecessary" sounds like a cool villain quote from a trailer for the latest film.

[@scaleofjudgement]

Actually in the Animated Series, there was a lawyer that was saying the same thing that was forced to defend him in the episode. The lawyer changed her stance from prosecuting Batman to making a Batman not needed because " The Criminals made him."

[@aphedges]

There was a recent comic series called "Batman: White Knight" that actually examined the financial cost of Batman and whether other approaches to solving crime in Gotham would be better.

[@Dawnelldo2]

@@aphedges That comic was set in are world where there's seemingly no Superman or Darksied and other level of heroes & villains.

[@JaySweetZ]

This is pretty much what Harvey Dent said in the dark knight at dinner

[@kevinnelson6070]

This was explored in the Dark Knight a little bit.

[@mariyamsaigal1762]

I'm studying banking law and i rewatched this video to note down how many laws are cleverly broken and have loopholes. Thanks Hasan. My exam will be full of your jokes. 🙏

[@aynain1810]

Ayoo how did it go?

[@Indomitable_Alykat]

This show was hitting at truths that so many powerful people don't want us to hear. No wonder they couldn't let it continue to be on air.

[@siri7005]

There are other shows talking about many of the same things, like Last Week Tonight. Not everything is a conspiracy theory.

[@naylas3908]

That’s not what happened! Hasan quit because he was receiving death threats. His show wasn’t canceled, he stopped to protect his family. Given that he stepped on the toes of powerful regimes like China and Saudi Arabia and the threats were deemed ‘credible’, it’s understandable that he quit.

[@halinaqi2194]

@@siri7005 Yeah, they dont really need to. Most of what he is talking about is out there, and public knowledge. He isnt exposing secrets. And those in power already know what he does doesnt have enough influence or power to threaten them. Most people know that these big corporations are scummy in some way and that a lot of governing bodies are incompetent, paralyzed, or corrupt. At least Hasan makes it entertaining, to me at least.

[@vancedadder]

​@@siri7005 Nah, he ruffled the feathers of Netflix execs as well as Amazon's... they definitely didn't like it

[@ibrothesavage6952]

Hasan minhaj will come for everybody he's not scared...damn

[@jquiznos2283]

Um, okay. What about that episode on Indian politics? He straight said he was scared to talk the talk on that TV show. Dial back your fanboying bruh.

[@jquiznos2283]

@H S He didn't go on that show broh.

[@mausaf2389]

J Quiznos Saw Seth Meyers not everyone is fan boying ...

[@jquiznos2283]

@H S kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4LEhIhni7lgrK8

[@the_bottomfragger]

Other ones have been way riskier. It's become really mainstream to hate on billionaires.

[@sivewt]

"President? Do you know how much power I'd have to give up to be president?" - Lex Luthor

[@Robustacap]

@@emmabunch-benson7922 have you seen what passes as "real world" today? :-) what's a sivert?

[@mohammadfaraz6707]

Lex in justice League .

[@HeirHead]

sivert Justice League Unlimited? Big Fan if the 2006 series I see.... excellent choice of animation quality and an analogy that’s almost reflective.

[@CosmicCricket]

Looking at the resurgence of authoritarianism happening in the US and around the planet, maybe the lex luthors of the world wouldn’t have to give up any power at all

[@P_F_D]

@@Robustacap sivert is the name of the user they quoted :P

[@jazzyfae415]

BRING BACK PATRIOT ACT, we need this show back more than ever!!!!!💯💯✔✔🙌🏽

[@naylas3908]

That’s not going to happen. He quit because of death threats. However, he could become the next host of tge Daily Show, and that would be fantastic. There’s a petition. He killed it last week during his guest hosting gig.

[@lenkacfk7155]

Oh, I'd sign that petition, where can I find it?

[@hasher22]

Can we acknowledge the graphic design team with every episode?

[@TipsNTricks1]

"Full Episodes on Netflix" Only extra thing Netflix literally has is intro music lol

[@TipsNTricks1]

PS: IK there are few episodes which aren't on KZbin. Double PS: I was wrong.

[@betterthanbestyoutuber8804]

Please name those episode names

[@aniruddhanbalakrishnan7106]

@@TipsNTricks1 Yes please name them

[@TipsNTricks1]

@@betterthanbestyoutuber8804 you can see their names on IMDb if you don't have Netflix: m.imdb.com/title/tt8080054/episodes/?season=1

[@yoelpachuco6875]

That intro bangs tho😂

[@BooringBoo]

“I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people.” ― Eduardo Galeano

[@AnActualDinosaur]

Pretty good quote!

[@JaIch9999]

Charity is the drowning of justice in the craphole of mercy. (Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi )

[@lando8398]

Solidarity? As in communism? I'll gladly take charity if that's what you're implying

[@eruno_]

sharing is caring :3

[@mortuos557]

@Tim Evans solidarity does feed people... It's when your community ensures that you get enough food, for example food stamps and unemployment benefits are solidarity measures. People in the US are frightened of "communism" but social policies are not the same as an autocracy. I'd obviously not like to live In a ussr or China style communism, but in a European style social democracy.

[@trishadatta3110]

This is one HELL OF A SHOW! I've just recently found out about this show and I'm so happy that I did. Keep up the good work team.

[@suckadick7754]

Netflix ended the show

[@katperson1955]

@@suckadick7754 Not one of their better decisions…

[@lenkacfk7155]

This did not age well... Hopefully, they'll give him the Daily Show!

[@rahhoujihane63]

To think that there'll never be new episodes just makes me sad

[@naylas3908]

You could vote for him to be the new permanent host of The Daily Show. There’s a petition.

[@CaptianN1094]

This interviewee is literally the voice we need everyone to hear.

[@darinsingleton3553]

Anand Giridharadas is a really good speaker, and a former NYT reporter. You should definitely check out his videos online. He has two good TEDTalks, and other presentations on various media outlets, as well as a pretty good Daily Show interview with Noah.

[@ashleighadams1842]

I read Winners Take All last year after hearing him on a podcast, and it totally changed the way I saw charity. Now when they ask me at retail stores and fast food places whether I would “like to donate to charity,” at the checkout, I say no, and bite back the very-Anand -Giridharadas-esque, “Pay your damn taxes instead!!” He’s amazing, and so glad he’s getting good traction now. (He also gave a great talk at Harvard, by the way, where he called the university the best reputation laundromat in the world - ouch.)

[@radicool21]

He was awesome! Can't believe I hadn't heard of him before, glad he could have a platform here!

[@nopenopenope1988]

Search for "Volker Pispers - Geld ist nur eine Fantasie", this is a german Video but it will blow your mind

[@senselocke]

Anand Giridharadas. He's bloody fantastic. Here's some links: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ6Vcqijqst9nNk | A Conversation with Anand Giridharadas kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpDdpWahfLxkhK8 | "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World" | Talks at Google kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmSVq2drpJWKrqM | “Winners Take All” and the Paradox of Elite Philanthropy | The Daily Show kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpqQoYGMn5p-g9k | A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6mxaaOmp8pgo7c | It Is Immoral To Be A Billionaire (5/8) | Oxford Union kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWbXdIydbthjfrc | A letter to all who have lost in this era | Anand Giridharadas - KZbin

[@paperroman8345]

“Make Batman unnecessary in the first place " excellently said !! One of the best , wisest things I've heard in a while !

[@ArticBlueFox96]

I love bats, I love the idea of a genius, martial artist, who saves people through technological gimmicks. I love the batfamily design, especially Barbara Gordon (even though I dislike her police family). However, I think Batman is bad for society. Batman demonizes criminals and mental illness, instead of trying to fix the problems that lead to crime. Batman brutalizes those he fights. Batman tries to control the city through fear at night and through money during the day. Why is environmentalism constantly made into a villain through Poison Ivy - not to mention other good causes are regularly villainized? Batman allies with the police (whom are corrupt and/or violent), and fails to rehabilitate the Gotham prisoner population. Batman is ineffective as the Gotham crime rate never goes down. The figure of Bruce Wayne glorifies wealth and capitalism. Batman has inspired other acts of violent vigilantism.

[@diptarkadas5193]

@@ArticBlueFox96 Actually, the DC writes have caught onto this. There have been several books recently where they criticized that Batman actually haven't done much for Gotham. It's the same shithole it used to be when Batman started. I am forgetting what issues were those exactly, but it's there.

[@hitchensghost]

"...Waiting for billionaires to save us... and they don't always get it right!" - Hasan.

[@Samjex]

@@ArticBlueFox96 There was a period and medium where Batman did more than just beat up on criminals. Batman The Animated Series made a point of having Batman try to connect to the villains, try to reason with them, try to rehabilitate with them, and where those efforts were shown to be able to bear fruit. There were several villains introduced or reintroduced in that series where we saw growth and development, moments where, instead of beating the hell out of a villain, Batman simply let his opponent put their weapon down, and cry for everything that led them to that moment, and the episode would end on that. I distinctly remember a Harley Quinn focused episode where, simply through a series of misunderstandings, Harley went from rehabilitated but on probation to right back in Arkham, just because she started a scene over a dress she'd already paid for but hadn't gotten the security devices removed from. And we see Batman bring her back, but with hope that she'll be back out soon, and sad that things went the way they did. Really, DCAU's Batman was all sorts of great, and the kind of Batman I wish we'd see more often.

[@edwardkumarkenway1875]

Either best or wisest.*

[@benaamraahi6926]

Love the way you put damn serious things in such a lighter way. Super genius boy. God bless you

[@sagarseth1014]

We need to petition to get this show back! The rich are again playing the game of weaponizing wealth by funding shows that create their positive image.

[@satabdinayak1471]

"We have made choices in society to be more friendly in our systems to the Robert Smiths of the world, than to the 400 kids he helped" - Anand Giridharadas

[@Zzyzzyzzs]

That is certainly the problem now, but the question should also be asked as to what happens once we solve it. Because I don't think it's impossible to have a world where we can have both the potential to become billionaires (individual wealth generation, after all, is a cornerstone of freedom) and the ability to support the whole of society. We cannot be so cynical that we would believe any rich person only spends money to whitewash their own reputation or dodge taxes. And let's be really honest, a lot of anger towards rich people stems from jealousy. There is only so much we can blame "the system", an abstract construct many of us won't even begin to bother to understand, and not have even the slightest bit of accountability. The fact is a lot of us would absolutely readily become or be like the rich if we had the chance, but accepting responsibility for our own behaviour is something beyond a lot of people. This is not an absolute defense of the super-rich (I'm absolutely far from one myself, working an hourly wage and with barely any savings); what I'm saying is we have to be balanced.

[@nicenice4970]

@@Zzyzzyzzs Since when was individual generate wealth a cornerstone of freedom? Also, feeling ripped off and feeling jealous are two entirely different things.

[@aanchalsaxena1135]

@@Zzyzzyzzs a system that allows billionaires to exist can't coexist with one where there is no wealth inequality, that is, one where no one is poor. The ability to accumulate wealth is vastly different from earning it, and the difference is how in the current system millionaires became multi millionaires and billionaires. Wealth is not indefinite, and if we represent it as a balancing beam, then as long as it's concentrated on one side, the other side will never have the same. Jealousy is oftentimes built on a feeling of not having something that someone else does. This is anger, at the 26 (richest billionaires) people who have as much wealth as 3.8 billion (poorest half of the world) people, combined. At Jeff Bezos, having as much money as the health budget of an entire COUNTRY (Ethiopia). This is anger at the system, that allows such outrageously wealthy people to exist and thrive, while others are struggling to make ends meet or aren't at all. The reality is, all of us are more likely to end up poor than end up a billionaire. Justifying billionaires hypothetically with a scenario that puts us in their shoes can only go so far before reality catches up. Billionaires make the conscious choice to keep accumulating wealth, it's time to hold them accountable for it.

[@sazhaxeramezha449]

@Tim Evans "economic freedom" - you mean the "freedom" to exploit others, to leech "profit" from the work others do. Let's assume for a moment that there were a reasonable and ethical way to earn $1 Million per year: Even if we say that someone who wants to hit that mark would need to work 60 hours per week every week with no holidays, they'd still have to make/average $320.51 per hour. I think we can all acknowledge that not too many jobs pay at that rate. But if someone could and did earn that much and work that much, and somehow live without having to spend a penny of it, they'd have to do that for one thousand years to earn a billion dollars. Even if we consider generational wealth, handed down from parent to child, how many generations is a thousand years. A lot of people in recent years are learning more about their ancestry through genealogy websites, but how many people can trace their family back to 1019 AD? That predates capitalism by several centuries! There simply is no ethical way to become a billionaire. It *necessarily* involves stealing wealth generated by the work of others.

[@aanchalsaxena1135]

@Tim Evans It's leeching off of others hard work and lining your own pockets is what it is.

[@wisemxn1]

WILLING to BET this is the episode that led to the show's cancellation....

[@suckadick7754]

Me too lol

[@Atlantan]

There is no doubt this had plenty to do with it

[@prospertech1860]

Oh shiet! It was canceled?? When

[@SocoJ]

Absolutely! And he left off how horrible Bill Gates actually is! Check out the history between him in Fauci and how much they mademake from vaccines and African trials! Coming from the eighties! And Bill Gates just bored over 350000 acres of land! For what? They are always up to something that has to do with the sacrifice of others masked in pretending to be those same folks heroes! Communism with a different face is still Communism! We better get in the game or we gon be seriously played...out!

[@SocoJ]

This is gripping, hilarious & scary true! Of course they were gonna cxl him! I was shocked as fuck when "Get Out" got thru! Lol! Still sorry to see it go.. but not at all surprised 🙄

[@Ore0219]

This was the only show that could compete with Last Week Tonight in terms of entertainment value married with massive amounts of necessary education about real world issues. Hasan deserves the Daily Show. I cannot overstate how much I respect the hell out of this man

[@krittinkittisereechon670]

I can't believe that this only has 3million views.

[@kekiki500]

This episode just gave me the title of my Master’s Thesis: “Tax dat ass: A study on the effect of taxes and reduction of social inequalities”. Thank you Patriot Act Team. I’ll be sure to include you in the acknowledgments.

[@tanishaverghese9832]

😂😂😂

[@throbbn]

Any chance you'd publish your dissertation? I'd love to read. - Random guy on KZbin

[@kathycat4452]

Bruhhh 😂

[@regismartel8772]

I would like to read your dissertation Sir

[@hafidhzuhdi5784]

post it on reddit

[@saracayen]

when the episode finished i could literally cry at how well organized, researched, and presented the topic is ... i love this show

[@Americansikkunt]

...Seriously? You might want to see a doctor about that

[@babrown1978]

@@Americansikkunt I get it low IQ people often get mad at ideas that they can't understand.

[@nonyabizness.original]

"they can get the public policies they want in spite of hundreds of thousands of voters." that is the key phrase from this segment.

[@toddr2265]

@@Americansikkunt Cult45?

[@aiindus9649]

@@babrown1978 SAVAGE! 😹👍

[@stevedavis2541]

Hassan you are in a class of your own. We get information fact checked and humour. Great show keep going.

[@kinara5086]

Who does so much of research on this show? Deserves respect

[@naylas3908]

Have you never watched Last Week Tonight with John Oliver? He does the same thing. Has done for years.

[@kinara5086]

@@naylas3908 just watched him after your comment, i think hes boring. Hasan puts the content out in a manner that is funny and grabs attention.

[@booksandocha]

Damn, Anand is fire here: "I'm glad you brought that up..." **proceeds to demolish another billionaire myth**

[@kingtigerproffish2790]

In the dark knight series bruce actually wanted to retire himself and hand over power to honest officials like harvey.

[@affanyfan]

Never heard of this dude before. He is wildly articulate and pretty fun to watch. Would love to see more of him.

[@uncensored008]

That dude came prepared for that interview.

[@ivopopov6661]

@@uncensored008 well, he wrote a book on that. Also check out his interview with trevor noah kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmSVq2drpJWKrqM

[@ayjaybay93]

Affan Khokhar I haven’t read Winner Takes All yet, but I first heard to him when I read his book True American a few years ago. Couldn’t recommend it more. Also follow him on Twitter if you wanna see more of what you saw in this interview.

[@jappiekaur9914]

"It passed with a majority of 50.69%... Nice" hahaah… That nice....

[@AT-ez5hr]

Nioce

[@solo9556]

That's democracy lol

[@matthewmcneany]

​@@solo9556 Is it though? Is the most democratic system one that enacts a controversial policy in full on a slim majority or is there an argument to be made that it's far more democratic to find a compromise that might not make everyone happy but is acceptable to more people?

[@AdhvaithThurvas]

@@matthewmcneany they're saying "nice" because 69... nice...

[@emdotrod]

Nice

[@sanisharamdhanee3602]

studying for my constitutional law final and listening to hasan. its making me learn so much more about political and evryday issues that i thought were boring. really wish that he got his show back because its fresh and easy to understand.

[@UNothing]

This guy is funny and seriously informative. I really like the way he dishes out these jokes while keeping it REAL.

[@aravindkameswaran6734]

This is not just in USA. Even in India this happens. We don't have shows like these in India to explain those information to common people. Fan from India

[@Oiseaux_rebelle]

Then start!

[@user-bm9cv9vn2k]

People cheer for Ambani breaking into Top 10 richest people. Feeling proud on that 🤦‍♂️

[@rajkamalingle9144]

@@user-bm9cv9vn2k Exactly, we don't have any investigative minds, and if there are any, they get sold or suppressed

[@enthusiasticphilanthropist9298]

@@rajkamalingle9144 maybe arrested filled by institutional murder like stan swamy

[@princejangra1231]

@@Oiseaux_rebelle A guy was arrested and imprisoned for joking about stupid things religious people do and stuff like that in a very non-hurting way Coz apparently modi and his followers are more stuck up on this shit then the shit economy condition

[@jibran4794]

What irritates me the most is the people who actually suffer from this wealth inequality are the first ones to label the ones who make this argument as 'communists'.

[@estherselvarani88]

Exactly

[@suckadick7754]

Yep, people are fucking brainwashed

[@rickeybernard8156]

@@suckadick7754 of course.

[@helloitsme8575]

and some of them are communists, but that doesn't make the point any less valid and it's sad to see that some people just refuse to open their eyes even when they're suffering

[@samiislam3886]

Thats why they keep them poor no education toxic food and media so full of bulls**t that turn lie to truth

[@desireeespinosa3954]

I have rewatched this three or four times over the last couple of years It holds up. They had it dead on

[@christianmanriquez7022]

Hasan is a true American Comedian and truth teller. I can't believe this was on Netflix to begin with and many people were watching it during the pandemic.

[@YonekuniKyuhyun]

Chris Rock tackled this. "I'm not talking about rich, I'm talking about wealthy, Shaq is rich.... The white man who signs his check is wealthy."

[@vwertix1662]

@Rosco P. Coltrane yikes

[@vinny2ful]

That's racist.

[@alahberga7739]

@Rosco P. Coltrane yet,most like a Zionist,they love money with blood.

[@ArisenMind]

Let's be honest...at a certain point, does it really even matter. Shaq is so far removed, monetarily, from the average person is quite literally in a league above the rest of us. That joke of Chris' set was just so absolutely dumb to me and I'm a fan. It's just another way to distinguish between whites and blacks. Pedestrian at best.

[@jetetarro]

Rosco P. Coltrane LOL. seriously, why compare successful people to trump supporters. Oh are you offended? Well, stop being racist,

[@ragingfire3585]

"Lets make batman unnecessary" what a cool thing to say! Make a movie!

[@AbhilashBuzz]

Joker 2

[@NickDoddTV]

But the flip side to making Batman unnecessary, I would think, would include the the country starting to be very strictly government controlled... is that something we really want? There's a lot to dig into with this subject...

[@yourlocaltoad5102]

Tensioncore Nah, in the case of batman, its the influence of Wayne enterprises on Gotham, that even lead to the extreme wealth inequality and corruption, that turned Gotham into a city filled with crime. If instead of putting billions into the development of stupid suits, he would just fund better schools and work on creating more jobs, he could solve the crime problem. And its the same with real life billionaires. Jeff Bezos has workers who need food stamp subsidies to even survive and yet he is praised for donating some money to poor people. Bill Gates got rich with computers that were built with resources that were mined under extreme conditions in extremely poor regions and now he donates some money into the regions where all the rare earths in the chips were mined and acts like his contribution is the best thing to happen. If Bezos would just pay his workers, nobody would need his donations. If Gates would ensure that all the workers in the production chain of his products were fairly compensated, nobody would need his donations. Billionaires create problems and then they act like a simple donation is actually helping.

[@RX552VBK]

@M A Right. Like the Go Pro guy trying his hardest to appear like he's cool middle age beach bum guy. Or the continue worship of the wealthy by the wealthy--Ellen showing her love for Bush or Gates. Oprah who screams at her audience--"You get a car" while you read what occurred to those people and all the problems they accrued by their "free car". It is the 2nd Gilded Age.

[@kapilchhabria1727]

its called Frank Herbert's Dune.

[@SuperAstimegoesby]

some dude some 4000 year ago said something like "im among the poor" "dont try to fix your brothers eye, when you your self cant see that you are the one with a spint in your eye"

[@randywatson1982]

the more i watch this show, the more im loving it..good job man, my eyes are opening more and more to whats going on with this world.

[@27madone]

“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

[@ariki8117]

Thank you

[@bolabalogun9495]

@@ariki8117 ⁰7p0

[@The1Dragonprincess]

THIS!

[@tammygarrett8427]

Wow That is deep

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

Man spat facts till his dying breath ong

[@yoelpachuco6875]

BERNIE SANDERS ENTERED THE CHAT...

[@TonyDootjes]

Feel the Bern 2020

[@Gagurum]

RISE UP BERNIE

[@vikrantpulipati1451]

@wornohaulus Bernie Sanders literally LED the Congressional effort to stop funding the Saudis... Until Donald Trump vetoed it. I'm afraid you're mistaken.

[@muhammedsabdal3581]

@wornohaulus care to provide any evidence?

[@arah2368]

@wornohaulus Are you crazy? Its trolls like you which turn me off from Yang. Media calls the 'Yang Gang' passionate. But everywhere I find them it's a bunch of bullshitters. Bernie Sanders is the OG. I am not arguing he is the best, but he is the OG nonetheless.

[@ronniesal7436]

What I love most about Stand Up comedy is that it makes people think and they don't even notice. So they don't feel infuriated for the great offense of someone trying to make them think instead of letting them simply and blindly enjoy the pleasures of ignorance and shallowness!!!

[@ZacTBH]

people need to stop worshipping Elon.

[@lol311]

Not just him, so billionaires

[@alephanull1953]

True. People need to stop worshipping people in general

[@limitless9737]

Ikr. He literally has a cult. They might come for you as well

[@admiralackbar4652]

@@limitless9737 Yeah, people talks like he's revolutinizing humanity, changing world for the better ughhh disgusting

[@FaroEC]

Billionaires are “Liberal” with ideas, but “Conservative” with money.

[@thecliff4670]

And, in one word is hypocrite

[@anisa6592]

The Cliff no, it's neoliberalism and the current political system of the status quo. political ideology can have different ideas on social and economic issues dude

[@rickstevens1167]

@Morgoth Bauglir psuedopopoulism is almost 100 years old, to not say thousands.

[@babagalacticus]

what's so “Conservative” about 150 million $ yachts, several vacation mega-properties & spending almost as much money on lawyers who figure out how u can game the tax system as the taxes themselves?

[@Atombender]

Billionaires are psychopaths in suits.

[@syd411]

At least Russians are _aware_ they're living in an oligarchy.

[@bobrolander4344]

*Sanders/Warren 2020* Plus: Vote/Support/Donate these and other JUSTICE DEMOCRATS: *Shahid Buttar, Amy Vilela, Cory Bush, Cenk Ugyar, Marie Newman* into Congress 2020 Let's turn the 'squad' into a f+cking progressive army!

[@mjohnson1741]

Oh damn!

[@ShankyLightfoot]

YES. I was going to comment something like this but you have beaten me to it.

[@outwiththem]

That is Bullshit. There are rich in Russia, but the power is on the people, not like USA...

[@andrewkorneychuk586]

@@outwiththem hahaha. U r so clueless

[@xionkale3688]

This is a show that we don't need, this is a show that Humanity needed.

[@5ws1hbyfakhiranawaz71]

This show is underrated man.. Amazing 🙌👏👏

[@nezihlevent1333]

The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.” Victor Hugo, The Man Who Laughs

[@junesilvermanb2979]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo

[@chrisp7110]

Exactly. It's what Slavery was used for as well. When America started, it was white poors, then they saw that whites were being unhappy and so they started bringing in black slaves to make the poor whites feel superior and then the cycle repeats for every other race. THey also control most of the media and so what happen was they starting creating propaganda in order to make all those lower than them fight with eachother so they can get away with everything. Everyone is basically used as a scapegoat, including other countries. There is a huge gain for the wealthy during this pandemic as well, which was why they leaked it and hosted event 201 (which was an event only for the wealthy)

[@effexon]

@@chrisp7110 I wonder how america has stayed afloat 250 years... would you suggest as far as, if world runs out of poor countries to import less well people to continue cycle, military will bomb some good country (weak enough not able to resist) to dust to create people poorer than USA now and importing them...?

[@quintonb9626]

thats called capitalism

[@onghungphung7668]

The countries where the rich don't invest money to create jobs for the poor, the rich still live in the paradise, the poor still in hell but now the poor don't even have a job.

[@Ida-xe8pg]

This guys is not just a Comedian hes a better journalist than other "Real" Journalists

[@chengchiu957]

He doesn't write his own material........calling him a journalist is like calling singers that sings other people songs "great song writers" Simply stupidity.

[@blop-a-blop9419]

@@chengchiu957 you know the dudes who give the news on TV do the same thing, right ? so they're not real journalists ? what are you trying to do ? except draw attention and seem smart They're a team. And he's the figure. And they do quality job.

[@aryantoshniwal8664]

@@chengchiu957 lmao what are you on mate? that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard and I am not even over exaggerating.

[@ShadNex]

Ikr

[@priyachoudhary9896]

@@chengchiu957 he worked on the daily show before so you could say he was a comedic journalist, everything is journalism as long as you do it right and not feed your audience garbage. unlike this show that pissed so many powerful people off it got cancelled

[@MrJoelMartinez]

“It’s too much power for a single person to have” but we do just that with politicians.

[@yahanaashaqua]

True that ! At least most billionaires made their money throught their own products and services their businesses have built up...

[@Arabic4Beautiful]

What are you talking about? Politicians are supposed to have checks and balances. They're supposed to work for us. The wealthy, the lobbyists, and corporations have corrupted the political system. In theory, politicians aren't supposed to have a lot of power.

[@deadheadliving]

This dude has raised some of the smartest questions and answered it with class humor...personally for me my pre assumptions made clearer, to the doubts that made raise my eyebrows.its quite a feeling to know I have been right all throughout only thing I regret is thinking it doesn't affect me.

[@michaelg8193]

Billionaires system rewards billionaires. Good luck getting your share of crumbs.

[@aanchalsaxena1135]

@my name is my name failed economic model that never worked.

[@ZetaMoolah]

Aanchal Saxena oh it wasn’t a failure, it did exactly what it was intended to do: make the rich richer, and the poor poorer.

[@MrElionor]

Zuckerberg: "i have committed to a 100 million challenge grant" Me: That's great but can you maybe also not sell our personal data?

[@SezmoistheWorstatPoetry]

Where you think 100million dollars in the first place.

[@bLACKgOSI]

Well then u should also try to donate ur self at least a dollar or two...it just seems like ppl bitching and complaining that the riches taking over the world and we're just suckin our thumbs or something lol...why don't u and I strive for the million and billion dollar spot instead of sitting here watching youtube and get pursuaded by a comedian lol...not to say that he isn't great but I'm just saying why sit around and bitch, when these billionaires are running the world? I'd rather go out and work my ass off and be smart and earn the same spot. Competition is what we need. So we can develope and progress our skills and crafts.

[@danielcrafter9349]

An amount he'll make back in a handful of months

[@gilltan4280]

Read the user agreement before you make an account and give him all your data

[@mdmaxson]

@@bLACKgOSI because guess what.... you secretly arent allowed to ever become one of them unless you sell your soul to them... so keep dreaming that your hard work might one day get you up there with them, while they keep laughing at you for not knowing you're a modern slave.

[@Adrian-hx6dq]

I just started to watch your content and the only thing I regret is havent done it earlier! As a mexican I dont understand american jokes and some of your roast but been here watching makes me feel like i am having a conversation with a real american person. Hope to visit Washington D.C for my graduation, America Is Awesome

[@pixieskitty]

This video hits so much deeper, sadder and hard in 2022.

[@ellen3666]

episodes from your show has taught me more about how the real world works than 8 years of civics classes ever did. I'm angry that Netflix cancelled this show

[@benmavinn1666]

On one episode he exposed Netflix on evading taxes

[@nurabaroot5161]

@@benmavinn1666 😂😂😂 must be the reason for the cancellation🤣🤣 can’t stop laughing

[@naylas3908]

They didn’t cancel him! He quit because of death threats. He explains this in one of his specials.

[@karolinakuc4783]

Netflix is cancel culture shit. Best way to deal with cancel culture is to cancel it. Cancel Netflix cancel Apple TV. Read books

[@kurdobakur7047]

"When I give to charity they call me honourable but when I ask why there are charities they call me communist"

[@kasparnguyen7979]

That was f*cking BRILLIANT! Always did struggle with the question of why we should not have billionaire' when they donate the most to charities, but now the argument is resolved. THANK YOU.

[@hellstinger4021]

Man from the past wakes out of a coma, "The only people left speaking truth to power are entertainers? The news media is wholly corrupt? Did we lose a war? What happened?"

[@camelthegamer7165]

"Tax that ass,"" I honestly wouldn't mind having that for a bumper sticker.

[@AZOffRoadster]

Yes, prostitution should be legal, regulated, and taxed.

[@annatar6453]

Bloomberg spent half a billion dollars for his presidential ad campaign. The salary of the president is 450k a year. Let that sink in.

[@rishabhanand4973]

and even though he performed terribly, in a way he kind of won anyway. before bloomberg, the race was shaping up to be bernie vs biden for the nomination. bloomberg entered the race, which led the bernie campaign to take their eye off the ball (biden) and focus their fire on bloomberg. admittedly they also took their eye off the ball due to biden's poor performance in early states. but then, biden won SC by a large margin, which by itself brought him back in terms of delegates. Now, biden will be the democratic nominee, which means the general will be between biden and trump. I think trump beats biden, but even if he does not, the president will be someone friendly to the ultra rich like bloomberg.

[@pavannoolvi4274]

@@rishabhanand4973 you mean to say it's all plot to remove Bernie from the race.

[@rishabhanand4973]

@@pavannoolvi4274 that's possible. but my point was that bloomberg had a certain interest when he entered that race, which wasn't necessarily winning the nomination or becoming president. and even though bloomberg himself performed terribly, his interests were achieved. i'm pretty sure of the candidates in the race, bloomberg did not really care who ended up president as long as it was not bernie. i am in now way saying it is an all out plot by the dnc to keep bernie from winning, though i don't doubt if they actually did put their thumb on the scale again.

[@babagalacticus]

@@rishabhanand4973 biden is the "neo-liberal" face of the 'ruling elite' as trump is the "neo-fascist" face of the ruling elite. at least with trumpty-dumpty u can see what you're getting because as he gets away with more vile shite he begins to hide more of it IN PLAIN SIGHT. biden is a real snake in the grass.

[@anne5761]

@@babagalacticus couldn't have said it better. And I can't wait to see how the republican party does post Trump - I have almost no doubt that they will have an equally fascist but infinitely more competent man gunning for president.

[@annabarr1304]

I don't understand how a secular country can have the church endorse politicians yet the church isn't taxed

[@jergan37]

19:26 Why does he point to the audience when saying me and him when saying you lol

[@josephabraham4058]

When this got to the Batman portion of the interview, this went next level. I loved it.

[@bobrolander4344]

Let's do this people... *Sanders/Warren 2020* Plus: Vote/Support/Donate these and other JUSTICE DEMOCRATS: *Shahid Buttar, Amy Vilela, Cory Bush, Cenk Ugyar, Marie Newman* into Congress 2020 Let's turn the 'squad' into a f+cking progressive army!

[@nonelost1]

Bob Rolander You omitted Andrew Yang. Www.yang2020.com/policies

[@odeaus]

The thing is I do have Netflix but still watch it on KZbin 😅

[@jamesfidler1818]

Oscar S Same

[@joshuabanner9920]

Same

[@KarianForde]

OMG, lol I was just wondering why I do this...

[@kindredspirit9703]

I think you can see it earlier on Netflix. I saw this episode uploaded on Netflix yesterday, but they waited until today to post it on KZbin

[@katecham627]

Me too. I love the comments

[@reimei2819]

'It can be legal but it's not right!' lovely

[@libraryaccount5929]

Hasan Minhaj should host the Daily Show. He has the right combination of intelligent, honest, bold, funny, insightful, and passionate. He really is the closest thing to Jon Stewart since Jon Stewart.

[@erichanson3369]

"Tax That Ass" is officially my favorite game show ever (even though it doesn't officially exist).

[@RX552VBK]

It should.

[@Americansikkunt]

It’s propaganda, not a game show.

[@erichanson3369]

@@Americansikkunt Ehh, what? For one thing, it's not a game show at all because, as I said before, it doesn't exist. Second, I don't understand how 'propaganda' has anything to do with this.

[@Americansikkunt]

Eric Hanson “noun 1. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.” Why is a game-show host analyzing the rich and advocating tax-increases? It’s propaganda.

[@erichanson3369]

@@Americansikkunt If the "game-show host" you mean is Mr. Minhaj, then I believe the more applicable term is 'talk show', not 'game show'; this may be one reason for my initial confusion, though I understand that it may seem like petty semantics from your point-of-view. Now, why is Hasan Minhaj here discussing the social effects of billionaires (including and perhaps especially their philanthropic efforts) and concluding by advocating to increase their tax rates? It's not propaganda because Hasan's explanations make plenty of sense and are backed up by real facts and rigorous research. He shows the audience his reasons for coming to the conclusions as he does and mentions his sources verbally when he doesn't show them on the large screens behind him. Thus, we can all check his work to be sure he is making as much sense as he thinks he is. I checked a few of these sources myself, and they seem legitimate to me (without a worrying degree of bias one way or another). The conversation at the end with Anand Giridharadas is especially good because of Gridharadas's insightful way of detailing his train of thought so that others can understand why he thinks as he does and why his perspective has a LOT of merit. In short, I can only conclude that you (Cult Boy) didn't actually watch the video with a mind to understand it, but at best 'hate-watched' it in order to pick it apart to satisfy your own previously accepted viewpoint (or perhaps didn't watch the Patriot Act video at all and skipped right to leaving a comment). It's difficult for me to believe that you watched the video with some reasonable degree of open-mindedness before dismissing it entirely as 'propaganda'.

[@The_General_Zubas]

19:15 The JP Morgan Question. "Can one person have too much power over the economy?" Yes.

[@acolley2891]

Warren Buffett's sister Doris gives out money like Drake!!! She helped pay for my college and bought me a Apple laptop through the sunshine lady Foundation. ❤Queen Doris!

[@russiannavy1108]

Thanks for these.

[@dhruvdatta1055]

Rich Dad Poor Dad: "Taxation Policies were made by the rich to help the rich"

[@thefloridamanofytcomments5264]

“Why the hell would we pay taxes, dear? Paying taxes is for the poor.”

[@chrisp7110]

@@MuchCow9000 Well no it was always made to help the rich. In America it was ALWAYS about who makes more money. The country is literally for profit gain and thats why people like Tesla was erased from the history books and that is why Elon Musk (like many successful companies like google, facebook, amazon) are all slaves to their VC. That is why so many rich people been doing business in the USA. This is also why they overcharge you by a huge margin. You buy a pair of nikes that cost 3 dollar to make, for 100 dollars and that same pair of shoes isn't made from expensive materials, its just materials that makes it durable(the materials could cost maybe 10cents each shoe). America is for profit and it was that way since Lincoln was assassinated. JFK was assassinated because he was going to expose to America what happen to our democracy and our freedom. Anyone who enough evidence and can expose the "Wealthy club" which you and I are not in it, will be assassinated. Same in the case of Clintons.

[@chrisp7110]

@NightRogue Actually that is correct in some form because the people who runs for president have money to run. It's not like you can be John Lenon and run for president, because you don't have money. You cannot be a poor person who wanted to run for president and help the poor because you know what the struggle is being poor. People who run for president tends to invest millions or billions of dollars into their campaign and if you dont have that money, no one will know who you are and why you are running. Once they become president, they manipulate the laws in their favor and they use tax dollars (other people's money) for their expenses. Trump is doing that right now. The president have the power to cut funding if he chooses to, which Trump is doing right now. We are looking to a possible future of no retirement and everyone will need to work for the rest of their life to cover their living expenses. With addition to this pandemic, we will be looking at the USA being one of the poorest country in the world.

[@effexon]

@@chrisp7110 the only question remains, will military keep together when country goes poor...

[@effexon]

@@chrisp7110 Working is not the problem, but who and how many can decide what that job includes. billionaires in new york seem to be notorious to give nonsensical tasks to their staff. Low salary means low monetary /resource power in future, giving power(more money) for those who dont even care what you do. Is the irony that when USA population and voting able people much smaller, this campaigning (funding) problem was smaller?

[@wisdomntshalintshali3296]

"Lets make Batman unnecessary" that one got me!!!!❤️

[@UnlimitedGreenWorks]

Hell no

[@gowthambond007]

That is what the Batman wants too. But most of today's politicians are like Harvey Dent or worse. And in such a situation... Batman is the hero we need.

[@marvingordon5685]

Gowtham Ramalingam no he’s a rich guy beating up poor ppl who have no chose but to rob and steal to survive because of the rich

[@nightmissionsonly9494]

The Justice League is the Villain O.o

[@Phanthief95]

Well, Bruce needs to fund the prisons better, because a lot of people have said that going to Arkham is like going through a revolving door: Prisoners get in & prisoners always escape.

[@tiredanimegirl7790]

Well, that explains everything that is happening right now. Thank you.

[@takshatangudu8736]

HOW COULD THEY CANCELL THIS SHOWWWW!

[@mrgreggery]

The smarter I get, the more depressed I get... maybe ignorance is bliss after all.

[@astrosmurfgirl]

It's so true. (´;︵;`)

[@garcianicolas97]

It is but any peaceful older person will tell you the long hard fight gives you a sense of self you can't get from being ignorant, diss the material and work on the spiritual it's the ultimate truth and test of life

[@edopelawi]

No. Keep pushing, keep that hope intact. This world is a worse place because the good people did nothing.

[@Aiphiae]

Then get smarter. Stop watching drivel like this that only focuses on the worst-case scenario of every issue they claim to "discuss." Calling Jeff Bezos an asshole? The guy just donated 100 million dollars to fight homelessness. That makes him an asshole? He's also donated nearly 20 million to neuroscience research to combat brain diseases, nearly 3 million for gay-rights advocacy, 33 million to scholarship initiatives for immigrants, AND... he started a *2 billion dollar* fund to educate the homeless. Bezos has *given away more money than the people reading this comment will likely ever make combined* but this dipshit host jokes that he's an asshole, and all billionaires are evil because they don't do with their money *exactly* what he thinks they should. Give me a break. Most people have no idea how much these people give - clearly the host of this tripe doesn't. Stop watching this garbage. You'll be smarter for it.

[@EricSmyth4Christ]

"Knowledge brings grief, wisdom brings many sorrows" -Ecclesiastics 1:18

[@Amadeus_2061]

What a fantastic use of one's comedic talent - to educate on current issues while making people laugh. Brilliant and impressive.

[@namastewellness]

Trevor Noah 2.0

[@hazukichanx408]

Hasan is one of the real scions of Jon Stewart's Daily Show. Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert are, at best, drifting off course. Samantha Bee and John Oliver seem to be keeping their bearings too, though. =)

[@janetwhite7786]

I thought so too. I disagree with him fairly wholeheartedly, but enjoyed the delivery. Talented guy.

[@Hayanomie]

Kind of gets in the way of the point. I get he wants to make it palatable but he could change the tone as the topic gets more and more serious.

[@mflo6365]

@@janetwhite7786 how do you disagree with him? i mean what he is saying are facts

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

I appreciate the interview with Anand Giridharadas so much, because knowing who Hasan is, and knowing this interview is going to be seen by millions of people, with added snark writers will have had time to compose over multiple rewatches, he was still willing to argue against Hasan on certain topics. Even more shocking, Hasan willingly admitted in the final product that he didn't know what Anand was discussing at the time. Hasan published the interview where he looks like the fool, because it was more important to get the information right than for him to look good. That is a double dose of moral integrity I did not expect to see this morning.

[@KumbidiBroAbhijith]

Hasan: Look, that's the last guy using Dell computers Every Indian PC users: You mean me?

[@winterflower8543]

The Top Once Percent: "They're becoming aware."

[@jquiznos2283]

We've been aware. We're just powerless.

[@oof-wi7hp]

@@jquiznos2283 Lot of us haven't been, actually. Including me. Getting disillusioned about capitalism doesn't always come easy when the supporters of it are literally everywhere (even tho it sucks for most of us)

[@jquiznos2283]

@@oof-wi7hp I don't think you or I can intelligently speak for the masses but what I can say is that it's human nature to not do anything about it if it means we have to act. And I think that we've been aware for a while, we just didn't care. I think many still don't because the super rich are so high up, we're not even on their radar.

[@eagle3676]

@@jquiznos2283 vote Bernie Sanders. The billionaires thought they could let democracy happen because they can buy everyone off but they didn't account for the uncorruptable so let's hit them hard with our strongest weapon, a humanitarian who actually cares for everyone

[@jquiznos2283]

@@eagle3676 I'm brewing a cup of coffee in anticipation of all the retorts you're gonna get. I guess I can find the anti Bernie comments in the rest of the comment section too.

[@theAkashMurthy]

This is the episode for which Hasan deserves a Bravery Award taking on the class of people who fund everything. Kudos Hasan. Great MJ analogy. Thanks for having Anand, who is the quintessential intellectual of our times.

[@peppeddu]

- When a program is funded by the government, it's something you voted for, and you're entitled to, and you don't have to thank anyone for that. - When a program is funded by a rich person, you're at the mercy of his or her good will. Rich people should just pay their fair share of taxes and get out of the way of managing everyone else's life.

[@aquaticlibrary]

This is his audition for the Daily Show

[@Orchestra_temi]

I just kept thinking how suitable he is for the daily show.

[@sowmitra._.7185]

hasan literally saves me for every single assignment. ever.

[@owlright7524]

lmao

[@Matty80822]

omfg you lucky ass. if only I had Hasan for school projects hahaha

[@evastood4539]

So true. I did my whole speech by using his segment on student loans

[@offplanet740]

this guy has a name, but eh who am i

[@sowmitra._.7185]

@@evastood4539 his video games episode was literally my essay assignment and my English teacher just loves his show 😂

[@shihabuddin4275]

There is a saying in Bangladesh, Donating lather shoes after killing the cow.

[@paddyodoor3090]

gonna use this

[@shihabuddin4275]

@@paddyodoor3090 Use as a Bangladeshi proverb

[@iMusikkForeva]

Leather?

[@shihabuddin4275]

@@iMusikkForeva Yes, why? Leather shoes made of cow leather.

[@ArsenalofMikeocracy]

I don't get it.

[@MissDancingllama]

Now im no economic expert and my view might be simplistic but ive never understood why people think that problems created by money can be solved by dumping money into them. this show is such a gem still pissed it was cancelled

[@ayushjha49]

Best episode so far....just loved it ❣️

[@justAncorisfine]

Read it on Twitter: “Bill Affirming Taxation Makes A Nation I present to you the BATMAN wealth tax bill (since Congress seems to love acronyms).”

[@MiniM69]

Serggyo Franquiz Only shitty ones though

[@CT-um7zq]

Brilliant! It should be design to prevent people from becoming billioners I wish people would realize just how insane it is for a person to have that much.

[@reardelt]

Poor and illiterate people can't save us either.

[@CT-um7zq]

@@reardelt with so many inteligen and educated people in this country, there are more, we can pick and choose. In fact, we have way more intelligent and educated people with integrity here, than billioners.

[@pepps779]

Congressional acronyms tend imply the opposite of what they actually accomplish.

[@Blynat]

"How does a single banana cost anyway Michael, a hundred dollars?"

[@laneythelame]

Lol lucille is a legend

[@TalkAsSoftAsChalk]

There's always money in the banana stand!

[@SM-xt5gl]

Till it catches on fire !

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

“You’ve never actually been to a supermarket have you?”

[@aviii1098]

can't believe this got cancelled 😭😞

[@thomaskim7778]

Thanks for opening my eyes

[@RJ-rr1zq]

Charity from the wealthy will never be enough to solve a problem of scarcity caused by the wealthy.

[@mjlover1801]

Except...it's not caused by the wealthy. That's not how wealth inequality works.

[@williamjacobs]

@@mjlover1801 Been studying macroeconomic theory, monetary soverignty, MMT theory, and historical inflation trends including the Philips curve. For starters, look at the boom economies of Ronald Reagan's and Bill Clinton's economy. What was the inflation rate? Now check the Obama years when slashing government spending was all the rage? What was the inflation rate like and what was the Obama recovery like? Notice any correlation? Now who is it that screams bloody murder if inflation goes above 2%? Why do they hate inflation so much? What does inflation do to those in debt, say, with a mortgage? What does it do to people who hold mortgage bonds?

[@bernardheathaway9146]

@@williamjacobs it makes them pay less since money lost it's value, so this motherfucjing rich people, want to avoid inflation, because all the wealth they are hoarding, is loosing value... Hmm thanks!

[@nativelatinosfooktrump5348]

😶 Trump made up his own charity and stole from it and bought two portraits of himself and a team Tebow helmet

[@nativelatinosfooktrump5348]

Lala Ghana-Love you know the Biff character from Back to the Future II was based on Trump PS go smoke more meth Squidbilly

[@thegivingtree887]

Lala Ghana-Love i sincerely hope you’re trolling....

[@eagle3676]

@@thegivingtree887 you know the guy's roasting trump here and all other billionaires with him

[@alveolate]

trump is a bottom of the barrel "billionaire"... not even in the same category as the other fellas who just wanna use the system to save on taxes. but the biggest evil are still the competent ones, like the sacklers and kochs. trump can't even understand the yawning chasm between himself and them.

[@GuyVinmara]

Of course. Because unlike the others profiled in this episode....Trump is a fake billionaire.

[@kapambwekapambwe4131]

Hassan .............i miss you bro. this show needs to come back

[@mooseman3727]

Well written. Great segment.

[@annep6723]

love the patriot act, such a well researched, topical show. the heartbreak thing is that most of his viewing audience already agrees with him. need to find a way to get the poorly or completely uninformed to watch these segments. it could be eye opening for them.

[@shirefernandez7682]

O, you mean those in school? You do know that history books long time ago had a lot of detail information but if you go to these schools now they look like our workbooks decades ago.

[@stephentrueman4843]

I disagree. If all these people know about the problem, why aren't they doing anything?

[@hungrybeakstudios472]

@@stephentrueman4843 because a lot of people in power don't agree and will turn a blind eye towards the struggles of the people for their own benefit?

[@stephentrueman4843]

@@hungrybeakstudios472 I agree with you but I highly doubt they are in the audience like Anne says.

[@bonnierobinson8684]

Republicans don't want to hear the truth, until it affects them!

[@soulwarrior]

I'm so happy that Hasan sat down with Anand for this. I've only learned about Anand's work during the last year and the more interviews you watch with him, the more you realize how much sense he's making. It would have been a missed opportunity to talk about this without having Anand on.

[@AnandBaburajan]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@nohandle508]

He was great in this! Would love to see the whole interview! Great episode

[@natashafigueroa9198]

@@AnandBaburajan you are the hero we need right now.

[@ultimatum911]

@@AnandBaburajan haha... I bet you were waiting for someone to put in that comment..

[@BothHands1]

Anand Baburajan feel the bern 2020!

[@Carolllllllllllll]

This guy is savage. Love him

[@TelisiaPatrice]

This was so informative, entertaining, and I will be using some of these points in my paper this week for my class. A masters student here with the goal of founding foster homes in NC to support foster youth and prayerfully found a transitional apartment for foster youth that age out of the system to decrease homelessness!